Monkey Language Expedition Aims to Converse with Apes
Professor Richard L Garner plans a field expedition to the French Congo to study ape speech and capture young gorillas and chimpanzees for the Bronx Zoo and Smithsonian. He will use a reinforced cage, ammonia squirts, cameras, and phonograph records to record monkey vocalizations and lure in apes.
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Qhul
Richard L. Garner
Garner
New York
Smithsonian Institution
Bronx Zoo
Africa
Bronx
Susie
Suffrage Progress and the Question of Right for Women
Mrs. Ella G Caldwell argues in favor of equal suffrage, tracing fifty years in Iowa and the shift in opinions since Susan B Anthony tours. She asserts political rights come from inherent human equality and consent of the governed, not expediency, and rejects sex as a competency barrier to participation in government.
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Ella G. Caldwell
State Suffrage Association
Iowa
Susan B. Anthony
Jane Grey Swisshelm
Mary Walker
State University of Iowa
United States
Colorado
California
Suffrage to Benefit Men Speech by Julia Lathrop
Julia Lathrop, head of the Children's Bureau, told a Boston audience that suffrage should aid mothers. She argued 12,000,000 mothers influence 30,000,000 children and questioned whether voting for public welfare or personal purchases shows true womanliness.
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Julia Lathrop
Children’s Bureau
Boston
Hard Nut for Opposition in Iowa Debate
East anti suffrage speakers visiting Iowa face tougher resistance than they met in New York, state political tone notes.
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Iowa
New York
P. Chief
GOOD LAWS RESULT Votes for Women Changes in Statutes
A survey of five western states shows women’s enfranchisement yielding notable legal gains. Arizona passes eight hour for women, red light abatement, and higher widow property exemptions. California expands guardianship rights, raises age of consent, increases penalties for crimes against women, improves schools, and creates a public defender. Idaho grants women property control, equal guardianship, and labor protections. Oregon establishes juvenile courts, pensions for mothers, civic-use of schools, abolishes the death penalty, and enacts prohibition tools. Wyoming enacts anti gambling, pure food and drug laws, mothers’ pension, desertion crimes, labor hour limits, and property control for married women.
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Arizona
California
Idaho
Orégon
Wyoming
Inheritance Laws Equal for Spouses and Parents
In a historic shift, inheritance by husband and wife, father and mother, was made exactly equal. Mothers were granted equal rights with fathers over their children, marking a major step toward gender parity in succession.
Do You Know Busy Woman Need the Ballot
A bold query on women’s roles in the United States lists counts of women teachers physicians clerks lawyers journalists and farmers and urges Busy Woman to consider the ballot as a tool for change and progress.
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United States
Dry Cleaning At Home Mixture For Easy Safe Cleaning
A recipe from Scientific American describes a stock solution of eight ounces strong ammonia, half an ounce chloroform and half an ounce ether stored tightly away from skin. Dissolve a bar of naphtha soap in three gallons hot water with baking soda salt and alum and ammonia chloroform mixture. Use on oriental rugs by brushing with lather which dries quickly. Sponge spots on clothing including silk and upholstery. Wash sweaters and blankets by soaking in nearly cold mixture then rinse and hang. The ingredients remove grease and dirt and brighten colors.
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Scientific American
No Eye For Color Hood Tales From Oxford
A Liverpool Post contributor recalls a cu rate in a parish who, after earning a master of arts from Oxford, wears a red hood to preach. A hostess remarks that his complexion would suit myrtle green or old gold better, mocking academic attire. Also includes a Detroit Free Press joke about a daughter learning to cook.
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Liverpool Post
Oxford
Detroit Free Press
Suburban Life Speech Sparks Scrappy Suburban Debate
In suburban life notes, residents describe their community as one big family while a resident named Pitts questions the severity of scrapping in local matters. The column captures neighborly sentiment and a hint of friction over yard cleanup or recycling disputes.
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Pitts
Will Work for Iowa Suffrage Staff Member Curtis Stays
Miss Alice B. Curtis a prominent Iowa Equal Suffrage staffer arrived from Wisconsin for a month to aid the Iowa campaign. She agreed to remain through the campaign end, citing her experience and executive ability. Curtis says Allison, Iowa, is her home though much of her suffrage work was in Wisconsin.
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Alice B. Curtis
Iowa Equal Suffrage Association
Iowa
Wisconsin
Miss Curtis
Allison
Dog in the Manger Attitude on Women's Voting
A Jefferson Bee editorial compares indifferent women's stance on voting to the dog in the manger. It praises active, progressive sisters seeking a voice in government and condemns those who obstruct them as unlovely and unmanly.
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Jefferson Bee
Why do women want the vote in Iowa suffrage drives
An editor’s view in the Times Republican outlines six reasons women seek the ballot. Citizenship under the Constitution, taxation with representation, lawmaking participation, true representation, empowerment for mothers and homes, and the need for joint influence of men and women in politics.
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Iowa
United States
Free Republic
Women Farmers of Iowa May Hold Ballot Power
Investigations in three counties show at least 5 426 women active in farming controlling about 850 000 acres. Estimates suggest nearly 16 000 women own or manage farms, with 2 544 000 acres under Iowa women, worth about 350 million dollars. Experts praise women as strong farm managers and leaders, arguing they deserve a voice in state government and farm policy.
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Iowa
Iown
Dean C. F. Curtiss
Iowa State College
Proclamation on Woman Suffrage in Colorado Senate
Colorado Senate on January 22, 1915 unanimously passed a proclamation stating woman suffrage is a just recognition of rights and has proven materially helpful to good government. It notes misrepresentation elsewhere and asserts suffrage elevates respect for the majesty and supremacy of the law.
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Colorado
TION
Colorado Senate
Union
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