Town housekeeping and municipal suffrage in the suburbs
Alicia Meredith argues that women should have municipal suffrage after recounting a suburban town's faulty road repairs. She recalls a delayed, inadequate project that left a street dangerous and muddy, blamed on indifferent officials and a wealthy tax base. Meredith contends educated women could spur better local governance.
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Jeb Surely Road Department
Saie
Ttm
Chatr Don
Committee On Roads
Ice
Alicia Meredith
Mail Delivery Frustrations With Postal Service
Residents report uneven mail delivery with carriers in some areas not delivering in our town. A letter to the postmaster requesting mail forwarding to a nearby town failed to reach its destination, and inquiries yielded no record of the request.
What Women Could Do In Town Government
A historical sentiment argues women in town government would improve safety and services. It envisions mounted police, better street lighting, reliable snowplows, transportation for students, a suitable gymnasium, and humane street cleaning, plus care for the elderly in a dedicated home.
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Etter
Puzzler Entries and A Queer Gardener Riddles
Puzzle notes list No 131 to 137 with wordplay tasks and clues. It includes Additions puzzles, a queer gardener tale about Timothy Trim, Dropped Letters, Word Square, Double Acrostic, and thematic wordplay items with clues for various everyday words and phrases.
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Timothy Trim
Charade and Syncopations Puzzles in Riddling Form
The item presents No 138 Charade clues about a household beast and its scent, plus No 139 Syncopations with two explained letter drops. It lists three puzzle prompts: instrument turned tool, raise and exalt, and tin tube turned coal or wood fuel.
Maud Muller on a Rainy Day Car Escape
Maud the spotter on a rainy Chicago day climbs a car and speeds away past a conductor who returns and asks for fare. Maud answers with a frosty stare and says yes and no doubt the company is a nickel out.
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Maud
Maud Muller
Chicago News
Key to the Puzzler and Anagram Section Listings
A gallery of puzzle items with numbered topics including Floral Definitions, Noted Cities, Glass, Riddles, Numerical Puzzle, Geographical Queries, Celebrated Men, and Insertions. Names such as Shakespeare, Jefferson, and Alfred the Great appear alongside wordplay clues and anagram prompts.
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Canton
Berne
Pekin
Wheeling
Lyons
Bombay
Oxford
Sting
G. Ail
Smith
China
Japan
Peru
Rue
Shakespeare
Thomas Jefferson
Alfred the Great
Pond
Pound
Main
Matin
Real
Regal
Rose
Rouse
Coon
Colon
Miss Bilal Kelly of Brooklyn School Shines In Basketball
Those who doubt women teachers should know Miss Bilal Kelly of Public School No 44 Brooklyn. An accomplished woman athlete and trainer she leads her schoolboys to victory over rival Brooklyn Queens teams. Her Spartan coaching earned respect and pride among her pupils.
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Bilal
Kelly
Brooklyn
Miss Kelly
Queens County
Wyoming Eldorado for Women Workers Says Gates
Mrs Mary A Gates of Wyoming told the Women's National Progressive League that the state offers more jobs for women than there are qualified applicants It is a struggle to fill needed roles with teachers often lasting only two years and many young women choosing marriage as a factor
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Mary A. Gates
Woming
Aristocratic Dairymaids and Royal Model Dairies
The piece highlights Mrs Margaret Chanler Aldrich of New York as head of the Women’s Municipal League noted for wealth and business acumen, running a summer Hudson dairy that sells surplus milk in the city. It also mentions Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Wilhelmina maintaining model dairies at Sandringham and royal country retreats, enjoying well equipped dairy operations.
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Margaret Chanler Aldrich
New York
English Women of Letters and Suffrage Divides
Mrs Humphy Ward and Miss Marie Corelli reportedly oppose woman suffrage except for municipal voting. Beatrice Larraden, famed for Ships That Pass In the Night, is an ardent suffragist giving readings to fund the cause. Violet Hunt is also an active worker.
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Humphy Ward
Marie Corelli
Where Dog Is King by Lida Rose McCabe in St Nicholas
Miss Lida Rose McCabe presents an illustrated article and lectures from a year in Alaska filled with humor and keen observation. Dr Osler would not be considered seriously in Seattle as Mrs Cawthorne defeats younger rivals in an oratorical contest winning a WCTU gold medal. MARCTA WILLIS CAMPBELL.
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St. Nicholas
Lida Rose McCabe
McCabe
Alaska
North
Picnic on the creek north of Willis Wilsons Fourth of July
A community picnic is planned on the Fourth of July near the creek north of Willis Wilsons. Invitations are issued to Jake Cornelius, Calvin Witherspoon, Sam Graham and others to bring well filled baskets to share. Committee members coordinators noted.
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Willis Wilson
Jake Cornelius
Calvin Witherspoon
Sam Graham
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Europe
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Asia
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Women of Letters and Suffrage
VVV- Copyriants &c
Munn & Co
Scientific Americatt
Oe Keira Res & Co
York Co
F St
Washington
A. M. Ellsworth
the Palace
Jack and
Johnny Bull
West Main Street
Prescott, Ark
Langford & Clemmons
E. J. Taliaferro
Old Picayune Building
East Front Street
Southwest Arkansas
Telephone Go
A. WH. Smith
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