Ambitious Antoinette Taft Faces a San Francisco newsroom
Antoinette Taft a 23 year old aspiring woman writer struggles to find work in San Francisco. She interviews Lawrence Bellamy editor of the Journal of Commerce but is told there is no place for a woman writer. She grows attached to Bellamy while courting prospects at the Call and amid newsroom chaos.
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Antoinette Taft
San Francisco
Brenda
Cliff
Bruce
Meg
Lawrence Bellamy
The
Journal of Commerce
Barney Kerr
Barney
Tony
Mr. Greenwood
Call
Joe Burke
Bellamy
Bess Cutter
Fitch
Bess
Cutter
Piedmont
Patterson
Ruth
Clifford
Antoinette
Ruth Bellamy
Minni
Mrs. Bellamy
Miss Taft
Journal
Examiner
Larry
Los Antonios
Federated Clubs
Misa Betsy
San Francisco Journal of Commerce and Business
Greeny
Engagement on Front Page Sparks Shock in Hillsborough Society
Tony learns of a front page engagement announcement involving Patricia Page Porte and Lee CaroJan Scott, amid a newsroom scandal over a leaked Journal scoop. She grapples with guilt as Ruth Bellamy and Larry Moran race to manage fallout while Greeny and Danielson impose newsroom limits. Tony confesses to Larry that she disclosed the scoop and fears consequences as she watches the Portes and Scotts react.
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Tony
Brenda
Santa Cruz
Cliff
Margaret
Mary Rose
Ferguson
Patricia Page Porte
Lee Caro- Jan Scott
Hillsborough
Fe-Anzomen
Market Street Rain Reflects Tony and Van Dinner Talk
Tony and Van dine as rain slicks Market Street. Frances is discussed and Tony recalls the memory with Larry. Barney Kerr presses for a dinner and marriage hint while Tony resists plans and stays rooted in the newsroom. Brenda notes Tony will skip the Kerrs' Sunday gathering.
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Market Street
Tony
Van
Frances
Russ
Barney Kerr
Piedmont
Larry
Brenda
Kerrs
Wedding Fallout Strains Newsroom Rivalry
Tony returns to work as the press clash over a public engagement story fractures key newsroom friendships. Joe Burke pressures a blunt tale while Greeny faces hard choices about how the scoop was used and who knew the implications.
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Tony
Greeny
Joe Burke
Joe
Van
Spike
Buck
English Mayor's Cottage Links Viking Past to Britain
A Washington Post writer notes Barton Mills England cottage embodies British history with beams from Viking ships and chestnut timber from the tenth century. The house predates 1066 and gained its name from Sir Henry de Barton, a fifteenth century Lord Mayor of London.
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Barton Mills
England
Washington Post
Henry de Barton
London
Lights of New York observations and urban sketches
Newsletter style column notes early morning scenes over lower Manhattan with fog over skyline. It catalogues costs of office workers and others, hat grabber incidents, a wallet found after being stolen, a subway injury and a helpful passerby, plus travel quirks of Caribbean visitors and souvenirs from the West Indies.
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Lower Manhattan
Woolworth
Singer
Brooklyn Bridge
Science links fish rich diets to mental gains
Experiments at Elgin Hospital for the Insane indicate diet influences mental balance. Tests after 12 months show subjects on vitamin A B-1 B-2 D and iron from liver extracts and cod liver oil gained about 14.15 months of mental age versus 2.41 months for non diet observers.
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Chicago
Elgin Hospital
Rooster Alerts Alaska Family to House Fire
A rooster in Ketchikan Alaska crowed loudly after a fire started in a downstairs room waking Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Hansen. The timely warning allowed them to extinguish the blaze before it spread, saving their home and likely lives and thousands of dollars in damage.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
Carl E. Hansen
Mexican man tries to ship body as shoes to save freight
In Mexico City Ignacio Rincon attempted to send his dead mother home in a box labeled shoes with value 40 pesos. Express workers uncovered the body and he was arrested. Rincon admitted his goal was to return the body to Quéasaca as merchandise to pay less freight.
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Central Park West
One Hundred and Fourth Street
New York
Mexico City
Ignacio Rincon
Express
Rincon
Quéasaca
Tobacco Chewing Listed As Fire Hazard at Safety Meet
At a safety conference, tobacco chewing was shown as a fire risk in a textile factory bleaching room. Insurance engineers sprinkled sawdust on a table with spilled bleach containing sodium peroxide. tobacco juice on the mix caused a flame.
Adlerika Promises Quick Relief for Constipation
An old ad promotes Adlerika for constipation and gas with claims of relief within 30 minutes after one dose. It cites Dr. H. L. Shoub of New York and asserts bowel cleansing beyond ordinary laxatives. Sold by all druggists and drug departments.
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Adierika
H. L. Shoub
New York
Adlerika
Select Products, Inc
23Rd St
Long Island City
N. Y
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Kathleen Norris
Johnnie Wood
Journal and Examiner
Kate Oliver
Chronicle
Ann Wilde
Elise Mooney
Scotts
Porters
Ann
Pixley
Moran
Aan
Fiew
Greenwood
Arnoldson
Bob Whiteley
Bellamys
Danielson
Flo Danielson
Scott
Magius
Betsy Ross
Willie
Mr. Danielson
Lights of
L.L. Stevenson
Society For the Improvement of
Broadway
Forty-seventh Street
Caribbean
West Indies
Smiling Isles
Bell Syndicate
Wwnu Servica
Rooster
Constipater
Mabel Schott
Kemp
Jin
Malden
Mass
Doan
Wwnu
al Atak
Teehee
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