Ambitious Antoinette Taft Seeks Break in San Francisco News
In a drab San Francisco home, Antoinette Taft twenty three pursues a writing career. She interviews Lawrence Bellamy editor of the Journal of Commerce but finds no place for a woman writer. A later call offers a job as society reporter with Mr Greenwood of the Call. Cliff accompanies her to the newspaper office.
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Antoinette Taft
San Francisco
Brenda
Clift
Bruce
Meg
Lawrence Bellamy
The
Journal of Commerce
Nho
Cliff
Barney Kerr
Barney
Tony
Mr. Greenwood
Burke
Clifford
Spike
MacGrath
Joe Burke
Taft
Mr. Burke
Market Street
Lorenzo’s
Joe
Lorenzo
Mr. Bellamy
the Journal
Arnoldson
Fitch
Bellamy
Anders
Fresno
Greenwood
Mr. Moore
Call's
Paul Harrimans
Henrietta
Miss Taft
Darling
Mr. Florence
Meggy
Dad
Van
Spike Illyan
Sally
President Harrison
Augusta Terry
Antoinette
Hannibal
Greeny
Linda Flood
Paulding Flood
Hor
Tahoe
Mrs. Flood
Miss Bruce
Margaret
Alison
Gay
Carmel
Beattys
Tony Taft Joins City Desk Amid Romance at Lorenzo's
Tony Taft, newly named society editor, navigates bustle and pressure at the city desk. She bonds with Joe Burke, sketches social notes, lands a studio print, and balances office ambition with family support and flirtations, amid a transforming career and social circles.
Greeny’s New Star Brings Change to Oakland Newsroom
Tony praises Brenda’s growth as she becomes a trusted aide in the city room. The staff admires her, from Arch Slosser to Mrs. Magius, while Gavin Fitch’s discreet generosity to Bess Cutter hints at office tensions and looming trouble.
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Tony
Brenda
Meggy
Jensen
Greeny
Mr. Fitch
City Room
Arch Slosser
Spike Iligan
Joe Burke
van Florence
Patty Perkins
Oakland
Annie
Magius
Betsy Ross
Bess Cutter
Bessie
Gavin Franklin Fitch
Miss Cutter
Pine Street
Mrs. Fitch
Fresno
Sacramento
Miss Taft
Photograph Hunt for Sunday Paper Causes Frustration
Tony, 23, starts a spring morning with a job, plans for Sunday photos, and seeks help from six photographers. Brenda notes Pye’s concern as Tony learns photographers won’t share pictures for papers, leaving her with a blocked path to content.
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Tony
Bendy
Brenda
Rumors swirl at the newspaper office amid change chatter
Nervous days loom as Tony observes constant rumors of leadership shakeups. A glib young man or a well dressed unknown woman voices deep talk with Greenwood, while Tony stays early to assist and watch the developing story.
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Tony
Greenwood
Mr. Greenwood
Barney
Lee's Invasion of Pennsylvania and Gettysburg Turning Point
The Dictionary of American Biography notes Lee's Pennsylvania invasion leading to the July 1–3 1863 Battle of Gettysburg for three aims: supply his army, sway Northern peace sentiment, and draw Lincoln’s forces away from Vicksburg. Historians often call Gettysburg the Civil War turning point.
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Lee
Pennsylvania
Dictionary of American Biography
Gettysburg
North
Lincoln
South
Vicksburg
Slip and Pantie Set Pattern 9662 Promises Easy Fit
Pattern 9662 offers a rayon crepe slip with fitted bodice and non slipping straps plus flat waistband panties at low cost. Available in sizes 12 through 42 with complete sew chart and requires 35 yards of 89 inch fabric for size 16. Order from The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Chicago Illinois.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Adams St
Chicago, IL
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Hunger and death linked to starvation feats and hunger strikes
A yogi ascetic in Rishi Kesh reportedly survived forty five days with no food or water before being released after hearing Om. The piece notes Jatindranath Das dying in Lahore prison after a sixty one day hunger strike and Taha Hussein dying in 1932 after fifty days of fasting in a political assassination case.
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Rishi Kesh
United Provinces
India
Jatindranath Das
Lahore
Taha Hussein
Siki Pasha
Kidnapping Across Seas and Time in Crime Lore
The Detroit News notes kidnapping is not exclusively American, tracing its origins to England 250 years ago. It discusses organized kidnap gangs, historic use of the term, and Puritan and 18th century practices of abducting youths for indentured labor or slavery in the American colonies.
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America
England
Bunyan
Maj
Arthur Griffith
Detroit News
Creomulsion Promises Fast Relief for Persistent Coughs
Advertised medicine Creomulsion claims to soothe inflamed membranes and loosen phlegm in chest colds and bronchial irritation. The copy urges trying Creomulsion even after other remedies fail and offers a money refund if not satisfied from the first bottle.
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Pol Nes
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