Chastity of Our Women in Modern Society
A provocative charge against contemporary women, invoking Brunhild and historical heroines, arguing that many young women now enter business and urban life at the expense of virtue. Jane Addams is cited on moral decline, with references to economic exploitation, the white slave trade, and the strain on chastity. The piece ends by warning readers to answer how society values itself amid these pressures.
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Jane Addams
Deron
Aeset
Sugar Costs Burst For Consumers Amid Trust Profits
The piece argues sugar prices rise for all while beet sugar growers and tobacco farmers gain little. It criticizes trusts and stock watering, noting workers and homemakers bear higher costs as steel and other trusts enrich a few. It calls for the state to curb injustice and protect producers and buyers.
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Coffee Trust
Sugar Trust
Cates
Tobacco Trust
Kentucky
Steel Trust
Educer
Women’s political power shocks Los Angeles regime
The piece notes anti socialist women demanding the state board of health names of manufacturers and dealers in impure foods. They plan to advertise the list and urge boycott. Women also organize to help select La Follette delegates to the Republican national convention, showing strong political engagement and earnestness.
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Los Angeles
State Board of Health
Easy to Explain One He Seem to Be a Capable Man
A Summit Avenue woman insists a man can do her work exactly as she wants. He asks for references but says he tore them up, claiming they were not credible. The exchange reveals her expectation of competency and his evasive response.
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Seattle Star
Sinker Paicel Press
The
Star Publishing Co
Atile
Wash
Seattle
Oolock
Love
Puck
Neighborly Quips and Cautious Plans In Local Talk
A Billville neighbor jokes about John's path to congress and presidency while an old lady warns of complexities after polished shoes and a ride in a automobile. A passerby questions straw in the roadway as a gatekeeper warns of a cautious suitor seeking a daughter's hand tonight.
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Billville
John
Congress
Atlanta Constitution
Putting Him Right and Awful Cartoon Exchange
A humorous dialogue features a lagging wit arguing about doing two things at once and a sharp comeback about feeding a sandwich to a dog. The exchange captures quick wordplay and a light domestic sting in a period cartoon style.
Lingering resentment and sly quips in 1920s humor
A collage of comic exchanges and quips from early 20th century papers. Jokes touch on smuggling cigars, baby viewing, canary singing, feminine fashion, married life, and prohibition. The tone is wry and lightly satirical about social quirks and vice.
Quips and Quotations From Then and Now
A collection of dated witticisms and quips from newspapers including remarks on graft, schooling, gifts, and love. Notable lines include a Vermont town hiring a salaried superintendent for schools, a toddler learning percentage, and a jibe about inheritance and disappointment.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Offer Quick Relief
A promotional note touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets for rapid relief from bloating and indigestion. It describes stomach inflation from undigested food and claims the product supplies missing digestive juices, sweetens mucous membranes, and improves mood. a free trial package is offered from A. Stuart Co in Marshall, Michigan.
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Stuart
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