We Should Try to Understand Before We Condemn These Women
An essay arguing that British suffragists and their wartime actions reflect deeper social and economic injustice. The piece notes poverty and class privilege in England, praises Lloyd George's reforms, and contrasts British and American approaches to achieving social change. It calls for examining root causes before condemning activists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
France
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Jorgiam
United States
Light and love as life’s true nourishment in a jumbled column
A collage of aphorisms and clipped political quotes contrasts love with hate, urging kindness as life’s fuel. The piece riffs on figures like T. P. O’Connor and Woodrow Wilson, interspersed with satirical notes about politics, marriage, and current events.
Portraits And Peculiarities From The Era
A collage of items: Century magazine profiles Woodrow Wilson with sidewhiskers from an unpublished photo. Robert E. Boyd takes a new job with Moser Paper Co. in Chicago. Social life cheer helps Appleton, doubts arise over a San Antonio woman’s $43,000 bank robbery claim. Humorous quips reference Gen Huerta and a fighter’s memoir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Century Magazine
Woodrow Wilson
Century
Robert E. Boyd
Chicago
Moser Paper Company
Appleton
Bob
San Antonio
Uiinotsburg
I Wish I Could Sell This Dog to the City Pound
A speaker vents about a troublesome dog kept despite harm and mess, describing its chewing, muddy tracks, howling, and fear of the dog catcher. The narrator longs for the pound to take the animal away while resisting the obvious solution.
Adipose Diagnosis Sparks Witty Exchange at Spinster Party
A humorous dialogue unfolds with a physician calling out an excess of fat as the culprit while the characters trade quips about rings and a war on kissing. References to Damon and Pythias and a Yonkers woman’s crusade add period flavor as party manners are debated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers
In the Editor's Mail The Star Citizens Object
Readers comment on church decorum and charity. A reader calls a hat obstructive and selfish in church, while a mother argues against charity as dependency and wants living wages from a Christian firm.
Best Short Stories of the Day
A collection of light fiction snippets including a West End bar joke about price and surroundings and a Cleveland Plain Dealer quip about a lawyer’s different speaking styles. The pieces contrast humor with a punchy verdict on rhetoric and dining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End
Sandy
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Calamity Anne Detective and the Dust Heist at Grand
Calamity Anne chases a bandit for a $500 reward but loses dust while the robber escapes to the sheriff. She then finds a robbers stash by accident and tries to claim it as reward, but returns the dust to Rattlesnake Pete and wife. Calamity remains content with her detective title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calamity
Anne
Heartatch
Rattlesnake
Pete
New Cheasty's Transforms for Spring 1913
With the 1913 spring opening Cheasty's unveils a new layout. The main floor now houses Hat and Furnishing departments with extensive menswear. The second floor features the 15.00 and 18.00 departments and the Benjamin department offering suits overcoats and raincoats in a modern lighted display space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheasty’s
Benjamin
Big selection in suits and coats on Second Floor
Through special arrangements with Alfred Benjamin and other makers, the store pledges unequaled style and quality at these prices. A complete guarantee backs every garment. See the entire Second Floor devoted to Suits and Coats for bigness and selection.
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Rainier
America
Alfred Benjamin
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Mark Twain
Huerta
Mexico
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Olympic View Sanitarium
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Josh Wise
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Foundling
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Hoboesa
Annie Rowley
Devoe
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Carpenter's
Carpenter's Steel
Stillson
Armstrong
Atkin
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Railroad Ave
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Third Ave
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Cheasty
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Second Avenue
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