Chicago's Margaret Blank guides families with official housekeeping role
In Chicago, Miss Margaret Blank, an official visiting housekeeper, helps struggling mothers by assessing homes, teaching cleanly routines, and creating budget menus. Aimed at breaking cycles of neglect, she uses a card system and assigns children chores while coordinating with Mary Crane nursery and Ellen Woodward to tailor meals for six on 43 cents daily.
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Chicago
Miss Margaret Blank
Jackson Boulevard
Miss Blank
United Charities Organization
Myra Brockett
Mary Crane Nursery
Dominick Izzo
Misa Dlank
Ald Mins Woodward
Miss Woodward
Ring of Chinese Fate Drives Professor Toward Love
Professor Tupper pursues Miss Virginia Smith after a magical Chinese ring reverses time. A laundryman Ah Win aids the plan with a warning about opium. The tale threads romance, mistaken fates, and a final resolve to marry despite odd twists.
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Horace Aloysinua
Tupper
Gables College
Virginia Smith
Miss Smith
Ah Win
Professor Tupper
Ab Win
Virginia
Chinene
Prof
Mies Smith
Week's Food Budget for a Family of Six
A Chicago charity project lists a weekly family menu with prices for staple items graded for home preparation. Items include coffee four cents, bread twenty one loaves at two and a half cents, weekly totals summing to five dollars and ten cents.
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Mies Ellen Woodward
United Charities
Chicago
Baby Eyes Disease Sparks Nationwide Health Drive
A Cleveland case highlights neonatal ophthalmia known as ophthalmia neonatorum. Doctors and nurses began treatment after a mother reported eye infection in her newborn, prompting a nationwide effort to urge mothers to seek immediate care and report any eye issues in infants.
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Wothers
Cleveland
Young Men's Department and Suit Styles Highlight Store
The store showcases a Young Men's Department with athletic trim suits for college and business men. A large selection of Black Communion Suits for boys and Sunday wear. Fancy shirts priced at $1.50. Window display on Union Street features clean-cut spring colors and durable fabrics. Laundries will not injure them.
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Union Street
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Dorothy Dale
Antonia
Antonie
Mise Blank
Mise
Ellen Woodward
Harold Carter
Majestic Dentists
Stic
Rm Best
UTS
Majestic Dental
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Turner
Majestic Theatre Huilding
Frederick & Nelson
Balillargeon
Kensington
Seattle
W. B. Hutchinson Co
Second Av
Union St
Old Store
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