Marion Talley Story: Kansas City Telegrapher's Daughter Becomes Wonder
The 15 year old Marion Talley rose from a Kansas City telegrapher’s daughter to a New York wonder child. She refused one opera contract to study three years, sang in church and school events, and impressed Metropolitan Opera figures. Her mother recalls early training and her father returns to the telegraph key as Marion prepares for future fame. The lesson: hard work and humility can lift the obscure to prominence.
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Norris Quinn
New York
Marion Talley
Kansas City
Tetrazsini
Marion
Charles M. Talley
Politan Company of
Drys Control New Congress in New Term
Wayne B Wheeler of the Anti Saloon League reports a dry two to one majority in the new Congress. He says no new enforcement teeth will be added this session and that Wet forces may rise after the next election. Wheeler asserts many claimed wets are not wets.
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Washington
Congress
Wayne B. Wheeler
Ani-Saloon League
United Preas
Con- Wheeler
Wheeler
Rich Children Are Underfed New Jersey Findings
The New Jersey Anti Tuberculosis league joins other investigators in noting greater malnutrition among rich children than poor ones. Rich children often face unbalanced diets amounting to partial starvation while poor children start life with a better diet. Poor babies receive natural nourishment unmatched by any modified milk.
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New York
New Jersey
Judge Orders Man to Care for Babies
In Edmonton England on November 16, Judge Crawford ruled Henry Slater an unemployed husband must stay home to mind the babies while his wife seeks work as a domestic, citing the high demand for such help.
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Edmonton
England
Henry Slater
Crawford
Tacoma Hotel Lease Moves Forward After Trustees Meeting
Tacoma officials announce proposals for leasing and operating the city community hotel after completion. Henry A Rhodes of the board confirms the plans and W L Stoddart New York architect discusses site reports and continued chief architect role. All trustees unite for swift completion and several resignations are reconsidered and withdrawn.
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Tacoma
Henry A. Rhodes
Board of Trustees
W. L. Stoddart
New York
Many Patents Granted to Women in Household Articles
London dispatch reports a large rise in patent applications by women, especially for household articles, according to official records. The trend highlights increased female inventiveness and applicable modern home solutions.
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London
Women blamed for coarsest language by London judge
London report says Judge Parry of Lambeth county court ruled that women are the worst offenders in using profane language. The remark frames a courtroom comment on decorum and social conduct.
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London
Parry
Lambeth County Court
Woman Enters Mining Field In Belmont Mine Venture
Wheeling West Virginia November 17 First woman coal operator in the country Mrs Joseph Pursglove opens an office in Cleveland to market output from a Belmont County mine She joins her husband and three brothers in the family coal business planning new houses for miners and a motor upgrade She will seek mine property ratings and challenge union leader John Lewis with renewed effort in the industry New company capitalized at 300000 with Mrs Pursglove elected president and general manager Also notes Carl Mays poised to pitch for New York Yankees next season and Albert D Laaker US Shipping Board chairman donates 25000 to cancer group.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Joseph Pursglove
Cleveland
Belmont County
Pursgrove
John Lewis
Miners’ Union
Sean
Human Family Like Monkeys
Tales from Mrs Wanda Helbig wife of Captain John Helbig describing a Palawan Island tribe north of Borneo living in trees. She says they are peaceful and childlike but ugly to look at with married women blocking their teeth to distinguish them from the unmarried and lacking a common Pacific language.
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San Francisco
Mra
Wanda Helbig
John Helbig
Eelipae
Palawan
Borneo
Pacific Islands
Tacoma to raise 5000 dollars for basin irrigation drive
Tacoma will raise a 5000 dollar quota for the Columbia basin irrigation project. A committee of ten men led by J B Hessey announced the plan after a meeting of the local Columbia basin committee. Funds will come from Tacoma manufacturers jobbers and wholesalers. The Southwest Washington quota stands at 15000 dollars.
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Tacoma
J. 8. Hessey
Columbia Basin Committee
Washington
Women With Extra Husbands Sought in London
London officials who recently discharged a woman who married now announce they will receive applications for women with dependent husbands. The notice is part of welfare relief efforts and aims to identify eligible women for support.
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London
Pancras O
Foreign Forage Crops Now Grown in America
Washington report on US department of agriculture efforts to import and adapt global forage crops. Kaffir and milled land grasses spread in the South along with soybeans from China and cow pea from India. Sudan Kreken grass seeds from Africa spark new feed sources for cattle and a shift from single crop farming.
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America
South
Africa
China
Orient
India
Tle
Department of Agriculture
Lord Mayor Edward C Moore Inaugurated in London
Edward Cecil Moore, aged 61 and a leading chartered accountant, was inaugurated lord mayor of London in a centuries old pageant. The lord mayor’s show moved from the Guildhall through Bishopsgate to the high courts of justice, with soldiers, scouts, firemen and guilds. a gilt state coach and city marshal led the procession. A banquet at Mansion House tonight will host about 300 guests.
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London
Edward Cecil Moore
Bishopgate
High Court S of Justice
Boy Scouts
Girl Guides
Forestry Department
Guilda
Mansion House
Moore
Woman Held Captive in San Francisco Home
Ruth Sellers Becker was bound and gagged for three days in the home of her suitor Corporal Charles Robare of the U S Medical Corps in San Francisco. Police entered, finding Robare dead from self poisoning.
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Ruth Sellers Becker
San Francisco
Corp
Charles Robare
U. S. Medical Corps
Robare
Lord Mayor Role as Host to Royals and Privy Councillor
The lord mayor serves as the city’s official host to royalty and distinguished visitors during his term. He ranks with earls and, ex officio, sits on the privy council.
New Witnesses in Poison Case in Chicago
Chicago reports six new witnesses in the arsenic poisoning case against Mrs. Klimek and Mrs. Nellie Sturmer. Stella Gruntkowski says she fell ill after candy given by Klimek, and others recount food cooked by the two women caused illness.
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Chicago
Klimek
Nellie Sturmer
Stella Gruntkowski
Mramek
Gruntkowski
Anna Nellis
Split
Nicholas Mickey
Wheelbarrow Accidents Leave Man and Woman Hurt
In Manchester on November 16 Henry Gearing’s wheelbarrow was torn from his grip when struck by a motorcar. The car then struck a woman 20 feet away, killing her instantly.
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Manchester
England
Henry Gearing
War ends censor claim under scrutiny
Paris reports the official line that the war is over and there is no censor, yet WN correspondents find pitches mysteriously lost or delayed in transmission, suggesting gaps in censorship theater.
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Paris
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Mays
Huston
Albert D. Laaker
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Bulletin
The
Star
Washington Bureau
Uncle Sam
Mines Bureau
Seattle
Seattle Star
New York Ave
Washington, D. C
South Sea
Robert Talley Washington
Buddy
W.W. Graf
Goodyear
W. W. Graf
Eastern Credit
Ise
Second Avenue
Priestley
Goodyea Raincoat CO
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