Woman vows to help boys after Chicago hangings
Mrs. Sophie Van Dine, mother of Harvey Van Dine, witnessed the execution of the car barn bandits and now works in Chicago’s hospital ward for detectives. She hopes to heal minds and bodies of impoverished children to prevent crime. The piece urges fighting disease vice and poverty to give every boy a fair chance.
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Chicago
Sophie van Dine
Harvey van Dine
Mrs. van Dine
Seattle
Suffrage Debate and War Leadership Mockery
A distinguished Eastern anti suffragist claims power explains women's push for equal voting rights. The text argues women will win if they desire it, comparing it to buying new shoes or a presidential ballot. It also notes Nick Longworth mocking Wilson's wartime leadership, a point that amuses even Southern Ohio.
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O Man
New York
Pennsylvania
Nick Longworth
Wilson
Ohio
Fragmented courtroom scene in a tale of a neglected wife
In a crowded courtroom a lawyer’s speech about a betrayed wife draws laughter and pity. The tale ends with the husband, wife, and audience reacting to the lawyer’s misjudged lines as tears flow and the crowd weighs the case.
Dayton Plan Convention Opens In Dayton City
Dayton hosts the National Municipal League and National City Managers Association as they begin conventions to study the Dayton mayor plan. Delegates from both groups meet to review city management and governance proposals in Dayton.
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Dayton, D
Dayton City Mayer
National Municipal League
National City Managers’ Association
Bernile Rising suit alleges husband held up diamonds
The item reports Bernile Rising filing a lawsuit Tuesday claiming her husband assaulted her and stole diamonds. Separately, notes cover a Central Council of Social Agencies meeting in Seattle with speakers M. J. Carrigan and Fred Brown, plus other brief quotes and notices about local events and a ship chaplain lecture.
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Bernile Rising
Central Council of Social Agencies
Seembly
Constipation cure advertised in old newspaper notice
An old advertisement promotes California Syrup of Figs as a gentle, effective laxative for children and adults, claiming it cleanses the liver and bowels, with directions on each bottle and urging readers to ask for the 50 cent bottle from the California Fig Syrup Company.
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Jook
California
Thealifornia Fig Syrup Company
Brooklyn Professor Proposes Fireproof Workwear
A Brooklyn professor suggests fireproof clothing as a job safeguard and offers to accept orders for a suit if it truly guarantees employment. The remark implies a bold claim about protective attire securing work.
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Brooklyn
Health rules for long life and local entertainment
An article urges temperate eating and regular exercise to add years to life, advising annual exams after age 40 and avoidance of excess. It also announces Beverly Entertainers, a four girl quartet, performing at the Star Lyceum at the YWCA auditorium at 8 15 Saturday night with music, songs in costume, readings and sketches.
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Beverly
Next Star Lyceum
What Thin Folks Should Do to Gain Weight
Advertised weight gain advice targets thin people with claims of a new assimilative agent called Margol. The note asserts it repairs digestion, strengthens nerves, and increases flesh by aiding nourishment from food, with a promise of weight gain and stated safety and affordability.
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Fartell Drug Co
Swift
Taxation of church property debated in editor's mail
Editor asks if taxpayers should fund churches whose doctrines they do not believe. He notes high taxes and argues for exemption of church property from taxes, questioning the legitimacy of compulsory support for any church.
Mothers Demand Fire Escapes for Seattle Schools
A Seattle mother voices disappointment after Fire Marshal Pringhurat and Fire Chief Sternon report on school fire safety. She urges outside fire escapes on all frame buildings and asks how petitions or protests should be presented to the school board for action.
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the Star
Seattle
Pringhurat
Sternon
School Board
St Jacobs Oil Offered For Rheumatic Pain Relief
An advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a harmless rheumatic pain cure for rheumatism, neur algia, lumbago, backache, and stiffness. It claims quick relief, skin safety, and a long history of use with a trial bottle available at drug stores.
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St. Jacobs
Queens of Europe Dress Costs Highlight European Royals
The queen of Norway is the most economically attired queen in Europe. She spends about $1,000 yearly on her dress. The queen of Spain is the most extravagant dressed queen with dress bills around $15,000 annually.
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Norway
Europe
Spain
Emperor Yoshihito Hosts National Banquet in Kyoto
In Kyoto on November 17, the newly crowned emperor Yoshihito hosted a grand national banquet for 100,000 guests. The emperor attended in person while remaining spiritually present at celebratory feasts nationwide.
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Kyoto
Japan
Yoshihito
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