Keeping Municipal Integrity Through Shared Knowledge
The article discusses how new city officials face costly contracts and pressures for honest, efficient governance. It highlights the League of American Municipalities creating a data bureau, led by John MacVicar, to share city costs and practices and aid conscience-driven leadership.
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Electric Lighting Company
League of American Municipalities
Montreal
League
Rochester
Atlanta
Seattle
Denver
Omaha
New Orleans
John MacVicar
Des Moines
MacVicar
Secretary Ballinger Visits Beverly With Portfolios
Ballinger arrived in Beverly carrying three portfolios but lacking checks and putters as the straw hat trend suddenly waned in popularity today.
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Ballinger
Beverley
Bigamy tale in New York woman earns jail bail
Irene Winfield of New York hid two marriages after living with John Van Arsdale, a plumber. Van Arsdale found Irene with Jerome W. Decker, who also claimed her as wife. Irene was arrested at 2 a.m. and held on $1,000 bail for bigamy after confessing she married both men because they were handsome. Decker appeared in court heartbroken, saying he was “stung.”
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New York
Irene Winfield
Irene
John van Arsdale
van Arsdale
Clews
W. 25Th St
Jerome W. Decker
Decker
Jerome
Eulythe
Metropolia
Seattle
Luna Park
Creas
Edythe Ralstone Embarks on Broadway Glitz Quest
Jersey City to Broadway tale follows Edythe Ralstone a St Louis pony ballet dancer rising from trembling newcomer to sophisticated stage hopeful. She outfits in six costumes costs and attic lining while shunning luxury as she learns dances travels with a wardrobe mistress and endures lean meals and long trains toward a possible acting career.
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Kalich
Ethel Barrymore
Mia
Finke
Maude Adame
New York
Edythe Ralstone
The
Pony Ballet
Humorous Seattle Snippets From Daily Life
A collage of city vignettes from Seattle featuring a milkman, a housemaid disguise, a young girl named Fannie with a watermelon, a busy mayor’s office scene, and wandering quips about courtship and nerves. The piece blends social humor with local color and light satire on daily routines and manners.
June Bride Learns Wedded Wisdoms In Chicago News
A light hearted sentiment from the Chicago News notes changing views on marriage and beauty. It contrasts a brunette judge with a blond, hints at lessons learned by brides, and includes playful proverbs about memory and appearances.
Mr Skygack Observes Mars Mission Notes
Mr Skygack, a Martian observer, serves as a special correspondent and records wire report observations in his field notebook. He documents unfamiliar Earth customs and signals impressions from his extraterrestrial vantage point.
Baillargeon Offers Special 27.50 Suits For Men
Baillargeon presents 27.50 suits in hard twisted worsted fabric described as superior for service. Coats 45 inch, man-tailored with detailed cuffs collar and pockets, satin lining, close-fitting skirts with kilts and tailored belts. Special price highlighted.
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Ibiominehintdte
S' Asec Une
Juniors and Misses Suits on Sale With Varied Styles
Special provision for junior girls and misses items due to demand. Three piece Junior Suit features long jacket velvet collar horn buttons. Misses suits include 42 inch jacket gray satin lining blue and green checked serge, and prices around 32.50. Inventory promises more sizes tomorrow for boys still seeking a new suit.
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Coebeck
Comic Snippets and Witty Quips Across City Papers
A collage of light dialogue and jokes from multiple papers features playful exchanges among Mrs Skolder, the Rector, Lisbeth, and Ally Sloper, with punchlines on marriage, church, diets, cars, and manners. Brief quips from the New York Times, Chicago News, Cleveland Leader, Dallas News, and other papers appear as a mosaic of humorous banter and social observations.
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Liabeth
Neek
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