French Women Power Beyond Votes in 19th Century Debate
BOROTHY DUNBAR BROMLEY argues in the New York World-Telegram that French women wield informal influence despite lacking suffrage. She notes legal subjugation under codes from Napoleon era, contrasts with American voting rights, and highlights women who ran businesses and shaped decisions. The piece ends with a sermon quote about letting light shine.
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Borothy Dunbar Bromley
New York World-Telegram
Napoleon
Marie Louise
France
Bon Me
Louise
Josephine
Crocheted Rug from Cubes and Stars Pattern
Grandmother Clark presents a thirty inch crocheted rug from the Cubes and Stars quilt design about a hundred years old. The 12 diamond blocks form a star when slip stitched, using about two pounds of material, suited for a child’s room. Readers may obtain instructions and nineteen other rug patterns by sending 15 cents to Home Craft Co. Dept C, Nineteenth & St Louis Ave, St Louis Mo, with a stamped self addressed envelope.
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Address Home Craft CO
Dept. C
Nineteenth & St. Louis Avenue
St. Louis
Feasting Hall of Stone Age Men Found Near Whangaroa
A cavern near Whangaroa Harbour, New Zealand, revealed a stone age feasting hall with bone remains, cooking areas, and wooden fishhooks. Skeletons mingle with moa bones, hair color suggesting possible non Maori origins, raising questions about early inhabitants.
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Whangaroa Harbour
New Zealand
G. Fleming
L. Frear
Whangaroa
Moa
Sea Plow Buries Cables Deep Behind Lord Kelvin Test
A sea plow perfected to bury cables 18 inches below the sea bed offers protection from trawling. In a test 100 miles off Ireland, the Lord Kelvin steamer buried 20 miles of cable and frustrated numerous grappling attempts.
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Ireland
Lord Kelvin
Ideal Community Quote by Dean Inge
A concise reflection notes that individual virtue builds the state and true wealth lies in sharing so one person’s gain does not come at another’s loss. The quote emphasizes collective citizenship and moral societal formation.
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Dean Inge
Department of Justice keeps vast fingerprint and alias files
The Kansas City Star notes the new DOJ building houses a massive fingerprint archive with over 4.6 million prints and 69 international exchanges, a 9,000-criminals file with 10 finger indexing, 5 million names and 30,000 aliases, plus handwriting, typewriter, and stationery tracing. A crime lab can reveal invisible writing with light projection, and artifacts like Dillinger’s hat and Urschel ransom can be found in the trophy hall.
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Department of Justice
Washington
Office of Information
Dillinger
Underworld
Ment
Brass Monkey
Boxcar Casey
Boozehound
Joe
Urschel
Science Service
Kansas City Star
Relics of Dwarf Race Found Near Durango Mexico
Mexico investigates ruins of a town built by a dwarf race discovered 75 miles from Durango near El Salto waterfall in Cerro Blanco. Dwellings remain up to six feet high and skeletons reach 40 inches. adults, era unknown.
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Government of
Mexico
Durango
M. Gamiz
el Salto
Cerro Blanco
White Hill
Firestone Tires Lead With Gum-Dipped Cords And Extra Layers
Firestone promotes truck and bus tires designed for long mileage and economy. The copy cites gum-dipping and two extra layers of gum-dipped cords as key innovations, offering safer traction longer wear and quicker stops to reduce operating costs for fleets.
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Fire Stone
Firestone
Harvey S. Firestone
Firestone Service
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Providence
General Foods
Clark
Turing Richard Crooks
NBC
H.D
Firestone Olbfield
Firestone Sentinel
Ryx
Cine Cabinet
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