Good Common Sense on Women at Disarmament Conference
Washington dispatch reports debate over naming a woman to the American delegation for the disarmament conference opening November 11. Rep. Alice Robertson and Florence King oppose appointing a woman, arguing qualifications and diplomacy matter more than gender, while others defend women’s potential contribution.
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Washington, D. C
Harding
National League of Women Voters
Alice Robertson
Oklahoma
Congress
Florence King
National Woman's Association of Commerce
United States
Robertson
Miss King
Don’t Hitch Here Sign Draws Farmer Notice
An elderly resident recalls the old warning sign Dont Hitch Here as a farmer stirs interest and draws attention to the notice in the local scene.
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Laluy
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason on the cook book
The poem praises the cook book as a noble tome guiding homemakers in cooking. It contrasts women who value cooking with those chasing social clubs and fiction. It argues good cooking preserves happy homes, while neglect leads to tired fathers and gray hair.
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Washington, D. C
Women candidates reject glamor for service in disarmament debate
The ladfest interviewees express common sense about movement toward sex aggrandisement harming efficiency and economy. They salute Miss Robinson and Miss King for modestly declining a man’s job while stressing citizenship requires quiet, unheralded service and enduring disappointments in political life.
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Miss Robinson
Miss King
Queen Victoria in Decline and Dignity
The Winnipeg Tribune recalls Gladstone addressing Victoria as Gloriana while Disraeli flattered her lonely heart. He called her Titania and sent letters that boosted her self esteem, making her popular and beloved at home and abroad in the later years of her reign.
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Disraeli
Gloriana
Titania
BORROWED SMILES and Wartime Hymns in Legion Weekly
The issue lists a sequence of songs and prayers like When the Roll is Called Up Yonder and Onward Christian Soldiers as part of a wartime page. It includes brief officer lectures and a closing peace note. A light theatrical moment is hinted with a playful aside regarding introductions and a pardoning line.
Adversarial Exchange on Street Car Remarks and Natural Selection
A reader recalls a prior encounter on a street car with a woman claiming vast familiarity. The dialogue pivots to a mock defense of Darwinian natural selection, imagining a garden run by the theory where only the strongest survive and weaker plants fail. The satire extends to nature’s brutal outcomes in a rural setting.
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Charles Dudley Warner
Hammerstein Praises America In Lusitania Smoke Room
Oscar Hammerstein in the Lusitania smoke room extols America contrasted with Europe. He cites an English banker noting the United States as the greatest country while wincing at American fires blamed on rapid growth and friction.
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Oscar Hammerstein
Lusitania
America
Europe
Washington Star
Queen Victoria Emerges From Mourning After Disraeli Rise
After the death of her husband at 42 Victoria entered deep mourning for twenty years. She isolated herself from social life and devoted to correspondence and government debates. Disraeli becoming prime minister finally drew her out of bereavement with his rhetoric.
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Victoria
Disraeli
Wonderful Gain in Weight Promises Health for Miss Davis
Miss LaRue Davis of Chattanooga says Tanlac duped her 76 pound frame into a weight over 100 pounds with daily gains. She credits appetite rise and improved complexion, noting the medicine’s wide availability through Sherman Brothers and Pioneer Drug Store.
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LaRue Davis
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Gas City
Ind
Washington
Shermen Brothers
Pioneer Drug Store
Advt
Well-Heeled Wilhelm Not Affected by War Costs
The Philadelphia Public Ledger notes that while King George trims royal expenses, the ex-kaiser reportedly remains unstressed economically, avoiding noticeable hardship from the war’s costs.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
George
Teacher recovers clothes at railroad station
Miss Pearl Alexander from Marshalltown woke in the Y W C A to find her clothes stolen. She saw the thief buying a ticket at Union Station, arrested her, recovered her garments, and altered into her own clothes before catching the 7 25 train.
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Des Moines
Pearl Alexander
Marshalltown
Miss Alexander
Union Station
Bank tale overshadows poverty claims in European reports
The account centers on an Amsterdam bank linked to his chief aide bearing about 4,000,000 dollars. The narrative of hardship does not provoke the hoped-for image of woe in Holland or Germany, or elsewhere.
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Amsterdam
Wilhelm
Holland
Germany
Waiter Proposes Tip After Confusing Brother at KC Hotel
A Kansas City hotel waiter, famed for good service to Black guests, pressed a guest for a tip by claiming a brother had dined and tipped. The guest revealed the table companion had been his brother, and left, noting the family would likely settle the bill later.
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Kansas City Journal
Kansas City
Sam
Train Schedule Data for Washington Branch Lines
Passenger and freight train numbers with arrival and departure times are listed for the Washington Branch. Daily local freight numbers 429 430 459 and locals 835 836 run on specific weekly patterns, with No 87 freight and No 88 eastbound and westbound runs noted. Agent H W Russel signs as station agent.
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H. W. Russel
Lo West Lim
Bass Lo'west Lim
John Park
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