Americans Seek Brainy Wives Says Noted Lecturer
George E. O Dell secretary of the American Ethical Union argues men seek brains in wives. He cites Einstein case and notes the ideal woman should reflect a man’s self image while remaining capable of guiding him to culture and practical affairs. A second view by Miss McLaurin adds charm matters more than pure intellect in forming lasting partnerships.
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Warshall
George K . Dell
American Ethical Union
Samuel Eintema
Einstein
Firat
Howells
New York
Alte
Jaig
Mr . Dell
Nota
Atric
Yonkers
Kate Lee McLaurin
Senator McLaurin
Mississippi
Hersework
Miss McLaurin
Narcissus
Everyeman
Bernard Shaw
Cadets At Rifle Range At Winthrop Me Attend Training
Cadets from Washinghigh schools and Eastern Hadah regiments take part in outdoor shooting practice at Winthrop Maine as part of a strenuous target drill. Army War College shows interest and stores guns on site to ease daily transportation. Regular membership applications filed with the National Rifles Association for Columbia Rifle Club and the Fort e Department Club. Tomorrow features a special tax at the range for officers and one target per club.
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Etorr Trust
Wallach Motiran
Nova
Army War College
Ambilar
National Rifles
Commissioners
Columbia Rifle Club
Forte Department Club
Bucharest Revels in Midst of War
The Bucharest scene is described as lavish and carefree despite World War I. Roumania’s capital enjoys theaters, concerts, and gambling as war rages, with luxury masking hardship for the lower classes and rising German influence through propaganda and espionage. The article notes Roumania’s strategic grain sales, neutral stance, and growing tensions with Austria-Hungary and Germany.
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Bucharest
Roumania
Europe
Turkish Women Find in War Their Greatest Emancipator
Constantinople April 1 The war has transformed Turkish society as women shed veils in high society while street fashion grows transparent. Emancipation fuels domestic life, yet inflation cuts access to coffee and sugar, and honey replaces sweetness as Paris milk remains scarce for the well off. French influence grows amid German occupation, with Turkish signs replacing French, and Istanbul’s life renewing as the war drags on.
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Roumania
Constantinople
Dardas Nelles
Petit Champs
Turkey
Anatolia
Paris
Dardanelles
Tried 40 Years to Get Wife Who Loved Work
Henry M Scott, a Medina farmer, is arrested on a bigamy warrant after past marriages to Amelia Ostrand, Anna Clifton, and Ada Hood are cited. He told Inspector Girvin he sought a wife who would work the farm, recalling his mother’s toil and saying a calico dress would suffice. Two wives’ whereabouts are unknown, one reportedly married a traveling preacher.
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Washington Post
Buffalo
Henry M Scott
Medina
Girvin
Keeler
Amelia Ostrand
Fel
Anna Victoria Clifton
Niagara Falls
Ontario
Bridgeport
Conn
Ada Hood
Sergt. Kuehn
Anad
Mihnos
Parrot Witness Helps Convict Woman in Assault Case
In Bloomington Illinois on April 14 a parrot testified that prompted Judge Peterson to convict Mrs Nellie Clark of Kankakee of assault and battery. Clark was fined fifty dollars and cost after neighbor Mrs Little Pope alleged she was shoved down stairs. Pope cried Dyer will hear of this, a phrase repeated by the bird. Clark appealed.
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Washington Post
Bloomington
Nellie,Clark
Kankakee
Peterson
Clark
Little Pope
Dyer
Sculptor Helen Morton Seeks Animals and Horses in Life
Miss Helen Morton, a midwest artist, specializes in animal sculpture and features a bronze Russian wolfhound Pavlova in New York at Goltham galleries. She keeps a string of horses on her Wheaton Illinois farm, gives modeling lessons to Chicago insane asylum inmates, and hails from the Morton family with J Sterling Morton and Paul Morton as relatives. A meteor trail photographed in India by an English soldier is also noted.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Helen Morton
Pavlova
Goltham’ Galleries
New York
Wheaton
Miss Morton
J. Sterling Morton
Cleveland
Paul Morton
Wisconsin University
Paper Prices Prompt Inquiry By Lawmakers
Missouri Representative Dyer moves a judiciary committee probe into paper trade practices. Publishers claim rising prices and scarce future contracts amid chemical shortages blamed on European war. Dyer cites FTC denial and seeks antitrust violation findings.
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Middle West
Dyer
Missouri
Judiciary Committee
Federal Trade Commission
Fastest Woman Swimmer Sets World Mark in Sydney
Miss Fanny Durack of Sydney lowers the women's 220 yard world record from 2 minutes 1 second to 2 minutes and a few seconds at the Domain Bath. Miss Olga Dormer of the Philadelphia Turngemeinde is America's champion, clocking 2 minutes 32 and a half seconds in Philadelphia.
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Sydney
New South Wales
Domain Bath
Olga Dormer
Philadelphia
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