Gluemen's 200th Birthday Tango Party Echoes in War News
Irvin Cobb recalls Belgian horror and wounded trains as Green Room Club hosts a veteran author. A 100th birthday tango for Moses Wohl in the Bronx draws 200 descendants while war's misery is starkly described, with hospitals overwhelmed and wounded German troops moved along sidetracks. Wohl, a Bohemian immigrant, smokes and drinks heavily, claiming tobacco and ale keep him healthy.
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Green Room Club
Irvin Cobb
Belidum
Europe
Eas
Satirda Evening Post
Te Green Stoom Club
Belgium
Jaageter
Neréna
United States of America
Moses Wohl
Henrs M. Lowenstern
Bronx
Wohl
Alice
Wasea
Marklin
Bohemia
Sees Injury to Rage Ruin to Nervous Systems
Mrs. May Bell Morgan, a working woman, says a girl cannot have full hearty meals on Sam Named. The dreary existence in such circumstances is not living.
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May Bell Morgan
Sam
Irving
Christmas Gifts Asked by Tuskegee Principal
Editor Post notes generous people nationwide face Europe’s war strain yet urges Christmas remembrances for negro children in rural Southern cotton counties. He offers to distribute gifts via small schools and through Tuskegee Institute to reach deserving children across the South.
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Europe
Booker T Washington
Tuskegee Institute
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Als
Street and Station Numbers Listed for City Scribes
Readable fragments list two street and two station numbers Staten Island block references 28th street and 2304 Pennsylvania Avenue appear as public utility or municipal layout notes. The item preserves exact numbers and street names.
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Staten
Twenty Eighth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
View of Future of 6 50 a Week Girls
A discussion argues a New York woman can barely live on 6.50 weekly, risking pale health and weak offspring. It contends nourishment, clothing, and worry shape future citizens, urging fairer living standards to sustain vigor and honesty.
Living on Six Fifty A Week A Woman's View
Special to The Washington Post New York argues that a young woman with only six fifty a week can survive in the city yet warns of serious health and future consequences. Mrs May Beil Morgan cites suffrage leaders and asks policy to raise standards for mothers of the race, noting anemia, nervous strain, and the risk to national well being.
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May Beil Morgan
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East Thirty-second Street
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Ian
Charlotte R. Bangs
Mocking Mrs Bangs Cost of Living Figures
A reader comically critiques Mrs Bangs editorial on living costs and six a week, urging a yearlong personal trial of the proposed budget while noting weariness with the advice geared at workers.
Fashion Hints for Milady from Evening Styles
Fashion notes praise tailored chiffon blouses and new Belgian jackets with fur trimming. Embroidered raffia belts, openwork stockings, flowered silk girdles, and blue shades headline spring. Velvet dresses with guimpes, fur trimmed coats, and French shirtwaists appear, while children's outfits feature fur, organdie frocks, and long fur trims.
Mormon Pledge Void Polygamy Not Abolished
Former Utah Senator Frank J. Cannon urged action against Mormonism in a West Park Church speech. He claimed a constitutional amendment pending to ban polygamy, urged letters to officials to block church mailings, and demanded accounting of Mormon funds. He cited Lincoln’s abolition goals and alleged 232 new polygamy cases and 1.6 million members with 2800 missionaries.
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The
Salt Lake Tribune
New York World Writer Omits Tiny Living Costs
Elsie L. Scott critiques a New York World article noting how small expenses like laundry, teeth care, dentistry, doctor visits, and medicines are excluded from a budget. She argues a worker could struggle to survive on 33 a week living near work or in a Waldorf two-room apartment.
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New York City
New York World
Kate
Charlotte Bangseo
Bronx
Miss Banga
Elsie L. Scott
Successful hostess born not made in quiet hospitality
A Chicago Tribune piece argues that genuine hostess instinct, not learned politeness, creates welcoming atmosphere. It recounts a society dinner where snobbishness made a guest feel condescended, while true hospitality would have bridged social gaps and eased nerves.
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Sha
Hesteas
The
Chicago Tribune
Red Cross ships 491 cases to Europe for war relief
Red Cross officials announce a large shipment of hospital garments and supplies and clothes for women and children. The consignment totals 491 cases and is directed to France Germany Austria and Belgium. Vice President Marshall contributed 10 cents to the relief fund.
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Marshall
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