Tongue as World War Power Outweighs Pen in Talk
A column argues the tongue has shaped war as much as the pen and sword. It cites German wartime scrap of paper remark and praises Wilson’s words, urging continued public discussion alongside action. It ends with exhortations to speak wisely and act when needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richelieu
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Germany
Wilson
Lincoln
Luther
Shakespeare
Paul
United States
Great Responsibility of the High School for Many American Ideals
The high school, in flux over curricula and duration, shapes American ideals in teens. It must balance nationalism with global understanding, avoid mental isolation, and foster an open minded, patriotic teacher and future citizens. Public schools should provide an environment that develops intelligent world enlightened patriotism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theigh School
Schoos
Responsibility of Normal School for Training Teachers for All Work
A state normal school should lead in teacher preparation for all public schools not just elementary. It must resist being sidelined by colleges and universities and gain recognition for practical, comprehensive training of all kinds of teachers to serve the commonwealth’s needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Normal School
Commonwealth
Yevette Arouses Washington with Navy Office Secretaries
Washington notes the yeo ette a trim uniformed secretary boosting war effort. The piece praises her role in Secretary Daniels' bureau as a crucial secretary and stenographer freeing sailors for service.
Selfish bachelors discuss home life and marriage
A man jokes about bachelor living arrangements with four department fellows who share two rooms each and run a household together. He says he will not marry, preferring a home with the boys, and discusses roles like rent, markets, mending, and shopping. The exchange ends with a dismissive line about appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Ann
Joe
Autumn
Us Department
Miss Ann
Bob
Billy
Bargain Day Parcel Post Confusion Recounts
Kirk Miller seeks bargain day parcel post rates and visits three post offices. Each clerk quotes different zone rates from ninety cents to forty-one cents before Miller finally mails his package in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alcolm Kerlin
Kirk Miller
Kirk
New Mexico
Treasury
Miller
Why Jimmy and Leo Didn't Get That Raise
Two young workers steal a boss's dog by taking a company car, chase it through streets and a house vestibule, and return with the mistaken animal. The dog owner, Mrs. ..., claims the dog was hers from a front yard on Sixteenth Street. The boss denies ownership of the dog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy
Leo
Jimmie
Women at Home Needed for War Service Now
Mary Austin urges young women to take concrete skills and self training to support wartime needs. She lists clerical work, accounting, typing, telegraphy, motor transport, drafting, and kitchen commissary roles, stressing self apprenticeship and local talent use to support national effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Public Information
Washington, D. C
Red Cross
France
England
America
Carnegie Library
The Amazing Dual Life of Gertrude Garcia Revealed
Gertrude Garcia, a 23 year old of Mexican heritage, masqueraded as a woman to fool department stores and lovers across El Paso and other cities. Immigration inspectors at the El Paso Juarez border turned back Garcia and two male admirers after discovering a passport under the name Maria Garcia. Garcia’s long life in the feminine guise dates to 1915 when he first entered the U.S. with a supposed husband, and physicians note the pose has left him with distinctly feminine habits and appearance.
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el Paso
Tex
Gertrude” Garcia
San Francisco
Gertrude
BE. M. Marnell
International Bridge
Juarez
Maria” Garcia
Garcia
Genobeba Garcia
Zacatecas
Mex
United States
Immigration Service
San Diego
Sparrow Hawk Snatches Canary On Busy San Francisco Street
A Chinese woman and her three children walked with a cage canary along Kearny and Commercial streets. The canary escaped, landed on a wire, and a sparrow hawk swooped down, grabbing the bird and flying away, leaving onlookers surprised.
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San Francisco
Kearny Street
Commercial Street
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Aurelia Henry Reinhart
Mills College
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Cal
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Ashington
Washington
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Daniels
Kaiser
Renette
Navy Department
Mary Austin
Patriotic Service
Department of Agriculture
Sparrow Hawk
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