Senator Vernon’s eloquent push for women’s equality
In a tense state senate scene, Vernon cites 1872 employment, 1885 drainage, and 1890 sanitary acts to argue for women’s natural rights while Miss Greene’s pamphlets are referenced. He appeals to senators’ emotions with classical lines as observers crowd in, culminating in a vote to delay further discussion to the following Wednesday.
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Miss Greene
Senate
Vernon
Wilson
Castiglione
Statehouse
House
Chicago
Associated Press
Maria Greene
Doc” Ames
Illinois
Concord
Earth
Nium
Braidwood
Porter
Cook
Senator Porter
Bull Burns
Woman Suffrage Debate Ends In Refined Dissent On Capitol
Vernon walks with Maria Greene toward a hotel as Dee Ames confronts him about his senate speech. The doctor argues that justice for women requires equal rights, citing married mothers and wives. Greene hints that America owes him a debt if the reform movement advances nationwide.
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Vernon
Maria Greene
Capitol Avenue
Dee” Ames
Senate
Miss Greene
Chicago
America
Implements of the right kind at J R Martin Coal and Supply
A fragment notes J R Martin Coal and Supply Company located at McCord Tracy and McCormick, dated March 17, 1941. Formal details are incomplete but indicate a listing or notice related to the firm.
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J. R. Martin Coal & Supply Company
McCord, Tracy and McCorpmick
Japan Allows Women Actors After Centuries of Ban
Japan opens a school of acting in Sakuragawa-cho Tokyo led by Sada Yakko and Otajoro Kawakami, admitting about 15 girls aged 16 to 22 from cultivated classes. The move signals growing tolerance for Western ideas in theater and a shift toward a free, modern stage with both female and male performers.
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Japan
Sakuragawa-cho
Tokyo
Cuse
Sada Yakko
Otajoro Kawakami
Rang
O’kuni
Danjuro
Martino
Kawakami
Europe
London
Baron Kaneko
Teikoku-Gekijo-Kabushiki-Kaisha
Marquis Ito
Kabuki
Osaka
Raiko
Shikwan
Kikugaro
Winchester Kentucky and Surrounding County Fact Sheet
A detailed county profile highlights geography, resources, and infrastructure. It notes coal and timber reserves, gas and oil development, and a population around 5 964 in 1900 for the county seat, with Winchester described as a growing hub on the Kentucky and Licking river divide, hosting water works, electric streetcars, gas utilities, the Kentucky Wesleyan College, and multiple rail lines. It lists tax rates, officials, and civic bodies, and comments on a diverse population including a British Guiana mix uncertainties.
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Ohio River
Cumberland Mountains
Kentucky
Kentucky River
Ford
Winchester
Chesapeake & Ohio
Louisville & Nashville
Lexington
Licking Rivers
Kentucky Wesleyan College
Commercial Club
Valuable postal information for Orient Ohio readers
J S McKinley president of the Ohio State League of Postmasters outlines careful address practices and mail rules. He urges legible writing with pen and ink, correct town spelling, proper stamp placement, and avoidance of newspapers or packages to prevent class mail rates. He advises using money orders for lost mail and registering valuable items, renting a post box, and promptly returning misdelivered mail to avoid dead letters.
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J. S. McKinley
Orient
Ohio
Ohio State League of Postmasters
Postal Service
Cincinnati
Col
Columbus
Post Office
Post Office Department
Postoffice
Pension Agency
Quick Reward for Democratic Traitors
Washington report from March 20 notes the House tariff fight, with Champ Clark leading a minority effort backed by some Republicans. The piece argues Democrats lack leadership and discipline, predicting Republican gains as a result. It cites distribution of committee posts to Fitzgerald and Broussard and accuses the party of betrayal and ineffectiveness since 1896.
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Washington
Courier-Journal
Congress
Champ Clark
Carlisle
Randell
Louisiana
Fitzgerald
New York
Broussard
Ways and Means
Joe
Democratic Party
Mysterious Appendi citis vs Dr King’s Life Pills
A sensational claim describes a merciless murderer named Appendi citis attacked by Dr King’s New Life Pills. The ad asserts prevention and cure of appendicitis by stimulating the stomach liver and bowels, claiming relief from constipation biliousness chills malaria headache and indigestion. Pills cost 2fc at Phillips Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
New Life
Phillips Drug Store
American burial caskets in demand abroad
American burial caskets in considerable numbers are now exported to various foreign countries including the West Indies, South Africa, England, and Australia, indicating a growing international market for funeral goods.
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West Indies
South Nook
England
South Africa
Australia
As Uncle Silas Sees Marital Slang in Los Angeles Press
In a humorous observation the Los Angeles press notes that after a few years of marriage men tend to refer to their wives as she or her when talking to others, reflecting a casual shift in domestic language and social norms.
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Silas
Los Angeles Press
Embassy a Sacred Spot in Theory and Practice
The text asserts that an embassy’s ground is sacred territory for all under a prince’s rule. It states that even if a criminal were inside an embassy, police would not enter without permission.
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Brand Whitlock
Ray
United States
School of Acting
Sada Yakké
Actress
Clark County
Circuit Court
J. M. Benton
B. \. Crutcher
J. H. Evans
A. Jeffries
Howard Hampton
Lee Evans
John Bedford
J. A. Boone
Sam Powell
W. T. Fox
Roger Quisenberry
C. A. Tanner
W. R. Sphar
George Hart
J. C. Richards
J. Scott Renick
Eli Dooley
J. E. Ramsey
Robert. True
F. F.*goodpaster
Een. E. Wills
J. A. Hughes
S. B. Tracy
F. H. Haggard
F. P. Pendleton
Riland D. Ramsey
J. 8. Reese
I. Brinegar
N. H. Witherspoon
Polite
Mal Tarpy
Stee Cah” All
Jane Tanner
John Ballard
Board of Council
Shirley Hadden
W. P. Hackett
A. R. Martin
T. L. Todd
Doc Pigg
J. Q. Boone
J. D. Jones
G. D. McCullum
Sir Dinelli
Board of Education
G. W. Strother
C. H. Rees
H. W. Scrivener
Harry Ecton
J. B. Cornett
W. A. Adams
J. K. Allan
James Hisle
Zena Bruce
N. K. Foster
A. R. Baldwin
Infomation
Clark County Construction Co
Orpora
Mer’s
People’s State Bank Capital
J. L. Brown
J. M. Hodgkin
L. B. Cockrell
Purina
Vulcan
J. R. Martin Coal and Supply Co
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