Illinois Women Seek Jury Access After Ruling
Illinois women barred from the jury box by a state supreme court ruling will push for change through legislation. Jane Addams and attorney Catherine Waugh McCullough advocate legislative admission, while legislator Lottie Holman O Neill supports a bill favoring juror access for women.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Illinois
Supreme Court
Jane Addams
Catherine Waugh McCullough
United States Supreme Court
Bloodless duel ends with pistol volley at Paris theater lobby
In Paris on December 17 a bloodless duel between Francois Richepin and Pierre Brisson unfolded after Brisson criticized actress Madame Cora La Parcerie in Le Matin. The men faced off in a lobby confrontation at the Odeon theater with pistols but no shots were fired as Brisson fired into the air.
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Pierre Brisson
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Cora la Parcerie
le Matin
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Brisson
Fairview Parents Teachers Club Formed In Floydada Area
In Fairview, fourteen miles northeast of Floydada, forty residents of the school community organized a Parent Teachers Association. Professor Smith, Fairview principal, led the initiative. Officers elected included L B Crosby as president, Mrs E Hoffman as vice president, and Mrs R Crabtree as secretary and treasurer.
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Floydada
Fairview
Smith
Fairview School
L .B. Crosby
E. Hoffman
R. Crabtree
Storm Strands Chihuahua City as Snow Depth Reaches Five Inches
Winter storm grips Chihuahua City Mexico with 36 hours of snowfall and 4.5 inch depth. Local resident Jack Burgess is noted selling land amid the weather conditions.
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Chuihuahea
Associated Press
Chihuahua City
Mex
Youthful preacher rails at elders over changing times
Des Moines reports Miss Hattie Horn a 19 year old girl preacher at Promice City Christian church declares the church travels in a buggy while the world uses autos. She urges elders to stop condescending to youth and to face young people’s problems earnestly. The Community Chest is described as an economic investment.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Hattie Horn
Miss Horn
Promice City Christian Church
Retail food prices rise 4.42 percent in month
Washington reports a Bureau of Labor Statistics survey showing a 4.42 percent rise in U S retail food prices from October 15 to November 15 with potatoes leading gains at 41 percent and eggs flour butter and cheese rising modestly while some meat varieties fall. Pat Landergin notes cattle traders remaining in the beef business expect eventual win.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Pat Landergin
Six Hundred London Transit Workers Strike After Conductor Dismissal
Six hundred employees of the Last Surrey Traction Company in London walked out in a strike after the dismissal of a conductor who had asked a woman passenger not to bring her terrier inside a tram. The dispute highlights labor tensions in the city’s public transport sector.
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Surrey Traction Company of London
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