Social Life as a Moral Force in Home and Temple
Rev. A A Walker argues social life shapes individual character and uplift, stressing the home as the first and best sphere and the church or temple as a social arena that broadens understanding beyond creed. He warns against despair and emphasizes communal responsibility and inclusivity. Benjamin Smith was sentenced to life imprisonment after a brutal killing described by prosecutors.
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Temple B'nai Israel
Galena
Washington Streets
A. A. Walker
St. Paul's Methodist Church South
Annal Temple
Teen confesses to patricide in Muncie court ruling
In Muncie Indiana on December 1 a youth admitted to murdering his father. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life imprisonment, marking a stark outcome in a case that drew local attention and closed with the judge’s ruling.
Three Men Caught With Stolen Goods On Montana Street
Lieutenant Larkin halted three youths carrying bags of plunder on Montana street. A pursuit ended with all three in custody at the city jail. The loot included potatoes meats canned goods flour and butter and was later identified as from Mrs Callahan at 1% North Montana street. The suspects were Patrick Kennan Frank Shaddick and Martin O Donnell and await charges at the county jail.
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Larkin
Montana Street
Secret society linked to murder in Newark crime ring
A paper registered as certificate number 79 and a bound oath tied John Howard to a hidden criminal group. Police say the mysterious order commands obedience under threat of death, and burglars' tools were found in Howard's room. He faces 90 days in jail.
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Newark
N. J
John Howard
Howard
Free Night School For Butte Adults Proposed
Butte leaders propose a free night school for adults to use the high school building in evenings. Superintendent George F. Downer and Principal John R. Richards plan a bill for the legislature to admit adults over 21 and offer low cost education with few expenses beyond textbooks.
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George F. Downer
John R. Richards
Butte
Business College
Downer
Mothers Rescue Five Boys From City Jail
Five boys arrested for a Thornton hotel disturbance were released after 24 hours in custody on Mayor Nevin’s order. Mothers identified their sons after presenting correct names. others followed, and the boys were returned to their guardians.
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Thornton Hotel
Nevin
Aviation meet opens in Memphis with stunting flights
Memphis officials report John B. Moisant Rene Simon and Ro slan G Garros performing in a windy opening day. Moisant circled the mile track 12 times then flew two miles over rooftops while Garros finished the afternoon with his Demoiselle.
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Memphis
Tenn
John B. Moisant
Rene Simon
Roslan G. Garros
Moisant
Fair Grounds
Aarros
Demoiselle
Record Time for Demoiselle in United States
Eight minutes and forty four seconds eleven is noted as a record for the Demoiselle in the United States.
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Demoiselle
United States
Delaney Defends Self in Perc y Bribery Trial
Yazoo City Mississippi December 1 L C Dulaney wealthy planter and politician denounces accusers calling bribery charge a dirty black-hearted lie He testifies defense witness says Mrs Neill Lawrence acted as go-between and sought two thousand dollars Dulaney says votes would not be bought State Senator Bilbo visited him but was never paid or promised payment for a Percy vote
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Yazoo City
Miss
L. C. Dulaney
State Senate
Leroy Percy
United States
Delaney
Percy
Neill- Lawrence
Dulaney
Bilbo
Peace proposal moves Chicago garment strike toward settlement
Chicago December 1. An alderman at a conference of strikers and clothier representatives submitted a peace proposition to settle the garment workers strike. The strikers sub-committee approved the idea but sent it back for minor changes to be discussed tomorrow.
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Chicago
Garment Workers
American sailor to face court martial for Fitzsimmons death
Cherbourg report says an American bluejacket charged with killing Patrick J. Fitzsimmons of the battleship Louisiana will be tried by court martial aboard the Louisiana on Saturday. The stabbing occurred during a fight between White and negro sailors of the fleet.
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Cherbourg
Patrick J. Fitzsimmons
Louisiana
Fitzsimmons
Snowbound in the Hills: Boys Survive Weeks Outdoors
The account describes boys trapped for weeks in heavy snow in the hills. They lacked proper gear, fashioned a lantern from a molasses can, and followed a man who failed to reach the beacon. Snow obscured tracks, they played cards for work and used elk tallow and cotton wicks for light. They endured cold fires and hardship, then concluded life in the open is too strenuous.
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Watkins
Ruggles advised to raise chickens by hand in witty exchange
In a Chicago Tribune snippet a character jokes about chickens and incubators. It then notes Paris consumes food worth 49,156,000 dollars annually with bread and wine forming the main sustenance for the poor.
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Chicago Tribune
Ruggles
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