Penology Insights: England France and America Compare
A New York City figure contrasts with France and England, noting English and French sentences for similar offenses are less severe than American penalties. The American system often seeks harsh sentences to deter crime, while England’s move toward certainty of conviction, punishment, and finality reduced crime, aligning with scientific penology findings.
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New York City
France
England
United States
America
American Bar Association
Varieties of Menace Worthy of the Nation
A New York Sun stroll survey gathers five citizens views on the greatest menace to the United States. Answers range from immigration driven labor shortages to religious intolerance, prohibition undermining law, class legislation, and rising narcotics use, with further perils noted as possibilities. The piece concludes that common sense has steered the republic through dangers before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
United States
Sun
Amer
Europe
Wall Street
Ship of State
Severity Versus Certainty in Law Enforcement
An American Bar Association panel argues punishment severity deters less than three essentials: celerity certainty and finality. The report notes far fewer violent crimes in Britain than the United States, citing London nine first degree murders last year versus 260 in New York. In 1921 England and Wales recorded 95 robberies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Bar Association
Committee On Law Enforcement
Great Britain
London
New York
England and
Wales
The Latest Word In Warships Colorado Looms Over Future Navy
The Washington arms conference spared the Colorado and its sister ship West Virginia from scrapping. Colorado, authorized in 1916 and launched in 1921, is an advanced end to the era of super dreadnoughts, to be joined by others only in 1936. It showcases electric propulsion, vast machinery, and cutting edge naval design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
West Virginia
Colorado
United States
Raggedy duo flee witches after close call with pebble
Betsy Bonnet String warns Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy to be careful about witches in the woods. Ned Gnome recalls a near loss of a wishing pebble and warns that Wanda Witch and her ally would snip open their rag bodies for selfish wishes. The trio prepares to fly away as witches pursue.
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Raggedy Ann
Raggedy Andy
Betsy Bonnet String
Raggedys
Ned Gnome
Wanda
Wanda Witch
Betsy Bonnet
Little Ned Gnome
Witches Trapped in Tar After Pursuit of Raggedys
Two young witches chase the Raggedys and Ned Gnome on a flying broom. Betsy Bonnet String and a wishing pebble drive their plan, but they become stuck in tar near a lemonade spring. The Raggedys and Ned Gnome depart, leaving the witches unpaid and stuck, while Ned Gnome laughs.
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Wanda Witch
Ned Gnome
Betsy Bonnet
Littl Ned Gnome
Raggedys
Little Ned Gnome
Horoscope predicts favorable day for love and oil sales
Horoscopes for Wednesday September 5 1923 foretell a highly favorable day for love social entertainments and oil production. Women may impress men easily and marriages may occur between May and December. The eclipse on September 10 portends dramatic events for California and the Pacific coast.
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Neptune
United States
Coolidge
Pacific Coast
California
Mexico
Central America
Trilby and Svengali Entwined Amid Murky Studio Intrigue
In London figures Trilby Svengali and Gecko dominate a tense studio scene at Place St Anatole. Svengali advances with unsettling mesmeric power, Trilby endures pain in her eyes as rumors grow of love and danger. Taffy, alarmed, contemplates Trilby’s perilous orbit and impending departure to Barbizon. The Standard tease hints at tomorrow’s continuation.
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Svengali
Trilby
St. Anatole
Gecko
Angliches
Taffy
Carrel's
Carrel'’s
Barbizon
Honor Bright
Inguise
Carrel
Darren
Old Carrel
PaorS Named by Bishop Burns
The Helena Montana conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church announced appointees for the Helena area Butte district and Yellowstone district. Charles Bovard and Horace Holzinger head the new assignments with numerous pastors and deaconess hospital leads across Montana.
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Butte
Anaconda
Helena
Yellowstone
Montana
Methodist Episcopal Church
Charles Wesley Burns
Charles L. Bovard
Paul M. Adams
Westminister Wesleyan College
John Chirgwin
Charles D. Crouch
Deaconess
Billings
Edward Laird Miles
Pacific Christian Advocate
Edith R. Ackerman
Bozeman Hospital
Ruth E. Robertson
Forsyth
Monta Bane
Sidney Deaconess
Roxana Beck
Montana Deaconess
Horace K. Holzinger
A. L. McAllister
Alberton
Joe Haldeman
Drummond and
All
Thomas Miller
Hamilton
Lula
H. W. Woods
Coburn Memorial
H. G. Humphrey
St. Paul's
L. BE. Simes
Ernest J. Mills
McAllister
Linus Carleton
Marysville
Avon Silver
Jesse Lacken
Missoula
Fred Anstice
Philipsburg
Ralph Carleton
Rowan and
Round Butte
Baker
George D. Wolfe
R. P. Smith
Bozeman
Harry FE. Chappell
Boyd
Bridger
R. R. Kletzing
Comanche
Fred Whitford
F. M. Latham
Fromberg
Joliet
Charles M. Donaldson
Glendive
J. A. Meeke
Hardin
L. L. Ortmayer
Huntley and
Worden
E. D. Swisher
Laure
N. M. Temple
Livingston
A. T. Peck
Luther and
Fish Tait
Thomas Hardie
Miles City
Otto G. Ponath
Pine Creek
F. C. Fulford
Red Lodge
Roberts
C. G. Hannan
Richey
Alexander P. Alton
Sidney
W. H. Calvert
Wibaux
Walter Lee Greer
Wirsall
Bloomfield
Clyde Park
Fairview
Ingomar
Thompson and Plains
Winston
Anabelle Harper
H. Grace Linfield
Bozeman Deaconess Hospital
Penna E. Watts
Emily M. Cummings
Cora E Menley
Sidney Deaconess Hospital
Helen C. Piper
Ethel Hancock
Leona Rice
Blanche Baker
Donna Courtnage
Monday Morning Studio Demoralization and Design
A playful vignette set on a Monday morning with Taffy and the Laird in a studio, plotting a lazy outing to the Luxembourg gardens and Cafe de l Odeon. They meet Little Billee in moral weariness, while Virgo children and demands for exactness flash through the scene. Copyright 1923 McClure Newspaper Syndicate.
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Taffy
Laird
Luxembourg Gardens
Cafe de l'Odeon
Carrel’s
Little Billee
Virgo
McClure
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Johnny Gruelle
Standard Publishing Company Publishers and Proprietors
Butte Office
West Park Street
Busgines
the Daily and Sunday Standard
Carrier N Butte
Deer Lodge
Dillon
States
Canada
Standard Publishing Company
Butte, Mont
THE
Associated Press
Prudden
King & Prudden, Inc
Fifth Avenue
Globe
Boston
Steger
Chicago
Sharon
San Francisco
San Fernando
Los Angeles
Japan
Switzerland
Firpo
Mount Vernon
George Washington
Congress
Germany
George du Maurier
Rialto Theater
Lucilius
BE. C
British Museum
Burns
Butte District
C. D. Batchelor
Public Ledger Company
John F. Hylan
Saratogs Springs
N. Y
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