Quelling the Crime Wave Across American Cities
A historic overview notes a surge of police reforms and citizen action against crime in major cities. Chicago adopts radical, uniformed policing. Detroit reports a 50 percent crime drop after October drives. Cleveland backs aggressive enforcement. Philadelphia vows top-to-bottom shakeups. New York and other cities mobilize volunteers. The piece argues citizens finally demand safety and swift, decisive results.
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Chicago
Chicago Department of Police
Detroit
Cleveland
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Washington action sought by labor farmers and suffragists
The executive council of the Federation of Labor and farmers meet in Washington and Columbus to push congressional relief. Militants push a firm program for women’s rights while labor plans offensive and defensive campaigns. If lawmakers fulfill expectations, a record for accomplishment may be set.
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The
Federation of Labor
Washington
Columbus
Congress
Ventures in Common Sense by ED HOWE
Geena is admired yet rarely writes or leads enterprises. A man faces high expectations to lead in politics and business, while his wife seeks influence and headlines. The author urges self control to abandon foolish habits and notes men claim ahead-of-time progress though rarely are.
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ED Howe
Congress
White House
Razor-back hawg and stroppin self in Arkansas tale
A northern tourist in Arkansas misreads a lean animal rubbing a scrub oak as a razor back hawg. The native explains the creature is "stroppin hisself" while a passerby helps Mrs. Atkinson after a stumble. The piece playfully questions Debs birthplace and candidacy.
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Arkansas
Chinatown on Show Chinatown on Show ne By Frederica Haskin
San Francisco Chinatown described with crowded markets featuring live animals and dried goods. The piece notes Chinese restaurants, tea mastery, drug stores, Joss House tours, and a rubberneck sightseeing business as part of the neighborhood’s tourist gaze.
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Frederica Haskin
Sancisco
Calif
San Francisco
America
Louis Stevenson
Pacific
Byren
Yesteryear
Occidental
Chinatown
Buuch
Joss House
Sorel
San Francisco Chinatown
Central Pacific
San Franciscan
Questions and Answers Information Bureau notice
The Athens Messenger outlines a Readers Questions and Answers service. It states readers may send questions to The Information Bureau Washington with a two cent stamp for return postage and notes the bureau provides information but not legal medical or financial advice.
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Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Inquirer
Yiddish terms Texas Leaguer and commoner questions
A compact question set covers language origins for sh ka bib ble and Ish ka bib ble, explains Texas Leaguer as a looping baseball ball, lists longest and shortest lived birds per the Bureau of Biological Survey, identifies the Great Commoner as William Pitt, the elder, notes Hetty Green’s fortune, gives freight-train cost per mile, explains sewing twists in cotton and silk, and describes the Charter Oak monument inscription with date.
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Bureau of Biological Survey
William Pitt
Earl of Chatham
House of Commons
House of Lords
Hetty Green
Hartford
Connecticut
Colony of
Harding to Visit Jamaica Next Tuesday
President-elect Warren G Harding plans a Jamaica visit next Tuesday. He will breakfast with the governor, tour fortifications, and take a motor trip with the governor from Castleton Gardens to Port Antonio before reembarking on the steamship Pastores. Governor Probyn hosts all day.
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Raymond Clapper
United Press
Colon
C. Z
Harding
Kingston
Jamaica
Panama Canal
Castleton Gardens
Port Antonio
Pastores
Probyn
Social Notes From Local Families Across the Area
Sand Rock resident Al McCune of Akron visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. F B McCune. Mrs Dora Robins goes to Glouster and Malta for a few days with relatives. Nellie Evans of Amesville stayed with Miss Ethel Colvin. Gail Brawley visited grandparents on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Carl Grandstaff and Dale were guests of Mr and Mrs Clyde Saylor near Trimble. Charley Brawley Levi Brawley visited relatives at Sharpsburg. Edythe Parmiter weekend guest of sister Mrs Eva Winner at Stewart. Robert Robinson left for Tucson Arizona for the winter. A large crowd attended Hal Brawley’s sale Saturday. Myrtle Morris spends weekend with parents on Hooper Ridge. Robert Ogg visited Harry Roberts on Sunday.
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al McCune
Akron
F. B. McCune
Dora Robinso
Glouster
Malta
Nellie Evans
Amesville
Ethel Colvin
Gail Brawley
Andrews
Carl Grandstaff
Dale
Clyde Saylor
Trimble
Charley Brawley
Levi Brawley
Sharpsburg
Edythe ‘Parmiter
Eva Winner
Stewart
Robert Robinson
Tucson
Arizona
Hal Brawley
Myrtle Morris
Hooper Ridge
Robert Ogg
Harry Roberts
Dear Mrs Thompson Advice Column on Young Love and Marriage
A 17 year old asks about engagement with a long distance boyfriend. Mrs Thompson advises waiting 2–3 years if love endures. Other letters reveal unhappy marriages, warnings against marrying without love, and judgments on young romance and respect in relationships.
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Mrs. Thompson
Red Wing
Train crew device adds stop announcements in all cars
A new device enables one crew member to announce each stop in every car using a dalanhons system. It aims to streamline passenger information across the train for improved clarity and efficiency.
Salve for Burns Awarded in Yonkers Suit
In White Plains a jury in the supreme court awarded Mrs. Sarah Antowill of Yonkers 24486 in her suit against Dr. Joseph Friedman over X ray burns. Friedman admitted the burns were from X rays but argued patient sensitivity caused the suffering. The court ruled the physician guilty of malpractice.
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White Plains
N. Y
Sarah Antowill
Yonkers
Supreme Court
Joseph Friedman
Friedman
First All-Woman Murder Jury Delivers Manslaughter Verdict
A Cleveland jury with eight women members found Edward Graves 20 a Negro guilty of manslaughter after over four hours of deliberation. Graves was sentenced to life in the Ohio penitentiary.
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Cleveland
Edward Graves
Cuyahoga County
Graves
Ohio Penitentiary
Potatoes A Record Crop For Chicago Region
Chicago on November 29 reports a record potato harvest with cabbage onions and apples also large. J H Hall, Chicago rep of the federal bureau of markets on produce, cites favorable growing conditions and late killing frosts as keys to the bumper crop. He says corn is unaffected and currently stored in bins.
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Chicago
J. H. Hall
Federal Bureau of Markets
Kitchin Stricken With Second Stroke in Washington
Representative Claude Kitchin of North Carolina suffered a second stroke while visiting post office department officials. He is the ranking minority member of the Ways and Means Committee and was to become Democratic floor leader after March 4.
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Washington
Claude Kitchin
North Carolina
Post Office
Kitchin
Ways and Means Committee
Atkins Escapes Train Crash After Stepping From Express Car
B A Atkins of Springfield survived a wreck on the Big Four line near West Liberty when the express car derailed after an open switch. Moments before the collision he left the wooden coach and moved into the steel combination car, saving his life on Thanksgiving day.
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Columbus, CO
A. Atkins
Springfield
Atkins
West Liberty
Passenger dives from wooden car in water incident
Utilities inspectors recount an incident in which a passenger leaped from a wooden rail car into water, demolishing the car as a steel car passed by with minimal damage and injuries.
Passports Issued Individually for Ireland Inquiry Mission
Washington November 29 American commission of conditions in Ireland will send members abroad to study the Irish situation. State department indicated that travelers will be issued passports as individuals rather than as a group.
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Goa
Washington, D. C
American Commission of Conditions
Ireland
State Department
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