Movement to Draft a Model Penal Code Gains Backing
Local groups coordinate to prepare a model penal code to be sent to state legislatures over three years. The Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial funds the effort with 20 600 annual support. American Law Institute and partners lead the drafting with Elihu Root John W. Davis and Cardozo among organizers. The aim is to streamline procedure and reduce trial delays while acknowledging some defects lie beyond lawyers to fix.
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Laura Spelman Rockefeller
American Law Institute
United States
American Bar Association
American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology
The
Association of American Law Schools
Elihu Root
John W. Davis
Benjamin Cardozo
Court of Appeals of
New York
Harry Olson
Chicago
Municipal Court
Henry L. Stimeon
William K. Milkell
University Law School
What We Were Doing What We Were Doing Twenty Years Ago Today
Seibel Bros. Dog and Pony Show exhibited in Bluefield. The little daughter of Thomas Crockett fell from a high bridge at Coopers but escaped injuries. Ten years ago today T L Reed a Mercer county native and policeman at Stonega Va was shot and killed by a Negro. Fred R Johnson of Bluefield was killed at loean. Dr Lincoln Hulley president of J B Stetson University DeLand Fla lectured at the local high school. Eugene Foster of the city fire department narrowly escaped electrocution while fighting a fire on Federal street.
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Seibel Bros
Bluefield
Littl
Thomas Crockett
Coopers
T. L. Reed
Mercer County
Stonega
Fred R. Johnson
Loean
Lincoln Hulley
J. B. Stetson University
DeLand
Pla
Eugene Foster
Federal Street
Legal debate over Langley and Wright aviation pioneers
The article debates who deserves credit for the first successful air flight noting Langley’s earlier concept but Wrights’ guarantee of a working machine. It contrasts Langley’s correct principle with Wrights’ practical success and mentions a New Yorker restrained by law from self harming.
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Langley
Wright Brothers
Glenn Curtis
Wrights
Kittyhawk
Our Daily Poem about a clan in the legislature
The verse lists family members with odd jobs and wages and notes they all work in some fashion. It ends by stating it may look queer but is human nature when members of our clan are in the legislature. The piece uses light satire to reflect on family roles and public service.
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Mary
Mabel
Peter
Charley
Carrie
Billy
Jim
Mamma
Willie
Papa
Lazy
Chester H. Powell Lee
Satan
America
Europe
France
Urey
Kaiser
Hindenburg
Reich
Court, Chaplin and Banana Peels In a World Of Laws
A columnist riffs on legal quirks from Charley Chaplin’s trademark gear to injunctions. A British climber survives a 200 foot fall, while U S cities argue over publicity in a Tennessee case. A fast Oklahoma elopement adds to the mosaic of odd legal tales.
Evolution and the uncertain path of mammals through time
The article argues that evolution is not a fixed rule and that many mammals might have progressed differently. It notes written history only recently records such changes and ponders why some species did not employ evolutionary opportunities. The passage reflects on the broader, speculative nature of evolutionary progress.
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Sioux City Journal
Twain on Advertising Spider in Newspaper
A subscriber asked if finding a spider in the Mistisatopi weekly was good or bad luck. Mark Twain replied the spider was not luck, but inspecting which merchants fail to advertise so it may spin a web and linger peacefully by their door.
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Mistisatopi Weekly
Mark Twain
Twain
Aetnaiser
Satan
Pictographs in Grand Canyon Claim Man and Dinosaurs Coexisted
Editorial notes controversy as scientists debate whether ancient Arizona wall carvings prove man lived with dinosaurs and other reptiles. They discuss fossil record gaps, evolution timelines, and whether human antiquity is short or vast, questioning long-held beliefs about mankind's origin.
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Grand Canon
Arizona
Earth
The Spaniard feature at the Colonial today
The Raoul Whish Paramount production The Spaniard starring Ricardo Cortez Jetta Gondal and Noah Beery opens at the Colonial theater. Dolores Annesley is courted by Don Pedro De Borrego a bull fighter whose plan to tame her leads to castle captivity escape peril and a rescue by The Spaniard depicted with dramatic peril and intrigue.
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Raoul Whish
Dolores Annesley
Miss Gondal
London
Dolores
Don Pedro
Last Night's Mail Reflects Global Travel and Diplomacy
Milton Bronner notes immigration curbs boost British travel to the United States as steamships pivot to third class fares for Americans visiting Europe. He discusses London social life around Count Grixoni, French dining quirks, and a Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome begun by a Desio resident following family tradition through 1825 and 1900.
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Rome
Vatican
Desio
Lombardy
Fables on Health Sleep and Noise Effects
Pathologists point to sharp noises as triggers for nervous disorders and exhaustion. Restful sleep is impossible in loud environments as nerve centers endure constant irritation. Prefer bedrooms away from traffic even if facing alleys or back yards for quieter nights.
Telegraph-Ticklers Oddities and Proverbial Quips
A collection of humorous quips and observations on politics work morals and daily life. Items reference figures like Coolidge and a St Louis doctor and joke about taxes laziness and manners. The tone imitates a light satirical column with varied mini anecdotes.
Patchwork Tidbits Arrive Amid Quiet Street Scene
Readers find stray notes and clipped fragments stitched into a patchwork page. The tidy display hints at a city memory project, with local names and dates barely legible beneath the glue.
Short Cuts from Exchanges
From exchanges the old tire blows out just before you make a mileage record with it. Paddling your own canoe is good advice but a motor attached is ever nice. It is estimated that very few people saved their income tax as they went along.
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Morgantown
New Dominion
Altoona
Wichita Beacon
Learning To Play Is Chief Problem
Opinion piece argues leisure grows with machinery and must be channeled into constructive activities through education. It warns that debt politics and refusal to discuss ideas breed misunderstanding between nations and peoples, urging mutual understanding over simplistic blame.
Stop and Wait on Train That Will Not Come
A Cincinnati condition shows conductors awaiting trains on abandoned tracks. Streetcars still halt at crossings awaiting locomotives that have been gone for months. The Ohio railroad commission notes the conductor's futile search for a phantom choo choo.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Railroad Commission
Parents Influence Kids Bad, Says Dr Marion
Dr Marion argues that children are shaped by upbringing not by birth and links early childhood to nervousness. The feature discusses parental impact and social attitudes in London society.
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London
Marion
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