Notable Attorneys Named as Final Judges in Jury Story Call
The Post announces a panel of well known lawyers including J Weston Allen S W McCall Homer Albers Sherman L Whipple and Arthur D Hill to judge jury stories. Readers are invited to submit their own Jury Story pieces for publication in all Post editions. Several contributed stories follow.
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J. Weston Allen
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S. W. McCall
Homer Albers
Boston University Law School
Sherman L. Whipple
Boston
Arthur D. Hill
City of
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Juors and Prohibitionist Illusions in Aged Court Tales
Two jurors in early New England cases are described. One man faces biased challenges amid liquor cases, then overindulges at a club with liquor, altering trial outcomes. In another town a juror secretly befriends the defendant, influencing deliberations and leading to a hung verdict before the defendant is freed on bail.
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Dan
University students name mate ideals in health and rank
Chicago report shows university women and men ranking traits for a life partner. Co-eds list health character disposition financial standing education paternity appearance dress and ancestry. Men place health good disposition and then other factors with financial status lower on the list.
Not Guilty Juries and Old Friends Courtroom Anecdotes
A series of courtroom anecdotes recounts jurors voting Not Guilty after alibis and jokes alter proceedings. Tales include a juror who knew the defendant’s family, a lawyer’s persuasive appeal to doubt, and a juror’s personal connection affecting verdicts.
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Dan
Jim
Abbie O. Giggey
Sanford High School
Anonymous Young Gentleman Seeks Wealthy Blonde Widow
In a period tone the piece describes professors seeking a mysterious suitor whose ideal mate is a wealthy blonde widow with a well stocked cellar and no questions asked. The comment frames beauty education maternity and household virtues as criteria for marriage.
Americans Prove Easy For Sharps In Paris
A Paris dispatch portrays American visitors as targets for con men and pickpockets. Two or more Americans are drawn into a poker scam by a card sharp who exploits the travelers confidence, with others joining to divide spoils. The piece notes French officials and language hurdles and mentions the US Graves Registration Service preparing to release about 1600 more personnel.
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America
Paris
The Sharp That Preys On American Tourists In Paris
A travel informer warns of a con artist in Paris who targets American visitors in hotels stations and trains. He notes distinguishing tells such as attire hats and mannerisms and contrasts a real Frenchman with a cautious patient pace and careful dress style observed in the lobby and on the move.
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Avery
Boston
Army of the unemployed grows in Paris forecasts
The text notes that few have saved enough for the passage back and that the American army of the unemployed in Paris will be larger in a month, signaling worsening economic or displacement pressure.
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Paris
New York Public Libraries See Rise in 1921 Borrowers
New Yorkers borrowed 10 226 366 books from public libraries in 1921. A report issued tonight said the growing number of borrowers shows a return to prewar conditions.
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New York
Skating tragedy claims three lives at Lake Agawam
In Southampton New York on January 8 a pair of skaters Marie Buchheid and Stella Largo aged 11 and 14 slipped through the ice and clung to a rescuer, Charles Jenkins 19, who died attempting their rescue. All three drowned after the incident on Lake Agawam.
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