Prison reform view links crime and punishment in old debate
A veteran argument notes that without jails there would be no schools for crime, warning that prisons have bred a professional criminal class earning vast sums in the United States. The piece juxtaposes this with abrupt death notices for Nellie Capron Morton of Eastern Point, detailing her typhoid-linked hemorrhages and philanthropic ties to Connecticut College.
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Scono House
Eastern Point
A Millionaires Views
Congressman Clyde H. Tavenner reports on William Kent a California independent millionaire with Mexican holdings urging restraint before U S involvement in Mexico Kent opposes using armed force to protect property He criticizes lobbyists driven from Washington by President Wilson and notes public appetite against lobbying efforts.
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Washington
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Mexico
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Fairfield County Fire District forms first in state
Fairfield County News reports the Fire District Farm in Glenbrook near Stamford becomes the first in the state to adopt the fire district form of government under a 1911 act. The district will organize a fire department and has a grand list over 500000. Other items note a mistreated horse case in Monroe, a Stamford carriage and auto collision injuring Hattie Ferris, and Danbury hatter Edward Morris seeking his English sea captain uncle to claim family estate.
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Stamford
Gardiner
New Haven
Monroe
Hattie
Samuel Ferris
England
Edward Morris
Danbury
William H. Morris
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Sheme
America
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Litchfield County News Advises Detour for Washington Road
Connecticut Automobile Association bulletin warns motorists to avoid a torn up stretch on the New Preston Warren graded road in Washington. The closure runs from Station 23 40 to 55 00 during bridge work at Station 50 50, directing northbound travelers to use the Kent road or turn at Mr Beher's home.
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Connecticut Automobile Association
New Preston-Warren
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Open Cut-Out Fines and Jail Terms in Waterbury Court
Open cut-out violations led to fines in Torrington Borough Court with George Stevens and Genero Pisciatelli each paying 12.35. In Waterbury Superior Court Judge Tuttle sentenced seven defendants to jail terms from three months to one year for theft and breaking and entering. The stream of local notes also reports deer damage to gardens in Terryville and Allentown, plus a Norfolk post office box bug incident that disrupted the lobby scene as 200 hellgrammites skittered from a damaged parcel.
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George D. Stevens
Genero Pisciatelli
Torrington
Tuttle
Waterbury
Burton Wedge
Joseph Quchair
Alex Volk
Michael Burke
George Phelmetta
State Reformatory
Albert Gill
John Gill
New Milford
Welch
Court of Common Pleas
Stanley Gills
Joe Phillipow
Terryville
Selectmen’s Office
George R. Duff
Town Hill
Walter Tolles
Allentown
Norfolk
Hartford
Leopold J. Curtiss
FADS AND FASHIONS Ribbons and textiles shape fall style
Fall fashion notes highlight transparent brassieres, ratine and broche crepe ribbons, dull French plaid sashes, and charmeuse silks. Sashes diversify, Goufa and coq feathers remain popular, organdy blouses emerge, picot ribbon trims grace hats, and Paris shows a surge in natural coq feathers alongside dainty fichu ends.
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Paris
Sullivan to Represent U S at World Athletics Meet
James E. Sullivan, secretary treasurer of the Amateur Athletic Union of America and director of athletics for the Panama-Pacific exposition, arrives in Berlin on August 20 to help arrange foreign participation in the exposition games. He attends a convention where a key issue is defined as What constitutes an amateur in athletics.
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Berlin
International Federation of Athletic Governing Bodies
James E. Sullivan
Amateur Athletic Union of America
More Babies and Less Slit Skirts
New York August 8 The Supreme Court dismissed Mrs Clara Tousey’s suit for reparation against her husband Dr Ralph Tousey of 160 West Seventy-seventh Street. Custody of Ralph Jr. was awarded to the father. The case centered on domestic disagreements over child-rearing and spending. The doctor’s income is at least $10,000 annually and he is expected to inherit $100,000. The couple married September 11, 1909, and their son was born August 4, 1910.
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Ralph Tousey
West Seventy-seventh Street
New York
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Supreme Court
Ralph
After Their Marriage They Lived at West Weighty-third Street
Postmarital note lists residence at West Eighty third Street and an expense or payment of 540 units noted as doctor gold recently for services. The text is garbled but indicates a marriage record followed by a financial entry.
Private sale sparks interest at Bernard Place Stratford
Fast sale tempo for building lots at Bernard Place draws home seekers. Jordan and Selleck set reasonable prices with buyer-friendly terms and no auction. Trolley access from Barnum Avenue, exit Broadbridge Road, then a short walk to the left. Saledays Friday through Sunday.
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Stratford
Bvorx
Jordan & Selleck
Gernard Place
Bernara Place
Barnum Avenue
Broadidge Road
Saien
Dr Sun Travels Incog In Japan Arrival
A garbled report notes Dr gin Yat ra, former president of Chainel, arrived incognito in Japan from Formosp. He declined to say whether he will stay in Japan or return to America.
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Aue
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Chainel
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Fie
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