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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1913
Page
15
Herbert S. Gernert argues that public morality is a state responsibility, not federal. He urges expanding state police powers and enforcing morals laws to address widespread laxity, comparing morality to public health and safety and urging action in factories, schools, and dance halls.
An opinion argues that income tax fairness is overstated. It questions the universal applicability and proposes a closer dividing line near one thousand dollars. It critiques potential favoritism for holding companies and notes substantial incomes escaping taxation.
Cornell may elect John O Hearn to captain the football team next year. O Hearn has been the right end, missed the Pennsylvania game, and is considered the best end Cornell has had in a decade. He is from Brookline Massachusetts and will be a senior. Barrett, a sophomore, is the main alternate. The Cornell Sun urges aiming for Harvard next season rather than just Pennsylvania, as the team seeks higher honors.
Unofficial figures show Harvard earned about 270000 dollars from gate receipts this season based on attendance at eight home games and one away game with Princeton. Yale and Princeton shared large sums while other colleges contributed smaller amounts. Total attendance exceeds 200000 with Yale drawing the largest crowd of 48000.
The article profiles John Thomas Augustine Hagan known as Young Jack O'Brien, brother of Philadelphia Jack O'Brien. It notes his birth December 11 1894 in Philadelphia, his boxing rise, pride from his brother, and his early success against top opponents, including Tommy Burns.
Garriet E Sherwood advertises scalp treatment and manicuring services at 412 Security Building and 176 Main Street with phone number 1373. Bus. operated in a city area, offering specialty hair and scalp care.
Nelson Sharp of Monroe County died in the electric chair today for the murder of Rochester Patrolman Frank Ford on May 18, 1912. Sharp admitted guilt and expressed deep regret, saying drink caused the killing.
In Chicago on December 10 1920 Margaret Feltwell 20 of Altoona Pa says inherited wanderlust forced her from a life of ease and into travel. Frail and hungry she seeks lodging and food under care of county authorities. She claims her father Rev Joseph Feltwell a traveling evangelist. Relatives will be notified.
Berlin reports Catholic clergy and the German government unite against imitation wines. The Bishop of Würzburg bans cheap deceptive substitutes for wine in communion, while the government plans restraining regulations on temperance beverages. Paris lists over 50,000 retired municipal employees on its pension rolls.
The Women's Christian Temperance Union forms a committee to press President Wilson to aid federal legislation against poisoned needle workers in New York and other cities. Miss Anna Gordon, Mrs. Margaret Dye Ellis, and Mrs. of Kentucky comprise the three member panel planning a White House visit.
In Butte Montana on December 10 Judge Thomas Booker urged suffragists who clashed over a gavel to “act like loving sisters.” He dismissed the women charged with disturbing the peace after a hand to hand melee at a union hall, lamenting that women cannot meet socially without fighting.
Brunswick Ga December 10 The Mallo ry Line steamer Rio Grande arrived from New York with the captain denying any fire or unusual happenings on the trip. Local news notes include a Young Men's Christian Association talk by Walter L Bennett on Jesus teachings and various class meetings led by Rev Mackenzie General Secretary Lacy and others.
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