Opinion on Berger and Newberry cases in early 20th century
The editorial compares Victor Berger's Espionage Act conviction for his view on U S entry into war with Newberry's corruption conviction. It argues Berger's act was mere opinion while Newberry's actions constituted criminal conduct. It warns corruption of the ballot undermines democracy more than dissent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Berger
Congress
Milwaukee District
Wisconsin
United States
Newberry
Senate
Berger
House of Representatives
New York
House
America
Students Cite Need for Hands-On Work in Education
The article notes that students organized to build a ring track with severe manual labor. Professors avoided certain confrontations, and the episode sparked debate over integrating manual labor into education. It argues that students should engage hands as well as minds in learning.
Medical testimony and political fate in a strange theory
A historical column notes a provocative argument that candidates must obtain doctors to declare brain ailments before running. It cites Roosevelt Wilson and Wood, claiming tests of mental stability shape campaigns. The piece speculates on money, tumors, and famed leaders as proof that greatness may hinge on abnormality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mericga
Theodore Roosevelt
Wilson
General Wood
Senator Newberry
Caesar
Napoleon
Mayors Critique Targets Connecticut Republican Leadership
The Hartford Courant defends Mayor Wilson against Lieutenant Governor Wilson by correcting his year error and outlining claims that Roraback acts as a lobbyist and uses party power to suppress free expression. The piece portrays the Connecticut GOP as lurching toward a hard fall amid accusations of corruption and misrule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford Gourant
Wilson
Roraback
Courant
Connecticut
Gourant
Republican Party
Ducking the Professors at Kansas Normal School
A brief note suggests students at the Kansas Normal school applied discipline to their professors. The text hints at a campus incident with further details continued in the next columns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Normal School
North dies of pneumonia in Richmond after trip
Colonel J Richard North head of a New Haven insurance firm and longtime state military figure died in Richmond Virginia after contracting pneumonia Mrs North was summoned when pneumonia developed He served in the old Second Connecticut National Guard went to the Mexican border during the Mexican War era and led the home guard in World War I He lived in North Haven and left a family
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
J. Richard North
Richmond
Virginia
North
Connecticut
Guam
Home Guard
North Haven
New Effect of Spring Fever Described by Detectives
In New York on March 26 detectives described a new effect of spring fever. Malcomb Tac and Samuel Koshita, both pupils at Patio School 23, confessed to setting the school fire to escape going to class. The blaze was controlled with slight loss. Children’s Court may decide if punishment follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Malcomb Tac
Samuel Koshita
Patio School
Certificates for Minute Women Honor War Effort
Certificates for faithful service rendered are prepared this week for the Minute Women of the city who were active during the war. They are signed by Mayor Wilson Justice George W Wheeler and Mrs H W Freck. Small gold buttons for the Women’s auxiliary of the American region are nearly ready for distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
George W. Wheeler
H. W.freck
Bolsheviks Seize Maikop in Kuban Ciscaucasia
London dispatch reports Maikop, a town in Kuban Ciscaucasia, occupied by Bolshevik forces according to a wireless message from the Russian Soviet government in Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Maikop
Kuban
Ciscaucasia
Moscow
Anvil Accident Wounds Vetn John Van Scout
John Van Scout a 37 year old resident of Main and John streets was injured at the Fairbanks Scale plant when a hammer slipped striking the anvil. A fragment flying from the anvil cut his right leg and emergency physician H J Coyle treated profuse bleeding from a vein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John van Scout
Main and
John Streets
Fairbanks Scale Company
H. J. Coyle
Woman Slightly Improves After Self Inflicted Wound
Officials at St Vincent's hospital report Anna Pirello of 196 Gregory Street is slightly improved after a self inflicted shot to the hand and throat yesterday. She remains very weak from blood loss and doctors are cautious about her ultimate recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Vincent's Hospital
Anna Pirello
Gregory Strest
Veterans Save Fire Victims at Pewee Valley Home
In Pewee Valley Kentucky a fire at the Confederate Home started at 6 pm and burned for three hours. Sergeant Gus Head and about one hundred veterans, many from Morgan's cavalry, carried fifty invalid residents to safety in the nearby littlestone church. Some victims did not survive the shock of the fire. The veterans then slept on blankets at the little church as the ruins smoldered.
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Louisville
Pewee Valley
Gus Head
John Morgan
Army of the Confederacy
Littlestone
Sergeant Head
Rel
Morgan
Credibility Attack in Callaux Treason Trial
Paris reports lawyers for former Premier Joseph Callaux pressed to discredit witness Yeon Rosenwald of Buenos Aires in a senate treason trial. The Argentine editor testified that in 1917, French editors urged peace at any cost and warned sacrifices could not continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Joseph Calllaux
Senate
Yeon Rosenwald
Buenos Aires
M. Tesenwald
Ta Nacion
Laws
France
Velitok Sues Jitney Driver for Damages
Tessie Velitok sought $1,000 in damages after being struck by a jitney at Barnum Avenue and Pembroke Street last autumn. Judge Walsh of the Common Pleas court awarded her $200, finding the driver negligent.
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Tessie Velitok
Lagainst Sol Getter
Walsh
Common Pleas Court
Barnum Avenue J
Pembroke Street
Dog injures boy on Madison Avenue
A dog struck 10 year old William Dineen as he roller skated near his home at 79 Madison Avenue. He was treated at Emergency Hospital this morning by Dr. B. Coyle who cauterized the wound. The dog's owner said the animal was usually confined but was released yesterday without the family's knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Dineen
Madison Avenue
B. 4. Coyle
Neuronous Disease Warns of Tingling Limbs
Dr. Foster Kennedy told the New York medical society that tingling fingers and toes signal a new disease named neuronous. He described progressive weakness in the arms and legs and urged medical consultation. He cited few U S cases and noted some observed among French soldiers after shocks to the nervous system.
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New York
Foster Kennedy
The
Medical Society of
State of
United States
Kennedy
France
Note Sent to Chile Aims to Prevent Peru Bolivia Conflict
In Valparaiso on March 26 the American Chamber of Commerce registered a note to Chile urging full efforts to avert a Peru Bolivia clash. The action followed press reports alleging Chile fostered the dispute and was conveyed to Ambassador Joseph H. Shea.
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Valpariso
Chile
Amercan Chamber of Commerce
Vince
Warattoously
United States
Peru
Bolivia
Mnete
Aepeeting
Joseph HH. Shea
Strikers Leave Ansonia as City Remains Quiet
Ansonia march 26 the strike of employees of the American Erase Co. shows only the departure of workers by train before 10 am with about 100 leaving the city others planned to depart later for Philadelphia Boston and Hartford and transfers at way stations while the streets were quiet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansonia
American Erase Co
Philadelphia
Boston
Hartford
Horace Fashion Shop estate fees denied by referee
Referee John Keogh disallowed all claims for services and allowances by attorneys in the Horace Fashion Shop bankruptcy case. He criticized the estate handling and suggested creditors seek payment from clients rather than the estate. In other news Mrs. Louisa M. Gerry dies in New York at Newport. funeral planned in The Little Church Around the Corner. A burglary at Dr. Benjamin Harmon’s dental office in the Warner Building netted $6.
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John Keogh
Horace Fashion Shop
New York
Louisa M. Gerry
Newport
Elbridge T. Gerry
Robert T. Livingston
Stratsboro
Benjamin Harmon
Warner Building
Harmon
Looking Back Fifty Years From The Farmer March 1870
A retro column notes a bluebird on a church vane and a Chinaman at Harral Brothers 277 Main Street. It mentions Frederick Steele's grandson count, diver Mr. Fuller unloading the Isaac Merritt at Essex, and Horace Greeley’s hat change with a dig at women postmasters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celestial Empire
Harral Brothers
Main Street
Frederick Steele
Waterbury
Fuller
Norwalk
Isaac Merritt
Steamboat Dock
Essex
Horace Greeley
Four General Deputies Chosen in Internal Revenue Service
Hartford March 26 four general deputy collectors were named to supervise field deputies across the state under Chief Field Deputy William Farrel. Nominees Miller O Connell Byrnes Murphy will head districts with Hartford Bridgeport Fairfield County and western towns. Also population figures for American Samoa noted. local classified ads for autos and farm stock included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
James J. Walsh
United States Internal Revenue Department
William Farrel
New London
Edward J. Miller
Charles Byrnes
Waterbury
J. F. Murphy
New Haven
William J. O'Connell
Stamford
Unsettled Weather Ahead and Local Notices
Weather in New Haven predicting rain tonight and Saturday with warmer temperatures. Obituaries note deaths of Herold T Comer in New Haven aged 42 years 8 months 23 days, Albert C Hyckman in Stratford, and Jenny Hy wife of Julius Scoville aged 53. Legal notices include a Fairfield County dissolution petition for Eleanor Klinck, a bankruptcy prospectus for Edwin F Mathewson in Bridgeport, and probate actions for Michael Carty with anticipated hearing in Bridgeport.
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Comer
Herold T
James B
Margaret Farnam Comer
Park Avenue
St. Michael's Cemetery
Barnum Terrace
St. James’ Church
St. Michael's
Automobile Cortese
Scovile
Jenny Hy
Julius Scoville
Read Memorial Chapel
Mountain Grove Cemetery
North Avenue
Burial Mountain Grove Cemetery
Brown
Annie
Albert Brown
DeForest Avenue
Lakeview Cemetery
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Bridgeport Conn
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Temple
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Gardiner Greene
William M. Jones
Esther Hoperoff
Superior Court
Matkop
VETN
Pog
Population Statistics
Washington
Census Bureau
Bangor
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Anderson
Monroe
Columbus
Neb
Chili
City
Mrs. Gerry
St. John’s Church
American Samoa
Lexington
I. C. Roberts
State St Bar
Algal
Farrow
W. A. Hawley
Danbury
Auick
Fairfeld Ave
Tel
Bar
D. M. Read CO
Eleanor Klinck
Charles Klinck
State OF Connecticut
Fairfield County
Klinck
Bridgeport Times
Michael J. Flanagan
A. S. Geduldig
Pinin
Tafe
Seas
United States District Court
District OF Connecticut
Edwin F. Mathewson
Fairfield
County Court House
District OF Bridgeport
Michael Carty
Noda
Paul L. Miller
Jade
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