Lawful age debate spreads from Beck to Denver co ops
1922 commentary surveys a moral crisis led by James M. Beck and others. It cites rising crime, Prohibition fines, and social upheaval in the United States, with Denver forming a Co operative Law Enforcement association and Chicago reporting increases in girl delinquency. Prominent voices including Princess Bibescu Einstein and Lady Astor weigh in on women and modern life.
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John Dickinson Sherman
A.D
James M. Beck
United States
American Bar Association
Kat
Beck
Mr. Beck
Ling
Germany
Denver
Mabel Stearns Noble
Woman's Co-operative League
Co-operative Law Enforcement Association
Death Warrant of Jesus Supposed Discovery in Rome Document
A reported 1810 find in Amiternum supposedly yielded a copper plate with a Hebrew inscription claiming Jesus of Nazareth was condemned by Pontius Pilate to die by crucifixion. The item, alleged to be a death warrant, lists priests Annas and Caiaphas and witnesses, with details tying to Jerusalem and Pilate.
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Rome
Jesus Christ
Pontius Pilate
Lower Galilee
Jesus of Nazareth
Amiternum
Aquila
Kingdom of
Naples
Jesus
Tiberius Caesar
Holy Jerusalem
Annas and
Caiphas
Ponthis Pilate
Praetory
Nazareth
God
Israel
Quilius Cornelius
Daniel Robania
Raphael Robania
Joannus Robania
Capet
Jesus Should Go Out of the City of
Jerusalem
Struenus
Los Angeles Times
He and She: Reflections On Love And Courtship
Quotations from Tattlings by Sidney Tremayne explore masculine infatuation stages, humor about jokes and husbands, and paradoxes of female independence. The piece contrasts what pleases men and women in love, noting social perceptions and playful insights.
Christmas Card Maker of Woolwich Sent 80000 Cards
Dr Theodore Maxwell who died in 1914 printed and sent more than 80000 Christmas cards in the last decade of his life. The cards appeared in over 30 languages and were mailed worldwide to people he believed would appreciate them. A New York charitable woman mailed 5000 cards to poor children yearly. A South London society sent 30000 to 40000 cards to prisoners globally.
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Theodore Maxwell
Woolwich
London
India
New York
South London
White Pearl Carnation Triumph at Royal Horticultural Hall
Stuart Low, breeder of the new white carnation White Pearl, crossed Mrs T W Lawson with English stock after twenty four years of selective breeding. The disease resistant variety preserves the old carnation fragrance and has passed all disease tests, described as a horticultural triumph.
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T. W. Lawson
Stuart Low
Royal Horticultural Hall
London
Not in These Days Causes Household Dispute Over Coal
The Boston Transcript reports a quarrel between Mrs Nexdore and Mr Naybor over a boy throwing coal at a cat. Naybor vows to discipline the youth while denying concern for the cat, framing it as a parental matter and a matter of order.
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Nexdore
Naybor
Rascal
Boston Transcript
Ants on March Toward a New Home Ends in Endless Circle
William Beebe recounts a mass of army ants in British Guiana marching in a perfect circle for miles. The line, 6 inches wide, carried larvae and eggs as it circled a beach and outhouse, halting only with exhaustion and scent-driven misdirection.
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British Guiana
Secretive West Town Tale Reveals Family Ties
In a stylish Western town at a tea, a woman connects a well known local man to an attempted forced marriage. She recounts how he used a lariat to compel a well educated schoolteacher to wed his son. The woman then reveals the man is her brother.
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Chicago Tribune
King Abandons Chapel Royal Rumor Sparks Debate
English church circles report the king plans to end the civil list burden by ceasing use of the Chapel Royal at St James's Palace. The royal couple avoid services there, preferring Buckingham Palace private chapel, alarming historians and London sentimentalists about the loss of the Holbein era chapel and its boy choristers in scarlet and gold.
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Chapel Royal
St. James’ Palace
St. James
Buckingham Palace
Senator Sorghum Answers New Year Resolutions Prompt
In a quip about New Year resolutions Senator Sorghum says he has none for himself. He relies on constituents who supply ready made resolutions for all seasons and only writes back to praise them as better than his own ideas.
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Ilinois
Illinois Vigilance Association
Chicago
Joseph L. Moss
Antoine Bibescu
Washington
Margot Asquith
England
Albert Einstein
America
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson
Theodore Roosevelt
Oliver H. P. Belmont
National Woman's Party
Petticoat Party
Ric
Cleopatra
Joan of Arc
Henry of Navarre
Napoleon
Eliza Urray Shepherd
Senator Sorghum
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Lady Astor
Lfe
Luis Teadette Rately
Asrok
He and She
Sidney Tremayne
Weill
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