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Newspaper
Coatesville Herald
Location
Coatesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1913
Page
2
A misread tale reports a Cornel group of 400 girls finding a so-called perfect woman who was a member of the Starwars gang from Gonda, Oudh. He admits the ragged crime spree included fourteen prior offenses and using a specially made knife for shoplifting and cutting cloth.
A young Paris professor's death from an accidental morphine hypodermic overdose has provoked calls for strict enforcement of morphine sale laws. The morphine habit reportedly thrives among young women at debt cafes and dances in Montmartre and Latin Quarter colleges. The case involves a higher Normal college student alleged to have administered the drug to the deceased professor, amid a global rise in habit forming drugs and a united effort to combat the problem.
A Parisian woman protests paying for her own accommodations arguing that women should not be charged for rent while men are indifferent. The piece condemns public moral policing and calls for sentiment against perceived persecution of poor people pushed from housing into a sanitary, scientific world.
A distorted excerpt reports Dr Carrel facing a customs inquiry and preparing to certify his vivisection skills while reformers in Marsachuartts push to bar women from smoking. The piece mocks sensationalist “freak legislators” and notes public concern over body experiments and cigarette habits.
Aeroplanes may be used at sea to locate submerged submarines. Submarines must come ashore to pre save, or to ensure safety, by such air reconnaissance methods.
A grand inaugural ceremony opened with music and salute as the chief justice administered the oath to the new president, Woodrow Wilson. The scene featured military bands, a national parade, and subsequent speeches marking the transition of power from Taft to the new administration.
The Senate spent two hours in executive session failing to break the deadlock over Maj. Beecher B. Ray’s promotion in the Army pay corps. Conference reports on District of Columbia and Mill G Academy were laid aside.
Ex president Taft and most of his cabinet left Washington to begin new pursuits after retirement. Taft heads to Augusta Georgia for a municipal funded winter stay with March 27 noted as the end of his southern visit. He will then go to New Haven to assume a law professorship at Yale University. Other officials plan varied paths from private practice to farming and family homes as their post office plans emerge.
Twenty people were injured when a Wabash train bound for Buffalo derailed after rolling down an embankment following a spreadi ng rate. Among the seriously injured are Mrs. I. Morris of Chicago and Miss Estelle Snyder of Chicago. Also listed are Mrs. Matilda Stript on of Kansas City and D. A. Watts of Chicago with several Chicago residents named.
Chicago March 4 confessions of Lillian Beatries Ryan Conway burlesque actress and Charles M Vole way circus clown husband made before police after arrest were admitted to evidence in their trial for the murder of Sophia Singer Halliniore heiress
The session approves rapid bills including a racing commission act. Governor Ralston signs the Curtis uniform high school text books bill paving five year cycles and applies old state-wide book uniformity provisions. Van Auken bill boosts juror pay while other measures touch city funds and penalties.
The report notes that during the initial twelve hour daily operation the Inona were allowed to run twelve hours daily and convictions for drunkenness climbed from forty to eighty. The following week all restrictions were withdrawn with convictions totaling 109 and arrests for drunkenness at sixty seven.
The article argues that luxuries should bear heavier taxes while intoxicants are not a revenue source. It contends liquor licenses fail to raise funds and instead create costs such as enforcement, court expenses, and social burdens. It notes prohibitory laws increase public costs and hurt ordinary taxpayers through license loss.
A fragmented excerpt portrays a boastful man claiming earnings of $1000 in three months to a group near Nis salouan. A listener interjects with the warning that his actions have ruined two sons, broken a mother’s heart, and left him poorer in moral standing, hinting at a future reckoning.
In a southern town police court magistrate jokes with a friend about trying his "number one brand of old Markham" after noting three others in court had tried it. The exchange appears as a humorous, informal aside during the session.
A fragmentary excerpt discusses the enforcement of illicit restrictions and the limits of prohibition. It argues that prohibition does not always prohibit and that civilizing forces like education and religion shape humanity gradually through steady growth.
A tense street exchange features a woman challenging a seller and belittling a rival offer. The dialogue centers on money and value as she boasts her own income surpasses the cat’s earnings.
A dialogue reveals a former romance ended with ongoing alimony payments. The blue eyed young man continues to provide support, with the woman receiving alimony for a year.
A playful chitchat in a dining room features a line about roast hare returning on today’s menu after a joke about it having eaten the canary yesterday.
A humorous line suggests a pretty widow may win a bachelor by soft baby talk, implying the man should surrender to charm. The quip reflects playful social satire about romance and matchmaking.
A chief bookkeeper from a western city describes relief from stomach trouble and nervousness after switching from tea and coffee to Postum. He cites improved digestion and steadier nerves during long hours of mental work and recommends the beverage based on personal experience.
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