Choosing Bank Directors Amid Wall Street Controversy
New York State bankers especially smaller upstate groups resist guidance from Wall Street in selecting Federal Reserve Bank directors. The New York World notes rising tempers as group No. 3 peers insist on independence from groups Nos. 1 and 2 while asserting they know what they want without outside advice. The piece contrasts Philadelphia and New York attitudes toward Wall Street influence.
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Study of crime bill prompts critique of criminology approach
The piece questions a January 17 house bill to create a bureau for studying criminals as a separate class. It argues economic conditions drive crime more than inherent criminal traits and urges using knowledge to eradicate poverty rather than forming commissions to study criminals.
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Recovered Washington June filsed second daughter of President Wilson
The report notes the second daughter is recovering from a recent operation performed in the city by Dr. William Kyle and expects to attend social activities within a few days. Six cases were heard in police court with multiple drunk and disorderly fines of 3.75 dollars. Names of several offenders and local construction camp origins are listed amidst the court notes.
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Timely Topics and Twists of the Spring Heat
A brisk collage of quips on rising temperatures public figures and politics. The column jokes about Roosevelt Spain the canal question and assorted headlines with satirical asides on public life and fashion.
Sunday observance debated as rest day under law
The article argues Sunday observance should rest on law as a rest day not religion, noting courts won't hear purely religious cases and governments have long enforced rest. It warns strict blue laws may backfire by denying diversions people seek on Sundays and suggests a diversified, voluntary approach.
A Bit of Everything For The Press Readers
A collection of humorous vignettes and lines about luck, weather, aging, and social behavior. It mixes quips on gambling, romance, work, and daily life with satirical jabs at modern attitudes, featuring playful exchanges and light observed scenes.
History items and political upheavals across centuries
A timeline of notable events: 1849 Paris debates impeaching the President over papal aid. 1861 Corinth battle. 1868 Marquette fire. 1895 Camp McCalla clash. 1902 3-era royal murder in Serbia. 1918 Turkish Grand Vizier assassinated. 1990 Chinese imperial appeal for dowager empress deposition.
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Sayings of the Editors on Mediation and Politics
A compilation notes editorial quips on mediation fatigue, monopolies, amalgamation politics, suffragists, Wilson’s unpopularity, Progressive fundraising, and a colonel’s zoological collection with a humorous twist. The items reflect various U.S. papers and commentary from the early 20th century.
Sing Sing Terrible Says Doyle
Sir Conan Doyle toured Sing Sing in New York and was locked in a cell briefly. He condemned the prison as terrible with cramped spaces and lacking basic sanitary provisions, noting it as harsher even than many English prisons.
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Liberty and liberty in America cited by Danish critic
Dr George Brandes of Denmark, a leading literary critic, arrives in the city and contrasts European and American freedom. He singles out telephone dependence and lack of privacy on trains, but praises American public safety for women and the suffrage movement as signs of esteem for women.
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Congressman Leonidas Dyer Biography Highlight
Congressman Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer of St. Louis was born June 11, 1871 in Warren County Missouri. He attended public schools and Washington University Law School, served as assistant circuit attorney, fought in the Spanish War, and was a colonel on Governor Hadley’s staff. He was elected to the Sixty-second and reelected to the Sixty-third Congress.
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Business Cards Engraved at the Evening Press
Advertisements for engraved or printed business cards appear in this Evening Press section. The notice emphasizes craftsmanship and printing methods offered by the local shop.
Visiting Cards Engraved Or Printed At The Evening Press
Chicago paper recalls that nearly the entire British aristocracy is crossed by the bar sinister in a biting critique of social pretensions and lineage.
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