Shanghai moral scandal stirs as US official reshapes city image
In Shanghai, Judge L R Wilfley provokes backlash by enforcing reform over vice in the foreign settlements. The article notes American dominance in vice districts, opium dens, and brothels, with 14 000 foreigners and 1 100 Americans, plus counts of licensed opium houses and brothels and the notable Water Tower district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
China
East
United States
L. R. Wilfley
New Circuit Court For
Wilfley
Kipling
Suez
Viet
Orient
Shangha
Settllement
Wafey
Robert E. Lewis
Young Men's Christian Association
Congress
Willey
Gov. Taft
Philippines
Judge Wilfley
Reform arrives as Judge Willey acts in Shanghai
In Shanghai, amid social upheaval and missions criticism, Judge Willey imposes scrutiny on American presence. Several shysters fail bar exam shaping court ethics, eight high profile courtesans face fines, and over 200 American girls flee the city as reform tightens vice.
Work of a Pipe Line Walker
Jack Hovey has walked the Tidewater pipe line 145 miles from Rixford in McKean County to Williamsport over 26 years. He covers 8 to 21 miles daily with a 60 pound tool kit including a telegraph instrument to report line breaks to headquarters in Williamsport. He treks through woods and valleys with deep county woods along forty miles of the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Hovey
Rixford
McKean County
Williamsport
Wil Mamsport
David's Temptation and Duty in the David Story
A preacher warns that David’s delay from battle invites temptation. The text contrasts two types of temptation, urges vigilance against lustful eyes, and urges guarding the soul against indecent exposure in a modern era of suggestive images. It stresses duty over ease and warns that lingering can lead to downfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David
James
David Delays Campaign Draws Tension on Jerusalem Terrace
The narrative follows King David delaying the march against the Ammonites, torn between comfort in his palace and duty with Joab. His moral decline grows as he ignores religious duties, recalling his shepherd life and contemplating harp songs before Bathsheba and a fateful temptation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joab
Israel
David
Jerusalem
Theing
Ammonites
Rotigo
Bathsheba
Cities of Refuge Sunday School Lesson 1907
The article outlines Joshua 20 with its Cities of Refuge, the right to asylum, and trial procedures. It contrasts biblical justice with the modern state, and includes reflections on Christ as the city of refuge and a Hawthorne letter tribute to his wife. It also notes a Boston auto buttermaker and New York gambling mania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
East
Orient
Asia
Cities OF Refuge
Joshua
Josephus
Gilgal
Shiloh
Bethel
Moses
Critials
Christ
God
Jesus Christ
A Amanuensis and a Money Dilemma
Excerpts note a writer insisting on solitude to draft letters and a punchy line naming a typewriter as a man. A Kansas farmer recalls a bumper wheat crop with a neighbor named Sile Edwards boasting a ten acre stand and crowded shocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith
Mr. Goodfellow
N.Y
Kansas
Sile Edwards
Sile
Humorous Quotations and Witty Exchanges Digest
A collage of jokes and light anecdotes from various papers. Lines touch on health fatigue operatic success, romance prefixes, nautical terms, marital wit, and social observations. Includes quips about influence from influenza to beaming crowds and a punchline about lifting 235 pounds.
Proof of Rust Proofing Patent Process Sold to Arm
Consul Albert Halstead reports an option on a zinc sheradizing process claimed to rust proof iron and steel and possibly superior to galvanizing. The method uses zinc dust in a heated cylinder, depositing a durable coating without melting zinc. Aluminum or antimony may substitute for zinc. copper hardens surface. Also notes Lagos advertising helmet fashion and Werder Berlin orchards yielding 48 million pounds annually.
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Albert Halstead
Birmingham
England
Arm
New York
Werder
Berlin
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Sirocco
Edward
San Francisco
Judge Willey
America
Joseph B. Bowles
James Warke
Ashley
Warke
Roanoke World
Washington Herald
Shanghi
Pottery County
Philadelphia
Oxford
Ralph de Coggeshall
David's Temptation
Satan
Michiaf
Ila Handatode
Samuel U
Theater
Broadway
Phoebe
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Boston
Massachusetts
Unny
Yonkers Statesman
Ethel
Jack
Brooklyn Eagle
Arthur
Charles
Gotrox
de Broque
Eva
Edna
Helen
Chicago Daily
Willie Beefenham
Willie
Penn
Telegraph
Johnnie
Baltimore
Jones
Jove
Owode
Lagos Standard
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