The Long Brown Path And Earthquakes In The News
A jumble of items notes a drop in fur prices risking more cat pelts, a frequent offender Ernest Miller of St Louis jailed 473 times, and a broad verdict on capital punishment expansion. It covers the Chili earthquake, earth interior theories, and a meditation on winter hiking as a form of recreation.
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Ernest Miller
St. Louis
Federal Court of
Whitm
Stevenson
Haaslitz
Detroit
Free-Press
Blue laws insult democracy says Rev Preston Bradley
In Chicago on December 29 Rev Preston Bradley of the Peoples Church declared blue laws cannot be enforced across the United States due to public opinion. He argued that in a country founded on liberty and democracy blue laws are an insult to the people.
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Chicago
United States
Preston Bradley
People’ S ‘Church
Textile unions approve 22 percent wage cut in Fall River
Fall River Massachusetts December 29 1920 six textile unions of the American Federation of Textile Operatives voted last night to accept the wage reduction of 22 percent recently announced by the manufacturer. The action affects about thirty five thousand employees with the cut taking effect January 3 1921.
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Fall River
Mass
American Federation of Textile Operatives ‘Art “Meet-Ng
Atlantic City Prayer Reading Incident Report
A New York Broadwayite in Atlantic City attended a prayer meeting and read aloud when called by the minister. He then spoke with the minister at the door, saying he was not taking a chance but answering a summons to read in prayer. The episode was noted by the Atlanta Constitution as a reflection on church manners.
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Atlantic City
Atlantic
Guy
Atlanta Constitution
Lithe five year old miss visits barn in gritry
A fragmentary OCR item notes a young girl aged five visiting a barn area described as gritty. The readable text is incomplete and lacks clear names, dates, or locations to identify persons or institutions.
Witty British judge and Mrs Beeton in pickling sprats tale
A Westminster Gazette item describes Mr Justice Deraliang and a professor of pickling sprats whose courtroom humor escalates as a joke about Mrs Beeton. Laughter peaks when counsel mentions Mrs Beeton's cookbook. The piece weaves satire with references to British judicial wit and a New York Tribune parallel.
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King's Bench
Westminster Gazette
Justice Deraliang
Conan
New York
Tribime
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