Public Opinion Shapes Law Over Old Common Rules
The article argues public opinion often governs legal outcomes as courts adapt to new standards. It calls for legal education to integrate political, economic, and sociological perspectives and to build a true sociological jurisprudence that aligns law with popular understanding while preserving common law as human reason.
Mental Healing Experiment at Emanuel Church Boston
The Century describes a Protestant Episcopal church initiative in Boston linking progressive neurology with New Testament Christianity to relieve suffering and transform character. It emphasizes scientific, functional approaches to mind body health, modestly acknowledging the body's influence on mind and rejecting rigid single methods of healing.
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Hmmanuel Church
Boston
New England
Francis Joseph and the famed Perski head chef
A London Globe tale recounts Perski, once chef to Count Rhein gaum, entering Emperor Francis Joseph’s service after earning praise for a boar head dish. Two days later a packing case from the Count arrived at Schonbrunn revealing Perski inside, reportedly shaken but alive, and he rose to become head of the kitchen.
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Perski
Count Rheingaum
Schonbrunn
London Globe
Murder in Hogansville Sparks Bank Money Motive
The clipping reports a murder in an adjacent town framed as a quest for money. It notes Lucky Jones wired the Hogansville paper describing the victim as having just banked funds the day before, losing only his life.
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Cub
Hogansville
Jones
Success Magazine
Pension for George Washington also known as George Stewart
The Buffalo Commercial reports a local pension record for George Washington a Black man also known as George Stewart living in Elmira. Pension Agent Orr received the name for enlistment as a pensioner citing Civil War service in a Black regiment. He recalls General Jackson as a Black man.
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George Washington
George Stewart
Elmira
Washington
Orr
General Jackson
Jackson
Buffalo Commercial
Mr Pickwick’s Tree Cut Down at Dulwich
The decayed sycamore near Dulwich College known as Mr Pickwick’s Tree was felled. Residents recall Dickens’ hero resting beneath it in earlier days. The page notes a New Year’s Eve door unbar ritual as a local tradition.
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Mr. Pickwick
Dulwich
Dickens
London Globe
Late News Notes Covering Global Figures and Disasters
James Keir Hardie arrives in Montreal to unite American and Canadian unions with a British style Labor Party. Gas meters in New York reveal bias toward favorable company readings. Dr. Rymer departs Edmonton for Fort Good Hope to practice for years among Indigenous peoples. A vision warns New York of disaster unless repented.
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House of Common
Montreal
Canada
Rymer
Edmonton
Albera
Athabasca
Mackenzie
Fort Good Hope
New York
Milton Sparks
Chester
Metropolis
Boston
Mee Stone
Wytheville
Wytheville, Tenn
W. C. Conlee
St. Louis
Conlee
Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
South
Crothers
What Hilda Liked and Jokes About School
A Delineator line recalls little Hilda liking the going and coming to school but not the staying. It contrasts with humor about sewing hose and pessimists who wait for rain while others picnic.
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Hilda
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