Indiana policy advocates push reform for state penal system
Indiana officials examine Butler recommendations to expand insane care, district workhouses, and juvenile court reach. Calls include ending county jail fees, centralizing child care, and limiting feminine confinement to state institutions. Also notes fair dates, oleomargarine crackdown, bird starvation, and a will bequest to Indianapolis parks.
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Indianapolis
W. Butler
Board of State Charities
Gov. Marshall
Butler
Costa
A Drama on the Street in San Bernardino
In San Bernardino California a divorce case ended abruptly when a motor car narrowly missed a child. The child's rescuer was the husband who leapt to safety and saved the daughter. He returned with Mrs Preston where she tore up the divorce complaint.
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San Bernardino
Cal
Walter Preston
Preston
A Lesson In Economy From a Historical Novel
The Louisville Courier Journal notes a dialogue where a heroine accuses the hero of extravagance in travel. He concedes urging her to pay the exact legal fare for conveyances, reflecting themes of frugality and mutual support.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Old Lawyer Says He Will Draft Will Himself Next Time
A witty exchange from the New York Sun features an old lawyer and his young partner discussing a will. The elder remarks that the document was drawn so tight that even all the relatives could not break it, prompting the joke that he will handle the next will himself.
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New York Sun
Sorry He Spoke Mr Dubbs Social Calls by Telephone
A fragmentary snippet from a newspaper page presents dialogue about a progressive New York woman making social calls by telephone. The gag centers on Mrs. Dubbs and a humorous exchange about propriety and attire.
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Dubbs
New York
Boster Transcript
And Mother Officiates and Eddie Question Prayers
Dialogue excerpt presents a domestic scene with Eddie asking about morning prayers and Freddie describing a family service when their father arrives. The exchange contrasts proactive talk with excuses, highlighting a pattern of people spending time detailing intentions yet failing to act.
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Mother
Eddie
Freddie
Father
Knowledge Enough and the Fall of Adam and Eve
The excerpt argues that Adam and Eve, innocent at first, acted unconsciously and failed to fully digest the apple. Their blundering ignorance yielded only partial knowledge of good and evil, yet they became lifelong troublesome examples to themselves and their descendants, cited by Puck.
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Adam and Eve
Puck
A. F. of L
Ian Smart
Eaves
His Business
A Baltimore American quotation notes a man across the street offering cut rates for trimming trees and hedges, highlighting a simple local business service and the neighborly barter implied by the remark.
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Baltimore American
Taking No Chances in Patient Care
Griggs argues that doctors cannot prescribe for themselves while Cuttem has gone to another physician for treatment. Briggs agrees that this shows wisdom, noting Cuttem’s patients rarely recover, highlighting skepticism about self care in medical practice.
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Griggs
Cuttem
Briggs
That man and his timely declamations
A humorous exchange contrasts a man who preaches punctuality with a seller who promotes a book on the installment plan. The dialogue shifts to a quip about marriage, suggesting happiness would rise if a husband treated his wife as gently as he tends an old briar pipe.
Visit of Grossadmiral von Koster Told By Kieler Neueste Nachrichten
In an interview the German naval figure discusses his New York visit. He notes Taft was absent on a Mexican frontier trip and claims the vice president, then Secretary of State Sherman of New York, occupied the ceremonial role. He comments on civilization and consumerism with pointed opinions.
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Indianapolis
George Rhodius
Elma Dare
Rhodius
State Supreme Court
Kieler Neueste Nachrichten
Grossadmiral von Koster
New York
Taft
United States
Sherman
It Takes All Kinds Said the Ready Made Philosopher
A witty exchange on diverse talents notes explorers who excel with math instruments and others with typewriters and picture machines, illustrating varied paths to discovery and progress.
Pepys Noteed as Diary Keeper Fame
A brief piece notes that Samuel Pepys is famed for keeping a diary for over a year, highlighting his notable historical claim. The historical figure is identified by his diary writing as the source of his lasting fame.
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Pepys
Mistakes Will Happen Lady to Her Sister Doctor
A fragmentary exchange recalls a lampoonish moment where a novice cook reports a kitchen mess and a physician sister consoles with a grim joke about losing a patient. The brief vignette ends with a proverb urging self reflection before judging others.
Don’t Weep At The Ice House Labor Diatribe
A lengthy tract attacks Samuel Gompers and the labor movement, arguing courts must punish lawbreakers in unions while condemning strikes and boycotts. It portrays the Labor Trust as tyrannical, praises courts’ powers, and urges readers to lobby Congress against new laws empowering labor leaders. It references the Bucks Stove Works case, Canada’s view, and Toronto convention rhetoric. It concludes with a call to readers to “write” their representatives and resist labor or capital control over daily life.
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Labor Trust
Gompers
Bucks Store Co
Bucks Stove Works
United States
Great
Toronto
Egan
Workingmen’s Ass'n of
Canada
U. S
America
United Minera of America
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Merrigan
American Federation of Labor
District of Columbia
Bucka’ Stove and Range Company
Simon Burns
General Assembly
Knights of Labor
Burne
Burns
Labor Digest
A. 7 Pern
Congress
Organized Labor
Federation of Labor
Organization of Labor
Federation
Workers of America
Labor
Mt. Vernon
George Washington
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Indiana
Charles Downing
State Board of Agriculture
American Association of Fairs and Expositions
State Board
Indiana Hotel Keepers’ Association
Henry W. Lawrence
Rand
F. W. Tucker
Food and Drug Department
State Board of Health
Laporte
Tucker
Alea Margarine
Pendleton
S. M. Keltner
Anderson
Incorporationa
Secretary of State
Anchor Realty Company
James S. Flaherty
James B. Hart
Timothy P. Sexton
Winamne Horse Thief Detective Association No. 4
Winamac
D. BE
Light
John Weldy
John Epler
Hoosier Auto Company
Garrett
J. A Moore
T. ©. Little
J. B. Mager
Leigh Hunt
A. C. Widmer
L. A. Gingery
W. W. Sharplesa
EB. C. Reyher
Talge Mahogany Company
Manapolis
1. H. Tela
Frederic
St. Paul
Elk Lodge
Ice House
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