Judge by Faces How Libraries Ban Books in Inferno Shelf
Chicago librarians review patrons by appearance and age to grant access to titles such as the Decameron and The Book of One Thousand and One Nights. Librarian Henry E. Legler describes an “inferno” shelf where deemed unfit volumes are held for adult scrutiny and potential adult reading, not destroyed. The piece notes selective shelving, not banning authors, and cites re election of the library board president Robert J. Roulston and vice president George B. Armstrong at a reorganization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Myrtle Reed
H. G. Wells
Ann Veronica
Henry E. Legler
Minneapolis
Minneapolis Bes
London
Legler
American Library Association
Library Board
Robert J. Roulston
George B. Armstrong
Antonio Lagorio
New York official: crops look like a garden across the nation
William C. Brown, president of the New York Central, after a 12 day western tour, reports a garden like country from Missouri River to New York. He cites strong railroads and says crops, especially small grain, show high quality and near normal quantity with only minor drought damage. He notes corn above average and expects shortages in one area to be offset by surpluses in another.
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New York
Missouri River
William C. Brown
New York Central Lines
Montana
Dakotas
Nebraska
Kansas
Brown
Cigarette Controversy Over Freer Portrait At Art Institute
In Chicago August first a portrait of Frederick Warren Freer, a famed local artist, sparks protest for a painted cigarette in the dead painter’s hand. Mrs. Margaret Freer offered the piece to the Art Institute for five thousand dollars but the committee objected after viewing it with Miss Lucy Page Gaston present, and the widow refused to remove the cigarette.
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Chicago
Frederick Warren Freer
Margaret Freer
Art Institute
Lucy Page Gastom
Feb
Libbey to Appears in Vaudeville Monologue and Poems
New York August 1 Laura Jean Libbey author of seventy novels and eighty plays of the heart throb order announced she will appear in vaudeville soon. She will recite two poems and present a love monologue she wrote and may head a cast in one of her own plays.
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New York
Laura Jean Libbey
Prosperity Rising in the United States Says New Trade Data
Washington reports a clear rise in prosperity as Americans boosted purchases abroad in the 1910 fiscal year. Art works, diamonds, furs, and champagne purchases climbed sharply, with art imports rising to 21.1 million dollars and diamonds to 39.8 million. Automobiles remained steady in value, while exports grew, and total trade increased from 1,311.9 million to 1,558.1 million dollars. The 1910 year also set records for imports of manufacturers materials and for exports of manufactured goods totaling 1.71 billion dollars, up 72 million from the prior year.
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United States
Bureau of Statistics
The Illustrious Prince and the London Investigation
Inspector Jacks questions American magnate Mr. Coulson about Vanderpole and Hamilton Fynes amid a puzzling murder spree. Coulson explains his patent business, meets Penelope Morse and Sir Charles Somerfield, and hints at possible inquest details while the case edges toward a new lead.
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Scotland Yard
Mr. Jacks
Mr. Coulson
Hamilton Hynes
Mr. Vanderpole
London
Hamilton Fynes
Richard Vanderpole
James B. Coulson
New York
Paris
Inspector Jacks
Coulson & Bruce Company
Jersey City
Timno
Sloyd-George
Tye
Coulson
Coulson & Bruce Syndicate
Coulsey
Jacks
Penelope Morse
Park Lane
Devenham
Charles Somerfield
Commerce Trust Total Assets and Depositor Suspense
A financial note records Commerce Trust assets and depositor suspense items. It references total assets, outstanding amounts, and the necessity of maintaining reserves. The fragment suggests sums such as 30,258 and other figures, indicating pending obligations and operational balances.
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Chicago Public Library
Inferno
N. Y, G. Head
Institute OF Art
U. S
Washington
Mr. Coulson Rose To His Feet
America
Baron von Romberg
Berlin
Supreme Court of Connecticut
von Romberg
E. C. Converse
Walter C. Morrill
Higeons
Commerce Trust
Barenqnes Streets
Kan
T. Kemper
H. C. Schwitzghabel
State of Indiana
Office of Auditor of State
J. C. Billheimer
American Surety Co. of
Broadway
New York City
Henry D. Lyman
Henry B. Zevely
Totel Assets
Stapense
Office of Auditor of
State of
Indiana
C. Billheimer
OF the
Reliance Marine
Cotton Exchange Bldg
L. H Simpson
Home Office
Liverpool
Eng
U. 5S
Cee
Lumbermen’s Mutual Insur
Ance Company
Siet
Mansfield
Ohto
B.S. Nain
W. EL OG. Kegg
Vncim
Anoune
Scandia Life
LaSalle Street
Chicago, Ill
ML A Nelson
C. H. Boman
Total Aesete
Pensy
Mates
Akotee
Rred Co
Ate Phore Seed Company
Michigan Millers
Lansing, Mich
Robert Henkel
A. D. Baker
Total Asaca
Tacon
Auditor of State
Igned Weiter
Madison Street
A Salyer
W. T. Smith
Legal
Haive Od
Office of Auditor of States
C. Bildhhimer
Ohio State Life
North High Stress Cotersbus
Laylin
I. M. Sarvee
Total Assets
Com
Begat
Genares
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