Willis and Thompson Indianapolis Sus Published Daily
The Indianapolis publication lists Willis and Thompson as the publishers with foreign advertising representatives in New York Chicago and Ft Louis. It states it is published daily except Sunday and entered as second class mail. It mentions circulation figures guaranteed by the Association and references issue numbers.
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Bun
Ohio
Smith & Budd
Brunswick
Fifth Avenue
New York
Tribune
Chicago
Third National Bank
Ft. Louis
Ance—Aranteed
Association
Contemptible Cowardice Among Reform School Officials
A Brooklyn reformatory superintendent alleged to have beaten boys is condemned by the column as a sample of institutional cruelty. The piece criticizes the board of directors for failing to stop the abuse and calls for investigation by authorities and a grand jury. It argues corporal punishment corrupts future generations and harms children more than it helps.
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Brooklyn
Board of Directors
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Brooklyn Institution
Clubber
War on women's rats and puffs shocks department stores
A uproar across cities as school, telegraph, and department store leaders target women’s hair rats and puffs. Kansas City postal staff and Chicago stores order bans, provoking rage, fear of job loss, and debates over appearance. Workers fear losing customers to more stylish rivals.
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Bostal Telegraph Company
Kanagas
A. B. Richards
Postal Telegraph Company of
Kansas City
Field and Mandel Bros
Postal Telegraph Company
Richards
Keys
Western Union
Clever man and the tramp tale in a brief encounter
A witty man challenges a beggar Tim with a mock rise out of a story of hard luck. Tim retorts by recalling a past meeting, then admits a vague memory and a recent penitentiary stay before moving on. The exchange ends with Tim walking away.
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