Liberty Vigilance and the Fourth Amendment Debate
The piece urges eternal vigilance to protect constitutional liberties, tracing the house as castle concept from Otis to Jefferson and critiquing Iowa's loosening of search and seizure rules. It contrasts historic rights with current legal lapses and discusses the Flathead Indians water power dispute and oil resource waste implications for peace and prosperity.
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Army
Navy
Connie Mack
Civil Liberties Union
United States
Lord Camden
James Otis
Rome
Justinian
Thomas Jefferson
England
America
Otis
Adams
Jefferson
Iowa
Supreme Court
Vision of Modesty and Woman's Respect in Society
A columnist recalls a night encounter with a modestly dressed woman and laments the loss of gentlemanly respect. He argues that civilization rests on exalted womanhood, condemns modern looseness, and calls for a return to longer dresses and public virtue to restore respect for women.
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United States
America
Mercy in Fall Bribe Case Marks National Reckoning
Editorial lauds jury mercy for former cabinet officer Mr Fall who bribed to sell national resources. It emphasizes that wealth or position cannot shield guilt and restoration of resources by courts, while public trust and institutional health matter most. The judge’s skilled handling is praised in guiding the penalty.
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Federal Power Commission
Senate
Commission
Mr. Fall
Fall
Yale
Booth
New York
Morgan
Wall Street
Ssaela
Lobby power and individual leadership shape history
M E Tracy reflects on the Carnegie Foundation and a Washington lobby probe, noting the lobby as a permanent force linked to organization. He cites Wall Street events, Mussolini's Italy, Bolshevism, and the influence of key individuals in driving historic change and public opinion.
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America
Italy
Russia
Iodized Salt and Goiter Debate Shifts Focus
A Louisville survey of 5,083 girls finds 13 percent with adolescent goiter, suggesting local origin rather than migration from goitrous districts. The study links goiter to undernutrition and tooth decay, notes more iodized salt use among goiter cases, and questions iodized salt as a fail-safe preventive. The report urges broader dietary study and considers direct iodine supplementation as safer.
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United States
Kentucky
Louisville
W. O. Johnson
Ideals and Oppression in Gastonia Labor Conflict
A 1929 Times column condemns Gastonia labor suppression after the Ella May Wiggins case. It argues mill owners’ control, biased prosecutions, and hostility to union activity, contrasting weak actions against killings of strikers with harsher treatment of labor agitators.
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Gastonia
Aderholt
North Carolina
Gastown Gazette
Gazette
Ndeed
Ella May Wiggins
Judge Barnhill
Carpenter
May Wiggins
San Francisco
the Times
Prohibition Debate Urges Moral and Legal Distinction
Gordan Barnes argues in Times Readers Voice that prohibition rests on distinguishing private appetite from the public traffic. He says private desire can be guided by education and ethics, while the public beverage trade must be regulated or banned by law as a societal danger.
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Times
United States
World
Sion
Gordan Barnes
Washington, D. C
White Plains Battle Anniversary and 1782 Incorporation
The 153rd anniversary of the Battle of White Plains marks the October 28 1776 engagement on Chatterton Hill where Howe and Washington clashed. British losses totaled 229 with 140 American casualties as McDougall retreated to Washington’s camp before Washington’s North Castle position. White Plains became an incorporated town in 1782.
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Oday
White Plains
Chatterton Hill
New York City
Howe
Throgg
Bronx River
McDougall
Washington
North Castle
Deceitful Appearances Echoed in Classic Sayings
A pair of historical quotes on deceit and misjudgment. Job 6 15 contrasts brothers deceiving like a brook with passing away. Phaedrus notes that things are not always what they seem as initial appearances mislead.
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Job
Phaedrus
Modjeski Receives John Fritz Medal For Bridge Mastery
Ralph Modjeski, noted bridge designer born in Cracow, wins the John Fritz medal for engineering feats uniting strength and beauty. The award cites his work on the Philadelphia Camden and other major spans as pivotal to civil progress. The Hudson River bridge project promises a 3500 foot span by 1932.
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John Fritz
Ralph Modjeski
Helen Modjeska
Modjeski
Herbert Hoover
Guglielmo Marconi
J. J. Carty
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas A. Edison
George A. Goethals
Panama Canal
George Westinghouse
Cracow
Europe
Paris
Encyclopedia Britannica
America
Mississippi
St. Louis
Columbia River
Celilo
Ore
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Quebec
Philadelphia-Camden
Manhattan Bridge
New York
National Academy of Science
Foremost Scientific Society
University of Illinois
San Francisco
Carquenez Straits
Camden
Hudson River
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Flathead
Great Power Company
Henry L. Doherty
Sidelah
Doheny
Frederick Land
Perdition
Iran
School of Life
Mr. Fali
M. E. Tracy
New York Telegram
Carnegie Foundation
Republic
Mussolini
Il Duce
Nicolai Lenin
Daily Health Service
DR. Morris Fishbein
The
American Medical Association
Hygeia, the Health Magazine
Heywood Brown
Ble
Isa
Battle OF
Daily Thought
David Dietz
Wilson Bros. Furnishings
Doys
North Meridian Street
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