British Justice Compared With United States Courts
A London Times letter by Sir Ralph Littler argues sentences in Britain are too lenient. He cites a burglar boasting of 22 breakins, four prison terms in a year, and a maximum ten month sentence. Metropolitan police report 739 habitual criminals with only 224 arrests in 612 burglary cases. Shop breaking arrests are under one in four, challenging claims of British judicial superiority.
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England
United States
London Times
Ralph Littler
London Police
The Eskimos and Other Christmas Tales in 1894 Alaska
A missionary recounts Christmas outreach in Alaska and Ballundu Africa, describing Santa Claus visits to Eskimo villages with simple gifts, a deer-sled visit under aurora lights, and villagers’ delighted reactions. It also notes Mrs. Bertha Stover’s Ballundu tale of Santa terrifying local children before they warm to treats and clothing.
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Santa Claus
Shelon Jackson
United States Bureau of Education
Wilds
Alaska
Bureau
Bertha Stover
Ballundu
Africa
Ballundy
Mr. Stover
Mrs. Stover
Christmas Feast That Almost Bled On Christmas Day
Rev Frank Paton recounts a 1899 Christmas at Lenakel Tanna South Pacific where 1000 natives gathered for a Yuletide feast. A labor schooner eyed by Kanaka traders but kept away. old feuds surged then peace through hymns and leadership by Paton and local converts. The piece then shifts to Formosa and Beirut hospital Christmas scenes showing healing and faith across diverse faiths and refugees aided by American missionaries and the Knights of St John.
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Frank Paton
South Sea
John Q. Paton
Lenakel
Tanna
South Pacific
Queensland
Istand
Paton
MacKay
Beirut
Syria
Knights of St. John
George Post
Hin
Lebanon
Macpelah
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Sarah
Rebecca
Leah
Hebron
Palmyra
Damascus
Mike
Jerusalem
Bagdad
Baphrates
Tigris
Palestine
Cyprus
Asia Minor
Hospital of the Knights
Fashion and ships reflect era’s pressures on women
The piece notes Miss Jane Addams’s idea that women should ignore fashion dictates, yet cites the pull of culture and store windows as inevitable. It covers five new 500 foot steamships for a round world route Antwerp to Antwerp via Singapore, Japan, Puget Sound, and Magellan, plus legal bans on cabbage in Des Moines leases provoking tenant outrage.
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Jane Addams
Marcel
Chicago Daily News
Antwerp
Singapore
China
Japan
Suez Canal
Honolulu
Puget Sound
Pacific
America
San Francisco
Strait of Magellan
South America
Montevideo
Paris
Landlords’ Association of
Des Moines
Local burglar leaves odd apology after child’s bank robbery
A New Jersey burglary case ends with a peculiar note from the suspect claiming he never robbed a child before and would not again if not for money needs. He offers to return $1.27 if ever possible, while regional crime watchers seek motive and details.
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New Jersey
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George Lenlie MacKay
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