Pat Crowe Hits Preacher Turn in Chicago Divides City
In Chicago Crowe, once a crook and kidnapper, begins a new evangelist role in Evanston. He blames saloons and wealth concentration for crime, praising reform and urging wealth to fund programs for slum youth. He asserts Chicago produces more criminals than England.
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Pat Crowe
Crowe
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Eddie Cudahy
Charles O. Boring
Joliet
Jefferson City
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Crowt
Rockefeller
Shippy
England
Court meeting called Tuesday to discuss municipal court
The municipal court committee of La Crosse County plans a Tuesday meeting to decide on establishing a municipal court with full criminal jurisdiction and no appeals to circuit court, aiming to cut county costs and relieve Judge Fruit. The panel may also propose eliminating police witness fees and moving workflow to a new court desk.
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County Board
Messrs. W. S. Keppel
R. W. Davis
E. G. Mueller
Keppel
la Crosse
Fruit
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Justice Hunt
Witness Fees for Police Urged to End in City
A speaker argued against paying police as witnesses, saying their role is to enforce state criminal law and not earn county witness fees. The remarks referenced potential costs to the city if a municipal court bill passes, noting Judge Brindley’s uncertain path between county probate and possible municipal judgeship.
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Brindley
Livestock Association to Tackle Tariff Reform in L A Convention
Farmers push for tariff reduction and freight rate corrections at the American National Livestock Association’s twelfth annual convention in Los Angeles starting January 26 for three days. The Denver dispatch notes the topics as chief subjects.
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Denver
American National Livestock Association
Los Angeles
Mrs Abbie C Rice to Move to Boston Home
Mrs Abbie C Rice will become a Boston resident soon while her husband Irving Rice has already begun furnishing a home in the city.
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Boston
Abbie C. Rice
Irving Rice
Missouri law upheld in Pelps murder acquittal
S Joseph Mo Dec 11 The law of Moses used to justify vengeance was cited as good enough for Missouri in the acquittal of Cliff Pelps for the killing of Stewart Flynn, who three years earlier killed Pelps' father. The piece notes that walking in sunshine does not always clear a man of suspicion.
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S. Joseph
Moses
Missouri
Cliff Pelps
Stewart Flynn
Phelp
Dashing woman impersonates Claudia Hains in Boston
In Boston, a blonde woman posed as Mrs. Claudia Hains wife of Captain Peter C. Hains. She registered at hotels and phoned as Mrs. Hains telling to tell callers she had gone home to Winthrop. The real Mrs. Hains denies guilt and denies any confession.
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Boston
Claudia Hains
Peter C. Hains
William EK. Annis
Fred L. Norton
Faithful leader captured after deadly confrontation in haystack
The captured fanatic, who led followers claiming divine mandate, admits shooting police was impossible to avoid but denies murder charges may survive his wound. His capture fractures the flock's belief as his wife renounces the reincarnation faith, declaring Eve's return false.
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Sharp
Adam
Eve
Doctor fatally shoots colleague after censure
In Mississippis Jackson last night Dr. Tom Birdsong killed Dr. A E Pitt of Hazelhurst in Pitt s office during an altercation sparked by Pitt s rebuke of Birdsong for alleged misconduct in his own office across the hall. Birdsong told police I intended to do it and have done it.
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Jackson
Miss
Tom Birdsong
A. E. Pitt
Haxelhurst
It's a pity fat people can't moult like birds
The remark notes a then current exchange suggesting fat people lack a moulting ability akin to birds. It reflects a blunt comparison and social bias rather than a factual event or report.
Meovern Backs Primary Probe to Uncover Fair Campaign Methods
Fra E. Meovern says he favors a primary probe and will use every effort to unearth fair methods that may have been used in the recent campaign. He spoke in Milwaukee on December 11.
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Milwaukee
Wis
E. Meovern
U&fair
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