Modesty of Incle Sam and a Matter of Mail Rules
Extracts from sex hygiene lectures submitted to the Chicago Board of Education were deemed unmailable under Section 211 of the 1909 Criminal Code. The National League for Medical Freedom raised the issue, and a Post Office ruling warned that printed circulars could be barred from mails. The note cautions about placing sex biology in school curricula and possible public transport refusals.
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Chicago Board of Education
National League For Medical Freedom
PD. A. Campbell
Chicago
Washington
The
League
Sam
United States
Wilful Destruction of Private Property Across Cass Street
Residents on Cass Street between 17th and 20th streets report encroachments by trespassers driving heavy teams over the new sidewalk. The board of public works is asked to protect property owners taxed for the improvement as sidewalks are being ruined. A heavy auto truck reportedly crossed and hung up its front wheels.
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Board of Public Works
Cass Street
Seventeenth
Twentieth
Community urged action as vandals threaten property
Citizens planned to call authorities after a truck escaped a scene. Fences are suggested, but if funds fail, warning signs may deter trespass. Residents near the area are advised to report offenses to the board of public works, naming offenders when possible.
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Board of Public Works
Joliet budget deficit looms as city borrows to cover expenses
The Joliet Illinois city clerk reports a deficit of 188 270 01 after borrowing on next year’s taxes and bank loans to cover current expenses, leaving 14 605 14 in the bank. The piece contrasts Joliet’s finances with Wisconsin and notes a Chicago chauffeur’s 14 year sentence for a fatal hit and run.
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Joliet
Illinois
Waupun
la Crosse
Billy Fries
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Union
St Jacobs Oil Promises Quick Rheumatic Pain Relief
An advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a harmless local remedy for rheumatic pain. It claims quick relief for pain, soreness, stiffness in joints and muscles, and conditions like sciatica and lumbago without skin burning or discoloration. It urges readers to try a small bottle from any drug store and be free from pains.
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St. Jacobs
St. Jacobs Oil
Men and Women in News and Public Life Stirring Notes
A collage of society items including Lane on women handling money, Ortie McManigal released for ill health, speculation on a Wall Street office, suffrage contrasts in Mexico, and local quirks from tango in Copenhagen to Dr. Cook. The piece mentions early frosts affecting melon shipments and urging early Red Cross stamping.
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Ortie McManigal
Wall Street
Elderly man mocks tax scheme during sermon
An elderly stout man applauds a pastor’s sermon and jokes about a new plan to beat the income tax, prompting quiet amusement in the crowd. The exchange unfolds as the exhorter urges shedding custom and debt while the man riffs on the year’s balance sheet obligations.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Neighborhood quarrel dispute over boys turns away
Mrs Gordon refuses to discuss her son James fighting Edward saying she is above such trifling. A neighbor threatens to send James over on a stretcher. The Life Wise Walter note adds a Christmas gift of a necktie from Maber with a private compliment.
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James
Walter
Maber
Lippincott’s
Quips Cranks and Wanton Wiles in a Modern Vaudeville Show
A vaudeville review listing diverse acts including a cannon juggler a gal from English halls a talking dog a red-nosed gunman and a Dutch comedian among others. The item promises a lively program with songs sketches and dancing aimed at a contemporary audience.
Columbus Returns to Spain With Tales of New Lands
A Cadiz Evening Bulletin reporter asks how much to write about Christopher Columbus voyage. The editor declines, joking that Columbus must pay for his publicity and calling it likely a real estate promotion scheme. Newark News.
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Chris Columbus
Spain
Cadiz Evening Bulletin
Columbus
Newark News
Political Speaker Quips Prompt Audience
A political speaker boasts of his upbringing with the remark My mother made me what I am. A heckler in the back counters that she spent most of her time on other things, prompting a sharp exchange in the hall.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Eat Less Meat to Ease Back and Kidney Strain
An advertisement promotes Jad Salts as a kidney cleansing remedy. It claims meat raises uric acid stressing kidneys, causing backache, headaches, and bladder irritation. Four ounces of Jad Salts in water daily for a few days supposedly restores kidney function. Agent: Chas. A. Beyschlng Druggist, 503 Main St.
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Chas. A. Beyschlng
Main St
Baldpate Inn visit turns tense as fate intrudes
In a tense scene at Baldpate Inn, Mr. Magee and haberdasher Bland clash over solitude as hidden pressures from vanished authors and a looming package stir suspense. Magee plans isolation to paint while pondering Miss Faulkner and a pistol crash ends the night.
Blondes and Suffragettes in a Midnight Hallway
Mr Magee wakes in a dress and candlelight to a dark house. Bland the haberdasher appears with a revolver, reporting a front door intruder who wore a derby hat, while Magee and Arabella react as tension builds.
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Mr. Magee
Bland
Mr. Bland
Arabella
Wagon Yields Dramatic River Rescue in Sparta
A Cataract owned wagon driven by C West team raced past East Oak street in Sparta. The wagon broke from the rig at the La Crosse river bridge, overturned into the river, and a young boy leaped in with the wagon but escaped unhurt. The horse team halted near Judge McCoy’s home as the wagon wrecked and the boy survived. Also noted a Crescent class banquet for seventy five at M E church and Miss Mary Carson visiting.
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Cataract
East Oak Street
la Crosse River
Oak Street
Judge McCoy
Crescent Sunday School
M. E. Church
M. FE
Ben Sias
Spencer Beebe
Bray
J. O. Paulsen
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement From La Crosse Resident
John N. Wiggert of 1114 Third St La Crosse Wisconsin reports kidney discomfort and back pain relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He recommends the remedy as reliable and meritful. The ad cites 50 local stores and Foster Milburn Co Buffalo as distributors.
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la Crosse
John N. Wiggert
Third St
Wis
Doan
Dean
Ban gor Couple Visits Friends As Local Gam e Result Weights
Mr and Mrs Fred Palmer of Bangor spent Sunday visiting Mr and Mrs Kyle on Franklin street. Miss Bertha Jones a Rockland teacher spent the weekend at her city home. The Pickwicks were beaten in the game with the Tomah Indians.
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Fred Palmer
Bangor
German Choirs Sing as Americans Falter in Battle Echo
In a Chicago Tribune account a crowd reports Germans singing "Die Wacht am Rhine" with twenty bands while American troops faltered after a German term rang out. The scene contrasts German resolve with American retreat in the surrounding action.
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Chicago Tribune
Vic makes things hum in Huerta poem excerpt
A Columbia State brief notes Vic as a new focus in Huerta's "Disappearances" with playful lines about pulque sips and brandy, highlighting the cheeky verse turning toward lively novelty.
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Huerta
Vic
Columbia State
Pilgrim's Progress Serial Begins in Daily Republic
The Daily Republic in Haakow starts publishing Pilgrim's Progress as a serial feature. The move brings the historic work to local readers in installments.
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The
Daily Republic
Haakow
Pilgrim’s Progress
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