Georgia Abolishes Chain Gangs for Modern Prisons
Georgia lawmakers ordered abolition of chain gangs and the shift to a modern penal system centered on the Tattnall penitentiary. The reforms ban chains and sweat boxes, create public works camps, and aim to lower the penal population with revised parole and probation laws.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Tattnall Penitentiary
Alcatraz
State Board of Penal Administration
Tattnall
E. D. Rivers
James Hurley
Massachusetts
Rivers
Tattnall Prison
Attnall
Devil’s Island
Milledgville
Wounded Ducks Get Care in Wisconsin Sanatorium
Blake Posey runs a field hospital for crippled ducks on a marsh site near Green Bay. He treated 20 of 25 rescued birds after gunfire during the migratory season with splints and shot removal. The US Biological Survey approved salvage from November 11 to 30 each year.
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Wisconsin
Green Bay
Wis
Blake Posey
Lake Michigan
Posey
United States Biological Survey
Hgh School
Grape Design in Jewelry Follows Gold Rushes
Deadwood South Dakota reports E P Lampinen tracing the grape and leaf motif in Black Hills gold jewelry to successive gold rushes from 1849 onward. Jewelers carried the design from California to Cripple Creek Idaho Montana and the Black Hills, using local Black Hills placer gold from Keystone Mystic French Creek and nearby creeks. A legend credits a hungry jeweler with conceiving the motif by watching grape vines above him. Each piece is handmade from local placer gold.
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Deadwood
S. D
Black Hills
California
E. P. Lampinen
Cripple Creek
Colo
Idaho
Montana
Lampinen
Keystone
Mystic
French Creek
Two Bit Gulch
Tinton
Potato Creek
Whitewood Creek
Picking a High One in Vero Beach Badminton Doubles
Alice Goodrich picks the bird right away from the moon as Ruth Baldwin backs her up in a badminton doubles match in Vero Beach Florida.
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Alice Goodrich
Ruth Baldwin
Vero Beach
Fla
Immigration Officials Ponder Complex Family Mixup
A tangled case spans three nations as a British Indian father enters the United States illegally, marries a Mexican woman, then crosses into Canada with his wife and child. The child is a U.S. citizen by birth, but authorities cannot return the parents or resolve custody between the three countries. Canadian officials hold the family while pondering the proper disposition.
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Vancouver
B. C
British India
United States
Canada
Mexico
Frau Schratt and Radio Czar Ethridge Highlight Week
A trio of profiles features Frau Katherina Schratt famed as the aging court dancer and confidante of Emperor Francis Joseph, the tale of the jeweled boar gift, and Ark Ethridge named radio industry czar. Schratt recalls Vienna’s imperial era and Mayerling hints, while Ethridge’s career path from Meridian to Louisville marks radio leadership.
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York
Katherina Schratt
Pompadours
Austria
Gnae- Nazi
Bandige Frau
Francis Joseph
Katie Schratt
Burgtheater
Ark Ethridge
Mr. Ethridge
Simon Legree
Meridian
Miss
Meridian Dispatch
University of Mississippi
Macon
New York Sun
Talks Too Fast Doctor Says Of Course Led To Death
A physician famed for rapid speech habitually interjected Of course during visits. In a case with Eaton, his hurried pace allegedly contributed to a patient’s death after he exclaimed Of course at a critical moment.
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Eaton
New and Pretty Fashions Patterns for Easy Sewing
Barbara Bell Spring and Summer Pattern Book offers 109 designs with sew charts for beginners. Patterns 1479 and 1478 cover dresses and aprons in multiple sizes, with recommended fabrics and trimming. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept., Chicago.
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Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Love and Mystery in a Quiet Town Exchange
Sally questions Oswald about his chest movements as Demog and Dictor notice a curious crowd. The group decides to investigate the gathering, implying a developing town rumor or event and potential personal tensions.
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Sally
Oswald
Unreasonable Cuthbert and Roberta Clash Over Night Calls
Cuthbert protests his father’s rule to stay focused on life while noting his father kicks when he visits Roberta seven nights a week. Roberta questions why he cannot see her.
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Cuthbert
Roberta
Not so fast shouted witness slows reporters in court
A voluble gentleman in an important law case frustrated reporters who struggled to keep up with his rapid testimony. He suddenly halted, shouting to slow down and asked how he could possibly keep pace with the press.
Presidents with varied paths to U.S. leadership
The text notes Thomas Jefferson and John Quincy Adams were chosen by the House of Representatives. It records Grover Cleveland succeeding Chester A. Arthur, mentions Zachary Taylor learning of his nomination after the convention adjourned, and states thirty-one presidents have served. It adds Herbert Hoover as the first president born west of the Mississippi, in West Branch, Iowa.
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Thomas Jefferson
John Quincy Adams
House of Representatives
Grover Cleveland
Chester A. Arthur
Zachary Taylor
United States
Herbert Hoover
Mississippi River
West Branch
Iowa
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