Wealth and crime collide in dramatic city cases
The article contrasts high profile wealth with swift punishment in cases from Chicago to New York. It cites Peter Van Vlissingen and Paul O Stensland, plus George R McReynolds, Newton C Daugherty, John A Cooke and others, arguing wealth often fails to shield criminals. It notes Sympathetic bias in trials and cites Morse and Ruef as further examples. It mentions English municipal suffrage advances with illustrations of a mayoress and a rubbish sorter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Peter van Vlissingen
2. W. Morse
New York
van Vlissingen
Paul O. Stensland
Stensland
Tod
Joliet Prison
van Viissingen
Newton C. Daugherty
Teoria
John A. Cooke
Morse
Eugene A. Schmitz
San Francisco
Abraham Reuf
Tieney
Schmitz
Reuf
Snan
Ruef
Berty
Heney
Marry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Thaw
Johannoch
Bilik
Charles W. Russell
United States
Moxey
Russell
London
Concrete on the Farm and its Uses in Construction
Andrew P. Anderson argues for wider farm adoption of concrete, detailing forms, mixing, and curing. He covers proportions for 1-2-3, 1-2-4, and 1-3-6 mixes, form construction, moisture maintenance, and equipment, plus practical steps for mixing and placement on farms.
Far Fleiss Are Greener
A quip about a boy who boasts of future deeds and a man who recalls past boasts. The line contrasts youthful bragging with adult self-regard in a domestic moral context.
The Story of Ninety and Nine Hymn Improvised
Rev. C. E. Locke recounts Ira D. Sankey composing The Lost Sheep into Ninety and Nine after Moody asked for a song in Edinburgh. Sankey says he sang the hymn as God gave it, never altering a note, and Moody wept with the audience at the moment of its first performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Sanker
C. E. Locke
Mr. Moody
Mr. Sankey
Mr.Sankey
Astrologer’s Marriage Advice Sparks Dispute
Dialogue from Tit-Bits shows a couple debating the value of consulting an astrologer who claimed to foretell a marriage. She calls the expenditure waste, while he defends the astrologer’s accuracy and hints at an arranged match.
Cynical View on Marriage in Birmingham Age-Terald
A clipped quotation notes public skepticism about a man’s courtship ending in marriage. The Birmingham Age-Terald questions whether his union fulfilled expectations, contrasting opinion with the remark that he did marry the woman to whom he proposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Old fashioned woman scorns boy over school spanking claim
An elderly woman is questioned after spanking her son claiming he was spanked at school. The incident highlights discipline norms and parental responses to school punishment.
Wartlike skin lesions on pork and tin ore production queries
A report notes black wartlike spots on pork skins caused by Demodex fulliculorum and states the spots do not harm meat and can be removed with skin. It also answers a question confirming US tin ore production is small, with Alaska and Carolinas as main sources and annual output around 100 to 150 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F. Pernot
Oregon‘ Agricultural College
Corvallis
United States
Alaska
North
South Carolina
Thomson
Washington State College
Pullman
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Ricles
England
Garrett Anderson
Maor
Aldeburgh
Andrew P. Anderson
U.S
Office of Public Roads
Agricultural Faculty
Oregon Agricultural College
Roosevelt
Country Life Commission
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