British justice questioned by magistrate over sentences
Sir Ralph Littler argues that English justice is not as swift or certain as commonly believed. He cites a house breaking offender who bragged of 22 offenses yet served at most ten months, and notes 733 habitual criminals in London with low burglary arrest rates, challenging claims of superior administration.
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England
United States
London Times
Ralph Littler
London Police
Ital
Ddvarice
New York
Canada
Chicago
Pacific
Cuba
Germany
China
Fashion's Willing Slaves and the Power of Style
Miss Jane Addams suggests women ignore fashion and men’s dictates, yet culture and shop windows pull hard the other way. The Chicago Daily News notes that normal women on the street will still act as women and heed stylish displays over speeches of wisdom.
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Jane Addams
Chicago ‘Daily News
Five new steamships for world round trip service
A European company adds five 500 foot steamships with commodious staterooms to its world circling route starting Antwerp and Singapore, via Suez and Japan, then Puget Sound and San Francisco, around Cape Horn to Montevideo and back to Antwerp. The piece notes the trip as a grand voyage. It then shifts to aDes Moines rental dispute over leases banning cabbage or onions for tenants, with tenants viewing the rule as an outrage.
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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
New Jersey burglar leaves apologetic note after child’s bank raid
A burglar in New Jersey robbed a child’s bank and left an apology claiming he had never robbed a child before and would not again unless desperate for money. He offered to return $1.27 if he ever had it to spare, hoping for good business to ease his debt.
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New Jersey
President Roosevelts National Policy Report Urges Reform
President Roosevelt releases an annual message advocating federal control over interstate rail and big corporations, stronger antitrust action, currency reform, and national water highways. He calls for moderated tariff changes post election, suggests income and inheritance taxes, and urges injunction reform and compulsory industrial dispute investigation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bureau of Corporations
National Bank
Congress
Corporation
Panama Canal
Supreme Court
Vira Plans Marriage as Morse Family Delivers Wary Wisdom
In a Bays youth tale excerpt, Vira the Morses' sable cook reveals to her mistress she intends to marry next week to keep William from lingering. Mrs Morse expresses mixed relief as Vira outlines travel and honeymoons to satisfy family obligations and prevent trouble.
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Vira
Bays
Canady
Generous Will Left by Late Signor Padova
Italian aristocrat Signor Eugenio Padova, long based in Paris, died leaving a generous will. He bequeaths six hundred dollars to be shared by barbers who cut him at his preferred hairdresser. Each waiter at his frequented restaurants receives a legacy, along with shop clerks and club servants he patronized.
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Signor
Eugenio Padova
Paris
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William
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