Anthony Comstock the Defender of Moral Morality
New York report profiles Anthony Comstock a U.S. government officer famed for a 30 year battle against obscene literature and vice. The interview notes his 290th arrest, his self funded campaign, and his role under Grant and the Postal Service to protect children from indecent materials.
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Pew
Seattle Star
New York
Anthony Comatock
Ramaden
United States
Cometock
Echool
Congress
Grant
Postal Department
New York Society For the Suppression of Vice
Morris K. Jesup
Crank
Fife
Chimes Play Ragtime Music At Trinity Church
In Louisville on April 5 a large crowd gathered at Trinity Methodist Episcopal church to hear ring time music as experts tuned out of tune chimes. Test selections aimed at adaptability rather than sentiment featured "Back, Back, to Baltimore" and "Alexander."
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Louisville
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
Baltimore
Alexander
British and American Talks Aim Panama Canal Settlement
Birmingham dispatch reports that negotiations began between Britain and the United States to settle issues arising from the proposed Panama canal project.
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Birmingham
Saya
Aries
Panama Canal
Chadwick case rules suspend sentence upon writ of error
Judge Wing argues that filing a writ of error suspends sentence and the U S Court of Appeals sustains the point. Mrs Chadwick remains in Cleveland jail awaiting circuit court action possibly in fall. Separately Seattle union plans a social dance April 1 in Ross hall New York block. Richard Barry to lecture at the university on Port Arthur A Monster Heroism tonight.
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Cassie
Cincinnati
Wing
Chadwick
United States Court of
Seattle Union No. 17
Order of Washington
Ross Hall
New York
Richard Barry
Port Arthur
University of Washington Circus to Feature Exotic Acts
At the University Station the University of Washington promotes its Great Show on Earth to be held April 16. Two hundred participants will perform across fifty cages of wild beasts with two shows. A Japanese daredevil will ride a wire from the gym ceiling while two men hang beneath him, and Professor Roler returns from a trip to the Indian reservations about the sound of the act.
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University University Station
University of Washington
Roler
Wells Re-elected Mayor in St. Louis Vote
In St. Louis on April 6 Mayor Rolia Wells, a Democrat, won re-election by 1432 over Republican challenger Tally. Democrats captured 26 of 45 official posts. Republicans won all but one council seat. In the House of Delegates Democrats 19 to Republicans 9.
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ST. Louis
Rolia Wells
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