Court crackdown on mob rule and sheriff accountability
Opinions urge policing sheriffs who fail to stop lynchings and back legal order. Alabama Supreme Court upholds removal of Mobile County sheriff for negligence during a mob incident. Other cases in Nashville and Texas show growing enforcement, while pro law sentiment strengthens in the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Texas
van Pelt
Pensacola
Fla
South
Minneapolis Journal
The Menace of the Fly
The article warns that flies spread typhoid among troops and contaminate food with filth. It urges eliminating flies from homes as a simple protection and labels the fly the foulest creature in nature compared with carrion birds.
Overloading Posterity in City Debt Requests
The Nebraska State Journal argues cities rush into debt with high interest and suggest Cincinnati faces a $5,000,000 hospital and sewer plan voted by two thirds. It cautions that prudent cities should fund from current revenues and warns bond voting may burden future property values.
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United States
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Nebraska State Journal
Des Moines Capital Rants on Heartless Rich Cowards
A Des Moines Capital editorial condemns two launches on the North River for passing three men and a girl in the water after a canoe capsized. It notes a taunting passenger and praises strangers who rescued the victims, calling for swift justice for such inhuman conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
North River
Des Moines
Grand Chicago Hall to Surpass Madison Square Garden
A planned five story elliptical convention hall in Chicago will cover a full city block between Thirty ninth and Fortieth streets from Michigan to Wabash. The site includes separate exhibit space across the street. The project, costing about 3 million dollars, will feature 125000 square feet of floor space and connect to the Roman amphitheater by subway and bridge.
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Madison Garden
Madison Square Garden
New York
Chicago Coliseum
Chicago
Harlow N. Higinbotham
Rome
Thirty-ninth
Fortieth Streets
Michiee Avenue
Wabash Avenue
Michigan Avenue
Third— Street
Tragic Mont Blanc Expedition Descent and Earlier Avalanche
The account recalls a Mont Blanc ascent where a party faced terrifying winds and snow whirls at 12 000 feet as they descended. A rescue reveals corpses frozen and scattered, with others still missing after the Chamoniix search. An 1820 avalanche killed guides and climbers. bodies later reappear along Glacier des Bossons as remains drifted about four miles over decades.
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Whymper
Strand
Chamontx
Mr. McCorkindale
Mr. McBean
Chamonix
Mont Blanc
Hamel
Glacier Des Bossons
Amphitheater Plans With 35000 Seat Arena
The Amphitheater project envisions a 340 by 100 foot main structure with a seating capacity of 35 000 not including the arena and room for over 45000 with the roof in place. The venue will host conventions large productions and exhibitions. American restaurants are described as aiding England's aristocracy by supplying fish knives to peeresses and nobles, a tale framed as humanitarian effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Oesens
England
Wit and wisdom from youngsters and a puzzled pupil
A collection of light playground exchanges and a classroom moment. Johnny jokes about elephants and trunks, Harold imagines telling naughty kids about his boyhood, Hdna misidentifies a shad as a porcupine turned inside out, and a teacher asks who Atlas was.
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Harold
Papa
Hdna
Richard
Atlas
Soldier Rest by Sir Walter Scott
A poetic meditation on soldiers at rest after warfare. The verses imagine tranquil sleep in an enchanted hall while drums, bugles, and noise fade away. The speaker bids arms to rest, recalls battles, and assures peace at dawn in a solemn, classic tone.
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Belcher
Our
Isle
Hantsman
Glen
Sir Walter Scott
Ill Treated by Uncle Sam Women Workers in Washington Departments
An examination of federal employment shows large numbers of women hired as unskilled and skilled laborers at low pay, with a history of wage suppression. The piece notes women dominate treasury counters and engraving and printing, faces health strains, and cites rising living costs amid seven lower clerical grades and longer hours. It questions why men are still commissioned when women prove faithful and capable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury Department
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Ruth G. D. Havens
Harper's Weekly
Wamen
Rubbing It In Your Foolish Marriage Question
A Houston Post snippet captures an exchange with a spouse who taunts the other about marriage. The dialog highlights the irony of theQuestioning partner’s earlier confidence versus the reality of their marriage. The brief item reflects domestic banter typical of the era’s social columns.
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Boyance
J. O. Bayles
Americano
Plebelan
Enzgland
Britain
Central
2 Man
Johnny
Uncle Sam
Houston Post
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