Home life used to discipline misbehaving youths in Malden
The Malden Massachusetts judge imposes a home treatment for wandering youths by ordering parents to keep them at home from 6 pm to morning with probationary review. The approach shifts focus to parental responsibility and home environment as the primary influence on youth behavior. The piece critiques social expectations and hints at wider rights debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malden
Mass
Washington Herald
Mosquito Problem Compared to Panama Efforts in New Jersey
Newark Star argues that Panamanian success against malaria and yellow fever through drainage and sanitation shows what New Jersey must do. It blasts Legislature for lukewarm, parsimonious action and urges earnest statewide effort to eradicate the pest, citing vast property losses and summer hardships.
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Panama
New Jersey
United States
Newark Star
Victory for Women's Rights Highlighted by LMA Singleton
The article lauds LMA Louise Singleton for winning a divorce case that compels a husband who works six days a week to stay home one day for his wife. It marks a significant advance in women’s rights and signals progress from harsher eras.
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Elma Louise
Chicago Journal
LMA
Louise Singleton
Louise
The Yellow Journal and the Ego of Homicide
A critique argues for curbing sensationalist press practices and public accusing bias by applying stricter controls to what is published. It contends exaggerated ego in journalism incites harm and could justify legal action or confinement to protect public safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike Taan
Americans as Dustc and the Immigrant Dilemma in Canada
A Toledo Blade opinion notes Americans abroad envy and misconstrue foreign societies. It argues Canadian-born neighbors view American exiles in Paris with distrust, while prairie farmers in Manitoba or Alberta remain preoccupied with work, yet will reflect on relations to local institutions as they age.
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Canadian Northwest
Paris
Canada
Manitoba
Alberta
Toledo Blade
Georgia road law debate in Jeffersonian editorials
Editorials from The Jeffersonian argue for clear road laws in Georgia. Watson Barrett and Lee back stronger penalties and defined rules for right of way vehicle speeds and pedestrian protection, noting changing traffic and the need to regulate non resident motorists.
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Fiea
Lins
Jefferson Fem
Thomas E. Watson
Georgia
Barrett
Lee
Walton
Sage
McDuffie
Sey Sap
Secret Senate Session Secrets Revealed By Press Man
Jerry A. Mathews, a representative of a major press association, attended part of a secret Senate session and observed Senators scrutinizing him. He left the chamber after a brief stay beneath the clerk’s desk as a treaty was read and colleagues discussed the scene.
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United States Sénate
Capitol
Senate
New York Herald
Jerry A. Mathews
Literary gossip and historical allusions in 19th century notices
A compact review of a string of cultural items from authors, publishers, and collectors. It mentions Hough’s Fifty-four Forty or Fight, Marginal autographs of George Meredith, portraits by Watts and Sargent, Bacheller’s The Master, Helen Mackay in Italy, Tolstoy in Japan, Byron at the Hotel de l Ange, and ongoing interest in Ellen or Harriet Smithson style literature, with European cultural mediators in contrast to official policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Mackay
Helen Mackay
Italy
de Maupassant
Tolstoy
St. Petersberg
Tokyo
Japan
Byron
Geneva
Ouchy
Hotel de l'Anccre
Caillon
Stitin Mia
Hotel d' Angleterre
Jin
St. Martin’s
Harvard
Russia
London
Yreen
Europe
Mill
Spencer
Darwin
Sculpter Demonstrates Realism In Quick Sand Sculpture
Paul De pellant, a young French sculptor, exhibited a work titled Sucked In showing a man sinking in quick sand with anguished expression. He posed in real quicksand for the piece, requiring aid to be extricated, an act described as dangerous yet successful for art.
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Scelpter
Dia
Ak Gants
M. Paul Depellant
Terra Firma
Rhat
Curious remark on speeches and the press
Uncle Eben notes that many will miss the speeches of the country’s smartest men while reading every word from an ex-champion of prize fighting, referring to Washington and a guard.
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Uncle Eben
Brakeman tale recalled by consul Moffat in plague era tale
Thomas Moffat, then consul at Trinidad, recounts refusing a declaration of perfect sanitary conditions at La Guayra during a bubonic plague outbreak. He notes local officials mocked the policy as benevolent yet harmful, and he recalls a brakeman story about overcoming a steep grade and keeping the train from slipping back.
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Thomas Moffat
Trinidad
la Guayra
Tiene
Moffat
Brekeman
Regard for Appears-yes and a Scots stroll anecdote
Max O'Rell once stayed with a friend in Edinburgh. On Sunday he began a walk with his stick when his host asked if he should take up an umbrella for looks of respect.
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Max O'Rell
Edinburgh
Vermin Control and Baseball Sunday Legal Rulings
The Pullman Cer Company faced a case over using objective poison to deter bedbugs, causing injury when a worker was exposed. The Texas Civil Appeals court reversed a trial judgment, finding no clear negligence in failure to warn. A Kansas Supreme Court note discusses Sunday baseball legality under horse racing and card game statutes.
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Pullman Cer Company
Padman Co
Caviness
Southwestern Reporter
Texas Court “of “Civil Appeals
National America
Supreme Court. of
Kansas
Prather
Pacific Reporter
Statute of
Supréme. Court
Missouri Supreme Court
New Timber Declared Valuable in Papua by Government Expert
Australian report from Port Moresby notes discovery of Sventyiine and Vailaable Woods in Papua New Guinea. These timber species are suitable for cabinet making boats piles railway carriages girders and many other uses. Government plans a small rental charge instead of free leases for agricultural lands along Papuans rivers.
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Papua
British
New Guinea
Queensland
Port Moresby
Child Plans Doll Name Change to Lucy
A brief personal note records a child’s intention to rename a doll, remarking that the previous name Annie no longer suits and the new choice Lucy seems fitting. The speaker signs as Delineetor.
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Dolly
Mamma
Annie
Lucy
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