Grave Reforms Urged to Check Child Marriage
New York report from the Russell Sage Foundation outlines ten steps to curb child marriages across the United States. It calls for higher minimum ages, five day notices, ending Gretna Greens, improved age proof, and harmonized laws to protect children from forced marriages.
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Russell Sage Foundation
New York
United States
Mary E. Richmond
Fred
Hall
Gretna
Justice of the Peace Office
Foundation
Sage Foundation
Sage Fundation
Poems That Live! Sorrows of Werther
Werther loves Charlotte, a married woman, and his moral intent cannot ease his torment. He pines and obsesses until he dies by suicide, leaving Charlotte to confront the body revealed in a grim scene.
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Werther
Charlotte
Indies
Dressmaking venture by Lady Victor Paget in London
William Makepeace Thackeray notes a friend of the Prince of Wales, Lady Victor Paget, younger daughter of Lord and Lady Colebrooke, opens a dressmaking shop in London to earn money. Queen Mary, godchild of Prince, sails with King on a Mediterranean voyage, not fond of rough seas. she enjoys a swing bed in her cabin to ease motion.
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Prince of Wales
London
Victor Paget
Lord
Lady Colebrooke
Queen Mary
Mediterranean
Belgian Convict Receives One Third Earning Return
A Belgian convict is to receive one third of his earnings on release after completing his term of imprisonment. The provision sets aside a portion of wages for the inmate, with the remainder to be handled under prison rules and state policy.
Red Mull Haakem O Oil Restores Health In 24 Hours
An advertisement touts a Holland oil for bladder and kidney troubles and related ills. It claims quick relief within 24 hours and promises a money back guarantee. Sold for 50 cents at local druggists including Crandall's and J A Ebert.
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Red Mull Haakem O
Costa
C. Bowers
Henry F. Claycomb
Crandall
J. A. Ebert
C. Wy. Phillipa
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William Makepeace Thackeray
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