Chicago’s Crime Drive Shows Parole Limits and Death Sentences
The article argues that Chicago’s courts have moved quickly, issuing over 250 penitentiary sentences since August and four death warrants. It critiques liberal parole, noting two murderers who were paroled yet returned to crime, and urges restrained use of parole for hardened criminals while preserving its place in penology.
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Ballyhoo
Chicago
Indianapolis
The Quest for Markets and Frontier Prosperity
A Roanoke Times excerpt reflects on how western movement and frontier expansion aided American agricultural growth, creating new markets and fueling national prosperity through land claims and gold digging. It notes global trade patterns with England and hints at a limited safety valve for surplus, while contrasting business shifts as red trousers replace black in fashion commentary.
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America
American
England
United States
Warship rentals and tennis in seersucker suits
A collage of editorials comments on wartime policy and fashion. The San Diego Union jokes about charging China rent on a circulating library basis for a warship. The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin notes a tennis game in shorts resembling a deuce. The Detroit News asks about objections to cotton plowing in seersucker suits.
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China
San Diego Union
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
The
Detroit News
The Silent Observer Candid Snippets From A Quirky Page
A jumble of quips and mock headlines mix satire and social commentary. Observations range from writers and golf jests to hunger jokes, inflation quirks, and a mistyped anecdote about a congressman's wife waking him to possible robbers in the home.
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Ima Possibie
Congressma
Fragmented nostalgia notes and anniversaries in a clipped obituary page
A miscellaneous newspaper snippet features tongue in cheek quotes about the Senate and tattoos, a lampshade mislabeling, and a weathered list of anniversaries. It catalogs figures like Caspar Wister, James Lyall, John H. Bankhead, Frank K. Sturgis, Walter Reed, and Charles Dean Kimball with birth and death notes, reflecting an early 20th century tone.
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Caspar Wister
Philadelphia
James Lyall
New York
Scotland
John H. Bankhead
Alabama
U.S
Good Roads
Lamar Co
Ala
Washington
Frank K. Sturgis
American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Walter Reed
Rockingham Co
Washington, D. C
Charles Dean Kimball
Notable Birthdays and Historic Events Digest
A compiled list highlights birthdays of General Pershing and Milton Hershey among others, with notes on key historical events such as Wolfe and Montcalm at Quebec and the Fort McHenry bombardment. It also includes a brief horoscope commentary warning of disputes in international business and travel.
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Quebec
Wolfe
Montcalm
Fort McHenry
Francis Scott Key
David C. Broderick
U. S
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Terry
Broderick
St. Mihiel
John J. Pershing
U. A
Linn Co
Milton S Hershey
Hershey
Dauphin, Co
U.S
Henry F. Ashurst
Arizona
Winnemucca
Nev
Theodore Roosevelt Jr
Philippines
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Lewis M. Lawes
Sing Sing
Elmira
Cyrus Adler
Jewish Theological Seminary
New York City
van Buren
Ark
Sherwood Anderson
Marion
Camden Ohio
Jesse L. Lasky
San Francisco
Maud Ballington Booth
the Volunteers of America
England
Claudette Colbert
Paris
Arthur Henderson
Jesus Son of David Have Mercy On Me Bible Reflection
A devotional meditation on Mark 10 36 52 and Bartimaeus. It contrasts physical sight with spiritual sight exemplified by Helen Keller and urges persistent faith in Christ for healing and mercy. The sermon style text calls readers to cry to Jesus for mercy and to thank God for sight.
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Atlantic Monthly
Helen Keller
Bartimaeus
Jesus
David
Earth
Son of
Anniversary of Balloon Flight to Be Honored in Paris
In Paris, a 1783 hot air balloon anniversary will be marked on November 21 with a Montgolfier balloon launch from the Galicia Museum gardens. The Aero and Aeronautical Clubs of France and wallpaper makers honor the era, noting painted papers on cloth used in early balloon bags. The government is described as resting on force, tempered by reason, moderation, skill and patriotism.
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Paris
Parc de la Muette
Galicia Museum
Association of the
Aero and Aeronautical Clubs of
France
Syndicate of
Wallpaper Manufacturers of
Sugges' Ped Method to Raise Prices
A persuasive ad explains if 30 million farmers consume more eggs and butter, markets will tighten within weeks, driving higher prices. It argues rising demand yields per-dozen and per-pound gains, promising net weekly profits, urging farmers to eat their own products to boost real prices and stressing self-help with government backing.
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