Electrocution Debate From Sing Sing Warden
Warden Lewis Lawes says criminals no longer fear the electric chair as executions rise at Sing Sing. He notes crime waves, cheap life, and that capital punishment largely fails as a deterrent, despite constant reforms and high voluntary pain.
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Divorce Granted After Eighteen Years In Court
Chicago March 12 Mrs Marie Leith finally wins a divorce from Alexander B Leith after an 18 year chancery docket. The action began in 1903 and included cross bills stipulations amended petitions and motions. The decree cites infidelity and awards $5000 cash alimony.
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Farmers of Montgomery County Set Farm Labor Rates
At Sandy Springs the forty ninth annual Montgomery County Farmers convention fixes 26 cents per hour for regular farm work and 30 cents per hour for harvest work. When laborers are furnished, a 25 cent charge is added. The schedule aligns with County Farm Bureau and County Commissioners rates, reflecting about a 40 percent wage reduction from previous years.
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Edison Patents Kineto Scope for Moving Picture Viewing
Thomas Edison secured a patent in 1893 for a kineto scope device used to view moving picture film. The invention aimed to enhance the animated film experience by providing a practical viewing mechanism.
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X Ray Reveals Tooth Lodged in Man Lungs
Wilmington reports comptroller James B. Broad of the Du Pont company in critical condition after X rays show a tooth lodged in his lungs. Dentists say a tooth from four extracted prior weeks slipped down the windpipe during anesthesia, and doctors warn only immediate surgery can save him.
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Foley's Honey and Tar Cough Remedy Praised
A Covington Kentucky mother reports Foley's Honey and Tar cured her son’s bronchitis and persistent cough. The ad claims the remedy banishes coughing from chest or throat irritations and suits bronchitis, croup, whooping cough, and grip coughs. Sold everywhere.
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Homeless in Vienna reaches forty thousand in city
Vienna reports 40000 people homeless at the municipal Office for Dwellings as the American Red Cross cautions the figure may understate the true scope. The lack of a census leaves the full extent of crowding and hardship unclear amid wartime displacement.
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Vienna
American Red Cross
The Age of Hypocrisy On Screen at Colonial Theatre
Paramount Cosmopolitan presents The End of the Cup based on Winston Churchill’s novel. The Rector confronts fashionable churchgoers amid exposed hypocrisy, with director Albert Capellant emphasizing dramatic scenes and romance. Starring William P. Carleton and Edith Hallor, two days starting Monday.
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