Strong-Arm Boys in City Politics and Its Crimes
In this 1905 reminiscence, Ernest Magffey discusses the era of strong-arm gangs in urban politics. He details violence at polls, ballot-box stuffing, and thuggish tactics by rival factions, linking them to local bosses, graft, and selective immunity. He recalls juries, sensational charges, and newspaper libel but defends press liberty with accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Andy
George H. Wilson
James Street
Smalleys
Smalley
Lincoln
Ernest Mgaffey
Joseph B. Bowles
David Spares Saul's Life in Exile Lessons
Sunday School lesson for Aug 30 1908 highlights David sparing Saul as a key event in 1 Samuel 26. It outlines exile lessons including trust in God, leadership growth, war experience, and the development of religious institutions through David. It frames the episode as moral and spiritual preparation for future kingship.
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B. C
Ussher
Judea
Maon
Carmel
Hachdah
Ziph
Tfiebron
Adullam
Jerusalem
Elah
David
Goliath
Engedi
Dead Sea
Saul
Jerusaem
Samuel
Ramah
Hugh Miller
God
Song
Israel
Elliecott
Abishai
Cambridge
Abner
A Young Men's Christian Association Building Opens in Philadelphia
A new A B Building project costs over a million dollars to build and equip. Walter M. Wood of Chicago will serve as secretary guiding plans to recruit up to 4,000 members. The eight story Arch Street center is hailed as one of the world’s top YMCA homes alongside New York’s Twenty third Street and Chicago’s central facility.
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M.—C
Young Men’s Christian Association
Philadelphia
Walter M. Wood
Chicago
Young Men's Christian Association
Twenty-third Street
New York
First-rate student show in alimentary school tale
Mrs. Malaprop boasts of her son excelling at school and in gastronomy. he is head of his class and a fine sculler. He aspires to be an undertaker, and she jokes about the confessor attending to the dead languages.
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Tin
Harper’s
Grape-Nuts and Postum Help Woman Recover After Peritonitis
An New York woman shares a long recovery story from peritonitis and digestive troubles. After trying Grape-Nuts and Postum, she reports renewed strength, better sleep, less hunger, and improved health, with continued use cited by her and her husband.
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AN. Y
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Pkys
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Underworld
Ernest McGaffey
Supreme Court of
Mer Wang
Child
California
Lic Syrup. Co
Willie
Genevieve
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