Vocational Training Featured In Crime Wave Debate
Edward J. Tobin, superintendent of schools, blamed lack of vacation facilities and the current school system for rising crime. He argued many students are routed into unsuitable courses, with boys shaped for farming and girls steered toward home economics. He urged agricultural and trades education to elevate public perception and offer real opportunities.
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Edward J. Tobin
Obin
Sys
Tobin
Hair saves woman in gasoline explosion blaze
Mrs. C. M. Howard avoided serious burns when gasoline in her kitchen at 962 Eleventh street caught fire and exploded. She removed her burning hair, tossing it and the gasoline can out the door, suffering only slight burns as firefighters extinguished the blaze.
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Denver
Col
C. M. Howard
Pastor and kinship preachers cited in Winnebago County
O J Kern tells Cook County Teachers' Association that Pastor N J Hadley of First Lutheran Loraine Ohio has twelve kinfolk who are preachers. He argues past instruction pushed rural youths to city life and urged change in the new order.
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N. J. Hadley
First Lutheran Church
Loraine
Ohio
Ao. J. Kern
Winnebago County
Cook County Teachers’ Association
Mr. Kern
Thia
Chang
Girl Bride Pleads Hypnotized Marriage Separation
In New York on January 26, Mrs. Dace Melbourne Shannon Charlot seeks a legal separation from her French husband Charles Charlot a Mexican mine promoter. The 21 year old alleges jealousy driven violence including tearing a gown and yanking a necklace.
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New York
Dace Melbourne
Shannon Charlot
Charles Charlot
Charlot
Secret Frats Under Scrutiny By Chicago School Board
Chicago teachers and officials move to root out high school secret fraternities and sororities amid suspensions and possible expulsions. Principal level action dominates as pan-Hellenic plans consider college responses and official notices to universities.
Carrier pigeon makes a remarkable flight
A carrier pigeon captured in Fresno carries a brass leg band with a note from Al Kruger of Chicago. Lamond, who keeps many pigeons, believes the bird wandered to his coop attracted by his flock. The bird was nearly exhausted when found and will be released with a message back to Kruger once healed.
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Fresno
Cal
al Kruger
East Division Street
Chicago
Gus Lamond
Lamond
No. 80 East Division Street, Chicago
Kansas 1877 Warning Out Law for Grasshopper Fight
Kansas contemplate an old Warning Out law from 1877 enabling towns to call able bodied residents aged twelve to sixty five to fight grasshoppers. Officials may issue a warning out order and citizens must report with prescribed tools. fines apply for non compliance. No pay, duty only. Professor McCullogh suggests a governor proclamation to burn meadow and grass to eradicate chinch bugs, with tests showing 98 percent reduction after burning.
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Stubbs
Kansas
McCullogh
The
Agricultural College
Kalem Director McGowan Leaves for Alabama Studio
Mr J P McGowan Kalem director travels to Birmingham with twenty actors and crew to establish a winter studio. The Alabama locations are positioned as a striking new setting for Kalem pictures and will showcase the company’s diverse backgrounds and recent directed productions.
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J. P. McGowan
Kalem
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
McGowan
L and N Earnings Decline Hit Alabama Operations
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad reports steep earnings declines in Alabama from 1906 to 1909, noting per mile gross drop from 9808 to 8748 dollars and overall losses of over 1.47 million dollars. The company cites court relief and alleges broad discrimination as rates across Alabama railroads rose while L and N faced reduced charges.
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Alabama
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Riches Craze Attacked as Sapping Society
Chicago January 26 Rabbi Tobias Schanfarber at R A M temple denounced speed mania in business as eroding physical vitality and moral order. He blamed get rich quick aims for social degeneration and urged restraint and equal opportunity without legal compulsion.
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Chicago
Tobias Schanfarber
R. A. M. Temple
America
Fine Picture Coming to Pece Two
Cavalry and over a thousand infantry from southern California militia helped film a three reel military picture “gherldagra Ridé” to be shown soon in Mobile. The two miles location has been faithfully duplicated to evoke memories among veterans who took part.
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Cal
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