Remedies for social evil urged at hearing in Washington
Washington March 23 witnesses at a hearing by a district commission urged remedies for social ills including the whipping post for white slave traffickers and seducers of women a tax on bachelorhood stricter training of children abolition of joy rides and dancing to interest President Wilson in a national program Better wages for working girls with eight dollars a week proposed as a minimum wage Mrs Harvey W Wiley urged franchise for women and sex hygiene as a remedy medical statistics cited illegitimacy and disease while Florence Crittenton figures argued low wages were not main cause of vice and many girls came from good homes.
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Washington, D. C
Ilinols Sea
Wilson
O'Hara
Harvey W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Woods Ward
Woodward
District of Columbia
Robert Barrett
Kate Barrett
Florence Crittenton Hones
Adolph Kahn
Washington
Barrett
Florence Crittenton
Mr. Barret
Humble Origins of Great Men
The piece lists notable figures from Jeremy Taylor to Shakespeare, noting humble or artisan family backgrounds. It adds aphorisms about pillows and conscience, contrasting action with quiet consent. The tone mirrors a moral reflection on social origins and virtue.
Stendpatism Dead Forefathers Spirit in U S Institutions
William J. Bryan declares at the Jefferson Club banquet in Des Moines that the largest achievement of the current administration will be restoring the spirit of the forefathers to U S institutions. He notes progressive Democrats control many states and cites new Senate influence and cabinet alignment. He urges party seekers to prioritize principle over office.
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Des Moines
Iowa
William J. Bryan
Jefferson Club
United States
Bryan
Illnois
Ohio
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Washington
J. W. Korn
Jeiury Bryan
Lincoln
Coffee talk and a cotton theft noted in Brief
A Jersey editor and a lounge discuss coffee preparation in a Saturday Evening Post entry. In Brief, two bales of cotton stolen from the Faggart gin in No 11 township were sold at Brief last week and sent to Monroe. Henderson Litaker traveled to Monroe to recover if found, and investigators pursue a strong clue to the seller.
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Doctor Wiley
Saturday Evening Post
Jersey
Brief
Meard Tribune
G. E
J. F. Faggart
Faggart
No .11 Township
Monroe
Henderson Litaker
Statesville Negro Buried Alive in Center Street Ditch
A Statesville man, Alli son, a colored worker, was buried two to three feet beneath earth after a cave in at a water main tapping site on Center Street. He braced himself on a pipe and survived after about 15 minutes. others aided, he later felt soreness but remained alive throughout.
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Statesville
Usburt
Center Street
N. W. Fox
Allison
Mr. Fox
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