The Chicago Show Up Public Display Of Criminals
A Chicago show up exhibition outside the loop presents about 100 recently arrested criminals to the public for identification. Names, aliases, and past records are read as a crowd observes suspects from various crimes including robbery and attempted holdups.
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Chicago
Loop
Journal
John A. Babcock
University of Chicago
Drake Hotel
New York City
Sing-Sing
Lan
Pontiac
Joliet
John Jones
Joseph Porter
William Brown
Detroit
Phiadelphia
Cleveland
John
Police court scene shows varied criminals and leniency contrasts
The report describes a crowded city court with thieves, confidence men, pickpockets, addicts, and a Jewish man denying charges. Officers display bias toward repeat offenders while warning others to go home. It suggests crime could be controlled if the public supports honest cops and expels dishonesty.
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Abie
Milwaukee
Seattle
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Chicago
Backwardness in Children Tied to Physical Defects
A school discussion notes 25 percent of backward children have physical defects influencing learning. Dr. Ferguson cites 70 feeble minded youths in special classes. 40 percent gain full employment later, 50 percent improve to normal schooling, while 40 percent remain dull and 60 percent show defects from illness. Parents urged to seek family doctor evaluation for hearing eyesight teeth tonsils.
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About &T
Cold Night Reflections and Radio Ads in By The Way
A column recalls a frigid afternoon at the Post Office and a radiator thaw. It parodies Alaska humor and a Scotch tale about artificial teeth. It ends with a meditation on owning the best radio and the permanence of time and words.
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A. Bromely
Alaska
Sahara Desert
Florda
Cop Aids Needy Couple In Freezing Chicago Snow
In Chicago a policeman helps Irving Never and Virginia Keller with their baby after a landlady evicts them for unpaid rent. The officer negotiates, the landlady seeks arrest for stealing milk, and Judge Alfred I. Erickson dismisses the case and awards $5. The family leaves with $23 to find food and shelter.
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Chicago
Jan
U.2
Polceman
Irving
Virginia Keller
Forty Children Blinded at Athens Eye Hospital
Citizens of Athens and surrounding areas were shocked when forty schoolchildren were permanently blinded at an eye hospital in Kesarion near Athens. Attendants used cauterizing fluid during eye tests prompting a city inquiry and a trial of all ophthalmologists at the clinic.
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Athens
Kesarion
Daily Lesson Words of Misused English
A compendium of language tips focusing on usage and pronunciation errors. It lists misused phrases like typed versus typewrote, mispronounced words such as sword, and common misspellings. It promotes vocabulary growth by teaching one word daily, with introspective defined as inward looking and self examining.
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the Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
Washington County
Publishers News
East Main Street
Washington
Iowa
United Press
Tion
Naomi Simpson
E. Main St
Yours Truly, Naomi Simpson
Asker
Teller
Boarder, “I
Than
Charlie King
Sandy McGregor
Mr. McGregor
McGregor
Hattie
Abe Martin
Eeke Elsop
LinesIn
Joe Lark
Vicks
H. & A. Baking Co. “Masters OF Good Baking
South Side Square
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