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Newspaper
Washington Washington Democrat
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1916
Page
6
Infianspolis Ind June 5 With the slogan Boost Fairbanks the special train of the Nation Club left for Chicago at eleven o'clock today.
Judge Judie Willoughby in circuit court Saturday found James F. Parrott and Earl Hollingsworth guilty of contributing to delinquency of Parrott’s fourteen-year-old daughter Mary. Parrott received six months at the penal farm and Hollingsworth ninety days. each was fined one dollar. Mary Parrott was sent to the Girls Reform School at Glenmont. The trial revealed Hollingsworth, nineteen, had sexual relations with the girl and infected her with a loathsome disease. the father admitted regularly sending her to saloons for liquor and accompanying her there.
A night court for wage earners opens tonight in New York City to promptly settle small claims. It will operate four evenings a week from 3 to 11 pm, with branches to be set up in boroughs as needed. The plan was secured without Albany legislation, relying on authority already vested in the board of justices.
Crowds gather in Chicago as crowds vie for attention at the World Fair WH event. Officials promise spectacle and bustling activity across the city with vendors, performances, and exhibitions drawing daily visitors.
Chicago braces for a week of mass assembly as Republican and Progressive conventions approach. An estimated 685 delegates plus 1000 alternates, 20,100 women workers, and thousands of spectators flood the city. Hotels remove lobby furniture to ease crowds. tickets for the Republican gathering command high prices. Police prepare with hundreds of officers as Reed-y efforts to manage the influx continue amid street sellers and public events. New York delegates arrive by special train, while Louisville’s Lafayette hosts Purdy’s rubber baseball game as diversions unfold.
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