Why The Girl Is Delinquent Observations On Delinquency
Mrs Lucy M Sickels superintendent of the industrial school for girls at Mitchellville Ia outlines the home as the root of delinquency. She argues maternal absence widowhood and parental quarrels foster a hostile atmosphere harming girls moral and physical welfare. Divorce intoxication and neglect emerge as common causes leading girls toward street life and correctional institutions.
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Lucy M. Sickels
Industrial School For Girls
Mitchellville
Iowa
Sickels
Ygur Land
Mitchellelie Girls
Ian
Care for progeny to curb delinquent girls
Fragmentary quotation discusses the need for parents to demonstrate ability to care for their children mentally morally and physically. It argues that strong willing responsible parents will create wholesome homes and reduce delinquency among girls by fulfilling home duties and protecting offspring.
Mitchel Named New York Port Collector by Wilson
President Wilson selected John Purroy Mitchel to be collector of the port of New York, replacing William Loeb. The New York Herald praises the choice as excellent, noting Mitchel's independence, fearlessness, and proven honesty in city government and predicting strong performance in a key federal post.
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Wilson
Port of
New York
Taft
William Loeb
Hoosevelt
John Purroy Mitchel
Boss Murphy
Tammany Machine
The
New York Herald
Mitchel
Arabian Dream and Temper Debate Highlight 1913 Echoes
An 1913 telegraph experiment between London and San Francisco marked early regular cable and land wire communication. The piece also surveys temper, schooling hygiene, party politics, matrimony luck, and notes fading public attention to William Howard Taft.
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London
San Francisco
Malifax
Boston
Jules Verne
Best to Get It Over Early Jerrold Quip
A fragment quotes Jerrold suggesting love comes early and often, likening it to the measles and noting its harsher impact as life unfolds. The line hints at a practical, perhaps wry, view of love and timing.
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Jerrold
Candles Through Time And The Glow Of History
A reflective piece on candles from tallow and wax to modern electric light. It muses on their decorative and religious uses, the social shift from luxury to common utility, and the historical impact of candlelight on work and literature. It contrasts past dependence on candles with today’s electric power and laments the lost candle era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Utte
Electric Light Company
Aseault
Spirit of the Iowa Press and Iowa political notes
A compilation from Iowa newspapers criticizes segregation and discusses political shifts. Topics include opposition to segregated vice, a new Bryan in California, potential district attorney appointment concerns, and Bull Moose rule changes impacting party unity and 1906 campaigning dynamics.
Hemenway’s Gift And Williams Evangelist Tour
Marshalltown Times Republican discusses Hemenway’s sense of community obligation and debt to the locality as he succeeds. Hopkinton Leader notes C W Williams, formerly racing circuit figure, now an evangelist who refuses personal pay and asks towns to cover local costs. The piece praises his unconventional approach and potential for more dates.
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Hemenway
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Women Jurors and Pretty Men Touch Brooklyn Reader
A Brooklyn reader under the name Lady bird of Freedom Soaring sent clippings about the trial of a young maid servant accused of setting a house fire. Before the trial court officers say Grace will not be convicted, while Assistant District Attorney Warbasse argues she did it though it’s axiomatic that you can’t obtain a conviction without substantial proof.
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Collier's
Brooklyn
Ladybird
Freedom
Grace
Warbasse
Conviction Questioned In Fire Case Of Pretty Teen
A sixteen year old girl Grace Trimble faced fire setting charges but was not convicted as the jury disagreed. The piece notes prejudice about beauty affecting verdicts and compares to a boy acquitted of horse stealing by a mixed jury, suggesting gender bias in juries and pondering if a different jury composition would have changed the outcome.
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Grace Trimble
Jeremiah
Redwood City
Redwood
Easy Slippers Fierce Prospect on Stage Chats
A collage of humor from multiple papers includes a Detroit Free Press note about a stage discussion with a family quote, a Philadelphia Record joke on life insurance lapsing, a Judge feature poem on a woman’s wardrobe and ethics, a Washington Star reminiscence about Foolishville, and a Puck quip about golf. The items reflect light vaudeville and comic panels from early 20th century press. The tone is breezy and satirical with named periodical references.
Measure 9 unfair to banks says Reynolds
Des Moines May 14 Arthur Reynolds Des Moines vice president of the American Bankers Association and federal legislative committee member returns from Washington with views on the income tax bill. He says the bill is unfair to banks by making them tax collectors and requiring affidavits for interest payments, discriminating against banks and imposing heavy clerical burdens.
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Des Moines
Arthur Reynolds
American Bankers’ Association
Washington, D. C
House
Senate
Reynolda
Middle West
Reynolds
America
Reynolds Baye
Marse Henry Snubs Woman Suffrage Talk
Chicago Post mocks Henry Watterson for refusing to debate Mrs. Snowden on votes for women. The Louisville Herald counters by praising Snowden as a gifted woman under 30, noting the colonel’s chivalry and urging respect for suffrage advocates.
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Marse Henry
Chicago Post
Louteville Herald
Marse Henry Watterson
Kentucky
Philip Snowden
Courier-Journal
Herald
Taft Attacks Progressive Plan as Hair Triggered Despotism
In New Haven on May 14 Prof. William H. Taft, delivering his fourth lecture on Modern Government, condemned Progressive governance as hair trigger and leading to anarchy and despotism in the majority. His remarks focused on cautions about increased central control and potential loss of individual rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven, Conn
Yate
William H. Taft
Tait
Con
Recall debate stirs fears of government efficiency
The speaker argues that recall power obstructs decisive governance, noting that leaders like Washington and Jefferson would have faced recall and asserting the mechanism promotes retrogression rather than progress. He warns that officials govern to shield themselves from attacks rather than act boldly.
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Washington
Lincoln
Jefferson
Madison
Siebert Odn. Appears In Suit Against Hodges
South Bend Ind May 14 Failure of Fred Siebert to appear in police court as a witness against Herman Hodges alias Pepper led to a continuance. Hodges was arrested on a libel warrant sworn by Siebert and posted bond for freedom. Siebert refused to discuss the matter. Billy Sunday denied knowledge of the affair. Windle from Chicago may defend Hodges if the case goes to trial.
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South Bend
Ind
Fred Siebert
Billy Sunday Evangelistic Party
Herman Hodges
Pepper
Siebert
Billy Sunday
Hodges
Peacock
Hodge
Windle
C. A.windlé
Chicago
Fred ‘Siebert
Winona
Lake
Newspaper fragment notes denials after arrest report
A fragment from a Sunday edition records that Sunday neither denied nor affirmed knowledge of the newsdealer’s arrest, while another figure states no complaint was made against anyone. The readable text implies ongoing uncertainty about the case.
Sleepwalking passenger walks off moving train injury reported
William A. Smith traveling from Canadian Texas to Mason City Iowa walked off a Wabash passenger train while asleep at thirty five miles an hour. He sustained light scalp injuries but was not seriously hurt. He wandered to a farm house and was returned to Kirkville where medics treated him before resuming his trip. Courier ads note time saving.
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St. Louis
William A. Smith
Mason City
Smith
Kirkville
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