New Hope for Federal Prisoners Parole Law In Effect Soon
The article discusses the upcoming federal parole law allowing prisoners who served minimum time and hold clean records a parole board hearing. It contrasts public awe of federal courts with parole as a potential relief, noting how sentences may not reflect true suffering and highlighting differing crimes from banking failures to fraud. Warden McClaughry argues length of term is not adequate punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Leavenworth
Atlanta
Washington
TR. W. McClaughry
United States Penitentiary
Jong
Jengih Af Service
Indian Territory
Federal Parole Drive Shifts to Banker Prisoners at Leavenworth
The national pardon board nears hearings for about 1200 federal prisoners including prominent bankers like Frank Bigelow of Milwaukee and John Walsh of Chicago. The article notes Roosevelt era policies and the rise of fingerprinting with Maj. McClaughry praising the method, detailing Leavenworth’s growing identification records and banker records among inmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Pardon Board
Roosevelt
Cassie Chadwick
Chia
Yecome
Frank Bigelow
Milwaukee
Leavenworth
John Ft. Walsh
Chicago
Krupp bhomb cannon touted as deadly gas weapon
The article describes a Krupp bhomb cannon with a brass ramrod fitted projectile carrying 165 pounds of explosives. When released it disperses poisonous gases to suffocate and kill enemies, designed to drop into their midst and kill upon contact.
Notes From The World Of Science
Florida exports phosphate worth over eight million dollars annually. Japan’s sulfur nearly all goes to the United States and Australia. Texas ranks next to California in quicksilver production. Almost five miles of the Panama Canal entrance is silvery smooth. A Vienna doctor says tuberculin injections halt progressive paralysis. Coal veins found at 2000 feet deep in Saligasta Argentina. Milwaukee plans to use thumb print system to pay city workers.
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Florida
Japan
United States
Australia
Texas
California
Pacific
Panama Canal
Vienna
Saligasta
Argentina
Milwaukee
The Worth of a Man
An essay on fair pay, self worth, and courage in demanding higher wages. It follows John Adams Thayer’s rise from printer’s devil to a successful editor, underscoring that workers must prove value to earn better compensation, with spouses prompting raises and employers benefiting from proven ingenuity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Adams Thayer
Jones
Self-Control Your Signboard and the Built Virtue
A sermon argues self-control as the crowning virtue, distinct from temperance as alcohol lore. It frames will as the engine of character, warns against overindulgence in ambition and appetite, and urges firm balance guided by love and justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Carlyle
Sali
Tove
Do It Yourself Toy Phone From William B Stout
A detailed 1910 era activity explains building a practical toy telephone using a box diaphragm and a crank driven call bell. The unit works by vibrating a diaphragm to transmit sound and uses a string or thread line with a hammer striking a diaphragm to simulate a talking device. Instructions cover box construction, diaphragm creation, and a ring bell mechanism for alerting the other end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dell Yds
Thia
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Hollis W. Field
Higelow
Stensland
Maj. McClaughry
Maj
MacClaughry
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Bureau of Identification
Bertilion
Tess
Ferd
Epker
Fionn
Hees
Henry M. Hyde
The
Tribune Company
Alcoho
Nero
Aaron Burr
Alexander Hamilton
Lovery Farm
Ife
Frank Crane
Hale
WM. B. Stout
Wall
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