Word: jails
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...tell of his many experiences in the war trenches in the Union tomorrow afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. Mr. Reed, with characteristic aggressiveness, made nine attempts to get to the front, although he was once sentenced to death, and was later forced to spend much of his time in jail, finally being sentenced to remain two years in a French fortress. Sentence was fortunately suspended, and Mr. Reed proceeded to Berlin by way of Switzerland. Through a fortunate chain of circumstances, he was able to witness a battle from the firing line, of which he will tell in his lecture...
...talk will be his experiences in Europe. Mr. Reed made nine attempts to get to the front. On one occasion he was intercepted with several other correspondents and sentenced to death. The sentence was changed and the prisoners were started to Tours on foot, spending each night in jail. The trip would have required thirty-five days, but after seven days, it was decided to take them by train. They were sentenced to two years in a French fortress. Later the sentence was suspended and they were set free with the instructions written on their pass-ports that they should...
...Monthly takes pleasure in announcing the election of Charles Street Jail, Occ., of Boston, as a regular editor; and of Isaac P. Freileigh '18, of Watertown, Maine, and Clifford F. Gish '16, of Bookoo, Molokia, Hawaii, as irregular editors. The board is planning to issue several suppressed numbers this spring, and also to raise the yearly price of publication from fifteen (15) cents to thirty (30) cents. Even at this rate, the Monthly will be cheap. The editors feel justified in raising the price to twice its former figure, because in the future every line will have a double meaning...
...subject not yet announced. Dean Summer has engaged in a difficult work with striking success, that of fighting vice and immorality in Chicago. As superintendent of the City Missions, he is in charge of the religious work in twenty one penal and charitable institutions, such as the county jail, the city hospital, and the home for the friendless. He has earned wide comment in newspapers and magazines for his vigorous and sympathetic treatment of conditions in the resorts of Chicago's West End. He is furthermore a member of the Chicago Board of Education, the Municipal Vice-Commission, and holds...
...famous Moyer-Haywood-Pettibone trial in Colorado, he secured the confession of Harry Orchard which created such a tremendous sensation at the time. The San Francisco graft cases were under his investigation, and the evidence which he obtained enabled the state to send Mayor Schmitz and Ruef to jail...