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Strenge, the chief of police, has a sister, a widow, and a pretty niece, both of them looking for suitable husbands. Ripphard, the wealthiest man of the village, who has been courting the widow, transfers his affections to the wealthier and prettier niece, using the power of his money to force her uncle, the chief of police, to consent. Naturally enough the wilful and pretty niece falls in love with one of the three suspects, the widow bestows her affection on another, and a pretty mix-up ensues...
...York City, which contains four and onehalf millions of people, representing every race, tongue, and clime, the greatest problem of government is to keep up a thoroughly honest and efficient police force. Could such an organization be maintained there, New York City, the most cosmopolitan and the wealthiest community in the world, would be an orderly, safe, and law-abiding place. As New York is the biggest city in America, its police force should be the best, because the police are the medium through which the ignorant foreign immigrants receive their first impression of American law and government. The Slav...
...Lydia Bradley, one of the wealthiest residents of Peoria, Hlinois, has just made known her intention of building a polytechnic institute, which, with the endowments, will amount to a gift of $1,000,000. It will accommodate 750 pupils...
...University News. The Russian gymnasium is a school corresponding to our high schools, but managed by the government and on the whole much like a military school. No one can enter a Russian University without a diploma from some gymnasium. The students in these gymnasiums belong necessarily to the wealthiest families as the course is rather expensive. There is on an average one gymnasium to every large city with an attendance ranging from 300 to 500. All officers and students are obliged to wear uniforms and are much limited in all their actions. No students are allowed out after...
...Chicago Athletic Association is nearly finished and when completed will surpass any other club house in America in variety and extent of equipment and apparatus. When the club house is thrown open to members the total outlay will have reached between $600,000 and $700,000. The wealthiest and most influential men in Chicago are interested in the new club, which was started a year ago. The membership is limited...