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...most amusing incident of the whole afternoon occurred when a minister took one of the handbills and read till he came to the word Socialist which is near the top of the page. Then, handing it back to me, he said: 'Socialism! Young man, you should be in jail...
...Socialist Club has hired a staff of attorneys and will brave the terrors of the law by distributing the pamphlet to all comers in Harvard Square. A night in jail is a pleasant prospect for the Socialists, and they promise, it is rumored, to place the candidates for office in the same position by violating an ancient edict forbidding the placarding of telegraph posts. With the local elections due shortly, practically all the candidates for jobs have had their pictures pasted on the posts. Where the rivalry between law and order and politicians on the one hand and the Harvard...
There is some sort of work in almost every field: The Cambridge Y. M. C. A. frequently uses men to prepare foreigners for their naturalization tests; men are sometimes sent to the Cambridge Jail to teach those who plan on leading a straight life after they are released. There are many clubs that can use a man occasionally: for example, a stamp club has wanted an experienced philatelist to speak to a group of young collectors; and a club frequently desires the services of someone who has done a lot of traveling, to tell of his adventures, and the sights...
Searching for a human interest story, sentimental correspondents hurried to another part of the jail to interview executioner de Pineda, the condemned Rabano's onetime friend. They found him in his cell, nervously munching bread and onions...
...tending to undermine the authority of the Nationalist government. Documentary evidence exists to prove this. And it has not been so very long since the United States, on less provocation, engaged in a nationwide round-up of Reds, real or alleged, and deported those they did not put in jail...