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...beats his wife in any one of 47 states. He is sent to jail. There he loafs. The maltreated wife is without support. He comes back, beats her again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Whipping | 4/6/1925 | See Source »

...Bridge of Sighs. Another bad loss was reported by observers of the opening performances of this picture. The plot reveals an idle youth who steals some money. His girl's father is accused and sent to jail. They go to a lot of pretty tedious trouble to get him out again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Mar. 30, 1925 | 3/30/1925 | See Source »

...jail forever before I will give the key of my design to that committee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Hoodlum Borglum | 3/9/1925 | See Source »

Gentlemen: I guess you don't know what it means to wander in a foreign land without TIME. I'll just as soon be in jail. We Americans over here pass it around until it looks like something that has been under the carpet since the Spanish-American War. It brings Home to us and drops it in our laps. HOMER CROV...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 2, 1925 | 3/2/1925 | See Source »

...were the audience. They thought it was a joke until the curtain went down and they had to endure a long wait while Garvie was arrested and Self was treated to bandages and salve. Then up went the curtain and the play was finished. Afterward, Garvie was taken to jail, but released subsequently on $500 bail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Theatre Note: Feb. 23, 1925 | 2/23/1925 | See Source »

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