Policemen to Keep Tabs on Landlords With Thermometer
A mayor's order has added a thermometer to the revolver and night-stick normally carried by the city's policemen, after apartment house tenants complained that their landlords had neglected to furnish heat on chill September nights.
Lynn, Mass., Sept. 28. - (AP) - To the revolver and night-stick normally carried by the policemen of this city has been added a new weapon - a termometer. An order issued today by Mayor Bauer gave the Lynn patrolman his extra piece of equipment.
Complaints from apartment house tenants that their landlords had neglected to furnish heat on chill September nights prompted the mayor's action. Under today's ruling, when the temperature falls below fifty degrees, it will be the duty of the patrolman to enter apartment houses on his beat, and draw his trusty thermometer. If the mercury registers below 68 degrees, he will report the fact to city authorities and pressure will be brought to bear on the landlord.
Reproduced unchanged from Daily Kennebec Journal, September 29, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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Policemen to Keep Tabs on Landlords With Thermometer
A mayor's order has added a thermometer to the revolver and night-stick normally carried by the city's policemen, after apartment house tenants complained that their landlords had neglected to furnish heat on chill September nights.
Lynn, Mass., Sept. 28. - (AP) - To the revolver and night-stick normally carried by the policemen of this city has been added a new weapon - a termometer. An order issued today by Mayor Bauer gave the Lynn patrolman his extra piece of equipment.
Complaints from apartment house tenants that their landlords had neglected to furnish heat on chill September nights prompted the mayor's action. Under today's ruling, when the temperature falls below fifty degrees, it will be the duty of the patrolman to enter apartment houses on his beat, and draw his trusty thermometer. If the mercury registers below 68 degrees, he will report the fact to city authorities and pressure will be brought to bear on the landlord.
Reproduced unchanged from Daily Kennebec Journal, September 29, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Daily Kennebec Journal, September 29, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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November 3, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Douglas Daily Dispatch, Evening Star, The Indianapolis Times, Seward Daily Gateway, The Bismarck Tribune, Brownsville Herald, The Daily Worker, Spirit Of Jefferson, Daily Kennebec Journal, and Smyrna Times.
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Policemen to Keep Tabs on Landlords With Thermometer
A mayor's order has added a thermometer to the revolver and night-stick normally carried by the city's policemen, after apartment house tenants complained that their landlords had neglected to furnish heat on chill September nights.
Lynn, Mass., Sept. 28. - (AP) - To the revolver and night-stick normally carried by the policemen of this city has been added a new weapon - a termometer. An order issued today by Mayor Bauer gave the Lynn patrolman his extra piece of equipment.
Complaints from apartment house tenants that their landlords had neglected to furnish heat on chill September nights prompted the mayor's action. Under today's ruling, when the temperature falls below fifty degrees, it will be the duty of the patrolman to enter apartment houses on his beat, and draw his trusty thermometer. If the mercury registers below 68 degrees, he will report the fact to city authorities and pressure will be brought to bear on the landlord.
Reproduced unchanged from Daily Kennebec Journal, September 29, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Daily Kennebec Journal, September 29, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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November 3, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Douglas Daily Dispatch, Evening Star, The Indianapolis Times, Seward Daily Gateway, The Bismarck Tribune, Brownsville Herald, The Daily Worker, Spirit Of Jefferson, Daily Kennebec Journal, and Smyrna Times.
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Policemen to Keep Tabs on Landlords With Thermometer
A mayor's order has added a thermometer to the revolver and night-stick normally carried by the city's policemen, after apartment house tenants complained that their landlords had neglected to furnish heat on chill September nights.
Lynn, Mass., Sept. 28. - (AP) - To the revolver and night-stick normally carried by the policemen of this city has been added a new weapon - a termometer. An order issued today by Mayor Bauer gave the Lynn patrolman his extra piece of equipment.
Complaints from apartment house tenants that their landlords had neglected to furnish heat on chill September nights prompted the mayor's action. Under today's ruling, when the temperature falls below fifty degrees, it will be the duty of the patrolman to enter apartment houses on his beat, and draw his trusty thermometer. If the mercury registers below 68 degrees, he will report the fact to city authorities and pressure will be brought to bear on the landlord.
Reproduced unchanged from Daily Kennebec Journal, September 29, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Daily Kennebec Journal, September 29, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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November 3, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Douglas Daily Dispatch, Evening Star, The Indianapolis Times, Seward Daily Gateway, The Bismarck Tribune, Brownsville Herald, The Daily Worker, Spirit Of Jefferson, Daily Kennebec Journal, and Smyrna Times.
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Policemen to Keep Tabs on Landlords With Thermometer
A mayor's order has added a thermometer to the revolver and night-stick normally carried by the city's policemen, after apartment house tenants complained that their landlords had neglected to furnish heat on chill September nights.
Lynn, Mass., Sept. 28. - (AP) - To the revolver and night-stick normally carried by the policemen of this city has been added a new weapon - a termometer. An order issued today by Mayor Bauer gave the Lynn patrolman his extra piece of equipment.
Complaints from apartment house tenants that their landlords had neglected to furnish heat on chill September nights prompted the mayor's action. Under today's ruling, when the temperature falls below fifty degrees, it will be the duty of the patrolman to enter apartment houses on his beat, and draw his trusty thermometer. If the mercury registers below 68 degrees, he will report the fact to city authorities and pressure will be brought to bear on the landlord.
Reproduced unchanged from Daily Kennebec Journal, September 29, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Daily Kennebec Journal, September 29, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Yesterday's paper
November 3, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Douglas Daily Dispatch, Evening Star, The Indianapolis Times, Seward Daily Gateway, The Bismarck Tribune, Brownsville Herald, The Daily Worker, Spirit Of Jefferson, Daily Kennebec Journal, and Smyrna Times.
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