AN UNUSUAL WARNING.
; In the public places of Kansas City recently the following framed list of ', - minor offences, and the penalties thero- ' ror,-has been officially posted at them- .;' r stance of- the chief of police, headed Warning ' .-—Letting a goat run in a , - public place, £1* throwing chewing gum on the pavement or tramcar, £1 • - stealing a gate, £2; talking sassy ... (saucily) to women in the stores and • ether public places, £5; porters talking -■ _?„ a ,? v 4 0 °F manner, ' . 12 j kissing in tho park, £2; allowing cjiickens into the neighbours' gardens, I . ilj- carrying a bean-shooter, £2.. Of all the offences enumerated, the throw- ! •-. of chewing-gum is tho most prevalent. Thirty per cent, of the Kansas ; _ -l»pulation, it is estimated, are chow- } ■ mg-gum devotees, and thero is a very omilar proportion in most American cities. In some cases tho health autfionties have even gone to tho extent 7 of issuing- notices combating the popular delusion that chewing-gum benefits too teeth and promotes digestion.
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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 14276, 12 February 1912, Page 7
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165AN UNUSUAL WARNING. Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 14276, 12 February 1912, Page 7
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