AN UNUSUAL WARNING.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 11 March 1912, Page 6

AN UNUSUAL WARNING.

In the public places of Kansas City the following framed list of minor offences and the penalties therefor has been officially posted at the instance the chief of police, headed "Warning" : Letting a goat run in a public place, £l.' Throwing chewing-gum on the pavement or tramcar, iil. , Stealing a gate, £2. Talking sassy (saucily) t-o women in the stores and other-public places, £5. Porters talking in a rude or ungentlemanly manner, £2. Kissing in the park, £2. Allowing chickens into the neighbours gardens, £l. L urrying a bean-shooter, £2. Of uu the otlencus -enumerated, the throwing -oi chewing-gum is the most prevalent. Thirty per cent, of the Kansas population, it is estimated,.are' chpw-ing-g.iun'devotees, and there is a, very si.ulVfti'. proportion in.-inost American • :lii some cases,the health..author,i-vt-ies -lUiw: even gone 'to the ej,tent of. is: aiuiig liniiues coinbatuig the piV|>i;[ax df-. liisijj'n that- L-hewmg-gmn be:;e!it.s "the L'.'i.'t'h-;,a'iicj promotes digestion. . "

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