Governor Smith backs repeal sparked booze enforcement debate
New York June 2 Governor Smith signed repeal of the Mullan Gage act but police and state officials vow to continue enforcing the Volstead Act. Officials expect federal courts to handle new offender prosecutions while calls for common sense changes to federal liquor laws grow.
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New York
Mullan-Gage
Smith
Enright
Banton
Dodd
Hylan
Emright
Executive Chamber
Knox
Faith Clarke's Chance at Gage Job Ends in Marriage
Faith Clarke, a Gage Manufacturing stenographer, loses a purse in a snowstorm. Thomas Gage Jr. offers a private secretary post, but Faith declines to stay at a working girls home. He later finds her, offers higher pay to move, and they marry two months later, with a gift to the home.
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Faith Clarke
Gage Manufacturing Company
Blair Street
Faith
Thomas Gage, Jr
Sle
Jimmy
Mr. Mills
Molly Day
Mr. Gage
Remy
Adrien Setraha
Wihiy
Mr. G
Mrs Clarke
Gage Hagered
Miss Clarke
Thomas Gage
Faith Clay
Market summary from July Cotton and Grain reports
July market roundup from New York Cotton and New Orleans Cotton shows mixed ranges with Cotton futures around 26.70 to 27.25 and spot levels near 28.45. Chicago grain quotes list Wheat Corn and Oats with varied closes and opens. Ada Produce Market lists roosters ducks hides and eyes with per pound pricing.
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Wednesdey’s Daily
New York
New Orleans
Chicago
ADA
Chronic Deserter and Family Inheritance Tale
A fragmentary account mentions a deserter and questions of inheritance after a father's death. It references a mother and a son, with unclear details on wealth, status, and settlement among relatives.
Silly debating fashion turn of phrase in drawing room
In a lighthearted exchange Misa Tottle Triller and another agree that stockings and curtains should match outfits and home decor, joking about the purpose of curtains andCompleting a long skirt ensemble with silk stockings to suit the style.
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Misa Tottle
Four Robbers Hold Up New York Jewelry Store
Four armed bandits burst into Barnett Goldstein’s jewelry store at 97th Street and Broadway in New York. They held the proprietor’s son and a clerk and escaped with jewelry valued at 70 000.
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Holdup
New York
Barnett Goldstein
Street and Broadway
Boswell Surrenders After Death of McAlester Youth
Jame Dick Boswell, a recent high school graduate from Hot Spring, Arkansas, turned himself in to authorities just before midnight after a days long pursuit linked to the shooting death of Angelo Ciotti in the city. Police recovered a pistol near the scene believed to be Boswell’s, and negotiations for surrender had been ongoing with his family since midweek.
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Hot Spring
Ark
Jame
Dick” Boswell
Angelo Ciotti
McAlester
Sig
Robert Boswell
James
Ciotti
Young Loswell
Nora Grissom
Boswell
Petition Seeks Eagle Rock Klan Probe in Atlanta
Petition filed in Fulton County Superior Court asks receivership of the Ku Klux Klan amid charges of gross mismanagement by Imperial Wizard W. H. Evans and collusion with Klon Emperor Simmons. Judge Humphrey issues temporary restraining orders restricting use of Klan funds and headquarters moves, with a June 9 hearing.
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Atlanta
Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan
Fulton County Superior Court
David M. Ritenhouse
Philadelphia
W. H. Evans
Evans
W. J. Simmons
Humphrey
Ku Klux
Humphreys
Washington
Klan
Imperial Wizard Evans
Emperor Simmons
Dr. Evans
Col. Simmons
Death of Man Still Mystery in Kansas City
Guy A. Moore 39, of Moore Lawless Grain Co., was found mutilated on railroad tracks near Kansas City. A train passage claimed his life. Three theories cited murder, self harm, and accident. Partner C W Lawless believes robbery motive and murder likely.
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Kansas City
Guy A. Moore
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Moore
Moore,Lawless Grain Co
Board of Trade
C. W. Lawless
Dykeman Elevated to Imperial Potentate at Shrine Meeting
Washington June 6 Conrad V Dykeman of Brooklyn N Y was elevated to Imperial Potentate by the Ancient Arabic Nobles of the Mystic Shrine Kansas City was chosen as the 1924 convention city Clifford Ireland of Peoria Ill was elected Imperial Outer Guard The post is the bottom of the line and filled by the elevation of higher officers
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Washington
Conrad V. Dykeman
Brooklyn
New York
Kansas City
Clifford Ireland
Peoria
College Notes on health crusade and lectures at college
Miss Fay Shannon state health crusade director visits to confer with teachers and distribute materials for the crusade to promote health habits among children. The program, funded by Christmas Seals, aims to include nearly a hundred thousand children next year. Superintendent John Hefley of Henryetta begins lectures on current school problems, with Miss Alma Binzel of Cornell University speaking on child welfare Thursday night.
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Shannon
John Hefley
Henryetta
Hefley
Alma Binzel
Cornell University
Ithaca
New York
Binzel
College
McKinney to Speak at Ypsilanti Teachers College
Charles McKinney president of the teachers college at Ypsilanti Michigan will speak in the college auditorium tomorrow and Thursday mornings at nine o clock.
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Charles McKinney
Teachers College
Ypsilanti
Michigan
Allegheny Mountains
Concert by Jesse Isabel Christian Opens Summer Term
Jesse Isabel Christian, noted grand opera performer, will appear in concert Friday night as the first of several musical entertainers secured for the college summer term. Prof. John T. Hefley, a leading district schoolman, has shaped the lecture series and built ties with East Central College.
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Jesse Isabel Christian
Grand Opera Ator
Kansas Bans Fixed Price Agent Contracts
Kansas Supreme Court rules that fixed price exclusive agent contracts between manufacturers and retail agencies are illegal. Charles G. Mills sued General Ordnance Company claiming breach of an exclusive sales contract for tractors. court decisions found the contract unenforceable in Mills territory.
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Toppka
Kan
Kansas
Supreme Court
Charles G. Mills
Sedgwick County
General Ordnance Company
Warning to Leave Homes as Flood Crest Nears
Oklahoma City residents of the North Canadian lowlands were ordered to evacuate by Mayor pro tem Joe Patterson. The flood crest is expected to arrive early tomorrow, prompting the alert issued today.
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Oklahoma City
Joe Patterson
Berlin Markets Boil Up With Mushroom Exchange Shops
Berlin sees a rapid spread of small money exchange booths along streets and at transit stations. A new 10 year lease at Schoeneberg station will anchor a transfer point exchange with annual rent 750,000 marks, adjustable for the mark’s buying power.
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Berlin
Schoeneberg
West End
Oklahoma Regents Meet with Governor on OU President Pick
The Oklahoma regents and Gov. Walton met at the state capitol with reports that Rev. Forney Hutchinson may be named OU president. The talk also touched a potential Woodrow Wilson relative being considered for leading the A and M college, amid broad reconstruction strategy discussions.
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Oklahoma City
of Regents
University of Oklahoma
J. €. Walton
Forney Hutchinson
Woodrow Wilson
George Wilson
Reconstruction League
A. and M. College
Walton Reconstruction League Board of Strategy
Stockton Axson
Rice Institute
Houston
Texas
Wilson
Axson
Husband's Rage Ends in Double Tragedy at River Home
In Ponca City Oklahoma Mrs. Earl Metcalf 32 and Earl Tilton 25 are dead after Metcalf allegedly shot Tilton at a river area home where Metcalf confronted his ex wife and threats to kill her. Metcalf then fled with a pistol as police search the Arkansas river bottoms for him.
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Ponca City
Earl Metcalf
Earl Tilton
Arkansas River
Metcalfs
Metcalf
Ralph Barry
Sweden May End Petroleum Dependence With Shale and Wood Alcohol
Stockholm Sweden addresses by Axel F Enstrom notes Sweden lacks domestic oil but can tap shale reserves yielding up to 500 million tons of shale oil. He cites wood alcohol as a practical substitute with current factories producing 9 million gallons annually and potential growth to 17 million. He also forecasts expanded electric storage for transport using hydroElectric power.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Axel F. Enstrom
Association of Swedish Industries
Enstrom
Swéden
American Tourists Push Paris Prices Skyward
Paris merchants lower price limits as American visitors arrive for the 1928 season. Lobsters sell at 16 francs a pound while cod goes for 3 francs. much cod is discarded after a slow reception.
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Paris
Ruhr
Trains Collide Near Riverside Injuring Ten
Ten persons were injured in a collision at Riverside Virginia involving two electric trains. Two occupants were seriously hurt as one car was demolished. Passengers included visitors to a line conversion event in Washington. The injured were taken to Alexandria for treatment.
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Washington
Riverside
Virginia
Mt. Vernon
Alexandria
Coffee arabica height in cultivation and wild growth
Coffee arabica the tree used for coffee should not exceed 22 feet in height under cultivation. In the wild it sometimes reaches about 20 feet.
Rug Industry in China Maintains Extreme Losses
In Tientsin on June 6, the rug making boom spurred by wartime trade disruptions has collapsed. From 500 wartime factories, output of over 10 000 square inches daily has dwindled to fewer than 300 surviving. Prices rose to 3.00 4.00 per square foot at the peak, with domestic use about a quarter and the rest sent to America. Slump blamed on inferior wool, poor dyeing and unskilled workmanship.
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Tientsin
China
America
Usk
Bandits Enroled in National Army After Big Holdup
Enrolment of Shantung bandits into the national army proceeds at Chwang, according to advices received by the American legation. Foreigners held captive are still reported, with officials hopeful for release soon.
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Pekin
Chwang
Sale Toa
Legation
Bristow Mayor Grills City Attorney on Pay TV Deal
Bristow mayor Malcolmor rison directed City Attorney Louis Loeffiler to challenge a state commission over a refused agreement to build a pay TV ad based project. The move aims to press the city into complying with the plan previously approved by the mayor and council.
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Bristow
Malcolmorrison
Louis Loeffiler
St. Pees
Isco
State Enamoration Commission
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McC
Newspaper Syndicate
Market Report
C. F. Avery Cotton Exchange M. & P. Bank
Ry News
Hot Springs
EW Klan
Death OF Man
Mistery
Tollege Notes
Fay Shannon
Healte's
John T. Hefley
East Central
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