How Bootleggers Work in Oklahoma and Beyond
A veteran reporter outlines schemes to smuggle liquor into Oklahoma despite prohibition. Vignettes include a river find of beer and whiskey salvaged by fishermen, a widow in black gag that hid spirits, car chases with officers, railroad box cars emptied en route, a tunnel bootleg operation, and a Sapulpa prize fight raid that collapses mid raid.
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Duwaty” Rhodes
Oklahoma
Tulan
Arkansas River
Joplin
Missouri
Bartlesville
Mistah
Sapulpa
No Cure for Indigestion? Houston Man Finds Relief
A Houston man claimed twenty years of indigestion and reports that a 26 cent bottle of Chamberlain's Tablets relieved him and cured him within two months. He, humorously noting his age, advised others to try the remedy as well.
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Jul. Groblen
Houston
Texas
Alliance City Mission to Open May First Under W C T U
Alliance prepares to launch City Mission of Alliance on May 1 under the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Mrs. B N Sharpe will lead without salary, supported by the W C T U for rooms and incidentals. Mission aims to aid travelers and neglected youth, with an executive committee named.
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Alliance
B. N. Sharpe
Denver
Ladies of Alliance
Los Angeles
Alliance Ladies’ Union Aid Society
Woman's Chrisan Temperance Union
W. 8S. Acheson
Sharpe
Doling
8. Acheson
Moses Wright
J. R. Lawrence
Wm. Bipnell
W. F. Patter
LOCAL DRUGGIST PROMOTES Adler-i-ka Remedy
Thiele, a local druggist, reports many friends as Alliance residents use Adler-i-ka. The quick benefit claims to cure ailments from bowel cleansing to immediate relief of constipation and gas after a single dose.
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Thiele
Alliance School of Music Concert Friday Night
The Alliance School of Music presents a two part concert on Friday evening April 16 at the Phelan Opera House starting at 8 15. Miss Hight will perform Breton Folk songs in costume with stories while the orchestra directed by Ralph R Uniacke accompanies at the piano by Edith Swan Zediker. Many lead members may not return next year making this event a rare opportunity.
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Alliance School of Music
Quartette
Miss Hight
Edith Swan-Zediker
Ralph R. Uniacke
Phelan Opera House
Pine Forest Health Tonic Ad Promises Relief
An advertorial style notice touts Newnesa vigor from pine forests and Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey. It claims antiseptic healing with a tonic marketed at 25 cents with electric bitters as a spring promotion.
IT Colloquy On a Commotion Car and Terms
The column parodies a claim of a beautiful car with extravagant jargon and humorous misuses. A fishing trip joke follows with Brown warning the sinking boat and a rescue plan led by Jones who volunteers to pray while others fasten life belts.
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Brown
Jones
Notable Gordon Resident Accused in Domestic Incident
Gordon and Thomas County reports describe a local man accused of beating his wife at about 6:30 am. Neighbors witnessed parts of the event and the man fled to avoid harsher judgment while promising it would not recur. Observers note the episode as a serious clash affecting multiple households.
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Gordon
Gordon Journal
Wanes Fluent Tongue and Wartime Wit in a City Diner Scene
A fragment from a New York Evening Sun page recalls a bustling dining room banter with waiters and customers trading quips about food orders and wedding laws. A traveling drummer and a street-side child add color, including a joking line about alcohol.
Alarm Clock Saves Swede From Dismissal At Farm
A Swede employed by a farmer faced dismissal for missing 4 am starts. After the threat, he bought an alarm clock and for a period punctuality returned as the farm work continued.
Alarm Clock Roach Blamed for Late Farmer Helper's Firing
A humorous fragment recalls a worker fired for arriving late after a cockroach disables his alarm. He disassembles the clock to find the culprit and quips the engineer is dead, implying the fault. The piece threads jokes from Youth's Companion and Pathfinder about social missteps and misunderstandings.
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Bane Daid
Metcalfe's Paper The Omaha Nebraskan Subscriptions
The Herald office will receive subscriptions to Richard L. Metcalfe's The Omaha Nebraskan at 1.50 per year. Metcalfe is regarded as a top editorial writer in America and Herald readers may wish to become regular subscribers. The Herald Publishing Co. invites forwarders at any time.
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Richard L. Metcalfe
Omaha Nebraskan
Herald
Metcalfe
America
Herald Publishing CO
Monster Red Goose to Parade in Alliance Streets
The W. R. Harper department store will showcase a ten foot high monster red goose on Saturday afternoon in Alliance to promote Red Goose school shoes. The giant animal known for generating comment like a circus parade will navigate the streets, drawing attention from boys and girls and shoppers.
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Alliance
W. R. Harper Department Store
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Family Pills Promotion
A historic medication ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy addressing blood and mucous surfaces. It claims non quack status, offers testimonials, and notes Toledo, Ohio as the company base with Druggists selling the products.
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Hall
Fr. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Keep Your Bowels Regular Says a Simple Remedy
A short promotional note urges daily bowel movement and recommends Chamberlain's Tablets taken after supper to correct constipation, claiming the remedy is obtainable everywhere.
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Chamberlain’s
Andyv
Cheap Farm for Quick Sale Near Alliance Nebraska
One half section within six miles of Alliance near railroad priced at 13.50 per acre. Desirable land expected to sell quickly. Write Box 6334 care Alliance Herald Alliance Nebraska. Rev Titus Lang returned Monday from Ogallala where he attended a conference.
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Alliance
Care Alliance Herald
Nebraska
Titus Lang
Ogallala
Boy in sewing turns injury after fall at home
Litthe Richard, eldest child of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Smith, fell at home last Friday afternoon while sewing and sustained a broken bone.
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Litthe Richard
Joe Smith
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Thomas County Herald
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