Senate Passes Jones Day Bill Expands Prohibition Penalties
The Senate approved the Jones bill 65 to 18, raising first offense penalties to up to $10,000 fine or five years in prison or both, with second offenses up to $2,000 fine and five years. The measure targets big bootleggers and includes a judge’s discretion for casual versus habitual violations. The bill heads to the House, unclear if action will occur this session.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
James Reed
Missouri
William E. Borah
Idaho
Bruce
Maryland
Senator Jones
Prohibition Bureau
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Department of Justice
House
Havana Hotels Filled With Notable Figures
Havana hosts a winter mix of authors, moving picture stars, and journalists as hotel registers fill with prominent visitors. Traveling Cobb is noted as a leading author guest while Richard Barthelmess tops the list of film stars visiting Havana.
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Havana
International News Service
Burke's Peerage
Trving S. Cobb
Richard Barthelmess
Castoria Offers Comfort for fretful babies and older children
Advertises Castoria as a safe vegetable remedy for infants and restless children. Claims quick relief for fussiness, colic, and constipation and urges keeping an extra bottle for emergencies. Notes it is doctor approved and suitable for daily use.
A Galaxy Of Gaiety And The Butler In Society
A satirical essay notes how wealth creates dependence on butlers and mocks social fear of servants. It imagines a future fund to supply deserving poor with butlers, cites exam questions about meeting a butler, and argues a stage needs butlers for dramatic moments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mergleson
Stimson
Steve Brodie
Spink
Manarster
Flannel Saturated with Machine Oil Keeps Needles Rust-Free
A simple rust prevention method for sewing needles. Push needles into flannel saturated with machine oil to prevent corrosion and maintain smooth threading.
Butlers and the Great Savings Bluff
A humorous anecdote shows a master pressuring his butler Keggs for savings during a market crisis. The butler resists, delivering a cloak of propriety and polite deflection as the master pleads ruin and seeks access to funds. The scene lampoons social pretenses in financial distress.
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Keggs
Metropolitan Newspaper Service
New York
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Robert Benchley
Ellis Parker Butler
Richard Connell
Sam Hellman
Don Marquis
Dorothy Parker
Donald Ogden
Stewa
P. G. Wodehouse
Now&ge
Castoria
Amarillo Electric
Polk
Galveston
Key West
S. S. Henry R. Mallory
Miami
Tampa
St. Petersburg
Florida
Mallory
Hugh B. Wright
Gen.l
Texas
Lydia E. Pinkham
A. Michalk
Mitchell Ave
Detroit
Michigan
Mr. Henry Hardy
Palo Duro Furniture CO
Eie
Maine
Doxsen
Greer’s Department Store
Georgettes
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