Ether cocktails gain popularity in Paris nightlife
Paris doctors push for law revision as ether cocktails rise among drug users in night spots. Reports link the trend to dealers including Jules Amar and note cross-border drug smuggling pressures, with ether enjoyed as a cheap intoxicant at post midnight dances.
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Paris
Mai
United Press
France
Italy
United States
Jules Amar
Ger- Man
Rhineland
Belgium
Montmartre
Raiders Break Up Beer Party In Crosby Farmhouse
Goose Creek Texas Sept 20 Harris county deputy sheriff raided a farm house near Crosby on a pre Volstead beer bust. A keg of beer encased in ice sat on a table and cheese sandwiches were stacked nearby. Three men at the table were arrested as others fled in cars.
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Raiders
Goose Creek
Tex
Crosby
Harris County
Itty Sends Cotton Kiting Then Leaves Office In Lurch
In Henderson Texas a long lanky cat wandered into the cotton exchange office. The cat’s feast boosted cotton prices then vanished on a nocturnal spree causing prices to drop. Officials appeal for the wandering feline’s return.
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Itty
Henderson
Tex
Henderson Cotton
Henderson Cotton Exchange
A Problem in Shoes and Presidential Sizes
United Press reports Washington acknowledges a request from a western boot firm for the shoe sizes of every president from Washington to Coolidge. A government official calls it a unique inquiry and says efforts will be made to obtain the data. The piece notes a push for dispensing ether by prescription and references shoe sizes for commercial use.
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United Press
Washington
Sep
Coolidge
Red-Haired Teachers Form Fiery Tops Organization
In Brownsville Texas during the teachers institute closing sessions red-haired school marms banded themselves into The Independent Order of Fiery Tops as punishment for forming the group. The headliner was Scotland's Burning and 86 percent of attending teachers wore their hair shorn.
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Brownsville
Tex
Teachers’ Institute
Marms
Texas
Fiery Tops
Lowly snail finally gains tax exemption in France
Paris by mail to United Press The Journal Officiel reveals a decree freeing the snail or escargot from a 10 percent ad valorem tax. The president, council, and ministers sign to execute the decree which affects the mollusk beloved in French cuisine.
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Paris
United Press
M. Donmergue
Officiel
French Republic
France
Congress Eyes Crab Industry Relief in December
Washington reports crab merchants warn the Chesapeake Bay fishery faces extinction without winter dredging bans. Maryland and Virginia dealers urge federal action to halt dredging for three years, with Slemp promising to push the conservation measure via the department of commerce.
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Chesapeake Bay
Virginia
Maryland
Bo Wearley
White House
Slemp
Wearley
Art of Congress
Department of Commerce
Department
Congress
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