Whiskey cheaper than water in Key West tale
Bob Dorman recalls his trip to Key West where prohibition era booze thrives in port towns. He notes taxi touts with lists of drink options, prices rivaling pre prohibition, and unregulated service from Cuban beer to Bacardi and rum. A back of courthouse emporium fronts the sheriff’s lot as a stark image of dry days.
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Key. West
Fla
Key West
Sam
Gibraltar
Champigne
Otier
Coast Guard Fights Rum Runners Along Vast Coast
In Key West the harbor scene shows police and coast guard efforts hampered by limited gear and vast coastline. Prohibition supporters fear loose enforcement as cargo ships shuttle liquor inland by rail and road, with seizures reported and more expected.
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Western Union
Coach Guard
uCs
Los Angeles Tests Out Water Recovery Plan
The dirigible Los Angeles departs its hangar for a three hour cruise from Lakehurst New Jersey to test water recovery systems recently installed aboard the airship.
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Los Angeles
Associated Press
Lakehurst
WN J
Los Apees
Public offering raises funds for educational fund from Kodak stock sale
New York December 22 More than twenty million of the twenty five million dollar gift by Eastman Rochester was raised in Wall Street today through a public offering of 187 590 shares of stock of the Eastman Kodak Company The stock sold at 1.10 a share and the sale proceeds will support an educational fund for institutions.
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New York
Eastman
Rochester
Navy Educational Institutions
Wall Street
Bastinén Kodak Company
Poultry Diseases Campaign Under Way in United States
The Department of Agriculture began a nationwide campaign against European fowl plague and other poultry diseases. The effort aims to stabilize trade disrupted by outbreaks, with federal action initiated to control infections and protect poultry industry stability nationwide.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Tax Institute to Discuss Bankers Income Taxes
Atlanta hosts an Income Tax Institute on January 7 at 10 am in the chamber of commerce buildings. Georgia Bankers Association and the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants organize the event with talks on income tax computations and the law. Joel Hunter Allen W. Clapp and Thomas W. Branch will explain the tax code.
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Atlanta
Georgia Bankers Association
Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants
Chamber of Commerce
Georgia Society of Public Acccountants
Joel Hunter
Allen W. Clapp
Thomas W. Branch
Flour Prices Hamper Relief in Near East
London December dispatch reports a near east flour price rise forcing Greek relief societies to cut refugee rations by about 25 percent from December 15. American relief work continues, but higher operating costs have created deficits in current appropriations.
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London
Near East
Greece
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Thomas Floral Co
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Syed Worig
Howells Pharmacy A
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