Wet goods trade heats border river towns in 1920s fight
The notice discusses Canadian breweries expanding production and the plan to push beer across the Detroit River into the United States despite Volstead enforcement. It warns of new vendors targeting cash and carry customers and the challenge American authorities face when deliveries fail on U S soil. The piece compares the struggle to wartime battles and notes public opinion as a hurdle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit River
Canada
Butte Welcomes Festive Auto Tourists With Park and Pride
Monday May 18 192 The festive auto tourist arrives in Butte bringing optimism and adventure. The tourist park shines with Kiwanis club help making it attractive and modern for nightly visitors. The piece extols the automobile camping movement as a broadened form of travel strengthening national unity and personal experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Kiwanis Club Committee
Northwest
War on booze floods Atlantic ports with rum row blockades
A wartime blockade surrounds liquor traffic as a fleet of small armed ships patrols American waters. Government and private funds pour into the effort to seal off imports and prevent foreign liquor from reaching shores. Ontario moves to legalize beer, complicating prohibition efforts in the Midwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Pacific
Rum Row
Revenue and Prohibition Services
Ontario
Middle West
Negro Problems in the North Roil Urban Tensions
A New York City incident leaves two Black men dead and a white bystander wounded after a sidewalk clash. The piece links northern race hostilities to Southern attitudes and notes a planned Black Coney Island near Hart's Island, opposed by the state prison board which seeks to condemn the land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
International Council of Women
Washington
Manhattan
Coney Island
Hart's Island
New York State Prison Board
Prison Board
Norse-American stamps to mark immigrant centennial
Stamps in two and five cent denomi nations will honor the centennial arrival of Norse immigrants. They will be sold in Minnesota cities with large Norse populations, tied to the Norsk American celebration at the Minnesota state fair grounds June 6 to 9, likely a major event.
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St. Paul
Minneapolis
Minnesota
United States
Norway
Post Office Department
Minnesota State Fair Grounds
Metallic Cloth and Sheer Coats Highlight Evening Wrapping
Elegant fashion notes praise metallic fabrics for graceful drapes and year round wear. A powder blue metallic wrap with ostrich feather collar exemplifies the season's trend and sheer coats with fur ribbons and ruchings in yellow, hyacinth, blue and peach accompany dresses for varied effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme, Lisbeth
Burgess Bed Time Stories W Surpuss Head Of The Family
Jimmy Skunk leads nine others on the Green Meadows and Old Orchard in a tale of family leadership and adventure. After a long absence he returns to Farmer Brown and joins Mrs. Jimmy and the children as they set off to catch grasshoppers. The scene centers on who truly heads the family.
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Jimmy Skunk
Jimmy
Green Meadows
Farmer Brown
Johnny Chuck
Darrow’s long legal career and retiring stance
The piece recalls Clarence Darrow nearing retirement while still active in law. It notes his weariness with criticism and praise, his record of about 80 major cases, and involvement in labor disputes from the McNamaras to the anthracite strikes. It mentions his birthplace near Kinsman Ohio and early bar admission at 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loeb
Leopold
Moyer
Haywood and Pettibone
Darrow
Kinsman
Onio
Olies
Family Tale Of Grasshoppers And A Henhouse Departure
A narrative features a family led by a head who guides a procession to an orchard where children catch grasshoppers and observe white grub. The scene shifts to themes of family leadership and communal activity before an abrupt moment as Mr Jimmy dies later, leaving the family to return home under the henhouse.
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Jimmy
Horoscope for Monday May 18 1925
The forecast predicts a troubled day with unfavorable planetary aspects for love and marriage. Warns of quarrels, possible divorce, government agitation, travel delays for women, rising crime, and greater issues with narcotics and illicit alcohol. Taurus children may seek adventure.
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Venus
Neptune
United States
Arcotica
Taurus
Poems That Live Bong Poem Fragment Reflects Rose Imagery
Fragment from a poem titled Poems That Live Bong depicts a speaker presenting a wilding rose to a beloved. The speaker tends the flower from dusk until daylight, noting its desert breath and personal value surpassing palace, though the beloved offered a brighter end to the moment.
Timely views on world topics and railroads
An analysis of global issues and U.S. railroad regulation. Kruttachnitz cautions on government burdens and potential receiverships, noting the Puget Sound extensions as a handicap. He argues for fair rates, reasonable expansion, and reforms to align railroads with modern conditions and labor pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aince
Puget Sound
Interstate Commerce Commission
Acer
Hich
Catholicity Defines True Church Universality Across Nations
A sermon argues the true church is universal, not limited to one people, citing Matthew Mark and Acts to show Christ’s gospel to all nations. It traces the name Catholic to early Christians, notes unity under Peter’s see, and contrasts with sects lacking universal authority. A closing note mentions Munich dogs yapping near a local dean’s house.
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Jesus Christ
Belleveth
Matthew
Christ
Mand
Mesopotamia
Judea
Dacia
Pontus
Asia
Phrygia
Pamphylia
Egypt
Lola ‘Bout
Cyrene
Romes
Cretes
Goa
Church of Christ
St. Ignatius
Church of Smyrna
Nice
High Church
St. Augustine
Recta
Peter
Lucius
St. Celestine
St. Patrick
Ireland
St. Gres Fy the Great
Germany
St. Boniface
L. &J. Cyril
Bt. Methodius
Romany Necin
Canterbury
Peter Mere
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Standard Publishing Company ‘Publishers and Proprietors
Anaconda
Anaconda Office
Baltoriad
Deer Lodge
Ditton Boseman
Philipsboro
MATL
von Hindenburg
John Barleycorn
Josdn
Peed
Eheteman
Somfern
Saelte Faiway
Fiske Et
Americas
Ameria
Chicago
Miwaukee
Kruttachnitzaid
Puget Bound
Apostles’ Creed
E. A. McNamara
St. Francis Xavier Church
Rerio Bath
Munich
Dean Nat Bean
Ein Ved
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