Prohibition Clash Darkens as Ships Sell Liquor on Board
The debate over Volstead enforcement intensifies as shipping board ships allegedly profit from liquor sales on high seas. Critics argue such sales undermine dry laws though defenders cite legal complexities and three mile limit rules. Attorney Wayne Wheeler comments on Supreme Court implications, while calls for a full investigation grow amid partisan tension.
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Stanek -Busch
Rcgarding
United of States Shipping Board
Anheuser-Busch
Coatral America
United States
Anheuser- Sscbgsch
Icism
Lasker
Shipping Board
High Seas
Washington
Wayne B. Wheeler
Te Anti-Saloon League
Wheeler
Old-Time Joys Ice Cream Socials in Church Past
Reminiscence recalls church socials on Banker Stoneheart’s lawn run by the Young Ladies AWM Society. Attendees paid a dime for all-you-can-eat ice cream and cake, with lanterns, buggy arrivals, and courting rituals in a bygone era.
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Banker Stoneheart
Young Ladies
AWM Society
Bardix
Old Time Ice Cream Socials and a Coal Strike
The piece recalls church chicken suppers and ice cream socials as wholesome, era defining gatherings and notes enduring routines of women handling cleanup. It then shifts to the coal strike, recording steady coal burn despite mining declines and projecting a looming shortage by August unless production rises or the strike ends.
Direct control methods for weevil in figt cotton
The Extension News outlines early spring weevil control in cotton. Adults emerge from hibernation as weather warms, feed on tender buds, causing wilting and blackening. Children can pick weevils into kerosene, preventing eggs in squares. killing early adults curbs progeny, which could destroy many bales daily if unchecked.
Six Boll Weevil Experts Leave Athens As Campaign Begins
Six boll weevil experts employed by Clarke county anti boll weevil committee began a three day tour to organize the region around Athens. They will map itineraries in each county and hold joint conferences next week, urging cotton planters to attend and receive guidance on combating the pest.
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Athens
Clarke County
Jones Purcell
J. P. Murphy
Oconee
S. D. Truitt
W. W. Drake
J. L. Merritt
W. A. Lundy
Oglethorpe County
C. B. Ingram
W. H. Hosch
Jackson
B. L. Southwell
Madison
Tate Wright
C. W. Crook
Mrs Chambers Dies at 68 in Athens
Mrs Elizabeth Chambers aged 68 died at 121 Wilkerson Street Thursday morning after a nine week illness. She lived in Athens 11 years moving from South Carolina to her daughter. Funeral at East Athens Baptist Church Saturday with time and interment to be announced. Survived by daughter Mrs J T Brown of Athens two sons Henry and Noah Chambers of Ivory South Carolina eleven grandchildren and 21 step grandchildren. Bernstein Bros in charge.
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Elizabeth Chambers
Wilkerson Street
Athens
South Carolina
East Athens Baptist Church
Eliott
J. T. Brown
Henry
Noah Chambera
Ivory
Bernstein Bros
Georgia Pharmaceutical Association Meeting in Athens June 20 21
The Georgia Pharmaceutical Association will hold its meeting in Athens on June 20 and 21. Palmer drug interests in Athens rank among the largest in the South and Mr. Palmer will lead discussions at the proceedings.
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Georgia Pharmaceutical Association
Palmer Drug
Athens
South
Palmer
Palmer Will Go To Convention Attendee Mae et Palmer
A jumble of OCR text shows Palmer set to attend a convention linked to Mae and A J Falmy chain in Savannah. The readable fragments also mention cures for malaria chills fever dengue and related illnesses, though the excerpt is unclear and partial. The main entities are Palmer, Mae, A J Falmy, and Savannah, with references to a convention and medical cures.
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Associated Press
Palmer
A. J. Falméy
Pag Ae
Savannah
Mae Et
Lemon Bleach Beauty Lotion Promises Fairer Skin
A vintage beauty tip suggests mixing two lemons with three ounces of Orchard White to make a lemon bleach. Shake and apply daily to face neck arms and hands, promising whitening effects and gentle fragrance.
Life Saved Letter Prompts Trust in Peterson Ointment
A 1915 advertisement from Peterson's Ointment Co. features a letter from William Haase, a teamster from West Park, Ohio, claiming a decades long leg sore healed after using the product. The note to P. G. Reitz in Buffalo, N Y, touts cures for zema and piles and promotes mail orders for ointment.
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Peterson Ointment Co. , Inc
Buffalo
N. Y
Peterson
William Haase
West Park
Ohio
P. G. Reitz
A Son Ointment Co., Inc
Buffalo, N. Y
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