Prohibition Watch Expands Effort to Crack Bootlegging
Federal Prohibition Commissioner Roy Haynes outlines a plan to deploy a larger enforcement cadre starting July 1 with over two million dollars to refill layoff gaps. A nationwide dry drive includes coast guards and customs, plus proposed booze courts to speed penalties for bootleggers and illegal distribution.
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Washington
National Prohibition
Roy Haynes
Haynes
Prohibition
Congress
Daugherty
New York
Ashworth
U. S. Customs Service
Florida Keys
Cuba
Customs Service
U. S. Coast Guards
Philadelphia
Boston
Baltimore
St. Louis
Chicago
Denver
San Francisco
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Testimonial
A Hopkins Minnesota reader endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for hot flashes and other menopause symptoms. The letter cites personal relief and recommends others try the product, inviting inquiries to the Lydia E Pinkham Movie Co in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Hopkins
Minn
Lydia FE
Pinkham
Mia
Rupert Bock
Mrs. Block
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia Einkham
Katonic touted for relief of stomach upset and neuralgia
A fragmentary ad claims Katonic relieves neuralgia from stomach upset, bringing relief quickly after meals. It urges readers to keep the stomach healthy and cool, avoid acid symptoms, and notes a small price with a druggist guarantee.
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Eatonic
R. Long
Arline Bates discussed through moonlit talk and gossip
In a moonlit chat, Cherry and Ned discuss Arline Bates, noting her frankness, experience, and popularity dynamics among local women. The scene shifts to a series of local notices: George Ball and others travel to Athens, Edwin Ball and Ruth Bobbitt wed, and a shower for Cliff Gabriel’s relatives follows a family gathering.
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Cherry
Ned
Arline Bates
Miss Bates
George Ball
Will Roberts
Gwen
Wilmuth
Dave Aleshire
Ed Micheals
Athens
Edwin Ball
Ruth Bobbit
Doug Lewis
Freda
Circle Hill
Goldie Gabriel
Cliff Gabriel
Residents and visitors spend time in neighboring towns
The Plains resident Mr. Jess Dicken visits his sons Worth and Port Dicken and families near Hayden ville. Frank Buffington from Pomeroy visits parents Mr. and Mrs. Zell Buffington. Ed Barker shops in Athens. Roscoe Shields and Merwin Stauffer drive to Jacksonville. Porters and Slaters travel to Athens with family members. Mrs. John Stauffer visits Mrs. Mary Stauffer in Athens. Alvin Ball from Fairmount, W. Va., arrives for a week with his parents.
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Jess Dicken
Haydenville
Worth
Port Dicken
Frank Buffington
Pomeroy
Zell Buffington
Ed Barker
Athens
Roscoe Shields
Merwin Stauffer
Jacksonville
Orla Porter
Harry Porter
Joe Slater
Rose
Fred
John Stauffer
Mary Stauffer
Erwin
Alvin Ball
Fairmount
W. Va
Government disburses over 226 million for war claims
Director C. R. Forbes of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance reports total disbursements of 226,486,891.34 to honor disability and death claims from World War I. Disability payments amount to 192,677,589.48 while death benefits total 33,809,301.86. For May the bureau paid 10,575,416.00 in compensation.
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C. R. Forbes
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Bureau
Rise in disability and death claims swells pension bureau load
The bureau reports disability compensation and death benefit payouts totaling 9 145 288 and 1 430 128 for dependents of deceased soldiers during the period. From June 1 to June 15 the bureau mailed 221 612 checks. Claims on file rose from 209 700 to 631 980 since inception to June 1 1921, an increase of 422 280. Awards grew from 41 073 to 323 415, up 282 342 in the same period. The pending-to-file ratios fell from one in two to one in eight.
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Bureau
Murray City News Highlights Local Families and Illness
Murray City welcomes a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Fred Collings on Tuesday. The funeral of Mrs Dixon of Jobs was held at Murray Catholic church with burial in Buchtel cemetery. Mrs Neal of Colgate is very ill at home with slim chances of recovery. Adella Webb returns home from Athens for vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs Vance Webb. Mrs S J Bishop and Mrs Franklin join a prayer meeting at Nelsonville M E church. Murray ladies aid quilts and knots for comfort and calls for work. Miss Katie Lock visits her parents in Ashland Kentucky. Mrs Ben Bass travels to Athens to be with granddaughter Alberta Bess Pierre ill at the Pierre home.
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Fred Collings
Dixon
Jobs
Murray Catholic Church
Buchtel Cemetery
Neal
Colgate
Adella Webb
Athens
Vance Webb
Murray
S. J. Bishop
Branklin Atenes
Mrs
Will Pierre
Hocking Street
Billy Whiskers Meets Grandchildren On The Farm
Billy Whiskers returns to the old farm lane and finds his wife Nannie excited about a surprise. They uncover two newborn twin goats, Billy Whiskers Junior and Daisy, as the farm animals gather to witness the grandparent moment and color hopes for the grands.
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Billy Whiskers
Nannie
Billy
Billy Whiskers Junior
Daisy
Saalfield Publishing Co
Akron
Ugly pond creature turns into beautiful dragonfly
Johnny Grasshopper and Cheery Cricket mock a strange pond intruder until Miss Turtle reveals the visitor’s transformation. The creature sheds a bluish skin, grows graceful wings, and becomes a dragonfly, earning a new name and lessons on prejudice. The trio then helps spread the tale of his positive change.
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Johnny Grasshopper
Miss Turtle
Mr Turtle
Gheery
Cricket
Newspaper Feature Service, Inc
Court Notes June 30 Hearings and Appointments
In Julius Simniniski vs Briget Simniniski the court investigates Briget’s alleged insanity with doctors Hooper McDougal Henry Dillinger and Mr Mrs A C Roach appointed to inquire. M D Hughes is appointed guardian for Briget. Poston Consolidated Coal Co v Eben Gillespie allowed amendment petition within ten days. Ohio v Alva Bush clerk ordered to pay M D Hughes for services. Hazel Winans Poston v Donald R Poston adjourned pending further hearing.
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Julius Simniniski
Briget Simniniski
Eben Gillespie
State of Ohio
Alva Bush
M. D. Hughes
Hazel Winans Poston
Donald R. Poston
Odd Facts and Curious Assertions From an Age
A collection of miscellaneous notes claims real velour hats belong only to Seana hare fur, cites the 1456 Mazarin Bible as the first printed Bible in any language, notes the Baltic Sea averages a shipwreck daily, asserts wet summers cleanse air by washing dust, mentions Maiwatchi as an Asiatic border town with all women barred, and lists deserts on all continents except South America with Dead Sea level at 1200 feet below the Mediterranean.
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Continents
Sou
America
Dead Basin
Court orders defendant pay plaintiff temporary alimony
The court mandates the defendant pay the plaintiff temporary alimony totaling $50 to be promptly delivered as support pending further proceedings.
Giants trade Kauff for Spencer to Toronto Internationals
Sicking moves to the Cincinnati Reds. Larry Doyle collects two singles a double and a home run in four plate appearances. Christy Mathewson departs the New York Giants to seek tubercular treatment in the mountains.
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Kauff
Giants
Toronto Internationals
Spencer
Sicking
Cincin Reds
Larry Doyle
Christy Mathewson
New York Giants
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