Maine Court Rules Jamaica Ginger A Liquor In Dry State
The Maine supreme court declares Jamaica ginger an intoxicant and illegal to sell or possess in dry regions. It cites seized goods with 28 to 95 percent alcohol and notes the essence can be used as a beverage to produce intoxication. The piece questions federal action and mocks ginger substitutes.
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Supreme Court of Maine
Jamaica
Maine
United States
Federal Supreme Court
Peace Chests and Community Unity in War Campaigns
The Survey finds 35 percent of residents donated to war chests in many cities, a third of the population versus 3–5 percent for normal welfare giving. Experts urge a persistent, funded peace chest approach to fight poverty and disease with coordinated budgeting and clear quotas, despite challenges. It also notes a Yale riot attributed to plain cussedness of hoodlums, lacking broader social meaning.
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Yale
Dinner Tales and Curious Circus Dentistry
A collection of short comic exchanges from a bygone era features a circus cobra handler who jokes about a long lived pet, a fearless dentist and an acting student who slips lisping lines, and a factory clerk interviewer who jokes about relatives likely to die during the 1919 baseball season.
Opinions Reprinted on Women Voting and Party Alignment
The New York Sun argues women will join existing parties after enfranchisement. Separate women’s groups may remain in states lacking full suffrage, but in general politics couples vote together. A Republican meeting between women and the party chairman signals this shift.
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The
New York Sun
Republican Party
Things To Do Today Proves Power Of Daily Plans
A writer praises a small leather bound book titled Things to do today with one hundred detachable blank pages. Writing daily tasks strengthens resolve against procrastination, showing how definite plans and nightly cross offs boost productivity while balancing effort and well being.
If I Could Run the Weather for Seasons and Voters
A poetic monologue laments unreliable weather and poor harvests. The speaker imagines controlling seasons to suit farmers and voters, criticizing the weather guardian for hit or miss planning and urging action to bring rain, sun, and relief. The tone blends frustration with playful satire.
Home Brewed Wines From Wild Berries and Dandelion
Simple home wine formulas outline steps for elderberry lemon pop and dandelion wines. Provide exact ratios of berries or blossoms to water sugar and yeast, with multiple fermentations and careful bottling guidance.
Beef and Veal Loaf and Kidney Stew Recipe
A historical recipe entry details Beef and Veal Loaf using beef veal pork and lemon juice with eggs milk and cracker crumbs baked for about one hour forty five minutes. Also described is Kidney Stew with kidney pieces onion lard or drippings flour gravy and a liver friendly method to simmer until tender served with fried potatoes.
Women’s voting tactics align with political aims nationally
The text notes that state women will work with state committees to secure full results from the ballot. It dismisses notions of a political war on men and feminist backlash, arguing that once women gain the vote their aims align with those of men.
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Hays
National Committee
America
Ohio pioneer library born in Ames Township Athens County
In 1803 the Ames Township community in Athens County, Ohio moved to create a public library. Facing little cash they raised about $100, used barter and fur wealth, and purchased about sixty volumes via Squire Sam Brown and Rev Thaddeus Harris. The collection grew to several hundred volumes by additions, with a 1804 board and a shared librarian.
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Republic
America
Kk. O. Randall
Ohio
Ames Township
Athens County
A. G. Brown
Athens
Coonskin Library
Charles M. Walker
Indianapolis News
John Jacob Astor
Esquire
Samuel Brown
New England
Thaddeus M. Harris
Robertson
North America
Harris
Morse
Adams
Goldsmith
Evelina
Blair
Clark
Ramsey
Playfair
George Barnwell
Camilla
Shakespeare
Don Quoixote
Locke
Josephus
Smith
Washington
Thomas Ewing
Walker
Sam Brown
Sunday Creek
Boston
Ben Brown
Vatican
Benjamin Brown
Ephriam Cutler
Daniel Weethe
Archibald G. Brown
Ohio Library Heritage and Notable Athens Figures
A reminiscence traces early Ohio libraries including The Western Library Association founded at Ames in 1804 and the first public library in the Northwest Territory. It notes Thomas Ewing and Archibald G. Brown as Ohio University alumni shaping law, politics, and journalism, with Athens County’s Civil War volunteer rate highlighted.
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Benjamin Brown
Bunker Hill
Jenner
Ohio
Western Library Sociation
Ames
Northwe
Thomas Ewing
Irwing
Ohio University
Athens
Kanawha
West Virginia
Don Quixote
Buckeyes
United States Senate
United States
Archibald G. Brown
Athens County
Athens Mirror
Court of Common Pleas
University
Présbyterian Church
Alice Corner Brown
Columbus Dispatch
No true friend until tested by worst moments
The remark asserts that friendship proves itself only after someone has witnessed your worst and still stands by you, denying any notion of genuine companionship otherwise. It emphasizes loyalty through repeated trials rather than surface allegiance.
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Onio
Liggett
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