Prohibition Bills Pass Senate Amid Jubilant Mood
The Georgia Senate approved the Stovall prohibition bill banning liquor licenses for locker clubs and near beer saloons. In the afternoon session, the Stovall shipping bill and the Mankham advertising bill to end intoxicant ads across media were also approved by large majorities, signaling a sweeping victory for prohibition efforts.
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Stovall
State Senate
General Assembly
Senate
Georgia
Prohibition Bills Take Ground in Georgia Senate and House
The Georgia legislature hammers through Stovall and Mangham measures amid debate on prohibition. The Stovall bill tightens liquor controls, targets clubrooms, and faces divided Senate votes. Mangham seeks to bar liquor advertising, drawing opposition from publishers. Debate over Eakes-Fullbright substitutes and senate referrals continues.
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House of Representatives
Senate
House Temperance Committee
Friends of the Bills
House Committee
Fullbright Prohibition Wing
General Assembly
Stovall
Senate Temperance Committee
Alex A. Lawrence
Roscoe Pickett
Eakes-Fullbright
Eakes
House
Pickett
Moon
H. M. Fletcher
N. K. Gillis
B.F. Goolaby
A. A. Lawrence
E. M. Smith
J. R. Thomas
Alabama
Georgia
Mangham
Burnside
J. P. Dobbs
H. M. Mietcher
N. L. Gillie
A. A. “Lawrence
D. C. Minter
BT. McLaughlin
E. J. Smith
J. R Thomas
C. A. Ward
J.D. Walker
Pat Haralson
W. Harbin
McCrory
George A." Paulk
M. J. Paulk
IV. Peacock
Ogden Fersons
Palestine fruit men hard hit by the war
Philadelphia reports from August 3 quote George Kiatt general commissioner of commerce in Jaffa. He notes Palestine fruit growers face $30 million losses as trees die from drought locusts and lack of petroleum for spraying. Ottoman requisitions and wartime drafts threaten famine unless aid arrives.
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Palestine Fruit
Philadelphia
Growern of
Palestine
George Kiat
General Commissioner of Commerce
Jaffa
Germans Use Flax as Cotton Substitute in Factories
Rotterdam dispatch reports Germans replacing cotton with flax in some munitions plants as others are remodeled for the purpose. An inventory of all cotton stocks and cotton textiles began Monday and will run ten days, listing cotton and cotton products including underclothing.
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Rotterdam
London
Courant
Berlin
Germany
Policemen Ordered to Salute Old Glory in Los Angeles
Los Angeles August 3 Orders directing patrolmen to salute the American flag whenever it passes them on the street went into effect today under Chief of Police C E Sniv. The policy states a military salute takes a moment and shows loyalty while not hindering duty and will inspire young Americans.
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Los Angeles
Cal
C. E. Sniv
Americas Unite To Quiet Mexico
President Wilson seeks Central and South American cooperation to end the Mexican strife. Ambassadors and ministers from six nations confer with Secretary Lansing on a plan to end hostilities, restore constitutional government, and possibly seize control of Mexico City and the Vera Cruz railroad if needed. Reports of border raids and a U.S. cavalry clash leave one American killed and several wounded as troops search the countryside.
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Wilson
Mexico
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Bolivian
Uruguay
Guatemala
Lansing
Mexico City
United States
Vera Crug
Carranza
Vera Cruz
Gonzales
American Red Cross
Funston
Igsistant
Breckenridge
Scott
Ferguson
Texas
Brownsville
U. S
McGuire
Curtis
Clapsaddle
H. J. Yates
War Department
Hio Grande Valley
James Ferguson
Quicksand Swallows Cement Plant Killing Three
In Hudson New York on August 3 a cement plant owned by Knickerbocker Cement sank into quicksand. Three laborers were killed and eight injured as the earth caved in during a night shift. The plant and three surrounding acres collapsed thirty feet into the ground.
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Hudson, N
Knickerbocker Cement Company
Ullied
Vitalitas hailed as a marvellous cure across the south
Advertiser's notices quote numerous readers praising Vitalitas. testimonials claim relief from debility headaches uric deposits nephritis rheumatism indigestion female complaints and jaundice. the piece urges a display and sample at Jacobs' Pharmacy 34 Whitewall and to write for information.
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South
Vitalitas
J. Pp. Hein
Springhill
Mobile
Ala
J. T. Rooker
Power Machine Co
Little Rock
Ark
Htalitas
Pauline Soles
Tulane Avenue
New Orleans
Vitalistas
GM. Hein, Jr
Trea Urer Tein "& Sons
Flouston
Texas
Jacobs’ Pharmacy
Whitewall
German Drives Break on Verdun Fortress
Verdun reports describe an extensive German push toward the Verdun fortress, with an underground city built beneath the Meuse valley capable of housing fifty thousand, stocked with provisions, and wired for light and telephones. French trenches ten miles beyond Cumiere near Champneuville remain strong, though intermittently shelled. one shell killed three soldiers as defenders vow to hold, marking the anniversary of the war’s start with determined morale.
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Verdun
Paris
France
The
Meuse
Mets
Air Corps
Figuvelthoon
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Weber
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Desertbeld
B. F. McLaughlin
A. B.burnside
T. W. Harkin
R. Mettrery
Eb.m. Smith
Muse Palm Beach
MUSE
Palm Beach
Geo. Muse Clothing Company
Americas
Verdun Fortress
Dixie
Randall Bros
Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBose Co
Russia
Belgium
Ireland
Table Dam
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Sete
Brent
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