Local Option Faces Alabama Liquor Struggle In 1900s Vote Tactic
Alabama presses ahead with local option as the anti liquor forces push to dry counties through county wide votes while provisions for early closing and prohibition of shipments loom large. The fight centers on saloons and dispensaries with Birmingham Montgomery and Mobile in the 9 o clock closing tier and enforcement hurdles amid Interstate commerce concerns.
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Montgomery Ala
Jefferson County
Prohibition
Sd U
Georgia
Montgomery
Birmingham
Huntaville
Decaturs
AOL
Mobile
Alabama
Anti-Saloon League
Brooks Lawrence
Vaudeville at the Ponce de Leon weeklong show in Atlanta
The Ponce de Leon hosts a strong vaudeville bill headlined by Jona Mile Ameta a top dancer and feature acts from the Hurrowa Travia Company Golden and Hughes Iza and Lorella Bruce sisters and Miss Annette Stinburne. The program includes a new comedy sketch, moving pictures, and a children’s matinee with Master Petit, Darrow Mitchell, Ed Morley, Earl Snow, and Thadeilion band, with daily matinee and evening schedules at the Bijou box office.
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Ponce de Leon
Atlanta
Matthiessen
Jona Mile Ameta
Sha
Hurrowa-Travia Company
Golden
Hughes
Iza
Lorella
America
Gertrude
Cathrine Bruce
Wells, Dunne & Harlan Forces
Anta
Grapewin Company
M |m. Daily
Harrison West
Harrison
Petit
Darrow Mitchell
Ed Morley
Earl Snow
Mr Snow
Annette Stinburne
Baldwins
Toolnck
Price markings on historical ledger page
Fragmentary OCR shows a sequence of numbers and prices: 40 cents, 50, 3, 75, 1.15, 1.40, 1.75, and 2.00 dollars. No clear event or names, making a concrete news item difficult without context.
Sweetwater Park Hotel at Lithia Springs Offer
After a hard day, visitors can enjoy a good meal easy chair wide piazza cool breezes and a fine cigar at the Sweetwater Park Hotel in Lithia Springs Georgia.
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Sweetwater Park
Lithia Springs
Liquor barred on Texas trains
In Palestine Texas on August 4 a man was arrested and convicted under state law for carrying and drinking liquor on a train. He owed $16 for the offense and was detained after a state ranger on the same car, witnessing him take a drink from a bottle he carried, placed him under arrest aboard the southbound train.
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Palestine
Texas
Cuthbert Welcomes New Lower Freight Rates
Cuthbert Ga August 4 Special The railroads announce a reduced freight rate effective mid month. Merchants hail the cuts as boosting wholesale and retail trade and placing Cuthbert on par with state wholesale centers. The measure is expected to spur new manufacturing enterprises in the town.
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Cuthbert
Une
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Eiseman Bros
Panama
Manhattan
Whitehall Street
Southern Railway
Tate
Julian
Oruer
Talladega
House
Senate
Harry C Gunnells
John B Gordon
Senate Finance Committee
Capitol
Capita
Daniel Water
Daniel
Weapapr Raadhae
J. Thomas Gault
Ansell Fenurth Fleer
Budweiser Beer
Potts - Thompson Liquor Co
Hell
North Pryor Street
Hagan
Kyew
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