Prohibition Raid Hones GOP Feud Over Cox Dinner
Prohibition Agent Harold D. Wilson seized liquor at the Quincy House after a dinner honoring Governor Cox drawing Republican fury and questions who tipped Wilson. Cox and others denied knowledge of the liquor. Wilson defended enforcement while Potter denied feud. Farrell, Kern, and McCarthy faced arraignment. menu hints at political ballots amid the Cox era.
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Prohibition Enforcement
Harold D. Wilson
Quincy House
Channing H. Cox
Elmer C. Fotter
Wilson
Coxdown
Cox
Quincy
Frederick W. Cook
Mr. Wilson
Fuller
John J. McCarthy
Harold G. Kern
Nelson
Federal Building
Ernest J. Goulston
McCarthy
Kern
James R. Flanagan
Kerns
John J. Davis
Massachusetts
Anti-Saloon League
Potter
West Roxbury
Kerti
Ruggles Street
Dartmouth
Irreconcilable jabs and party shorthand in 1920s politics
A compact collection of partisan quips and contrasts from a newspaper page, pairing Democratic and Republican stereotypes with figures, events, and names. The items mix humor and critique, referencing figures like Warren G. Harding and Secretary Hughes, plus long‑standing political slogans.
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Roosevelt
Cox
Channing
Jimmie D
Democratic Party
Democrat Party
Johnstown
San Francisco
Harding
Washington
Hughes
Woodrow
Warren G
French honors for Boston man
J G C Joseph Flamand, French consul in Boston, awarded Paul D. Rust of 415 Commonwealth Avenue the medaille de la Reconnaisance Francaise, third class, at a ceremony held at Rust’s home. The citation notes Rust’s wartime relief work with committees and roles in the Allied Bazaar Fatherless Children of France and the Joffre Fund and his active support for the Boston section of the American Field Service in France.
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Joseph Flamand
Boston
Paul D. Rust
Commonwealth Avenue
Medaille de la Reconnaisance Francaise
France
Rust
Allied Bazaar
The
Fatherless Children of
Joffre Fund
Girl pursues bandit gang in Iuka bank robbery
Mildred Kelly, a bank bookkeeper, led a 300 person pursuit after bandits who robbed the State Bank of Iuka of $16,000. She chased them by car then on foot, stayed all night, braving wind while bloodhounds failed to track the trail, and returned unharmed amid applause.
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Massachusetts
Wilson
Old South
Iuka
Ill
United News
State Bank
Mildred Kelly
Kelly
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Curley
Senate
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Jackson
Mum
Arraign McCarthy
Mr. McCarthy
United States
Elihu D. Stone
Martin L
William E. Smith
Secretary of the Interior
Raps Democrats
S. 8. Pierce CO
McCarthy & Son
Sherborn
Mass
Alison
Shawmut
Telephone Natick
Hovey
Ot Leather Goods Dept
Summer St. Door
Negligee Department
Zonopo
Too Much Wilson
Water Front
Anil
Sleuth Wilson
Neve
Renin
Nocuous Desuetude
Washington Street
Dexter Bridg
Shuman
Country Club Stores, Inc
Mills Tea ‘and Butter Corp’n
Cottage Farm
Orisa
H. A. Perkins 66 Co., Inc
White River Junction
Ioney
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HOUW
A. Perring CO. Inc
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Post Office
New England
Sumatra
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Londres
Belvideres
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Cig
Norore
Atlantic Ave
Dewey Sq
Telephone Beach
Enders Sales Company
York
Enders Oelie
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