15 Gallons of Wine a Year for Jewish Ceremonies
Hartford March 1 Jewish families may receive a maximum of 15 gallons of wine annually for religious ceremonies. The rabbi, with congregational approval, obtains permits from the prohibition enforcement director to manufacture at home, with consumption limited to established ceremonies.
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Hartford
Conn
Internal Revenue
James J. Walsh
Department
Washington
Prohibition Enforcement
The Miracle of Lord Grim
The Boston Sunday Post Magazine previews a new Oppenheim tale in The Whimsical Three series. A mysterious nobleman named Lord Grim central to a story of intrigue, secrets, and possible marvels across aristocratic circles.
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E. Phillips Oppenheim
Boston Sunday Post
Lord Grim
Danderine Promises Hair Beauty and Vitality
Promotes Danderine as a tonic to beautify hair, prevent thinning, and restore color and vigor. Urges purchase of a 35 cent bottle at drug or toilet counters to refresh the scalp and reduce dandruff and hair loss.
Home Remedy Pinex Cough Syrup Claims Quick Relief
An old home remedy promotes Pinex mixed with sugar syrup or substitutes as a fast cough and chest cold treatment. It asserts relief within 24 hours, naming bronchitis croup hoarseness and bronchial asthma as conditions it helps. The ad urges asking druggists for two ounces of Pinex and guarantees satisfaction with refund.
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Pinex Co
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Admiral Badger urges two dreadnoughts for largest navy
Washington March 1 Rear Admiral Charles J Badger urged the House naval committee that the next annual naval appropriation bill authorize a building programme to create the largest navy in the world. The plan calls for two dreadnoughts one battle cruiser ten scout cruisers four destroyers six submarines and other small craft. He did not estimate costs or completion time.
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Washington
United States
Charles J. Badger
House Naval Committee
Admiral Badger Endorses Large Navy and Dreadnought Plan
Admiral Badger and a majority of the naval general board favor a large navy built around capital ships. The plan calls for 44 000 ton dreadnoughts with 16 inch guns, 82 500 ton battle cruisers with eight 16 inch guns, 10 000 ton scout cruisers, and six submarines in three types. Two submarines of each type would be built.
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Admiral Badger
Navy General Board
General Board
Badger
Sentences of Tageblatt Editors Are Upheld
The Supreme Court upheld convictions of three Philadelphia Tageblatt officials for espionage act violations through articles in the paper. Editors Louis Werner and Dr Martin Darkow received five years, business manager Herman Lemke got two years, while treasurer Paul Vogel and president Paul Schaefer had their one year sentences reversed.
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Washington
Philadelphia Tageblatt
Supreme Court
Louis Werner
Martin Darkow
Herman Lemke
Paul Vogel
Paul Schaefer
Food prices rise 92 percent since 1913 in 1919 report
The Monthly Labor Review from the Bureau of Labor Statistics notes that 22 food items show a 92 percent price rise from 1913 to 1919, with a 2 percent increase in the 30 days ending November 15, 1919. Item list includes rice bread potatoes cornmeal flour lard sugar and more. The six year period highlights largest gains in rice bread and sugar among others.
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Monthly
Labor Review
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Boston
Camped Beside Tomorrow Poem Exalts Courage and Duty
A martial verse calls soldiers to readiness as they camp beside tomorrow. It urges faith, courage, and steadiness in facing dawns of danger, promising that those who dare most will triumph despite uncertainty and trial. The speaker invokes drums trumpets and the prospect of action ahead.
Holds Gun At Suitor Head In Chicago Marriage Bust
Jacob Cook aged 33 an Illinois industrial board investigator arrives at the license bureau with Minnie Bleistein 22 and her father Charles Bleistein president of the International Lumber Dealers Association. Cook claims force to marry with a revolver at his head and asks police to arrest him. Bleistein sought the union after taking his daughter on a trip to a summer home at St Joseph Mich. Cook is held.
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Chicago
Jacob
Cook
Minnie Bleistein
Charles Bleistein
International Lumber Dealers’ Association
Illinois Industrial Board
Bleistein
Former Pennsylvania Governor William A. Stone dies at home
Philadelphia reports the death of William A. Stone former governor of Pennsylvania at his residence this day. The obituary notes his long political career and ties to the state capital.
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Philadelphia
William A. Stone
Pennsylvania
Potatoes Reach Highest Winter Prices
White potatoes sold at 1.15 dollars per peck with pound pricing around nine cents, as transport woes from Maine and frozen carloads constrain supply. The spike marks the season’s top price, likely to persist until freight networks reopen.
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Maine
Swift & Co Livestock Train Wreck Near Utica Kills Dozens
A Swift & Co livestock express with 45 cars carrying cows steers and hogs wrecked at Whitesboro near Utica this morning. Scores of animals were killed and hundreds injured. Humane Officer Payne went to the scene and killed the most badly wounded livestock.
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Utica
N. Y
Swift & Co
Whitesboro
Here
Payne
Medway man wins post Limerick prize and consolation awards
E J Slattery of 9 Holliston Street Medway Mass wins 150 from the Post for the best Limerick No 43 last line. Consolation prizes go to Ernest W Towne Cornelius McCarthy and John L MacDonough with amounts 50 25 25 respectively.
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E. J. Slattery
Holliston Street
Medway
Mass
The
Post
Slattery
Hirsh & Renner
Edward Lear
Ernest W. Towne
Hamilton Street
Wollaston
Cornelius McCarthy
Waverly Street
New Bedford
John L. Macdonough
Garden Street
Beverly
Boston Post Limerick Contest Details and Prizes
The Boston Post announces a daily original Limerick competition with a top prize of 150 dollars and a 50 dollar consolation for subsequent lines. Open to all but staff, entries must be mailed in sealed envelopes to Post Limerick Editors by 5 PM four days after publication, with numbers on the envelope. The editors’ decisions are final.
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Boston Post
P. O
Boston
Mass
Post Limerick
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