Great Britain Fears Johnson May Bring About Prohibition
British fears intensified by Pussyfoot Johnson of the Anti-Saloon League as he is portrayed as a figure who could push prohibition in Britain. The piece notes Johnson has not acted beyond sawing wood and saying little, yet stirs alarm in press discussions led by the Daily Mail.
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Great Britain
Johnson
Robert Welles Ritchie
London
William E
Pussyfoot—Johnson
Temerance
Britain
Anti-Saloon League
Pussyfoot Johnson
Isles
Pussyfoot
Daily Mail
Pussyfoot Johnson and the Daily Mail Scare Story
A muckraking relic writes of American prohibition zealots influencing Britain and targets Pussyfoot Johnson. The Daily Mail labels him a covert liquor raider, spreading fear as he travels from London to Finland, with other papers probing the supposed menace in the shadowy “work in the dark” narrative.
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British Isles
Lussyfoot “Johnson
Daily Mail
Johnson
Guy Fawkes
House of Parliament
Pussyfoot Johnson
Macchitavelli
Finland
Kansas City
Timbuctoo
Pussyfoot
Kansas
London
Evening News
Amercan
News
Prohibitionist Johnson Cartoon Sparks Savoy Bar Story
A garbled excerpt describes a prominent American engineer at the Savoy bar amid gloomy views on Pussyfoot Johnson and a Demon, with an Evening News cartoon by Poy depicting a city figure in formal dress tipping over emus to mock British workers. It notes a Universal Service correspondent who rode the lift with Johnson and hinted at a beat pulled off under his nose.
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Savoy
Pussyfoot Johnson
Jeremiah
Holy Writ
Evening News
Poy
Pussyfoot
Universal Service
Johnson
Furniture Collector Thrown From Wagon in Stratford Crash
Hyman Miller a 38 year old furniture collector for New England Furniture company was riding in a carriage drawn by three horses when the bridle broke causing the rig to dash into a pole at Hollister Avenue Stratford Avenue. He sustained head lacerations and a broken left rib and was taken to Emergency hospital.
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Hyman Miller
Stratford Avenue
Hollister Avenue
Miller
New England Furniture Company
Monahan Seeks Deputy U S Marshal Post
Thomas Monahan a former city sheriff in Derby announces candidacy for appointment as deputy United States marshal under nominee William Palmer of Oxford. Palmer’s nomination to the Senate by President Wilson is expected to be confirmed. Monahan previously ran for deputy sheriff under Thomas L. Reilly but withdrew after being promised an appointment.
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Derby
Auge
Thomas Mondhan
United States Marshall
William FR. Palmer
Oxford
Palmer
Senate
Wilson
Monahan
Thomas L. Reilly
New Haven County
Blumenthal to Aid Shelton Workers with Army Foods
Sidney Blumenthal of New York, president of Sidney Blumenthal & Co., promised his 1,800 employees personal responsibility for food purchases when surplus army foods go on sale by associated cities and manufacturers. He will pay cash for all orders by Wednesday at 6 30 p m and be reimbursed through small periodic payments as surplus supplies of over five tons are released.
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United States Bureau of Markets
Department of Justice
Swift & Company
Shelton
Sidney Blumenthal
New York
Sidney Blumenthal & Co., Inc
Blumenthal
War department to ship surplus equipment for highway work
The War Department orders return from France of engineering gear for free distribution to states via the Bureau of Public Roads. About 1 000 caterpillar tractors 400 road rollers and many concrete mixers shovels hoists and other items to aid federal aid highways. Agriculture department cites urgent need to start the largest public works program and stabilize business while employing labor. Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Department of Agriculture
War Department
France
Bureau of Public Roads
Secretary of Ariculture
bureau_ of public roads
State Highway Department
Secretary of War
Secretary of Agriculture
American Association of State
Aml
Philadelphia Inquirer
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Jacob Cohen
Bridgeport, Conn
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BriDgeport
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C. F. Jaeger
Wn Hift & Company
U. S
William R. Palmer
Broad Street
Ark
Simmons
Eae PV
Army Foods
Maine
Ice Publicity
DR. C.W. King, Inc
Bridgepors
DR. C. VV. King, Inc
Fairfield Ave
Sagal
Atlantic Hotel
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