New Jersey Dry Proposals Labeled Bluff by Opponents
A New Jersey political clash over anti saloon laws surfaces as Governor Edwards faces a move to legalize beer and light wines. Attorney Monroe claims the effort is a campaign ploy and vows legal defense with national counsel Wheeler guiding potential Supreme Court action. Walter Brush, noted philanthropist and reform advocate, dies in Richmond.
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Premier Venzelos travels from Athens to Rome for brief stay
NGME December 25 reports Greek Premier Veni zelos arrived in Rome from Athens the previous day. He remained in the city for twelve hours before departing for Paris. Italian foreign minister Signor Belaloia plans to leave for Paris on Saturday. Pra Nie Nitti will also go to Paris early in January.
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Quilt Bid Week Highlights Dance and Music Acts
This week offers a quilting bid event featuring dancing class on Saturday at Quilty Novelty Dance and a singing orchestra performance by McEnelly's on Monday. An advertisement promotes the schedule for community entertainment.
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Busy Bridgeport Theatre Week Ends with Variety Acts
Local venues showcase Dixie Boys, The Lottery Man on screen, and stage revues. Highlights include The Littl Teacher final performances, Business Before Pleasure comedy with Patish and Perlmutter, and Lyric Sunday night program headlined by Charles Ray in The Busher. Strong acts from Wallace Sterling, The Nagfy’s, and Sennett comedies round out a packed bill at Lyric Plaza and Hinpodrome showcase.
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Wild Beast Trade Taken From Germans in Cardiff
The World's Zoological Trading Co formed to resume postwar trade in wild animals, with a consignment of African beasts seized from Germanwege influence. Young demobilized officers served as collectors and a watchman was killed in a separate Moncton fire incident that destroyed property worth $50,090 and temporarily disrupted the street railway.
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Esthonians Agree With Bolsheviks In Conference
Dorpat reports a meeting between Estonian and Bolshevik delegates produced a preliminary armistice plan. They will draft a final proposal on frontiers and terms for both sides, with no further military action anticipated against Bolsheviks from Estonia. Baltic states to meet in Helsinki in January to form a border league and discuss joint terms with the Bolsheviks.
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Chicago Christmas Drab Even as Shops Stay Open
Downtown Chicago experienced a muted Christmas with empty tables and deserted hotel corridors. Prohibition blamed by managers as rail and road travel ran heavy. Shop girls faced little business while tree markets offered many cheap trees.
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Three Alimony Club Members Remain in Jail
New York report says only three alimony prisoners stayed jailed on Christmas at Ludlow Street, while 83 others paid up and left. Sheriff Knott freed the latter. the three men a minister actor and doctor refuse to pay, to serve three months before alimorily absolution.
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Nickytoes Move Sparks British Anti-Tobacco Fight
In Manchester England activists mock prohibitionists as Nickytoes while a British league distributes propaganda. The term mirrors Pussyfooters in the tobacco abolition debate.
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Pan American Congress Postponed One Week
The Pan American congress set to open January 12 in Washington is delayed a week due to foreign delegations slow in securing steamship accommodations. Secretary Glass of the treasury confirmed the telegram. In Fairfield Avenue Quilty’s ballroom hosts Christmas dances with hundreds attending the matinee and evening balls for Quilty’s School of Dancing alumni and patrons.
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Incomplete NZ referendum returns on liquor ban
Wellington notes that in the no license referendum held with the general election the prohibition side trails slightly. Official results from 43 districts are pending alongside many absent votes, leaving totals incomplete and still to be tallied.
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New Zealand
Alexander to coach labinots pptorges Chicago Laas
Alexander, star pitcher for the Chicago National League team, has accepted a coaching offer at the University of Illinois in Urbana. He plans to move mid January and remain there until the Cubs begin spring training in California.
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