Wolstead Act trial prompt blurred temperance views
The article discusses a pamphlet from the Moderation League critiquing Prohibition as enforced by the Volstead Act. It argues drunkenness and drunken driving rose since 1919, citing nationwide police data and the failure to promote temperance. It names notable supporters and calls for a wiser, restrictive policy aligned with public will.
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The
Moderation League, Inc
BS West 45Th Street
New York
United States
Moderation League
Divinis
Charles FE. Brooker
Ansonia
American Brass Co
Newcomb Carlton
Western Union Telegraph Company
Charles Fiske
Central New York
Tiatey Fiske
Metropolitian Life Insurance Company
Alexander €. Humphreys
Stevens University
Willian Barclay Parsons
Board of Trustees
Columbia University
Henry S. Pritchett
Carnegie Foundation
Michael I. Pupin
Norris G. Osberne
Efitar
New Haven Journal-Courier
Etka Root
George David Stewart
New York Academy of Medicine
John H. Towne
Yale & Towne
Stamford
Owen Wister
William C. Redfield
Commerce
Kermit Roosevelt
Temperance
Winter motoring tips for safety and cars in cold weather
Public advisory outlines practical winter driving guidance. Highlights include using anti freeze, avoiding alcohol in the radiator, driving carefully on wet or icy surfaces, keeping the windshield clear, not overworking the battery, and avoiding deep ruts. Emphasizes that many drivers still need winter technique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trisk
Paye
General Patrick backs air service as separate branch
General Mason M. Patrick, chief of the Army Air Service, endorses Col. Mitchell on separation of air forces. He adds five recommendations for aviation: a separate service with Marine-like standing, budget for modern equipment, a long-range building program, a broader National Guard role, and a focused modernization drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason M. Patrick
Army Air Service
Col. Mitchell
Air Service
Army
Patrick
Secretary of War
Marine Corps
Politicals in Hartford and national committee woes linger
The piece notes Democratic local and national party friction, praising Miss Ruutz Rees for resigning amid questions about her London birth and many degrees. It also profiles Hartford politics, mentioning Andrew J. Brougher and mayoral prospects, and hints at Democratic replacements after Kinsella’s death.
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Caroine Ruutz- Rees
Democratic National Committee
London
Ruutz~ Rees
The Leading Man Girls Finds Him Fulfillment
Fragmented verse-like prose speaks of a performer who enthralls women and stirs longing. It laments youth passed, praises the artist's power, and evokes a stage magic that moves hearts and eyes to tears at a playhouse appearance.
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Dart
River Pirates Loom as Real Menace to Inland Shipping
New York reports river pirates, described as bold and resourceful, threaten inland shipping with tactics from fake bills of lading to trap door thefts. Loot includes coffee, sugar, silk, aluminum, and rubber, with pirates hidden in holds and aboard junk boats. Police and guards patrol piers, but jurisdiction gaps along the harbor fuel ongoing thefts. industry groups appeal for federal and state action as kerosene prices rise.
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New York
River
Harber
New Jersey
Staten Island
Robbin
York
Bayonne
N. J
Hay
Callaghan
Within the Law Protects the Weak and Helpless
A historical reflection argues that breaking law yields barbarism and urges adherence to lawful progress. It cites ancient maxims and Psalms to stress that law serves the vulnerable, not the strong, and warns against taking justice into one’s own hands. Copyright 1925.
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Mom
James Pyyee
The Monster and the Fight Against a Dark Plague
A fervent sermon decries factional battles over politics while urging unity against narcotics. It warns of a deadly plague harming youths and families, calling for swift, moral action rather than endless quarrels. The piece frames drug abuse as a common enemy demanding resolve.
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Jonsh
Mielde
Weather sketch for Northern New England and nearby areas
It reports increasing cloudiness and rising temperatures in Northern New England with rain on Friday and fair Saturday, followed by colder conditions. Southern New England shows similar trends with rain Friday, Saturday fair, colder. Eastern New York expected rain then fair, with warming Friday and cooler Saturday. A Saskatchewan disturbance moves to Eastern Ontario and another from Northern Texas intensifies over the Southern Witness area. High pressure spans the North Athletic states toward Bermuda, with 24 hour temperature drops in New England. Outlook calls for rain Friday and fair Saturday east of the Mississippi. Friday warmth in Middle Atlantic and New England, colder Saturday across the Washington east district. Winds North of Sandy Hook light southeast Friday, Sandy Hook to Hatteras fresh southeast, overcast then rain Friday.
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New England
New Hampshire
Vermont
New York
Saskatchewan
Ontario
Texas
North Athletic States
Bermuda
Mississippi River
Middle Atlantic
Washington Trre East
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
Temperature Almanac Note for Middlebrook Telegram
Daily almanac note provides a cryptic calculation mention from The Middlebrook Almanac. It references high water use, a date or time marker, and a brief weather related prompt. The fragment suggests compiling temperature and water usage data but lacks clear events or figures.
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Daily Almamac
Middlebrook Almanac
Bun Vitae
The Fun Shop and a Patchwork of Country Bits
A collage of humorous vignettes and sketches from local life. Jokes about coffee habits at home, mislabeled shop chatter, and playful poems display everyday characters and small-town wit. Observational snippets feature family banter, zoo visits, and college humor, all delivered in a periodical lighthearted tone.
Kraly Kindergarten Funny Verse Contest Seeks Submissions
Readers invited to send humor epigrams jokes anecdotes and poetry for the paper. Submissions must be original unpublished written on one side of the page and sent to Fun Shop Headquarters Nageport Telegrams with pay rates cited for prose poetry and other contributions. Unaccepted manuscripts will not be returned.
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Fun Shop
Bnageport
Judge Humbled by Fence's Pardon Visit
In Chicago a jailed jeweler known as Jimmy the Fence visits the judge who had opposed his parole. The big man presents a note declaring he will take a lumberyard job and go straight after his newborn son is named Jimmy. The judge, shaken, realizes the gesture clears his conscience and they part grateful.
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Hartford
Stevens
Pallotti
Richard J. Kinsella
Chicago
Jimmy
Jimmy the Fence
Wen
Jimmy, Jr
Sentence Sermons on Costly Trouble and Choice
Prose fragments advise that starting trouble costs more than stopping insults and that stubbornness harms kindness. It contrasts untrained work with trained labor, skipping college with earning it, offending a child versus understanding, and taking a drink over moderation. It warns against neglecting God versus accepting His judgment.
Tough Customer Bittle and the blue material tale
A downtown scene shows Margaret Bittle and her mother shopping for nightgown material. A saleswoman touts a blue piece as matching the girl eye, while Margaret humorously retorts she has little eye for gowns.
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Bittle
Margaret
John F. DeVine
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