Kansas City Prohibition Drive Expands Against Saloons
Assistant Attorney General Trickel backs governor in enforcing the ban on liquor sales in Kansas City Kansas. Warnings threaten demolition of saloon buildings owned by brewers if premises are reused for intoxicants, with contempt citations possible. About 100 saloons exist, fifty closed, and officials continue destroying liquor stocks and fixtures.
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Kansas City
Kan
C. W. Trickel
Hoch
Trickel
Governor backs Kansas denatured alcohol distillery plan
Governor Hoch supports a statewide denatured alcohol distillery in Kansas, saying it would employ many convicts and help the state oil refinery measure by reducing light and fuel prices for consumers. The legislature had passed a convict-run oil refinery bill, which the courts ruled unconstitutional.
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Topeka
Hoch
Kansas
Standard Oil Company
Independent complaints heard by Interstate Commerce Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission opened hearings in New Orleans into complaints that southern transportation rates are excessive. James W. Wise of Wise Oil testified that shipping from Shreveport to Robeline costs 15 cents per 100, while 40 miles to Mansfield costs 27 cents per 100, and Wise paid 21 cents per 100 for a 10 mile haul to Bodeau.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
New Orleans
James W. Wise
Wise Oil Company
Shreveport
Robeline
Texas and Pacific
Mansfield
T. C. Freeman
The
Louisiana Railroad Commission
Wise
Bodeau
Vicksburg and Pacific
Senate panel boosts funds for Texas sites in public buildings bill
Washington date June 28 the senate committee on public buildings added 142000 to Texas items in the house public buildings bill Sites in Houston Temple and San Marcos receive ten thousand each Palestine one thousand and Greenville eighty thousand for building and site instead of eight thousand for site as the house bill provides
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Washington
Senate Committee On Public Buildings
Texas
Houston
Temple
San Marcos
Palestine
Greenville
Jere Dunn Dead Noted for Chicago Killing of Jim Elliott
Jere Dunn a well known sporting man died in Elizabeth New Jersey of cancer. About twenty years earlier he gained notoriety by killing Jim Elliott in Chicago during a period when Elliott a noted boxer was to fight John L. Sullivan. Dunn was acquitted on self defense.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Jere Dunn
Jim Ellitt
Chicago
Elliott
John L. Sullivan
Dunn
Yale Wins Varsity Four Oared Race
New London Connecticut, June 28. Yale won the varsity fouroared race in a clear victory.
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New London
Conn
Yale
Bailey Replies To Cosmopolitan Attacks In Senate Debate
Senator Bailey of Texas responds to Cosmopolitan magazine attacks noting the ownership by a congressman and denying charges of anti trust scheme. He cites a legislative inquiry that cleared him and defends his conduct against Hearst backed accusations while praising newspapers. The report ends with a separate local item about Luke Cold being dragged to death by a runaway horse.
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Washington
Senate
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Bailey
Texas
Cosmopolitan
Congress
Indian Territory
Senator Lafollette
Mr. Lafollette
Mr. Bailey
Lafollette
Wisconsin
New York Evening Journal
Hearst
Journal
House
Cameron
Tex
Luke Cold
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Express
Blankes Gandy
Royal Blend Tea
Howell Bros
Bryan
Ardent Insurance Sonas
Geo. A. Adams
Parker Building
Oliver Typewriter
Postoffice Drugstore
Pure Drugs
Crescent City
Jim Elliott
New Yorker
First National Bank
Bryan, Texas
U. S
H. O. Boatwright
J. W. Howell Guy M. Bryan Jr
L. L. McInnis
W. C. Davis
Brazos County
Mound City
E. J. Jenkins
J. W. White
H. D. Evans
Wootan
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