Prohibition's Year Advances as States Ratify
Prohibition moves toward a national amendment with three-fourths of states needed for ratification. Counties show independent dry gains, while reform forces warn liquor interests may push countermeasures. Authorities expect most legislatures to act soon, but legal challenges and anti prohibition campaigns persist. The article notes historic roots and warns campaigns may turn to sailors and soldiers amid war and liberty debates.
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United States
Congress
Ohio
Florida
Wyoming
Nevada
Han Thie
Miscouri
Galifornia
Singo Mirstusippi
Virginia
Kentucky
South Carolina
North Dakota
Maryland
Montana
Texas
Delaware
South Dakota
Masachusetta
Arizona
Georgia
Ouisiana
Piorini
Michigan
Europe
Wbidors
Supreme Court
Neal Dow
Portland
DBS
Paris Peace Conference Opens Ground for Negotiations
Associated Press reports that key questions on the program for the peace conference are expected to be settled as President Wilson returns to Paris. He has new insight from premiers and observations from Italy and will press for a faster, more accommodating path with Clemenceau and Cecil. Vance McCormick and other American experts head to Paris to join negotiations on their specialized topics.
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Associated Press
Paris
Wien
Italy
Bis
Reglnd
Mary
Parle
Colonel House
Clemenceau
Robert Cecil
League of Nations
T Tc
Wilken
Entante
Arsa
Vance McCormick
War Trade Board
Weather Report Summary From Agricultural Weather Bureau
Weather report shows clear skies and normal temperatures for the date. High 44 degrees, low 80 degrees at 3:63 am, wind west at 80 mph, 24 hour rise 5 degrees, precipitation since January 1 at 0.46 inch.
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Attention K L OV regular meeting at 1 C F ball
The notice states a regular meeting will be held in the evening at the 1 C F ball. It notes a state leader request and encourages ads to bring results.
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K. L. OV
Want
Sidney Sheriff Bootlegger Trial Stirs Cheyenne County
J. L. Sitton, Cheyenne County Nebraska sheriff, stood trial in Sidney on a municipal bootlegging charge. The case alleges he procured liquor from Cheyenne and sold it as Sidney, via a private investigator who linked liquor sold by a female confederate to the sheriff. Trial outcome unknown. Sitton’s term had expired.
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J. L. Sitton
Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Sidney
Neb
Cheyenne
Sitten
Denative
Bidney
Bitton
Heanes
Bs Temm
Yukon Alaska Sees Frigid River Readings
In Tukon river area near Yukon Alaska the thermometers show record lows around 35 degrees below zero with two feet of ice forming as winter tightens its grip on the region.
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Yukon
Alaska
Tukon River
Centennial of Wyoming suffrage sparks national effort
The piece recounts the 100 year history of women’s voting rights in the United States, noting Wyoming’s 1869 act, the Lucian Anthony amendment efforts since 1878, and recent state gains. It lists states with full, presidential, or municipal suffrage and estimates share of voting-age women in those regions.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Wyoming
Lucan BH. Anthony
Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
Colorado
Utah
Idaho
Washington
California
Kaness
Arizona
Oregon
Montana
Nevada
New York
Michigan
South Dakota
Miahoma
Texas
Arkansas
Linois
North Dakota
Nebraska
Rhode Island
Vermont
Maine
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
North
South Carolina
Tennessee
Georgia
Alabama
Indiana
Missouri
Alaska
Continental
Caligrria Plan Seeks Detention Homes for Rehabilitating Women
AS MAGBALENES, CALIF. JAN. REPORT OF BUREAU OF SOCIAL HYGIENE URGES ONE OR MORE DETENTION HOMES FOR REHAB OF WOMEN OF THE UNDERWORLD. BIENNIAL HEALTH BOARD RECOMMENDS FARMS AS SITES WITH PSYCHOLOGISTS AND TEACHERS. FOUR METHODS URGED: DIRECT TREATMENT, LAW ENFORCEMENT, EDUCATION, AND REHABILITATION.
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Racramiento
Calif
Underworld
Bureau of Social Hygiene
Asalute Board of Health
Women's Legislative Council
Cours
Anchorage Seeks Government Steamship Line to Alaska Ports
The Anchorage chamber wants the U S government to run a passenger and freight steamship service between the states and Alaska ports. It asks the Alaska engineering commission to build wagon roads and trails for the government railroad, arguing this will improve mail and freight transport and support regional development.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Dee
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Hutt
Seward
Fairbanke
Chambers of Commerce and Commercial Clubs
Commerch
Government Line
Anchorage Chamber
Government Steamship Line
Dow
Alaska Engineering Commission
Teelers
Contrprisaion
Chamber Haw
Mondell Wool Stability Plan Introduced in Congress
A House resolution by Congressman Mondell of Wyoming proposes a wool price stabilizing measure. It authorizes the president to set a formula adding value to imported wool to match domestic prices, aiming to prevent price declines from foreign goods.
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Wyoming Concreman
House
Mondell
Wyoming
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Congress
United States
War prices rise then fall as postwar market adjusts
New York dispatch notes deflation replacing wartime inflation as peace frees markets. Government control withdrawal causes disorder but supplies remain ample in food and raw materials. Labor scarcity eases slowly as soldiers return. wages hold, and a warm-up in enterprise and construction is expected with spring.
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Chicago
Old Familiar Disease Origins and Influenza Advice
An article discusses Spanish influenza and grip as historic epidemics dating to ancient times. It advises bed rest, purgatives, and limited medicines, notes no cure, and promotes external applications and Vicks VapoRub to ease symptoms for cold and flu.
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Spain
B.C
Tinensa
N. C. Board of Health
Vick
VapoRub
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