Prohibition Bill for D.C. Drastic Measures Debate
United Press reports Congress considers a sweeping prohibition bill for the District of Columbia. The measure would ban manufacture, sale, and possession of liquor with strict enforcement, allowing searches on complaint and making premises liable for lease voids. Only five wholesale druggists could sell denatured alcohol, and sacramental wine requires church applications and fixed delivery hours.
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Washington
Metropolitan
Sheppard
District of Columbia
Senate
Congress
State utilities chiefs clash over railroad valuation methods
Washington hearing fallout prompts state public utilities commissioners to push a Lookout Bureau to monitor Interstate Commerce Commission valuations. They fear use of carrier values could raise rail asset worth by billions, favoring federal control and higher taxes.
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Washington
Washine
Interstate Commerce Commission
State Public Service Commissions
Interstate Commerce Commissions
Lookout Bureau
Commission
Baier Lps
Interstate Commission
Meyer
Daniels
Cummis
Charles A. Prouty
Thetate
Automobile Club of Maryland Applications Available
The Press Office announces that applications for the Automobile Club of Maryland are now available.
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The
Automobile Club of Maryland
Lincoln Gilmour to Wed Miss Eve Newman in Columbia NY
Lexington Kentucky reports Capt Alan P Gilmour well known Lincoln lecturer to marry Miss Eve Newman in Columbia New York at the bride's sister home. Romance began after a Lincoln lecture impressed Newman during a July fourth event in eastern Kentucky.
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Lexington
Lincoln
Alan P. Gilmour
Abraham Lincoln
Eve Newman
Columbia
N. Y
Miss Newman
Tia
Waynesboo
Fine Mountain School
Kentucky
Gilmour
Gets It for Corns Ad Promises Quick Relief
An old advertisement touts Gets It as an easy corn remedy. It claims painless, fast removal, with drying quickly after application and no bandages. Sold by Be Lawrence & Co. in Chicago and advertised by local merchants L. L. Kimes & Bro. and A. M. Lichtenstein.
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BE. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Cumberland
L. L. Kimes & Bro
A. M. Lichtenstein
Pinhead Sub Files Breach of Promise Suit
Alfred Claude Pinhead of Dopetown files a $25,000 breach of promise suit against Agatha Ambereye a local telephone operator. The case follows a rumored engagement and a dramatic shopfront confrontation over alleged eye injury claims with satirical details from the town.
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Dopetown
Ind
Alfred Claude Pinhead
Mr. Pinhead
Agatha Ambereye
Pinhead
Ambereye
Miss Ambereye
Main Street
Alfred
Dauphin County’s Gallows Sold After Electric Chair Adoption
In Dauphin County the old gallows faced disposal as Pennsylvania moved to the electric chair for capital punishment. A practical colored kindling wood dealer, not superstitious, paid 50 cents for the relic to remove a public nuisance and end the odd stigma.
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Harrisburg
Dauphin County
Pennsylvania
Outside Treatment Promoted For Colds In Cumberland
Local retailers plan to give away 25 cent Vap-O-Rub trial jars to customers who present coupons. The salve is applied to the throat and chest with heat from a warm cloth, then inhaled as a vapor to reach the lungs. Vendors claim it relieves colds, croup, bronchitis, and related ailments without upsetting stomachs.
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South
Vick
Cumberland
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Hopkins
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Fifth Regiment A. A
Fifth Regiment
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Ita
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Cumberland, MD
Monongahela House
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