Prohibition Debates Reach Laurel Hearing In District
Washington April 24. Personal Liberty League men and Father O'Rourke faced off against prohibitionists in Laurel as Carrie Nation did not appear. Speakers argued about saloons, open bars, and the impact of prohibition on residential areas, citing Laurel as a cautionary tale of teetotal policy. The discussion touched on “blind tigers,” enforcement, and district authority. Dr Shoop’s Health Coffee ad ends the item.
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Carrie Nation
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Tice
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St. Dominick's Catholic Church
Charles W. Carr
Personal — Liberty League
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Prohibition Inne
Father O'Rourke
Maine
Old Orchard
Alexandria
Ansner
Sima
Enyance
Father Rourke
Laurel
Blind Tigers
Phere Enid
Shoemaker
Sims
Big City Rises on Wasteland in Gary Story
The Brooklyn Eagle depicts Gary Indiana as an unprecedented city rising on Lake Michigan. It credits United States Steel as its builder, created to expand manufacturing and rail-linked distribution, with housing for thousands of workers becoming the early town’s core need.
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Gary
Lake Michigan
Constantinople
Constantine
Byzantium
Brooklyn Eagle
United States Steel Corporation
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Calimat
Mill site subdivision shows progress of rapid city growth
After three years, ¢ miles of paved street and six miles of sidewalks, plus nineteen miles of sewer, eighteen miles of water pipe, water from wells, and a long water tunnel under construction. A gas plant, 300000 cubic feet daily, and 71000 feet of pipe, along with an established electric lighting plant, are in place. In the first subdivision, 500 houses, a hotel, restaurant, wehonl house, theatre, and forty blocks of buildings costing 600000 dollars, with two banks, mark early development as mills finish.
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Trina
America
McFarland Gun Battle Offered With $20000 Purse
Chicago April 24 Packey McFarland of Chicago and Joe Guns were offered a $20000 purse for a 45 round fighting match set for July 4 Goldfield New Mexico bookmakers offered the prize but manager Harry Gilmore declined the offer indicating no agreement was reached between the fighters and promoters
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Chicago
Goldfield
New
Packey McFarland
Joe Guns
Harry Gilmore
Packey
Fifty-Three Members Debate Fowler Commission Size
Congressional leaders urge a currency bill as party duty with a looming 43 member Fowler Commission as an option. Debate on authority features Big Tim Sullivan clashing with Alexander over who may speak on finance policy.
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House
Congress
Fowler Currency Commission
Commission
Big Tim
Sullivan
House of Representatives
Alexander
Buffalo
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