Clever Tricks of Bootleggers in Maine and Buffalo
Maine enforcement veteran John M. Evans discusses diverse bootlegging tricks used to dodge Prohibition laws, including hidden stash points in lumber yards and crates, coat pockets and syringes for dispensing liquor, and pay‑and‑delivery schemes. He notes difficulty proving cases and shifts among saloonkeepers toward near beer as raids intensified.
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Buffalo
John M. Evans
Maine
Mr. Evans
South
United States
Wrust
German Textbooks Drop Kaiser Family Content
Berlin orders education minister bans pictures of the Kaiser and Hohenzollerns in textbooks. The ruling aims to curb dynasty glorification and reduce monarchist sentiment among students.
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Kaiser
Berlin
Kalaer
Education
Tie Nlite
Uncomfortable Penitence Hatred for Pleasure
A religious fanatic in India endures pain to win favor in the afterlife. He sits on a spike studded seat as penance to show believers a holy man endures pain. The extreme self denial seems to affect even ordinary commerce, which declines to smile on him.
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India
Engineer Refused to Spoil This Lie
Tinehurst New England note recounts Miss Metcalf Keating of Agawam Hunt club driving toward railroad tracks as a train neared. The engineer leaned from the cab, halted the locomotive to avoid danger, then allowed a recovery shot before resuming toward the north.
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Tinehurst
Metcalf Keating
Agawam Hunt Club
Prohibition Talk in Maine Saloons Refers to Hidden Liquor Tactics
The speaker details saloon concealment schemes from concealed hides and secret offices to flushed toilets and subterranean passages used to evade liquor laws. He notes ammonia and whisky blends to mask odors and cites widespread evasion prior to national prohibition debates in Maine.
Vast I W W Raid Nets Key Ultraradical Figures In Paterson
Twenty members of the Libra Nuova and allied anarchist groups were captured by 100 Justice Department agents in Paterson New Jersey in a raid on red headquarters. Federals seized all I W W records east of Chicago and detained Ludovico Caminetta editor of La Jacquerie, with raids spreading to Philadelphia and New York.
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Paterson
N. J
Secret Service
United States
Libra Nuova
Department of Justice
Red
Chicago
Andre Graziano
Doree
Philadelphia
Prodian
Kropotkin
Bankunin
Marseilles
France
Ellis Island
Ludivico M. Caminetta
Roosevelt
L'Era Nouva
Ferrer Club
Importas
Silk Dyers
L’era Nouva
Caminetta
Malatesta
Enrico Malatesta
L'Hra Nuovo
Bresci
Humbert
Italy
la Jacquerie
Bolshevists Cross Dniester Frontier. Warsaw Talks Continue
A Moscow message reports Bolshevist detachments crossed the Dniester river and a heavy concentration of Bolshevist troops along the Polish frontier. Despite the military moves discussions toward peace negotiations may begin in March with talks continuing in Warsaw and Moscow.
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Warsaw
Moscow
Dneister
Prayerful wait for rain as California endures drought
In San Francisco prayers from many denominations rose for rain to end the prolonged dry spell. Weather observers scanned the skies and logged readings but found no sign of relief or approaching storms from the Rocky mountains as drought continued.
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San Francisco
California
Hocky Mountains
United States Weather Bureau
Flour town with future factories sound
A commercial traveler arrives in a small country town and wakes to many whistles and steam alarms. The hotel owner jokes that the town is busy and will have flour mills now and factories later, using whistles to sound industrious progress. The tale underscores town pride and quiet optimism about growth.
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London
Depopulated Nebraska Town After Railroads
A Nebraska town once thriving near Lowell shrank to under thirty residents after a shopkeeper stored a full stock and never reopened. Forty years later the town remains nearly deserted as the railroad shifted regional importance.
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Nebraska
Lowell
Neb
Finishing Touch On New Home Triggers Mortgage Joke
A witty exchange highlights a new homeowner bragging about the finishing touches while admitting the punchline that the effort was funded by a mortgage. The playful remark frames a common real estate moment with a light tone.
Fish Trust Rumor Sparks EU Rope Debate
Quotation fragment hints at a fish trust in Europe and a claim that fish may not bite for an independent operator. Context unclear, no identifiable people or organizations provided.
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Europe
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Teaches Cure
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine offering $100 for an incurable catarrh case. It claims internal use cleanses the blood and mucous membranes. The copy references J Cheney & Co of Toledo offering testimonials and a forty year history.
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HALL
Timonials Free
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Time Thief Seeks Food In Busy Street Encounter
A strong man knocks at a kitchen door asking for food. The woman scolds him for not working and questions what keeps him busy. He replies he spends his time wandering house to house to find a bite, threatening to waste hours if refused. His nerve saves him.
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Evans
Express
Boston
Haven't you a reference at last place you worked
A Florida Times-Union fragment reveals a brief courtship exchange where one party challenges the other's claim about a reference from a previous job. The dialogue hints at reputation and truth within a social interaction.
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Florida Times-Union
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Spohn Medical CO
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Goshen, Ind
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