Not My Business: A Wealthy Man and a Tragic Accident
A St Louis man long refused temperance pleas and later faced tragedy when his wife and two daughters died after a collision blamed on a railway whisky drink. He offered money for an engine, only to learn a fatal delay followed from a distant alcohol related accident. The tale ends with the question who bears responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Saya
National Advocate
St.Louis
Mississippi
Ttl
Wall
Temperance Notes and Local Reform Movements
A collection of quotations on temperance and morality, plus notes on church and civic sentiment. Reports mention a four masted schooner christening at Rockland Maine, a Hudson South Dakota protest by farmers against saloons, and Connecticut state police actions arresting 100 saloon operators in Bridgeport for license and gambling violations. The Anti-Saloon League notes a new $500000 appropriation this year, and bills to remove interstate whisky restrictions affecting local option laws are discussed.
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Edward H. Coly
Rockland
Katherine Crowell
Hudson
3. D
Office of
State Police
Connecticut
Bridgeport
Anti-Saloon League
M. GC. A
League
Senate
House of Congress
Need More Policemen In Vermont Prohibition Era
The article notes Vermont required only about 36 policemen for fifty years under prohibition. With the local option system and saloons returning to cities and towns, many more officers are needed. One town now has two saloons and earns $260 each, totaling $600, yet must pay policemen a yearly salary of $720.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Whisky's Record Describes Fatal Family Crises in Best and Troy
The report outlines Jay C. Wilson's drunken outbursts in Best New York, including menacing his three daughters and clashing with police and his son. It also recounts Pierce Purcell’s deadly shooting of his wife in Troy, followed by his suicide as officers closed in, and Mrs Purcell's longstanding defense of him.
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New York
Jay*c. Wilson
Cogan Place
Best
Wilson
Brownsville
Wilton
Ife
Nicholas Avenue
Mubduavim
Bayern
German Professors Clash Over Beer Drinking in Colleges
The piece reports Prof Edwayd Meyer defending German student beer culture while Prof Joseph Kohler urges abstinence. Other German academics echo temperance views as contrasts to U S trends. It notes vast anti beer costs from crime and lost labor, versus paltry revenue.
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Edwayd Meyer
United States
University of Chicago
Joseph Kohler
Northwestern University
Meyer
Father Land
Kohler
von Hartman
Forel
Germany
Delbrieck
Chicago
Gohoots
William Hargreaves
Dunn
National Temperance Society
Bowser Tries Playwriting in a Comic Domestic Clash
Mr. Bowser seeks help from his wife to craft a four act comedy about a poor yet proud hero rescuing a rich girl, with a villain, a snow slide, and mountain showdown. They clash over scenes and Adolphus the created hero, while Bowser’s attempts are derailed by an intrusive cat and blunt feedback from a druggist, ending in his frustrated departure to plot elsewhere.
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Bagdad
Arabia
Adolphus
Fou
Hier
Mer
Mr. Rewser
Tam
Booth
Barrett
Mr. Bowser
Mrs. Bowser
Vilain
Mr. Trowser
Bowser
Ballyhack
Towis
M. Quad
Gold to Go Abroad on Tuesday’s Steamer
New York May 14 An engagement of 2 500 000 gold at the assay office for shipment to Paris on Tuesday’s steamer was announced today but the name of the shipper was not disclosed.
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New York
Assay
Paris
Final Tuesday totals reach ten million four hundred thousand
The report states an announced total for Tuesday of 10 400 000 with 3 500 000 by shippers whose names are withheld. It adds 10 600 000 for next Tuesday, yielding an aggregate figure.
Picture Taken In Car Catches Attention In Yonkers
Yonkers Statesman notes a rumor about Wille having a photograph taken in his automobile. The discussion questions whether it was a final picture and mentions the mic not yet started. The fragment hints at media scrutiny and public curiosity.
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Wille
Yonkers Statesman
Fleet Goes to Canaries
Ban Juan Porto Rico May 14 The United States squadron sailed to any for ito County Inlands, the Brooklyn and Castine for Tonariffe and the Atlanta and Marietta for Baa Palmar.
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Ban Juan
Porto Rico
United States
Any
Ito County
Brooklyn
Castine
Tonariffe
Atlanta
Marietta
Baa Palmar
Fort Wayne Trader to Lead US Food Division in City
George Trier, a recognized Fort Wayne businessman active in northern Indiana telephone work, will become district manager for the United States Food Company. He will open a Fort Wayne office in Schmitz block with twelve salesmen under his direction to market Malt-Too cereal in northern Indiana and Ohio.
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George ¥. Trier
Fort Wayne
Indiana
United States Food Company
Battle Creek
Mich
Ohio
Trier
East
Schmitz Block
United States
National Telephones and Telegraph Company
Gas Belt Construction Company
Muncie
Elwood
Alexandrian
The Style Sleuth and the Fashion Evolution Tale
A fashion writer called the style sleuth chronicles how formal wear and sportswear clash at seaside resorts and city streets. He notes London and New Haven influence trends, highlights the dinner jacket’s permanence, and explains how high-fold collars and midget cravats rose and faded, shaping American dress across summers.
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Barqtoga
Long Branch
Eges
Newport
New Haven
Cambridge
Yale
London
Sid Ivnnon
England
New York
France
Paris
Hoston
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Bain
Honda
Georga Eliot
S. Record
Pierce Purcell
Troy
N. Y
Thea
Parcell
Mia
Purcell
G. B. Lews
Elié
Primrose Dramatic Club
Cour As
Ling
Europe
Canaries
C.F. Trier
Jhvat
Sregbo
de Br
Castoria
Infante
Wats Id
R.wenger
Prigut
Gisat
Allite
Tilea
N. R. Wenger
Calhoun Street
Oliver Steel
C. C. Schlatter & CO
Columbia and
Clinton Streets
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