Tobacco troubles at Pruntytown reform school in West Virginia
A written complaint alleges the Pruntytown reform school in West Virginia illegally distributes chewing tobacco to boys and that storekeepers, two women who run village shops, were fined after undercover visits by a plainclothes officer. The piece argues for grand jury investigation into the program and enforcement of age tobacco laws.
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Land of the Free
Pruntytown
State Reformatory
Reform School
Fa Penal Institution
Pruntytown Reform School
Isdy
Fom
Feds
Reformatory
Charleston
Scotland Yard
Mater
Justices of the Peace
Grand Jury
W. Va
Law enforcement visit near Pruntytown county seat
Police presence overlaps with a plain clothes state officer's visit to Pruntytown as chain storekeepers in the county seat report increased scrutiny.
Greenleaf uncovers German code breach and dummy book
Greenleaf deciphers German intercepts showing advance knowledge of American war plans. He discovers a stolen code book replaced by a dummy, proving German access to the American cipher. He stealthily confirms the breach and plans next moves with caution, as the danger sharpens.
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Greenleaf
Mary Burns
Lloyd George
Secret Service
Black Chamber
Weaver
Greenleat
Greencat
Chain stores fined over bagged oranges under weight laws
A state official enforcing weights and measures fined store managers for selling bulk bagged oranges labeled as eight pounds though cannot prove legal authority for confiscation. The writer denounces what they view as star chamber style quick judgments in Taylor County under the New Deal era, urging resistance to such petty enforcement.
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Florida
California
Commissioner of Labor
Star Chamber
Taylor County
New Deal
Card of Thanks for kindness after death of husband and father
The family expresses gratitude to friends for kindness shown after the death of their husband and father. They acknowledge flower gifts and rides, and thank Rev J E Fidler of First Baptist Church and Mr Bartlett of Bartlett Funeral Company. IRA POH and Children.
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J. E. Fidler
First Baptist Church
Mr. Bartlett
Bartlett Funeral Company
R. Ira Poh
Woman Learns Husband Dead at Morgue
New Orleans December 14 Mrs Ernest Swanner visiting the city morgue learned an unidentified man who had fallen under a train near Michaud bore a letter addressed to Ernest O Swanner The woman cried out It appeared her husband had left for Mobile Alabama the previous day The report also notes West Virginia officials plan to seek medical supervision of state hospitals and sanitariums in the January legislature
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New Orleans
Ernest O. Swanner
Michaud
Mrs. Swanner
Charleston
W. Va
Public Health Conference
Executive Council
West Virginia
Ical Association
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