Prohibition push gains ground as liquor laws tighten
County Treasurer WV R Jordan reports local officials vow to curb illegal liquor sales and push retailers to obey prohibitions. Editors’ letters reveal a Chicago expose listing papers willing to sell editorials to the liquor trust, though 332 papers refused. Local sentiment brands open saloons as an unmixed evil while courts uphold strict enforcement.
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Roosevelt Rebuked At Oyster Bay Church Sermon
Last Sunday President Roosevelt attended services at Oyster Bay Episcopal Church and heard Rev. Washburn. The sermon touched trusts and the president’s power to curb them, prompting Roosevelt to remark the preacher should not have said that. The note likens the moment to David calling out the man in the Bible. It discusses Roosevelt’s claimed anti-trust stance and the Sherman Act.
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Let Him Show It Let Him Show It
The State Register argues the president should take a direct role in the anthracite strike. It acknowledges the embarrassing position but urges decisive leadership to influence coal operators and curb the trust that harms workers in the East. The piece frames the president as brave and willing to fight for labor.
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United States
Springbet
Boys in Sunday School Learn Moses In The Bullrushes
A Chicago railroad official teaching a Sunday class for boys aged about 9 or 10 uses a fable style to bring Bible lessons to memory. He presents Moses in the bullrushes and asks who was in the cellar when the light went out, sparking the children to answer Moses. The piece notes the tale as a method to engage youths with biblical stories.
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Chronicle
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Pharaoh
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