Ingenious moonshiner fuels trips with hidden buggy still
In Wayne county West Virginia a traveling moonshiner attached a still to a buggy’s axle and lowered it to the ground from under the seat at farms. The operation ran for months on a regular circuit before authorities discovered the secret. In Weston West Virginia reports say drinking beer to rule is discouraged after two barbers died from the effect of liquor.
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Wayne
W. Va
Big Sandy
Wayne County
Weston
Bargain Day Grocery Ads Include Canned Goods and Soaps
A midweek sale lists prices on fancy potatoes and sweet potatoes, lard, beans, coffee, spices, and multiple brands of soap. Canned goods like sugar corn, tomatoes, pork and beans, red beans, and hominy appear with unit and dozen counts.
Tax Sheet Details on McCray Farm Stock Sale
Cont'd from Page 1. Tax records show 1917 farm taxes at $150 for 891 acres, rising to $1,237 by 1920. McCray's stock farm assessments appear modest relative to sale proceeds, with Lowden Fairfax bull selling for $25,000, and total first day sale receipts around $225,000, far exceeding farm personal property assessment.
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MecCray
Lowden Fairfax
Orchard Lake
League Council Rules on Public Statements and War Limits
Provisions allow League members on the Council to publish factual statements if a Council report is unanimously agreed by nonparty representatives. Members may avoid war with parties complying with recommendations. If a report is unread, League may act to maintain rights and justice. Reports may reference domestic jurisdiction and may be referred to the Assembly with similar rules applied.
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League
Assembly
Council
Winter Apples and Hogs Sold in Indiana Classifieds
Classified ads list winter apples at George Knauer’s Orchard 24 miles northeast of Brick Chapel, 60c to $2.50 per bushel, and a big sale of Spotted Poland China hogs cholera immune on October 11 four miles west of Roachdale. Includes farmworker and sale notices, fertilizer ad, and public auction details for Earl Durham farm near Greencastle.
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George Knauer
Brick Chapel
J. W_ Shannon
Poland
Roacdaly
Raccoon
China
Roachdale
J. W. Shannon
F. W. Backett
Earl Durham
Greencastle
Jes. Dobbs & Vestal
We Offer 100 Comet Automobiles and More
A catalog style list shows numerous items for trade or sale including 100 Comet Automobiles, 100 Capitol Film, 50 Elgin Motors, 200 General Oi, 1000 Harvey Crude, 5000 Invader O R (Okla) and (Texas) lots, 200 Jackson Motors Com, 100 Lomer Armored Tire, 300 Mays Food Products market, 500 Noco Petroleum, 100 Pettijohn Pure Products, 500 Rich Charter Oak bid, 100 Tex-La-Homa Pid, 10 J C Wilson stock units, and a general note: We buy sell trade all stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comet Automobiles
Capitol Film
Dayton
Elgin Motors
Fort Wayne Tire
General Oi
Harvey Crude
Invader O & R
Okla
Texas
Int'l Money Machine
Jackson Motors
Jackson Motors Ptd
Lomer Armored Tire
Mays Food Products, Inc
Miller Train Control
Noco Petroleum
Pettijohn Pure
Quality
Revere Motor Car
Rich Charter Oak
Tex-La-Homa
Smith Martin Co Chicago Listing
Smith Martin Co located at 208 South La Salle Street in Chicago listed in this notice. The entry notes a business address and city location for the firm.
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la Salle Street
Chicago
Ashes Dropped on Statue of Liberty by Mrs Brown
In New York the ashes of temperance worker and children's author Mrs Sarah D Brown were dropped from a sea plane onto the Statue of Liberty. Nine white and two red roses accompanied the ashes to symbolize her age of 92.
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New York
Sarah D. Brown
Liberty
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Moorshiner
Opera House
A. Cook, Prop
Mgr
Louis J. Selznick
Olive Thomas
William Fox
Pirates
Lenox
Climax
S. D. Early
South Greencastle
M’cray
THE
League OF Nations
F.E. Todd & Son
O. L. Jones
National Remedy of
Holland
Soek
Charles J. Arnold
Herald Office
Everett O’hair
Fillmore
Indiana
Ward
Putnam County
F. E. Grimes
Martinsville St
Roy Hillis
W. H. Evans
U. S
Paris
France
Buitc
Finbiem
Setebecan
Buick
Smith-Martin Co
Christie Thomas Auto Sales CO
N. Jackson Street
Greencastle, Ind
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