Unemployment, war talk, and wages in a shifting America
A collage of quotes and notes touches on unemployment policy urged by President Harding, disarmament debates, payroll robberies, and wage price concerns. It mentions Liberty bands, phonographs, and church efforts, plus reference to William J Burns as a DOJ appointee. The piece notes a looming Mingo county crisis with calls for federal troops and reflects wartime era anxieties amid economic strain.
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Mingo County
Keeney
United Mine Workers
Judge Cranmer Sets Example in Liquor and Auto Theft Cases
Analysis of Best: Methods for the Bootlegger by Cranmer highlights jail sentences for liquor offenders and auto thieves, arguing fines rarely deter bootlegging. The article notes judges in Goldsboro and other areas imposing jail terms as a stronger policy, while warning against overreliance on fines and bonds. It calls for removing repeat offenders from the public, and credits Cranmer with setting a solid example for city and superior court judges.
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Aranmer
Goldsboro
Cranmer
Observer Abandons McCombs Autobiography
The Charlotte Observer drops the Wil liam F McCombs autobiography How I Made Woodrow Wilson President as unpopular in the South provokes strong reactions. The piece argues Wilson’s foes overstep and that public sentiment will outlast the attack, while noting biases in critics and contrasting past glory with present rancor. Reports from North Carolina warn water shortages while High Point residents urge conservation amid drought concerns. The Elks band plans to attend the Made in Carolinas Exposition in Charlotte, with confidence in their state leadership and local talents.
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Charlotte Observer
Wil‘am
F! McCombs
Woodrow Wilson
Observer
Wilson
North
Carolna
High Point
Nelals
Elks
Charlotte
Queen City
Elks’ Band
Uproar over utopian prices and theater plans in city
A jumble of notes hits on huckster tactics promising 100 percent cuts in grocery bills, Jessie Bonstelle making her Broadway debut, and Mrs Louise Townsend Monfant entering dressmaking ventures. The piece also recalls a would be thief-cooperation ruse and a rookie patrolman’s comic rescue story at Long Island Sound.
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Jessie Bonstelle
New York
Miss Bonstelle
Broadway
Louise
Townsend Monfant
Manhattan
Society
Stephen ‘Burke
Burke
Costs to enforce prohibition in 1922 and beyond
Washington reports the 1922 appropriation will total 7.5 million dollars to fund federal prohibition enforcement, with Antisaloon League spending about 1 million to influence public support. Whitman Wheeler cautions much goes to education and sentiment rather than enforcement. Also notes Jersey City death of Jones A Bailey, 69, father in law of Gov. Edwards secretary.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Internal Revenue Department
Antisaloon League
Wayne B. Wheeler
League
Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Jersey
Octogomirian
Jersey City
Jones A. Bailey
Harry Foley
Edwards
St. Mary's Hospital
Revenue bill analysis shows tax relief and cuts in 1922
The article explains how the new revenue bill lowers some taxes and raises exemptions while striking higher surtaxes. It details changes for individuals with increased head of family exemptions, child exemptions, and moving ordinary salaries to standard rates. It notes corporate tax adjustments, excise reductions, and luxury tax shifts, with final Senate action pending.
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Inet
Harding
Supreme
Army
Navy
Lax
Anatea
Senaté
Senate
House
Prisoners In County Jail Deemed Inevitable Abuse Claim
Judge Ray opened superior court in Charlotte Arkansas city and heard anonymous accusations of inhumane whipping of prisoners confined in small cages. The charges claim limited visitors weekly for ten minutes. Vic Fesperman, deputy sheriff and jailer, denied the allegations as unfounded.
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Charlotte
Arg
Bis
Ray
Superior Court
Tood
Vic Fesperman
Railways co operate in Made in Carolina Exposition
Charlotte August 30. Railways of the southeast are co operating with the Made in Carolina Exposition to be held September 12 to 29. J C Patton executive secretary said today that a 25 percent reduction in trel fees is assured, reinforcing the event’s significance.
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Samuel B. Freeman
Mr. Freeman
Made -In- Carolina
Charlotte
Linas Exposition
J. C.patton
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Brunswick Building
225 Fifth Ace
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Michigan Boulevard
Chicago
Dawg
LaFayette
America
Washington Hotel
State Supreme Court
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William J. Burns
Bureau of Investigation
Burns
Marshal Foch
United States
France
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McCombs
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Axtere Ely D
Tee Aly
Fedora
Patton
Daytime Bakery
Gingham
Apron Ginghanval
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