Barbary Coast Resorts Closed In San Francisco
San Francisco reports that many famed Barbary Coast resorts are permanently closed ahead of the Democratic Convention. Prohibition and crackdown turned Kearny street into a quiet, respectable artery, ending a era of shanghaiing sailors and reckless bars.
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San Francisco
Barbary Coast
Pacific Street
Bay Front
Chinatown
Market Street
Kearney Street
Kearney
Eskimos Embrace Jazz Music in Alaska Villages
Alaskan Eskimos have fallen for jazz, with every tribal hut now possessing a music box. Explorer G. G. Gaisford reports traders profit from phonographs traded for furs as Eskimos sit listening to canned jazz for hours.
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Denver
Col
Alaska
G. G. Gaisford
Gainsford
Mother Returns From France With Son's Body
In Chicago a Gold Star mother Mrs James T De Vere wins a long battle with government red tape to bring home her son James who died after being wounded before Metz. She travels on the steamship to Chicago while state officials expand permit rules for alcohol for culinary and emergency medical use.
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Chicago
France
James T. de Vere
James
Edward
John
Metz
Brandy and Wine Access for Hotels in New York
New York on February 10 reports that hotels and restaurants can obtain brandy and wine for use in a kick.
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New York
Wholesale jail delivery foiled by warden in Wyoming
Warden W. H. Brine at the Wyoming State Penitentiary uncovered a homemade skeleton key in a prisoner’s cell. The device, built from steel and tin, could have unlocked every cell and freed Vanishing Bill Carlisle and other inmates.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Bill Carlisle
Wyoming State Prison
W. H. Brine
Number 40 for the Blood Promises Health to Skin
An Evansville druggist advertises Number 40 for the blood as a remedy for skin eruptions and glandular conditions. The claim notes it treats eczema rheumatism malaria liver stomach and kidney troubles and claims lesions disappear. Marketed by J C Mendenhall a 40 year druggist and Hart Drug Co sells it.
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Jane
J. C. Mendenhall
Evansville
Ind
Hart Drug Co
Bayer Cross on Genuine Aspirin
The Bayer Cross stamped on aspirin tablets proves authenticity and safety trusted by millions. Each Bayer package carries directions for colds headaches toothache earache neuralgia rheumatism and other pains. Tin boxes of 12 tablets are inexpensive with larger packages sold by druggists.
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Bayer
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Andrew Jackson
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