Dispensary Plan in Oklahoma May Become Organic Law
Oklahoma Governor Haskell approves a dispensary measure to limit liquor sales to prescription use and single-use purchases. Supporters call it the most comprehensive prohibition code yet, while bootleggers flourish in state and Indian Territory areas. A $5000 appropriation funds the state agency and supplies as the dispensary provision heads to a referendum next fall to decide if it becomes the organic law.
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Indian Territory
Praise for Mother Goose as literature and other fairy tales
Mrs. William Hefferman ex state president of the Illinois Congress of Mothers praised Mother Goose as literature at a West End Mothers council meeting in Chicago on March 26. She endorsed Jack the Giant Killer Bluebeard and other fairy tales as worthy while condemning newspaper and magazine reading as trash and criticizing modern children's writing for lacking morals.
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Chicaco
Jack the Giant Killer
William Hefferman
Chicago Water Works Graft Scandal Uncovered
Curiaco March 26 reports a massive graft scheme in the Chicago water department involving city workers and large firms. Two employees including a division head were removed while thirty-eight subordinates face discharge and possible indictments. Tampered meters aided firms in defrauding the city of hundreds of thousands in water taxes.
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Curiaco
Water Department
Meter Division
State liquor dispensary system outlined with profits and limits
The article details a proposed state liquor system tied to a constitutional vote, allowing dispensaries in counties and larger towns, with local dispensers paid on sales. It explains the governor’s appointment power, the role of a state superintendent, cost rules, and the potential for profit in liquor sales, plus shipping and purchase limits and a note on physician prescriptions. It also references past city procurement abuses and the reform efforts led by Superintendent McCourt.
Bishop Fallows Sees Life Span Shifts In Modern Era
In Chicago on March 26 Bishop Samuel Fallows argues life should extend to 100 or 120 years, criticizing the view that 70 is old. He says at 80 a man should be thriving, while today 40s or 45s feel like the peak amid calls for longer earthly existence. He speaks at St Pauls Refounded Episcopal Mission.
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Samuel Fallows
Fanny
St Pauls
Denver street railway half fare ticket found in Kansas City
A Kansas City Democrat reports a Denver street railway half fare child ticket brought home by a tourist months earlier. The ticket, used on all cars, shows Denver’s practice of selling reduced fare to children.
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Kansas City
The
Star
Denver
Colorado
Five Cent Street Car Fare Sparks Public Debate
A letter to The Star cites varying city fares in Kansas City and St. Louis and notes Springfield Illinois roots. The writer recalls buying bulk tickets and expresses surprise that Denver and others cap five cent fares for all passengers, while a proposed half fare for children faces mayoral rejection.
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St. Louis
The
Star
Kansas City
Springfield
Bloomington
Danville
Ill
Metropolitan Life tower to rise twenty five feet higher
New York March 26 revision of plans for the uncompleted Metropolitan Life Insurance building tower in Madison square shows larger capacity for weight and a final height twenty five feet above the prior 658 foot target. A lookout will sit about 675 feet above the sidewalk with the tower reaching near 683 feet, placing it well above the Singer building and creating only the Eiffel tower as taller worldwide upon completion.
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New York
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Madison Square
Metropolitan
Singer Building
Eiffel Tower
Paris
Banker Knapp Fined 50 For Grand Jury Contempt
Rolla Missouri March 26 C M Knapp cashier of the Rolla State Bank was fined fifty dollars by Judge L B Woodside of the circuit court for refusing to answer grand jury questions. He will seek a writ of habeas corpus in St Louis to discharge.
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Ture
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