Prohibition Leader Wilder Chafin Dies in California
Western Unioned obituary notes Eugene Wilder Chafin aged 65 a leading prohibition worker and twice a Prohibition party presidential nominee died at his Long Beach home from burns complications. The notice mentions broad career and public service in the prohibition movement.
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Eugene Wilder Chafin
Prohibition
Prohibition Party
Long Beach
Calif
Ray Kingsley
Omaha
F. S. Melinger
Global unrest and relief concerns reported in dispatches
Reports describe Turkish Nationalists massing troops against Greeks at Smyrna while withdrawing from Armenia under Soviet orders. Other items note coal thefts en route to Entente nations, Edmonton’s unemployed marching on town hall, and Soviet executions and fuel shortages in Moscow.
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Smyrna
Constantinople
Armenia
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Holland
Rotterdam Cour
Edmonton
Middlesex
London
Moscow Revolutionary Tribunals
Isvestia
Moscow
Semenoff
Siberia
Mongolia
Vladivostok
Naval Court of Inquiry
Haiti
Hooker
Youth seeks change to work hours in Chronologices system
A Houston Post item depicts a young employee in a firm late at night asking not for shorter hours but to discuss a minor issue with the chief who offers extra pay. The dialogue hints at tension over enforcing a precise chronological workflow and the staff remaining at work past ten.
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Houston Post
Machine candidate questioned after six months in Senate
Mayor Lunn of Schenectady recalls luncheon remarks slamming the machine candidate, noting that six months in office have yielded little and that Senator Swank has begun collecting old masters, provoking citizen disappointment with promised reforms.
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Lunn
Schenectady
Senate
John Citizen
Swank
Boas
Cantankerous Codger Refuses Modern Labeling
Biaks notes Codger is old-fashioned and clings to outdated terms. Binks agrees and mentions his tendency to call women the weaker sex. The dialogue captures a humorously dated clash over gender language.
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Biaks
Binks
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