Rum Row Flourishes Off Florida Says Col Simmons
Florida now presents one of the most difficult situations in the United States in handling rum row and illicit spirits trade. Col Simmons notes extensive coastal activity with six schooners and a converted yacht in a syndicate moving 15 000 to 20 000 cases valued at about half a million dollars and retailing for around three and a half million in Florida.
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Florida
United States
Col. Simmons
Atlanta
North Atlantic
Uncle Sam
America
Coil
B. T. Simmons
P. F P. Hambusch
Navy
John G. Berry
Coast Guard
Hambsch
Light Ballot in City Bond Issue Election
A very light ballot was cast at the city courtroom as polls closed. About 150 voters had voted before 8 pm with crowds expected to grow.Officials anticipated a last minute rush despite weather dampening turnout. The bond issue concerns all residents and drew notable apathy.
Funeral of noted financier James Duke draws crowds in Durham
Hundreds gather in Durham to honor James B. Duke philanthropist financier who died in New York. He lay in state at Duke University and funeral rites at Memorial Methodist Church followed by burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Duke University students attended in force.
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Nework
Duke University
Duke
Man shoots mother and brother at Idaho farm
S ellog Idaho October 14 Alive Jutila 21 shot and killed his widowed mother 45 and brother Arthur 23 at their farm near here last night and then killed himself. Neighbors said Jutila had been regarded insane for several weeks.
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S Ellog
Idaho
Jutila
Arthur
Here
New name sought for blue stain lumber bloom of stigma
Washington reports the National Lumber Manufacturers Association seeks a new name for blue stain lumber. The group argues the stain is a blemish but does not affect usefulness, citing forest service reassurance. Attempts to dip out stain failed and unpopularity costs producers about 10 million annually.
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Washington
National Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Forest Service
Homie
Woman Slain by Crazed Husband in Turmoil
In Torsey City, 22 year old George Winters hacked his wife Margaret to death with a butcher knife after she refused to give up male companions and trips to road houses. He stabbed himself to death with the same knife and is not expected to survive.
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Dia Associated Press
Torsey City
Margaret
George Winters
New York Post Office
Winters
Oxford Colleges Crumble Yet Reappear With New Face
Oxford colleges built of soft local stone erode and require frequent resurfacing after a decade or a century. Builders' scaffolding is common at large colleges. An Oxford firm has spent eighty years repairing one college. Ivy removal prevents further stone damage but raises risk of falling stones until reface. the ivy’s removal ends a legacy of climber damage.
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Oxford
Fietee
Cost Bandit 85 Cents To Take Two Bit Piece
George Gerfin, with 25 cents, ate at John Becker’s lunch wagon on Halsey Street when a gunman looted $35. Gerfin chased the thief, reclaimed a quarter, and punched the holdup man in the jaw before the suspect fled, dropping six dimes. Police were notified.
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Associated Press
New York
George Gerfin
Gerfin
Gerffin
Becker
Japan to fight illiteracy with circulating classes
During the conscript examination, officials found over 20 percent of young men unable to write their names. The department of education plans circulating classes for illiterate youth across the empire to improve literacy.
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Japan
Tokyo
Empire
Labor Federation Endorses Strikes
The American Federation of Labor unanimously endorsed the 188,000 United Mine Workers on strike in the anthracite industry. President John L. Lewis addressed delegates as the federation approved the miners demands for higher wages and better working conditions.
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Atlantic City
American Federation of Labor Today
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
American claim challenged on origin of the typewriter
The piece disputes Austrian claims that the typewriter is an Austrian invention. John W. Vrooman argues Christopher Latham Sholes and early American efforts produced the first practical machine. He cites the Remington patent and notes the British patent history as part of the debate.
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Tansbruck
Orial Tablet
Austria
Peter Mitterdorfer
John W. Vrooman
F Sesident
Zerkimer County
Chistopher Latham
Remington Arms Factory
Man acquitted in murder freed after sanity hearing
W G Cole, freed after a not guilty verdict in a murder trial, appeared sane in a sanity hearing before Judge T B Finley. Cole, from Rockingham, had been jailed since August 15 for the death of W A Ormond, a minister's son and former suitor to Cole's daughter Elizabeth.
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Elizabeth
Finley
Gale
Cole
Hearing of Gas Case Before Commission
Frankfort reports the Fort Thomas gas case was called before the state railroad commission but no witnesses appeared, so the hearing will continue for two weeks. The company seeks a rate of sixty five to eighty five cents while the city demands an aid rate of forty cents.
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Frankfort
Fort Thomas
State Railroad Commission
Gx & Tak
Cotton consumption in September reported by census bureau
Washington October 14 census bureau announces September cotton consumption at 483,266 bales lint and 70,008 bales lint? compared with 438,373 bales line and 0,781 bales last year.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Scarcity of Whales Forces Dismantling of Bay City Station
The Bay City whale station of the America Pacific Whaling Company, once a major site, is being dismantled as only 21 whales have been landed since the season opened last April. Prior years yielded 200 to 800 whales. shifts in currents and new feeding zones along the north and south Pacific coasts reduced supply.
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Seattle
Bay City
America-Pacific Whaling Company
Alited States
North
South Pacific
Rest likely to Benefit Pirates and Senators in decisive game
Morrison starts for Pittsburgh with Aldridge on deck and Harris weighing Johnson against the veteran in reserve. A delayed game due to rain shifts the schedule to tomorrow as both teams seek a seventh, deciding contest in the world series amid high attendance expectations.
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Pittsburgh
Jupiter Plavius
Landis
McKechnier
Morrison
Aldridge
Harris
Barney
Rain Lashes Kingsport as Jupiter Pluvius Delivers Daylong Shower
The city endures an extended rain event described as general in scope with widespread precipitation. Baseball, Prohibition fundraising, and local sentiment are touched by the downpour as observers note Walter Johnson may rest tomorrow and Pittburgh’s pace influences local plans. Prohibition backers appeal for a $45,000 fund linked to debts.
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Kingsport
Poeta
Walter Johnson
Pittsburgh
Willam II. Andersons
New York
Ontisa
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