Statistical facts on the U S liquor trade from census data
Chief figures show total capital invested about 1.294 billion dollars with wages and other disbursements. Retail liquor trade employs 749,418 across breweries, distilleries, wine makers, malt houses, and allied trades. 1916 output: beer 58,626,624 barrels. distilled spirits 253,283,279 gallons.
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United States
Internal Revenue Reports
Eeverreees
Nor
To and Materia Allied Industries
Ohio Governor to Wed Chicago Girl
Miss Margaret P Blair of Chicago will marry Governor James M. Cox of Ohio in a high society ceremony. The engagement, long rumored, connects prominent Chicago circles to Ohio politics and to a well known public figure.
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Ohio
Chicago
Margaret P Blair
Lincoln, Parkway
James M. Cox
Miners Displaced as Kingman Mine Closes
A Kingman Arizona dispatch reports the de Golconda mine closing due to LW activity. About two hundred miners are expected to be out of work as operations halt in Phoenix.
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W. W
Phoenix
Ariz
Kingman
de Golconda Ming
LW. W
Bluejackets Leave Chicago for Eastern Port
Five hundred sailors from the Great Lakes naval training station depart Chicago bound for the east. Their destination is described as an eastern port.
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Chicago
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Draft Duplicates on File at Adjutant General Office
Duplicate registration cards under the draft law are on file at the adjutant general's office. Wholesale Hatters in session at Milwaukee report on July 10. The American Association gathering notes a hatters session in Milwaukee with drafts or records.
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Bison
Adjutant General's Office
Miewal
Robbers Lock Officers in Vault of Kansas City Bank
Robbers raided the Commercial State Bank in Kansas City vaults, injuring president A. T. Perrin and cashier Mies Jessie Martin. They escaped with $1,000 in bank funds after racking the vault on July 10.
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Kansas City
A. T. Perrin
Mies Jessie Martin
Yaulty
Born a Slave James J Jones Heero Registers for City Election
A Terre Haute man born into slavery in Kentucky, James J Jones Heero, age ninety seven, registered to vote in the city election. The notice notes his daily work and past as a slave. Heero's registration is recorded in a brief civic notice.
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Terre Haute
Ind
James J. Jones
Heero
Kentucky
Classifieds as Tools for Power and Profit
A historical note on using classified columns as free publicity. The writer implies ads can shape outcomes and suggests providing posters on maximizing classified use. The tone reflects practical guidance for leveraging small ads to achieve larger effects.
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Theu
Richfield Visitors and Local Roundup in Oshkosh Plainfield and Beaver Dam
Richfield residents Joseph Fleigh and family visit Oshkosh while Joseph Bath and family vacation in Altoona Wisconsin. James Hurd George Plank and others plan time at Harvey Hurd’s home. Mr and Mrs J Ross Porter return from New Lisbon after home coming. Mrs J M Hamilton entertains Miss Roberts of Fond du Lac. A wheel scraper incident injures A Tuttle, now in hospital. George Frank travels to Plainfield to see a gravely ill sister. Gadson family hosts Evana and relatives from Beaver Dam. James Chapman and wife drive a new Dodge. Wyank Menil family visit Wausau for a shopping trip. Local car activity noted amid tar repairs and haying season delayed by weather. Clark Gadson assists with barn work. labor shortages slow progress.
Gooth Campbell Lumber Offers Barn Plans and Barn Gear
Marshfield supplier Gooth Campbell Retail Lumber Co offers free floor plans for new barns including Noted Cannon Ball Barn Door Hangers Harvester Hay Carriers and Star Stanchions. Complete stock kept on hand at 3615.
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Gooth-Campbell Retail Lumber Co
Marshfield
Community Movements and Visits Across Green Bay Area
Residents from Green Bay and nearby towns visited relatives this weekend while several families traveled to new homes and attended funerals in Stratford and Marshfield. Notable trips included Jent and Zopfi families, and Mr. and Mrs. Penneboecker returning from regional stops. One member, hospitalized for a period, remains unable to walk.
Fragmented Musings on Resolution and Action
A garbled passage muses that resolution surpasses rashness, noting that aiming without action never hits. It compares steadfast resolve to a body stiffened or loosened and contrasts the restless indecisive mind moving from place to place with no real effect.
Was it a ghost in Abigail Meriwether tale of Andre
Avy bay historian F A Mitchell retells loose rumor that Abigail Meriwether, a New York socialite, fell for a pale stranger on Independence Day. The tale links him to Major Andre and Benedict Arnold via a farmhouse near the site of Andre's trial and execution. Mitchell notes discrepancies and offers no proof.
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Avy Bay
United States
Benedict Arnold
West Point
Andre
Tarrytown
Washington
Hidson
Lugelig
Meriwenter
New York City
DSA
Abigail
George van West
Allgall
Ambrose Constable
Wen
Constable
Leavng van
Auliaf
Ukevie
Sdace
Sue
George van Wert
Lim
Abbsail
Mt Mpermorale
Tam Cong
Abigal
Major Andre
Powels
Benedict
Acting A Part Time Actor Says Most Work Nine Weeks
Walter Prichard Eaton argues in the American Magazine that about two thirds of American theatrical productions fail. He estimates an ordinary actor spends at least nine weeks on best pay or less for each salary job, with summer breaks and time spent hunting new work reducing actual earnings.
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Fats
Walter Prichard Eaton
America
Avarage
Tfg
Pike Cannibalism Report From Loch Ard Angling
In a Loch Ard incident near the reed edge two pike, each over ten pounds, were found locked together with the smaller gripping the larger in a bid to swallow it. The larger fish damaged inside the skull and gills as the anglers separated them. Source notes uncertainty whether cannibalism or a gut mischance caused the event.
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Utey
Edinburgh
Sevisman
A Library Message From Davenport Echoes Public Service
A Davenport public library proclaims its role as a storehouse of knowledge offering access to poetry, philosophy, biography, science, and more for all, inviting the community to learn and enjoy. The piece also notes a historic reference about shell shocks from 1471 and a noble abdication following a siege.
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Davenport
House of Wisdom
Phosphorescent Skunks From a Blurred Letter
A garbled fragment describes phosphorescent phenomena linked to a mysterious writer in Mhyenis. The text mentions blue flames, red firehead, and eerie lights, invoking jack o lanterns, night ghasts, and a desertion of wine tunes amid garbled references to states and people.
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Patrick Brennan
Mhyenis
Fae Ryan Wer
Iit Lantern
Wonderland of Australasia Spy Narrative Fragment
Fragmented OCR text shows a garbled note about a “Wonderland of Australasia” and a spy named Wisttien or Wisttien of New Ze sc, with references to Maoviland, Bulted St 4veny, and a steam jet. No coherent event or clear facts emerge from the readable fragments.
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Wonderland
Australasia
New Zesc
Then She Smiled at a Dubious Chin Joke
A Kansas City Journal item notes a humorous exchange where a woman laments a double chin as her husband jokes about freezing her, praising her existing chin while implying another one may appear due to nature. The fragmentary dialogue mirrors classic early 20th century newspaper humor.
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Kansas City
Great Britain's Great Seal is preserved in silver
The Great Seal of Great Britain measures six inches in diameter and is kept in the custody of the Lord High Chancellor. A new seal is prepared for each new reign.
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Great Britain
Ada and Floss admit speed of marriage proposal
In a light heated scene Ada jokes that men act slowly, taking nearly two hours to propose, while Floss boasts she accepted in only two seconds, turning the exchange into a playful marriage banter.
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Floss
Bir
Ada
Nettle on a Little Becomes Great Fested
A compact reflection on the habit of small acts accumulating over time. The line cautions that repeated minor filches or teases grow into something larger and recognizable. It emphasizes how routine minor steps shape outcomes beyond initial scale.
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Ruth
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Ruby G
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Jessie
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Pres
Clarence Olson
Tester
AL Sehroe
Richfield
Joseph Fleighman
Oshkush
Joseph Bath
Altoona
Wis
James Hurd
George Plank
Grandma Hurd
Waldo
George Knapten
Autord
Plainfield
Grandma
Waaldo
Harvey Hurd
J. Ross Porter
New Lisbon
J. M. Hamiston
Miss Roberts
Hond du Lac
Sir A. Tuttle
George Frank
Dom Gadson
J. BR. Thomas
James Chapman
Sean Driinge
Wyank Menil
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Ine Terment
Reform Church
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Ais
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Matt Zopfi
Wil Sturn
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William Staudt
Matt. Zopfi
J. A. Penneboecker
New London
Forest Junction
Oshkosh
Inna
H. Cox
William Dent
Mrs. Peanebecker
William Denth
Mrs. Ernie
Edgar
Mrs. Verhaven
Jett
Milwaukee
Gshkogh
Alletta
Castoria
F. A. Mitchee
Grandenburg
Friedich
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Powmern
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Priedrigh
Lis
Westhimster
Professional Directory
Marshfield Clinic
K. W. Dore
Reo
H.W. Mpheo
A. Mason
War. Hipke
W.G Sexton
R. P. Potter
Central Ave
Third St
Kaye
Dks
Vedder & Vedder Physicians & Surgeons
J.B. Vedder
He A Vedder
Trio Theatres
Baghelr
Germnan
B. Edwards
Goane
Yire Insurance
BP. A
E. I. Wiltiame
Attorneys-st-Law Ofice
Sexton
Marshfield, WI
Edward N. Pomainville
Grand Rapids, Wis
POAD
Deming Block
Quanes
End Cedar Streets
Humphreys
Grip
Grippe
la Grippe
Modland
Rimphreys
Berg
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South Central Avenue
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Edward Halle
Fea
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