Smithtown big guns face penitentiary after illicit distilling trials
Greensboro April 10 Jim Smith John Hill and Oscar Sisk face trials in Federal court for illicit distilling and related crimes. Hill convicted in an hour and Smith sentenced to jail after pleading to concealment. Sisk did not stand trial. Grand jury weighing indictments for conspiracy to obstruct officers in the Smithtown case.
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Greensboro
N. C
Jim Smith
Smithtown
Boyd
John Hill
Oscar Sisk
Fletcher Smith
Jim
Joe Bateman
Stokes
Smith
Sisk
Madison
South Dakota
Reform School
Washington
J. W. Hendrix
Hendrix
Tion
United States
Holton
Hill
Prohibition Debate and Votes Cite Bribery and Tax Effects
A dialogue mocks bribery over votes and liquor licenses while facts on Prohibition era territory, taxes, and social impacts are cited. It notes vast Prohibition areas in 1900s America with counties having no prisons or poorhouses and cites San Francisco after a disaster showing license arguments fail to curb crime.
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United States
Prohibition
Kansas
North Dakota
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Ohio
San Francisco
Neninae Laabe
Fragmentary notice on a financial dispute and names
A damaged fragment references Mr. Williams orderly and a dispute over payment. It mentions Pineules and a firm J. W. Mepherson and Co with phrases about gold and money paster. The text is incomplete and unclear about exact actions or dates.
Conspiracy Case Opens in Greensboro Court
The United States Court convened with Judge James E. Boyd presiding as Jim Smith of Smithtown Stokes County faced trial. District Attorney A E Holton combined two indictments naming Jim Smith William Smith Oscar Sisk and Nelson Ceph Nelson with Jim Smith charged in a craneery plot to aid others evading internal revenue officers and causing the murder of Revenue J W Hendrix during a raid on the blockade.
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Greensboro
United States Court
James E. Boyd
Jimmith
Smithtown
Stokes County
A. E. Holton
Jim Smith
William Smith
Oscar Sisk
Nelson
Ceph Nelson
How My Boy Went Down
A mother laments her son’s fall into drink and sin. She recalls the tragedy as a warning and asks whether any barrier can save other boys from this ruin. The poem contrasts hopeful youth with the depths of disgrace caused by intoxicants.
Dean's Kidney Pills Promoted By Local Endorsement
Mount Airy readers hear a testimonial from Dick Roberts of Main Street praising Dean's Kidney Pills for kidney trouble and backache. He says the Pills cured him quickly after buying from Ashcraft Drug Co. Buffalo is listed as agents with the advert noting the 50 cent price.
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Dean
Dick Roberts
Ott
Airy
Ashcraft Drug Co
Foster-Milburn Gon
Buffalo
New
United
Patent Remedy Claim Wraps 30 Days Trial Offer
An advertisement touts a 30 days trial for a back pain remedy priced at $1.08 promising relief from backache weak pineules and related pains. It claims broad use for young and old with a money refund option, sold by J W Mepherson and Co.
Go Home and Pray Sentence Imposed in Scranton Case
In Scranton Pennsylvania on April 10 Judge Staples sitting in Monroe county court imposed the sentence Go home and pray on Albert Smith for assault and battery. Smith told the judge I will your honor and then left. He had previously split with his wife and later confronted her on a street demanding the baby be signed over and struck her when she refused.
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Scranton
Staples
Monroe County
Albert Smith
Smith
Five Greatest Private Individuals in America
Washington April 10. In calling the conference of Governors Supreme Court judges and others for the preservation of national resources the President invited five men outside of official life. They are Grover Cleveland James J Hill John Mitchell Andrew Carnegie and W J Bryan. By this act the President rates them as five of the most prominent private individuals in America.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Grover Cleveland
James J. Hill
John Mitchell
Andrew Carnegia
W. J. Bryan
America
Wipt Petamessats
Red Spider Incidents Suppress in Pittsburg Incident
In Pittsburg on April 10 a dramatic arraignment saw Lillie Ling, wife of Harry Ling, claim a carved opium box released a huge red spider. The creature bit Policeman Joe Williamson but was killed. the case ties to opium items named Yenshee and Nupangiee amid a months long arcane possession.
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Pittsburg
Lillie Ling
Harry Ling
Joe Williamson
Ling
Kodol for Dyspepsia Credited By Purchaser Testimonial
A testimonial from a man praising Kodol for Dyspepsia. He claims it relieved stomach problems after using the product and mentions buying a bottle. The note cites a seller J. as the distributor and includes generic praise about its effects.
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EB. C
Dewi S
Eng
Georgia
Governor Glenn Addresses Gaston Voters On Prohibition
Governor Robert B. Glenn spoke twice in Gaston County on prohibition urging voters to back licensing and the end of whiskey influence. He announced plans to retire to private life at the end of his term and urged action to free counties still under whiskey power.
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Gastonia
Robert B. Glenn
Gaston County
Dallas
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Porderly
J. W. Mepherson and Co
Cop
Greensboro Nurseries
John A. Young
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