Prohibition Seen Making Real Progress in 1926
International News Service reports Gen Lincoln Andrews arriving in Key West to assess enforcement as conditions show improvement nationwide. Florida faces acute smuggling and cooperation gaps, yet milestones include reduced rum row in New York and tighter controls on bootlegging and sacramental wine.
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Roberts. Thornburgh
International
Statendent
Key West
Fla
Lincoln. Andrews
U. S
Modoc
Florida
Gen. Andrews
Andrews
New York
Prohibition Unit
France Claims Prewar Birth Rate Survived War
Paris report states that France stands alone among belligerents in maintaining its prewar birth rate despite global conflict. The item notes national demographics or policy claims and places the assertion in the context of wartime population trends.
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M. Durafour
Chamber of Deputies
France
England
Germany
Belgium
Paris
Fight Brews In Congress Over Farm Measures
A high stakes clash forms in Washington as farm legislation faces heated debate after a Des Moines conference. Western farmers push for government aid to market surplus at a profit, while critics target price fixing and tariff barriers. The White House backs cooperative marketing to expand abroad, and tariff revisions loom with farm bloc pressure.
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International News Service
Washington
Congress
Des Moines
Coolidge
Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
White House
Farm Bloc
Death Probe In Philadelphia After Man Is Shot
Police investigate the mysterious death of Joseph Mosko 35 found with a chest wound in his bed. He died later at Children’s Homeopathic hospital. A woman named Virginia Hubbard 29 was present and held as a material witness.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
Joseph Mosko
Children’s Homeopathic Hospital
Virginia Hubbard
Mosko
CROSS WOO D PUZZLE KEYED LIST OF CLUES
A crossword style puzzle listing across and down clues with 1 6 11 12 14 15 16 18 19 21 23 24 25 26 28 30 32 34 37 38 39 41 43 23 47 49 1 62 54 Native American references and titles appear among clues. The vertical section continues with 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 16 17 20 22 25 26 27 29 31 32 33 35 38 40 42 44 46 47 48 50 51 3 58 59 62 65 58 62.
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Armed Forces
U. S
Hercules
Farmers Embrace Automobiles in Lawrence County
State agriculture figures from Harrisburg show 2,031 farms in Lawrence County own automobiles, a doubling since 1919. In Butler 78 percent, Mercer 75 percent, and Beaver 82 percent of farmers use cars, with totals of 3,258, 3,417, and 1,980 respectively, signaling a shift from horse power to gas fueled travel.
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Lawrence County
State Department of Agriculture
Harrisburg
Butler County
Mercer County
Beaver County
Pat Crowe Begging After Notorious Kidnapping Past
New York December 31 Pat Crowe once infamous for the Eddie Cudahy kidnapping and a Missouri railroad robbery era figures seeks mercy in Essex Market Court. He receives a suspended sentence on vagrancy for begging in a subway while admitting he squandered his loot on wine women and song and prefers begging to theft.
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New York
Pat'’ Crowe
Jim’’ Callahan
Eddie Cudahy
Chicago
Packer
Essex Market
Crowe
St. Joseph
Council Bluff
Missouri Penitentiary
Boys and Girls Crossword Puzzle Pastime
Puzzle clues describe Across and Down words with geographic names Utah and New York plus lifecare terms. Yesterday’s puzzle answer referenced. The lines read like a child activity in a newspaper page with scattered crossword directions.
I Will Not Be Responsible for Debts Hereafter
A concise declaration stating the speaker will not be liable for any debts incurred after a specified date, asserting personal financial responsibility only for obligations created by the signer from that point forward. The note emphasizes future liability limits and personal accountability.
Mellon Institute studies sleep science at Carnegie tech dorm
In Pittsburg on December 31 the Mellon Institute began a long term study of sleep psychology with twelve Carnegie Institute of Technology students living in a single house. Dr H M Johnson uses a chronoscope to measure mental alertness and links fatigue from sleep loss to effects similar to alcohol or starvation. Sleep regularity and midnight depth are highlighted for youth, health, and recovery from fatigue.
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Pittsburg
Mellon Institute of Industrial Research
H. M. Johnson
Ohio State
Johnson
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Dr. Johnson
Will of Mrs Statler Reveals Large Personal Estate
The will of Mrs Statler wife of Ellsworth M Statler president of Hotels Statler Co reveals more than 1 000 000 in personal property. A sister Della F Manderbach now in New York City receives 250 000. Adopted children Milton Keeland Marian Frances Ellsworth Morgan and Elva Idesta share equally in a 100 000 trust fund.
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Buffalo
As T "Statler
Ellsworth M. Statler
Hotels Statler Company
Als
Della F. Manderbach
New Yor City
Canal
Milton Keeland
Marian Frances
Ellsworth Morgan
Pittsburgh Man Named President of State Educators
Chas. E. Dickey of Pittsburgh head of Allegheny county schools was elected president of the Pennsylvania State Educational Association at the convention in Scranton. Harrisburg was chosen for the next year’s convention.
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Pittsburgh
International News Service
Scranton
Chas. E. Dickey
Allegheny County
Pennsylvania State Educational Association
Harrisburg
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Fisher’s Big Store
Washington Street
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Robert B. Hart
Hart's Marble & Granite Works
South Mercer Street
New Castle, PA
W. Washington Street
Lawrence Avenue
Ellwood City, Pa
U.b.thrifty Says
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Man
Ben Hazel
Eckerd
East Washington St
Seavy
Sterling Mazda
Marvin Elec. Co
N. Mercer
the International Syndicate
Iol
Lawrence Co
Pat” Crowe
Cudahy
Utah
New York State
Mle
Riple
Iris
Tols
Sam Rabko
Liberty St
Alt Inigte
Huntington Sterling Shonninger Pianos
H. R. Boyd
S. Mill Street
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