Prohibition Fight Spreads Nationally in Late Reform Battle
A sweeping national struggle over prohibition pits anti saloon forces against liquor interests. Prohibitionists claim gains in 46 states with local option driving "home rule" fights, while liquor interests cite lost tax revenue and job impacts. Maine heads to a key election as nationwide contests test repeal and retention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Jones
United States
Prohibition Party
National
Anti- Saloon League
John D. Rockefeller
Russell Sage
Hetty Green
League
Michigan
Thority
South
Alabama
Georgia
Hoke Smith
Mississippi
North Carolina
West Virginia
Middle West
Illinois
Indiana
Inennessee
Carmack
Massachusetts
Worcester
Pennsylvania
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Hains Brothers Separated In Annis Murder Case
Capt. Peter C. Hains Jr and T Jenkins Hains were moved to separate jail cells in Queens County Jail after District Attorney Ira Darrin ordered the split amid the Annis murder case. Sheriff moved T Jenkins to a different corridor. defense attorney McIntyre vows court challenge. Grand jury selection began in Jamaica for the September 21 special term in Flushing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter C. Hains, Jr
T. Jenkins Hains
William E. Annis
Bayside
Queens County
Long Island City
Ira G. Darrin
Harvey
John F. McIntyre
McIntyre
Capt. Hains
T. Jenkins -Hains
T.s Jenkins Hains
Darrin
Hains
Jamaica
Burt J. Humphreys
Henry Walters
John M. Phillips
John Balbert
Annis
Justi Garretson
Queens County Supreme Court
Flushing
Morris Berry Fight Ends in Bronx Primary Debates
A spirited Bronx primary debate at Huber's Casino pitted William E. Morris and Joseph I. Berry in four long rounds. State Senator John P. Cohalan refereed though no decision was made. both sides hurled political accusations as Frank Keenan attended from the Morris side.
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William E. Morris
Tammany
Thirty-fifth Assembly
Joseph I. Berry
Bronx
Huber’s Casino
162D Street
Jerome Avenue
John P. Cohalan
Daniel F. Cohalan
Law Committee
Tammany Hall
Berry
Morris
Frank Keenan
Cohalan
Chrystie Street
North End
Democratic Club
Young Men's Democratic Club
Haffen
John J. McBride
Buck’s Harbor Granite Company
East Side
Custer
Double tragedy in East Bridgewater ends in murder suicide
In East Bridgewater Massachusetts on September five a milkman found Mr Kimba J E Sheldon and his wife Mrs Sheldon dead in their Central Street home. Mrs Sheldon had a fatal head wound and Mr Sheldon lay dead in an adjoining gas filled bathroom. Medical examiner says Mr Sheldon killed his wife then himself. Sheldon, 78, had recently hinted to a doctor to visit and inform his nephew in Bridgeport Conn. He was once wealthy but lost much in a bad speculation.
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James G. Blaine
Government
Third
Blaine
Board of Public Works
Joe
Park Department
Bronx
Court House
Beijing
Buck's Harbor
Morris
Jerome
Mabel
Charles McCabe
Hearst
Berry
Walkinson
Ber
East Bridgewater
Mass
Kimba
J.E. Sheldon
Central Street
Cummins defies standpatters in Iowa fight for Senate
Des Moines report outlines Gov. A. B. Cummins challenging standouts in the Republican faction as the legislature adjourns without a primary amendment. If Cummins fails to win in the November plan, he vows to resign after a GOP majority forms to back a short-term appointee. Deadlock looms with 78 needed and only 77 possible votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Des Moines
Iowa
A. B. Cummins
Gov. Cummins
United States
General Assembly
Thirty-third General Assembly
Washington
Frank Hitchcock
National Committee
Claude R. Porter
Albert B. Cummins
Walter I. Smith
Gilbert N. Haugen
Lynching Reported in Damascus Ga After Attack Claim
Albany Ga Sept 5 John Towne a negro accused of attacking Mrs Joseph Wheeler was captured at Damascus Ga and lynched by citizens of the town late last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damascus
Albany
John Towne
Joseph Wheeler
Clues in Rustin murder case unfold in Omaha
Sensational developments emerge as Omaha police find a .32 caliber shell in Mrs. Rice custody and a $500 check linked to a blackmail plot. Investigators seek discharge records for Rice, while the theory ties the shell to Dr. Rustin’s death and questions surround the Rice marriage and possible motives.
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New York Times
Omaha
Neb
Rustin
Austin
Hysteria not hydrophobia for Miss King after street accident
Miss Helen King a 29 year old public school teacher of 28 Macombs Place became hysterical after an Eighth Avenue car was struck by a wagon at 116th Street. Her sister said she was bitten by a dog five days earlier and feared hydrophobia. Patrolman Haight called an ambulance and Dr Herrity moved her to Harlem Hospital where no hydrophobia symptoms were found. The physician stated she was hysterical and would recover.
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Helen King
Macomb's Place
Eighth Avenue
116Th Street
Haight
West 125Th Street
Miss King
Willard Parker Hospital
Harlem
Herrity
Priest Arrested in Murder Plot Near Rutland
In Rutland Vermont on September 5 1923 Priest Rev Father Francis Crociata was arrested as an accessory after the fact in the murder of Accarido Santoro a Sicilian found shot on a rural road on July 22 Vito Tuscianna Vincenzo Giole and Brother Gaspara Crociata Giovanni Gioia and Annie Black faced charges with Annie Black saying she lured Santoro to the killing site claiming she did not know the plan. The motive is described as a feud.
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Rutland
Accarido Santoro
Francis Crociata
Annie Black
Santoro
W. R. Kinsman
Kinsman
Classified list of school supplies and apparel items
A catalog style listing details items for school use including street apparel such as worsted dresses gymnasium suits knitted jackets boys and youths suits overcoats caps shirts waists blouses neck wear and other furnishings boys and girls undergarments hosiery boots gloves house gowns leather travel and school goods cretonne covered boxes novelty pins cushions dresser sets couch pillows laundry and shoe bags and a variety of fancy articles for school or college rooms
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Uncle Sam
Metz
New York
New York City
Ohio
Mobile
Temperance
Anti-Saloon League
Prohibitionists
Maine
Erene W. Chafin
Jones
Prohibition Executive Committee
New Hampshire
Vermont
Rhode
Illinios
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Hains Brothers
Morris-Berry
Humbug
Saison d’Hiver
Newport Florie
Paris
Directorate
Empire
John Forsythe
Broadway
Eighteenth Street
Cummins
Senate
Deadlock
Hitchcock
B. Akman & CO
34Th Street
35Th Street
Si Avenue
New Park
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