Officials sentence Kentucky judge and marshal in whiskey death
Prestonburg Ky May 30 Police Judge Kerry Hager and Town Marshal A Collins were sentenced to 21 years in the penitentiary for killing Gerard Richmond who they claimed was bringing illegal whiskey home. Richmond was shot five times in the back in a case described as a murder plot. The piece ends with a reflective aphorism about lies and mistakes.
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Prestonburg
Kerry Hager
A. Collins
Weekbury
Gerard Richmond
Richmond
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Aids Constitution Via Blood
Catarrh, viewed as a constitutional disease, is treated internally by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. The medicine claims to act through the blood on mucous surfaces, destroying the disease's foundation and improving overall health. Sold by druggists with free prospectus from F. J. Cheney Co., Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Lawful Men Defy Prohibition When Thirst Strikes
A brief quip notes some men honor the law yet drink when thirsty, highlighting a tension between prohibition norms and personal restraint. The line suggests public ambivalence toward enforcement and temperance expectations.
Tobacco trade shows wide economic reach beyond smoking
The piece details how tobacco profits span licorice sugar coal boxes nails foil and paper and involve farms real estate railroads insurance and government revenue. It notes a $320 million annual U S revenue from tobacco and cites editors opposing prohibition based on broad economic impacts.
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United States
Tobacco Merchants’ Association of the
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