Prohibition Law Criticized by Mobile Leader in Alabama
N. B. Richards of Mobile denounces Alabama’s prohibitions as sweeping and prone to abuse. He warns that officers gain unlimited search rights, leading to raids and unjust jailing of innocent people. He cites incidents of a housewife arrested over blackberry cordial and a street bundle search on a shopper.
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New York
Alabama
East
Bald
Richards
Mobile
Alm
Checks Under One Dollar Not Prohibited
Washington reports that a claim of a law forbidding drawing checks for less than one dollar is false. The treasurer’s comptroller stated no such statute exists and the rumor arose from a misreading of an act about clearing house certificates in times of financial panic.
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Washington
Jas
Congress
Comptroller of the Treasury
Rochester Exposition Opens Marking City Anniversary
Rochester marks its seventy fifth city anniversary as an industrial exposition opens today and runs through October 23. The event surpasses prior fairs in scale and promises a landmark celebration for the community.
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Rochester
Senator Flint to retire after current term
Los Angeles on October 11 Senator Frink Flint said unofficially today that when his term ends he will not seek reelection. He cites a duty to his family and plans retirement after his present term expires in 1811.
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Flint
Los Angeles
Frink Flint
Hotel for sale or lease in Hellz Oregon
Mrs F Myers offers a well run housing business in Hellz Oregon available for sale or lease. Terms are reasonable with good reasons for selling and a straightforward transaction path. Address request is to contact Mrs F Myers.
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Wilsell
F. Myers
Hellz
Oregon
Papes Diapepsin Promises Quick Stomach Relief
An ad promotes Papes Diapepsin as a quick cure for indigestion, dyspepsia, gas, heartburn, and headache. It claims a large case costs 60 cents, digestion improves in five minutes, and a single dose helps assimilate food like a healthy stomach. The copy urges readers to tell their druggist for a thorough cure this time.
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Pape
Pope
Census seeks farmers to aid 1910 data effort
Durand of the census bureau asks every farmer to volunteer for the 1910 enumeration, keeping detailed records of crops livestock and inputs. The article notes U S farming lags Europe in yields, urges better methods and press help to collect data for national statistics.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Durand
Tawney May Land A Juicy Lemon
Washington reports echo war weariness in Minnesota district of Tawney. Constituents question his alliance with Cannon, while Tawney fights for reelection amid attacks on his Payne-Aldrich votes. He rallies voters, defends tariff stance, and eyes a future role as Speaker upon Cannon’s retirement.
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Taft
Tawney
Washington
Minnesota
Wim ‘Tawney
Tawny
Winona
Ives
Appropriations Committee
Twney
Miung
Secret Service
Roosevelt
Jim
Congress
Uncle Joe" Cannon
Reseniing
Abstainers Honor Memory of Father Mathew
Boston observers Father Mathew Day remembers the temperance pioneer who inspired Catholic abstinence across Europe and America. The event reunites the old guard of converts who pledged as children, now mostly elderly, with plans to boost interest for next year’s Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America convention in Boston.
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Father Mathew
Thebald Mathew
Europe
America
Temperance Cause
Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America
Federal Judge weighs moving libel case to capital
Indianapolis Oct 11 Federal Judge Anderson heard arguments by government attorneys seeking to remove the libel case against the publishers of the Indianapolis News to Washington for trial. The charges stem from a Panama Canal purchase publication.
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Indianapolis
Anderson
Thebel
Indianapolis News
Washington
Let the women do your work Hays and Finney ad
A brief local classified ad offering cleaning and pressing services for suits or dresses. The notice states Hays and Finney will handle the work and provides the phone reference Main 198 for contact.
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Hays & Finney
German advocates much bigger army
Berlin reports on a German commentator urging a much larger army. The article cites Minister of War von Heeringen warning that unsatisfactory finances affect military estimates and that Germany must invest more in army efficiency due to its strategic position and exposure to larger powers. It argues for immediate expansion and questions finance division between army and navy.
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Hetror Rath
House of Deputies
von Heeringen
Mney Fe
Germany
Europe
Great Britain
Pullman Loses Cheeley To State College
Ned Cheeley, halfback on last year’s Washington State college team, likely out for this year at Pullman. The senior veterinary student was to move to Spokane to finish his year as the new veterinary hospital in the state college city nears completion.
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Ned Cheeley
Washington State College
Pullman
Cheely
Spokane
State College
Spokane Spokesman-Review
Roosevelt Predictions Stir Spokane Prohibition Fight
John P. St. John former Kansas governor arrived in Spokane to lead a push for Washington state prohibition. He predicted Roosevelt’s nomination would block Taft, and that if Roosevelt isn’t elected no Republican can win. He forecast Spokane becoming dry within five years.
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John P. St. John
Kansas
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Mr. St. John
Roosevelt
United States
Africa
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