Prohibition Enforcement Faces Courts and Public Sentiment
National Prohibition Commissioner John F Kramer says enforcement lags not from public will but from courts and prosecutors who do not treat violations as serious crimes. He notes illicit distilling persists despite broad anti liquor raids while urging lawmakers to reinforce laws amid rising public sentiment against illicit traffic.
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National Prohibition
John F. Kramer
United States
Kramer
Missouri gains Republican administration prompts job rule
Missouri now has a Republican administration but that does not imply every Republican must hold a state job. The shift signals party control across agencies and potential policy changes affecting hiring and appointments at various level.
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Missouri
Governor Gardner Urges State Tax Reduction Cadence
Governor Gardner sends a brief message to the General Assembly urging a cut in state taxes. The pundit notes the suggestion seems overdue and tied to fiscal considerations, implying a push to ease burdens on residents and adjust budgeting.
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Gardner
General Assembly
Misouri Road Funds Focus On Broad Network
The campaign stresses spending the 60 million dollar road fund to build durable roads across the state rather than concentrating on a few major highways. It urges prioritizing widespread access and lasting improvements for all regions.
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Missouri
Agonizing European Images Spark Debate on Humanity
The writer argues that distressing Europe photos reveal a barbaric disregard for life and question whether humane governance can exist under longstanding imperial control. They warn such conditions reflect universal political oppression and could portend an America under similar rule if unchecked.
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Europe
America
Burge Harvey’s Plan Aims World Peace Effort
Burge Harvey outlines a strategy to promote global peace, urging public reasoning before pursuing further appeals. The plan emphasizes avoiding escalation and seeking cooperative solutions with nations and communities.
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Burge Harvey
Congressmen Mann Attacks Waste in Economy Plea
Illinois Congressman Mano declares President Wilson faced United States hatred for wartime waste and urges the new Republican administration to honor its 1920 pledge to curb public spending. He warns failure to curb expenditures will erode trust and support as March 4 approaches.
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Mano
Illinois
Osis
Hoase
Wilson
United States
White House
Republican Party
Mann
Factories Close Amid Unemployment Critics Say Policy Flawed
Readers report widespread factory shutdowns leaving millions without work as production slows and prices rise. The writer blasts current economic policy as asinine and accuses profiteers of persisting, urging reform to reduce costs and restore jobs.
Government reports large liquor stock prolongs ban era
The government notes about forty million gallons of liquor remain in the country, ensuring that illicit distribution continues for some time. The statement implies ongoing monkey business in supplying booze to the thirsty, delaying total prohibition effects.
Payroll Controversy Baffles Officials and Workers
Troubled record shows six months ago six OLLIE employees were on the government civil service payroll and most remain on the list. The payroll refuses independent declaration of peace, leaving officials puzzled by the enduring payroll exposure and unresolved status of workers.
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Governients Civil Service
England Moves Toward Naval Arms Limitation Pact
England, strained by wartime costs and behind the United States in shipbuilding, signals readiness to join an international agreement among major naval powers to curb warship construction and prevent losing its status as mistress of the seas.
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England
United States
Public tires of money-raising drive across groups
From reports the drive for money trick has failed to fool the public. It flopped in funding the World Interchurch scheme, failed the Republican National Committee in securing campaign money, and even the Red Cross found it inefficient to raise required funds. The public is weary of digging down.
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Republican National Committee
Red Cross
Senator Capper Portrays Farmer Struggle With Rising Costs
Senator Capper of Kansas describes hard times for farmers. He notes that 80 bushels of corey could buy a suit previously, now needed over 100 bushels. A bushel of wheat once bought ten gallons of gasoline, now only five. He warns the burden includes losing a beef hide and 25 bushels of corn as costs rise.
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Senator Capper
Kansas
Corey
Farmer Receives Stamps After Shipping Hides to St Louis
A farmer shipped two beef hides weighing over 40 pounds from Tennessee to St Louis. After freight and other charges were deducted, he received 4 cents in postage stamps in return.
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Tennessee
St. Louis
Utopia Hopeful Humor, Eudora News From a Distant Past
An outlandish Eudora Kansas reminiscence recounts a chaotic era with a makeshift jail in City Hall basement, a stretched law enforcement role for the marshal, and a notable 1907 bank robbery by a bandit duo. It notes local life, attendance at the courthouse, and a town’s odd pride in modest wealth and electric lighting as the community grapples with historical law and order quirks.
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Eudora
Kuvora
Pawde
Chlenga
Kaneity Star
Jong
Grnece
Siveelf
Poechal
Paderius
Herb powers street work in E tora as city marshal travels
A fragment shows Herb directing energy into street work and a city marshal role. The text notes confusion over his dual careers and mentions E tora having left its prior class designation as “ene horn.”
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E&rb
Trave Verer
Eothusiasen
Ontario Buys Up Railways and Power Interests
Ontario agreed to pay 12,734,000 for public utilities around Toronto and nearby areas. The deal transfers most Mackenzie power interests and the Electric Development Company of Niagara Falls to public ownership, excluding only the Dominion Power Company in Hamilton. Ratification by the Ontario government remains required.
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Torento
Toronto
Gat
Ontario
Mackenzie Power
Electric Devaopment Company of Niegurs
Man Breaks Window For Kiss In Coatesville Tale
Pilledelphis Louis Katraly of Coatesville Pa visits a house with a smiling girl in a window He knocks enters and tries to kiss her after smashing the pane A would be suitor grabs his arm and stops the attempt during the tense moment
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Pilledelphis
Louis Katraly
Coatesville
Louis
Tie
Pullaccen
Man Finds War Savings Stamps Hidden on Trash Pile
Guthrie Oklahoma resident WP Davis recovered a War Savings Stamp lot valued at $1.10 from a trash pile in front of a local hotel. The stamps, registered to Mavid Secko of Enid, were found six weeks after the item was likely stolen and later returned to the owner.
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Old Wake
Guthrie, Oka
Guthrie
Okla
Davis
Wallee
Mavid Secko
Toieling
Enid
Nine EGG Breakfast Drives Three Months Far North Trek
Winnipeg youth Hugh Kindersley aged 21 and guide Capt Tom Whevy completed a grueling three month canoe journey through the Far North of Canada and Alaska. From Athabasca Landing they navigated Athabasca river, Slave River, Great Slave Lake and the Mackenzie to the Arctic Circle, crossed into arctic daylight, then ascended Rat River toward Fort Teken. They traveled to Skagway and Vancouver before returning. The diary notes a novel claim of nine eggs for breakfast and describes hardships of tundra travel and gear exhaustion.
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Winnipeg
Hugh Kindersley
Kir
Robert Kindersey
Madeon Bay Company
Canadand
Alaska
Tom Whevy
Athabasca Landing
Athabass River
Athabases Lake
Slave River
Great
Rocky Mountains
Fort Teken
Fort Tole
Yukon
Skagway
Kindersley Beame
Child saving work in Armenia told by an American
Charles Vickrey, general secretary of Near East Relief, reports to trustees on the Armenian crisis and Near East child saving effort. He urges funds for education, building, and training to rescue vulnerable children and prepare future citizens amid regional upheaval and war.
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Armenia
Charles Vickrey
Near East Relief
Europe
Near East
Trustees of
The
Near East Melief
Ur Vickrey
Texpoung
Srs
Vickrey
Turkey
Caucasus
Cope Straits
Abevandrocel
Kara
Fian
Artoeniac
Pocywera
Pune
Ims
Kaeshee
Mosher
Gee
Wilidree
Abe Ave
Alexandroged
Karekiog
Grooteld
Erivan
Wren
Margot
Firefighters Rescuing Famey Roas In Leulevilla Fire
Firemen braved smoke and heat to rescue Famey Roas as flames threatened a home in Leulevilla Kentucky. A Portland saver aided bystanders while crew members battled a stubborn blaze, keeping the fire from spreading to nearby structures.
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Biteben
Wien
100-Year-Old Port St. Joe Wine Found Beneath Ruins
A fragmentary report notes a century-old wine found buried under ruins in Port St. Joe. The discovery is tied to a long-vanished origin and suggests a historic cellar scene. Details are unclear due to OCR damage yet indicate an aged beverage preserved in local ruins.
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Jet City
Arthur M. Hyde
Jefferson City
Kan
Sir Thomas More
Utopia
Thomas Failid
Kanaan
Enders
Sedora State Bank
Starr
Butlers
John Pasten
Bank de Pasta Badere
Canada
Charles V. Vickrey
Mssouri
Seloli
Carle
Ceimernerce
Mation
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Prats
Uaiuoa
Ia. Sa
Vances
Pepe
Simi
Sof
Dai
Macy
Globe Printing Co, Publeb
St. Louis, Mo
Port St. Joe
SEEXS
U.S
Homme
New York
Harter
Eichemr
Billie
Chikdeen Unahod
Trockton
Charles P. Rewuks
Tos
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