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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1919
Page
2
Following a judge’s injunction halting enforcement of the wartime prohibition act saloonkeepers flocked to liquor, selling whisky at 25 to 35 cents a drink and up to 75 a case. Buyers included saloon operators and others stockpiling, with costs to wholesalers cited at 8 to 9 a gallon after tax.
A pleasant entertainment was held Friday evening in Cottage 22 in honor of Sergeant Roanna Bell of Cottage 5 who was formerly a member of Cot.
New York dispatch reports a Ridge street tenement hoisted into alarm by a peddler who claimed a ghost groaned from a chimney. The incident drew neighbors and police, but no human harm was reported.
Police and firemen freed David Coher, a push-cart peddler, trapped in a house chimney after two days of haunting groans. He said he planned to end his life by jumping down the chimney and was hospitalized in hunger and exhaustion. The article mentions Persian ladies social calls ending with playful rice throws.
The heart bears a tobacco burden and fights nicotine for supremacy. Some hearts endure more than others, but there is a limit. Smoking a dozen times daily risks health for no gain. Quit with Nicotol tablets. doctors and druggists endorse and offer a money-back guarantee. Nicotol sold locally by Heidbreder Bree, Miller & Arthur, Brown & Mays.
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