Foodstuffs Round the World headlines from Uncle Sam weekly
Frank J. Taylor reports from Washington on Uncle Sam’s new tablet “Foodstuffs Round the World” with clerks and consuls abroad detailing globalEating habits. Notes Damascus fruit demand, apricots for jams, Chinese salt drill, Brazilian nuts, Holy Land orange groves, quail toast in Nuevo Leon and Coahuila, Aden soda use, and Chinese housewives adopting American canned goods.
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Frank J. Taylor
Washington
Uncle Sam
Government Weekly
Ancient
Damascus
Europe
Brazil
Holy Land
Aden
Arabia
Consule
Too Many Laws Are Hurting the State
Robert A. Hiller, candidate for the State legislature from the 47th district, says congress and the states have passed over 79 600 laws in the last two decades. He pledges to abolish burdensome legislation by studying state needs if elected. Meanwhile Jim Barnes pays $1 to enter a zonal golf tournament at Oak Country Club after a gatekeeper refuses him passage.
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Robert A. Hiller
Hiller
Congress
Pittsbut
Jim Barnes
Oa Country Club
Ma Streeter Fights For Million-Dollar Lake Shore Claim
Chicago sesquicentennial era tale follows Ma Streeter widow of John Wellington Streeter who fought decades over aLake Michigan shoreline claim known as the District of Lake Michigan. She boats aboard the yacht Varnoose, defends the disputed land against city and state, sells hot dogs to survive, and vows to win the fortune.
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Chicago
Gold Coast
Illinoia
Ma ™ Streeter
John Wellington Streeter
Streeter
Lake Michigan
Illinois
Dispute Seen Over Northcliffe Papers
London reports center on who will succeed Viscount Northcliffe as head of his vast newspaper empire. The Times fate and whether control returns to the Walter family are debated amid unsettled past deals. Northcliffe to be buried at Westminster Abbey with later burial at St Mary le Bow.
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Lloyd Allen
London
Viscount Northcliffe
Times
England
Walter
Northcliffe
John Walter
Northecliffe
Westminster Abbey
Reeset
Sant Mary le Bow
F.N. Johnson
SEEKS 10 DRUG GIRL KILLS SELF IN LOS ANGELES
Los Angeles police report Robert Thomas aged 19 killed himself by poison after allegedly attempting to drug a stenographer. He allegedly sent a request to an employment agency for a young woman. Arlene Alcorn answered and entered the door, where the youth is said to have forced a drugged handkerchief over her face before she screamed and fled. Police found the vial of poison beside the man.
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Los Angeles
Robert Thomas
Thomas
Arlene Alcorn
Stolen Chief Severyn Car Found with Clue Picture
Chief W B Severyn’s auto stolen from a motion picture theater and found abandoned on N 36th St and Aurora Ave. A photo of an attractive girl on the front seat serves as the lone clue puzzling detectives seeking the thief.
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Seattle
W. B. Severyn
Crook's Curiosity Lands Him in Jail
In GLABGOD on Aug 15 an onlooker who attended out of curiosity was recognized during the robbery trial of his accomplice John McLuskey and arrested.
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Crook
John McLuskey
Whisky Explosion Ends Miner’s Hand
Elkins West Virginia August 1 1 while Thomas Jordan a miner was tracking whisky the still exploded and Jordan’s right hand and wrist were blown off.
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Elkins
W. Va
Thomas Jordan
Jordan
37 Babies Born Amid Ancona Earthquake Event
Thirty seven babies arrived during an earthquake in Ancona province. Also reported: in a London Paris liner card game two players lost twenty five thousand dollars.
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Rome
Aus
Ancona
Paris
London
Defeat of Wets Is Acclaimed by Dry Leaders
In Washington August news reports celebrate dry victory as wets lose ground in Missouri and nationwide. Wayne Wheeler notes a decisive win for light wine and beer opposition, praising Brewster’s Missouri Senate win and predicting continued dry gains in Congress and Senate seats.
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Washington
Missouri
Anti Saloon League of American
Jay
Wayne FR. Wheeler
League
William Hacks
United States
St. Clair Moss
Christian College
Columbia
Congress
Moss
Roach
Wheeler
Mayor veto blocks card room license near school
Mayor Brown vetoes the first ordinance authorizing a card room for Karl A. Cox of 4707 California Ave. The veto cites the location within a block of Jefferson School.
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Brown
Karl A. Cox
California Ave
Jefferson School
College to Meet Republicans at New Washington Hotel
Vice President Calvin will meet members of the Men's Republican club at a formal reception in the lobby of the New Washington hotel on Thursday morning. The Wood ster event tickets were exhausted, according to a Chamber note issued Tuesday.
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Calvin
Men's
Republican Club
New Washington
Woodster
Chamber Merece
Stevenson’s Barbizon Home Now a Café in War Scene
Paris reports Robert Stevenson’s Barbizon hamlet home has been converted into a cafe by Capt. Bofot a French war aviator. The change reflects wartime uses of rural residences near the front.
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Paris
Robert Stevenson
Barbizon
Capt. Bofot
New Shipment of Women’s Pure Thread Silk Sweaters
A Bon Marche display announces a fresh shipment of Women’s and Misses’ Pure Thread Silk Sweaters in black navy and other colors. Styles include fronts cut to fit stout figures full revers cuffs two pockets and sash with sizes 88 to 46 available on the second floor.
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BON Marche
Fabric ad note from Bon March
A brief market item sells 1 200 yards of Lonsdale muslin in lengths up to 10 yards, full yard wide, advertised by The Bon Marche.
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Lonsdale
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