Immigrants Congesting Tenements Reported By Porterfield
Washington December 28 The first six months under the 3 per cent law show 41 European immigrants arriving in the United States at an annual rate of 330000. Czechoslovakia Hungary Greece Portugal Spain Palestine Syria Turkey Italy Poland Germany Britain Ireland Austria Denmark Norway Finland France Holland and others are cited with quotas and overcrowded tenement districts along the Atlantic coast. The piece notes most newcomers are shop peddlers restaurant keepers and laborers with Jews from Poland and Central Europe among the larger groups.
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Washington
Ceecho-Slovakia
Greece
Hungary
Via
Portugal
Spain
Palestine
Syria
Turkey
Poland
Central
Italy
Atle
Germany
Britain
Ireland
Austria
Denmark
Norway
Finland
France
Holland
Stmalier
Immigrathve
United Kingdom
Scanoiand
New York
King County Delinquent Auto License Hold Near 45,000
County Auditor D. E. Ferguson reports about 45,000 King County motorists have not obtained 1922 auto licenses with just three days left. The auditor's office will stay open after Sunday to handle renewals and delinquent plates.
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King County
D. E Ferguson
Christmas Play at Y W C A by Art Guild
The Art guild presents Barer Heart at the Y W C A on Wednesday and Friday at 8 15. Mrs. Mobert F 1 of Seattle produces the program with members of the Art guild cast.
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Y. W.C
Art Guild
Mobert
Dramatic Art of
Seattle
Liquor Delivery Shift Signals Bootlegger Pressures
A fragmented report notes that deliveries no longer occur in cases due to high risk, with bottles wrapped in newspaper for taxtcaba. It mentions limited bonded goods for sale and bootleggers claiming large alcohol stock is held by major interests for future consumption. Mentions civil service exams and a New York suburb liquor firm forming a drug company with hundreds of alcohol barrels stored for later disposal.
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New York
Woman Fined as Shoplifter in Portland Case
Mrs. Weatherwax wife of a San Francisco club man and former Aberdeen lumberman was fined 40 dollars by Municipal Judge Norman after entering a not guilty plea in a Portland theft case. The charged incident involved gloves taken from a local Wolfe Co store last Wednesday.
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Portland
Cliff Weatherwax
San Francisco
Aberdeen
Wash
Norman
fipman, Wolfe @ Co
Moonshiners Flood City Market Amid Lax Prohibition Crackdown
New York reports a drop in bootleg prices as supply rises due to lax enforcement. Moonshiners in the East Side and Little Italy flood the market with Haig and Haig and other brands, selling at low rates while mixing bonded goods with their own. Dealers tout bargains, but warn much of the product is fake and fraudulently labeled.
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New York
Dee
East Side
Little Italy
Lower Manhattan
Brooklyn
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W. H. Porterfield
Eost
Manona
United States Civil Service Commission
C. W. Paine
Puget Sound
Dope
Mra
Katie Viethever
Jeremiah Neterer
Dan Landon
McCailloen
Ume
Caldwell
Ite
Humphreys
Homeo Medicine Co
William Street
Aden Lee
Carman
Second Avenue
Spring Street
Tusway
George A. Grant
Christman
G. Grab
Washington Ave
New Orleans
Foley
Chile
Gates
Gates’ Jewelry Store
Clemmer Theatre
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