Big Brewer Files Strict Prohibition Demand
One of the nation’s largest brewers urged tighter enforcement of the Prohibition Act and a ban on using beer as medicine. Anheuser Busch of St Louis pressed Congress’s House Judiciary Committee to close loopholes and prohibit beer through prescriptions, asserting real beer production continued in Chicago, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Anheuser, Busch
St. Louis
Anheuser
Congress
Oliver T. Remmers
Anheuser Busch
Annheuser-Busch
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Wheeler
Palmer
Gacience
Local Boy 5 Plans 1500 Mile Hike With Cat Family
Seattle boy Willie Fager, age 6, plans a four month 1500 mile hike from Seattle to Los Angeles this summer. He will travel with his parents two sisters Ariena and Mary who are dancers and a cat. They will push a two wheeled cart and start in June aiming for ten miles daily, with Willie optimistic they will beat that pace.
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Seattle
Willie Fager
Los Angeles
Willie
W. A. Fager
Puget Sound Light & Power Co
Ariena
Mary
Bear Traps Hunter in Cave and Survives Winter
James Mapple an advertising manager from Chicago went hunting in northern Ontario. After chasing a large bear, he crawled into a cave to escape, lighted bear with matches, and slept through a long winter with a trapper until emerging May 7 with the trapper and furs to market.
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Toronto
Ont
James Mapple
Chicago
Ontario
Mopple
Mapple
Cupid Does Record Business in Berlin
Berlin reports a record year for marriages with 87,798 in 1911 and 53,691 in 1920. The city notes marriages surged since the war period, reflecting a strong demographic trend and social shifts.
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Cupid
Berlin
Runaway Girls Reunited After Exit Over Mothers Garment Rules
Two Kansas City girls missing since Wednesday noon were found in Trenton Missouri where they worked for Kansas City telephone service and wore short skirts. They left home after protesting restricted gaiety of Twelfth street and motion picture shows, caused by their mother Mrs J M Davyingon at 2637 Chestnut Avenue.
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Kansas City
Trenton
Twelfth Street
Mra. J. M. Davyingon
Chestnut Ave
New York to Execute 16 Year Old and Woman in June
Ossining N Y May 12 a glass of whisky the boy s first drink and then a murder. Peter Nunziata 14 waits in Sing Sing cell 13 the so called cell of horror for death by electrocution on June 6. Mattie Dixon 35 faces execution June 12 for killing an infant.
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New York
Ossining
N. Y
Peter Nunglata
Sing Sing
Mattie Dixon
Whisky runners fined after Seattle whisky run
Bert Berland pleaded guilty to possession and transport of whisky and received a $600 fine, while Walter Moore was jailed 60 days and fined $300 by Federal Judge Cushman. Capt Ben Lichtenberg of the coast guard cutter Scout arrested them as they tried to bring a load into Seattle on the launch Dot. Assistant District Attorney George Mathieu filed the information and the case moved quickly in federal court. This marks Moore’s second federal conviction.
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Bert Berland
Walter Moore
Cushman
Ben Lichtenberg
Coast Guard
Scout
Seattle
George Mathieu
Moore
Recorda
Speeding fine sparks repair-shop dispute
A brief city-society exchange shows a judge fining a driver ten dollars for speeding while a garage owner notes the car is regularly repaired at the same shop, highlighting recurring local encounters.
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Harry
Costa
Population scare sparks city bounty in Waukegan
Waukegan residents report a fanciful population projection claiming a couple married in April would bear 131 trillion descendants by year end. In response the city offers 10 cents for every hundred corpses brought in and posts urban warnings to curb the imaginary surge.
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Waukegan
Ill
Nurse Denies Soulmate Claim in Dr. France Divorce
Dorothy Greene testified she was the physician’s assistant and had cared for his daughter, denying any improper relations with Dr. France. Mrs. France accused the relationship as jealousy fueled by rumor and clairvoyant beliefs. The doctor labeled his wife unstable and exposed her alleged associates. he requested custody of their young daughter if divorce is granted.
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Rowe France
Dorothy Greene
France
Paris Restaurateurs Embrace Quiet Dining Etiquette
In Paris on May 18, Alexandre Duval notes the French art of courteous conversation at restaurants. Diners soothe meals with minimal chatter between orchestral selections and refined exchanges.
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Paris
Alexandre Duval
Paris Restaurita
Seven-piece Stamped Luncheon Sets in blue patterns
Art goods section third floor offers seven piece stamped luncheon sets with an 86 inch cloth and six 12 inch napkins. Designs feature a basket and fruit pattern in three shades of blue.
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Big Brewer
Prohibition Enforcement Office
Wnee
Ts Examin
Arlene
Robert
Price & Carter
Star
Mr. Bruin
Mr. Bear
Brain
Zane Grey
James
Gordon Hamby
James O'Dell
Anfad
the Bon Marché
Better Business Bureau
Neta
Scrims
Swisses
Madras
Cretonnes
Repps
Uyter
Conklin
Eleanor
Union Street
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