Opponent of Volstead Is Liquor Hope
Granite Falls Minn Oct 17 The father of Americas prohibition law Volstead faces re election in Minnesota seventh district opposed by Rev O J Kvale a minister and lifelong foe of liquor backed by wets The race draws national attention as dry and wet groups weigh impact on proposed amendments to end prohibition Volstead chairs the judiciary committee his loss would shift potential chairmanship and repeal prospects Kvale aided by democrats non partisan league and labor candidate has served as pastor in Benson Wisconsin and has seven children
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Granite Falls
Minn
National Association Against the
J. Kvale
Valstead
Benson, Minn
Kvale
House of Representatives
Volstead
George S. Graham
Philadelphia
Judiciary Committee
Wets
House
Robert Y. Thomas
Kentucky
Association
National Organization of the
AntiSaloon League
Benson
Wisconsin
Board of Education
Board of Finance
Norwegian Lutheran Church of America
Oxfordaville
Wis
Madison
Robert LaFollette
Jealous Countess Poisoned Dinner Guests in Scandal
In Athens on October 27 Countess Giulia Forosino, wife of an Italian diplomat, lured 22 women she suspected of romantic rivalries to dinner. She claimed the food was poisoned, causing hysteria and medical rushes, but investigators found she had poisoned food only minimally to avoid serious harm.
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Athens
Giulia Forosino
Arove
Scientist Prolongs Life of Swiss Butterflies
In Geneva on October 27, Swiss scientist M. Louis Destouches reports experiments that extend butterfly lifespans to five or six times the normal period. The work centers on a system of varying temperatures as the core of his testing method.
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Geneva
M. Louis Destouches
King St P C to Be Enlarged
A $100 009 addition to the King street post office terminal station was approved after a meeting among Post Office officials and Northern Pacific VP L C Gilman. The current leased building costs $41 000 annually, with the expansion raising estimated rent to about $91 000. Plans call for 20 000 extra square feet and two more stairways for the parcel post area. Specifications were to be submitted Friday with work planned to start immediately to finish for the Christmas rush.
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King St
J. R. Fullenwider
Postoffice
Edgar Battle
C. M. Porkina
L. C. Gilman
Northern Pacific
N. P
Parte! Post
Humble Garb Has the Call
In Boston at the Back Bay police station two men arrested on drunkenness faced bail. John Wetherbee of Allston could not raise 27 dollars despite seven friends in evening garb trying to bail him out. John Jaarforta of Somerville was later bailed by a working friend who arrived in work clothes with a roll of bills.
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Boston
Cheeterfield
Back Bay
John Wetherbee
Cambridge St
Allstom
Copley Square
John Jaarforta
Gorham
Weert Somerville
Wetherbee
Jnarforta
Justice Day Resigns to Umpire War Claims with Germany
Associate Justice William R. Day resigns from the United States Supreme Court to devote full time to duties as umpire in settling all war claims with Germany. He ends a long tenure on the high court and moves to the diplomatic arbitration role.
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William R. Day
United States Supreme Court
Bie
Germany
Americans Living Now Only for Stomach Says Nicholson
Meredith Nicholson, novelist and essayist, laments America's decline in spiritual ideals since the Civil War. He says youth neglect moral standards, sex norms shift, and materialism dominates. He blames weaker education and politics while praising Victorian ethics and the wartime league of nations.
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Joan O'Donnell
New York
Meredith Nicholson
America
Yesteryear
Nicholson
League of Nations
Garland Gets Two New Mates In Platonic Farm Colony
Mary Wren Garland leaves for Europe as neighbors find two new companions for Charles Garland at his farm near North Carver. Miss Alice Edgerton and Miss Doris Benson join the hermit heir in a platonic love colony, aiding his intellectual pursuits and replacing his former soulmate.
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North Carver
Maas
Charlies Garland
Mary Wren Garland
Europe
Garland
Alice Edgerton
Doris Benson
Iditian Conrad
Adda
Mies Edgerton
Charles Garland
Mise Edgerton
Mise Henson
Lillian Conrad
Chinese Will Fare Better
W. W. Husband, commissioner general of immigration, promised to push changes to immigration interpretations to ease treatment of Chinese travelers. He would have all visitors examined aboard arriving ships and allow them to await examinations at hotels. He also advocated a new immigration station with a long enough lease to justify construction.
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W. W. Husband
Seattle
Washington
Husband
China Club
Lew G. Kay
Joker in Dresses Spends Time in Jail
Albert Preston was arrested in Birmingham for dressing in women's clothes as a joke and spent time in jail according to a late October report.
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Joker
Birmingham
Eng
Albert Preston
More Berries Ripen in Seattle Summer
In Seattle this summer Mrs. M. W. Cooper of 4620 Palatine Ave, A Muller of Lake Forest Park, and M. O. Smith of 7510 12th Ave report ripe blackberries in their gardens. They say the climate supports further fruitage as the berries blossom and ripen.
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Attle
M. W. Cooper
Palatine Ave
A. Muller
Lake Forest Park
M. O. Smith
12Th Ave
No Car Relief Expected for Weeks on Pacific Routes
The American Railway Association ordered all empty freight cars moved westward but shippers on the Pacific coast face at least six weeks without relief. J. L. Brown, superintendent of transportation for the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, says relief will be delayed by six weeks or more.
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Ciation
J. L. Brown
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Dodd Outlines Methods to Help Seattle Merchants
Alvin E. Dodd of the U S Chamber of Commerce told Seattle merchants at the New Washington hotel how to escape bankruptcy in hard times. He presented charts showing 110 year price fluctuations and described practical measures for managers in domestic distribution.
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Tle
Alvin E. Dodd
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
New Washington Hotel
Dodd
Denny Hill Regrade Work to Be Pushed
Seattle Real Estate association will push to complete the Denny Hill regrade within the district bounded by Westlake Fifth Avenues. A committee was appointed to consult with a board of eminent domain on the project.
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Denny Hill
Weastlake Fifth Aves
Seattle Real Estate Association
S. C
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MR. and Mrs
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Elliott
Alaska
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