Anti-Beer Law Signed by President Harding Sparks Debate
President Harding signed the Anti Medicinal Beer bill last week, expanding Prohibition enforcement and restricting medical prescriptions for alcohol. The act tightens searches without warrants, limits physicians prescribing liquor, and aims to curb medicinal beer while maintaining tax rules and government oversight.
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Harding
Tronsky Department
Teasury
Remeint
Almeney-General
J Teasuiry
Walliv.Camp
Bel Bil
Sheward
Frohibition
A. Haynes
Arr&neys
Hawaii
Virginialands
6000 Teachers To Be Taught In Statewide Plan
Plans by the State Department of Education and related groups aim to place 6000 West Virginia school teachers under expert instruction next summer. A Fairmont conference of educators and university officials approved a coordinated program to expand training, extend summer courses, and boost local school supervision. The move seeks to improve qualified teacher output and reduce the need for emergency certificates. Robert Clark is finalizing details of the plan.
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Sme
West Virginia
George M. Pord
Fairmont
West Virginia University
Ford
AML
Department of Education
Robert Clark
Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsed By Local Citizens
A Shepherdstown reader claims Doan's Kidney Pills cured a kidney complaint after a backache and irregular kidney action. Mrs Carter confirms continued success since first endorsement, stating pills fixed slight kidney troubles. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y markets the product.
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Frank Carter
Princess Sty
Shepherdstown
Dean
Hill
Doan
Carter
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N.Y
Disastrous Year For Red Cross Relief Efforts
The annual Red Cross report outlines 43 disasters causing 850 deaths and $40 million in property damage across sixty six communities. Emergency relief totaled $1,871,000 for Americus Hedrons and Pueblo rehabilitation funding rose to over $825,000 amid widespread famine threats and grafting of disaster response networks.
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Americus Hedrons
Sevantoet
Wall
Aiteet
Salen
Republic
Tulsa
Okie
Alaska
United States
American Red Cross Latin Hemimarters
Wall Street
Red Cross
Annala
Red Cros
Tecan
Arkinyay
Texarkana
China
Sunga
Growth of Red Cross Life Saving Corps Enrollment
The life saving corps shows a surge in membership with 160 core units and over 1,000 members, reflecting expanding nationwide efforts. Key achievements include affiliation with the United States Naval Academy and cities like Annapolis, highlighting the corps as a leading global lifesaving organization.
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Red Cross
Sehioh Lato
Act Ag
Abhapolia
Whit
Tifa
There Is Vigor In Rich Blood Ad
An old advertisement extols Pepto Mangan as restoring rich red blood with ample red cells. It describes how overwork weakens the blood, causing fatigue, reduced appetite, and loss of vigor, and claims the product reelevates energy by enriching the blood.
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Gude
Postal guidance on card size to speed holiday mail
The Post Office Department urges customers to use stationery of proper size during Christmas mail surge. Envelopes and cards smaller than 2 3 4 by 4 inches cause jams, delays, and loss risk as cancellation and handling rises. Public cooperation is requested to ensure smooth distribution and secure mail.
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Postal Service
Post Office Department
Braddock’s Defeat to Lincoln Era Ironies Seen
A historical note recalls a Charleston era tale of a near miss that spared Washington and a Civil War sniper at Hawk's Nest Bluff. It chronicles how a Georgia officer’s long range shot on a Union colonel nearly altered fate, revealing a shared thread of fortuitous invulnerability linking Rutherford B. Hayes and the young nation’s leaders.
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Braddock
Washington
Floyd
Cox
Gauley River
West Virginia
Georgia
Hawk's Nest Bluff
William Phillips
Phillips
United States
Ohio
Rutherford B. Hayes
Carnival revels in Paris during old monarchy era
The piece recalls the carnival’s peak in Paris as Lent approached with crowds in the streets. A royal prince the Duke of Orleans joins in disguise with Dubois and is playfully admonished when his identity is nearly revealed during the revelry.
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Paris
Duke of Orleans
Dubois
Monseigneur
Davis
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Merzland Health
Fulmin
Puliows Sork
Cole
Regan
Wellar
Fulton Hay Tun
Burn
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Walton
Miles
Nervine Fineuces
Eagle “Winkado
Winr
Eagle Pencil Company
New York
Poland
China Ho
W. C. Riely & Son
Charles Town
Wva
Sesh
Arabia
Life Saving Corps
Mise
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