Big Cedar Point Moonshine Distillery Raided
Sheriff Welter and four deputies seized a small Cedar Point distillery with two stills, 100 gallons of moonshine, and 1,500 gallons of mash during a 12-drug raid. Stills were active. 1,600 gallons of mash in 32 barrels and 100 gallons of liquor were found. Owner Josep Dugas allegedly operated the plant. Liquor stored in Ottawa county jail awaiting cases.
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Cedar Point
la Salle
Ottawa
Gedar Point
Josep Dugas
Dugas
Farmer Dies in Freak Accident Near Lostant
Bert Graves, 53, a farmer near Lostant, died at St. Marys hospital in La Salle at 8 45 pm Friday from injuries when a limb he was sawing fell, bringing a ladder down with it. His neck was broken and he sustained internal injuries. His brother, H E Graves, found him later on the farm.
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Bert Graves
Lostant
St. Mary’s Hospital
la Salle
H. E. Graves
la Salle Hospital
H. EP. Graves
Bert
Ottawa Brewery Pays Fines in Prohibition Case
Fines totaling 2400 dollars were paid by Ottawa Products company officials in Federal court Chicago after pleas of guilty to violation of the prohibition law. William Reardon, president, was fined 200 dollars and Charles Bertaand Caldwell, secretary and director, 100 dollars.
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Ottawa Products Company
Chicago
William Reardon
Charles Bertaand Caldwell
Bureau County schools urged to sell Christmas seals
The Bureau County Tuberculosis Association asks schools to sell penny seals during Christmas campaigns. Seventy percent of funds raised by pupils stay with the school for health equipment while thirty-nine percent supports national state and county programs.
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Bureau County Tuberculosis Association
Lookout for Self and Neighbor Voice in Moral Maxim
A compact reflection cites the proverb to urge balance between care for others and self respect, noting no instruction to diminish self worth while advising vigilance toward one another in everyday conduct.
Why Industry Is Misunderstood Radical Agitation Debate
Speech by George F Roberts before the American Bankers Association in Atlantic City argues modern industry is a cooperative system requiring broad understanding. He warns radicalism stems from economic fallacies and calls for productive capitalism to maintain standards of comfort and social cohesion.
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Bible Thoughts for This Week
Daily verses and reflections from Sunday to Saturday present guidance from Galatians Psalms Isaiah Deuteronomy and John. Each day offers a thematic biblical thought such as restoration farewell seeking God and trust in divine providence.
All in Imagination Dance Conversation
A brief quip from Life magazine about Maudie claiming many young men at the dance paid her attention, Gracie noting she has imagined them already.
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Maudie
Gracie
Spinach Gaffe Dubbed Before the Diet Debate
A humorous quote about a doctor prescribing a rigid diet while the speaker claims to live on spinach, illustrating a joke from Wayside Tales. No names, dates, or places are given.
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Doc
Fisherman Mr Teaspot Buys Fish After Hunting
A man nicknamed Mr Teaspot, after failing to shoot game, buys a string of fish on his way home. Neighbors smile at the sight of him carrying a gun in one hand and a line of fish in the other.
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Teaspot
Mercenary Ghosts and a Haunted House Tale
Briggs moved from his former home after claiming it was haunted as creditors lingered around day and night. A true friend is present, correcting the speaker when mistaken, while a profiteer's wife overhears a line about paying a French professor ten guineas an hour to teach singing.
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Briggs
Jane
In Training. Crawford Tracks Night Practice Idea
Crabshaw notes Crawford trains nightly after reading about rum runners. He questions the motive behind the unusual regimen as the track athlete bores into intense practice sessions.
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Crawford
Crabshaw
A Serious Failure Humor Between Customer and Cashier
A cashier quizzes an old lady about bank failures and note renewals, sparking a wry exchange as she confirms the institution failed to renew her notes leading to ruin.
Geting Papa Funds Support for Business Venture
In dialogue, a speaker asks She about obtaining money from her father to fund a business. He responds that it is a capital idea, suggesting approval of the financial move and parental backing as a smart plan.
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Papa
Small Town Humor and Philosophy Reflection
A fragment reflects on domestic warfare and political promises. It suggests confidence and righteousness aid nature, notes that first campaigns erode trust, and muses that freely judging good and bad deeds would improve the world.
Granville Hunters Fined for Pre Sunrise Ducking
Granville residents Leonard Lodgani and Alonzo Pelka were fined 25 dollars each after a Sunday morning arrest by Deputy Game Warden Spaulding near the Illinois river bottoms south of Howe Station for shooting ducks before sunrise. Spaulding investigates further violations along the river between La Salle and Henry.
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Leonard Lodgani
Alonzo Pelka
Granville
Spaulding
Princeton
Illinois River
New York Central Bridge
Howe Station
la Salle
Henry
First Rome Mint in 269 B C Sets Silver Coin Era
In 269 B C silver was first coined in Rome when Fabius Pictor established a mint. This historic act marks the beginning of silver coinage in Roman commerce and standardized monetary trade soon after.
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B. C
Rome
Fabius Pictor
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Deafness Treatment
An ad explains catarrh inflames the Eustachian tube causing rumbling and possible permanent hearing loss. Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims to cure catarrh and related deafness, noting over forty years of success and distribution by F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
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