Prohibition blamed for youth drinking, speaker says
Dr Gifford Gordon, addressing a Chautauqua audience, argues prohibition is not the sole cause of youth drinking and cites studies by Dr Alexander Lambert and Mrs G M Mathis from before prohibition to question sensational reports. He notes long familiarity with American youth and speaks from an outsider’s view as an Australian observer.
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America
Gifford Gordon
Gordon
Alexander Lambert
Bellevue Hospital
New York
Chisago
Madison
Stats
Endowed Cemetery Adverts Office at 38 North Jonathan
A terse notice lists an office at 38 North Jonathan Street with a telephone number 1469 and invites readers to contact for cemetery related services. The fragment suggests an establishment offering endowment cemetery arrangements.
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Jonathan Street
Prohibition debate links prosperity to benefiting economy
The speaker argues that youth drinkers are a minority and that prohibition aided economic growth. Cites Yale economist estimate of six billion dollars saved annually and notes expansion of labor and savings banks since 1917. Acknowledges while some youths drink, denies prohibition solely causes it or parallels in England. Also mentions a costume concert program and local social notes.
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America
England
Fisher
Yale
Judiciary Committee
Washington, D. C
Prohibition
United States
Christine Bingham
Victor Herbert
Harold C. Wright
Miss Bingham
Elinor van Seoten
Frederick Hufsmith
Dolly Stewart
Meddie
Hamilton
Miss Stacey
Oldest Rohrersville Band To Play At Farmers Picnic
The Rohrersville band, founded in 1837 by Capt. Washington McCoy, will furnish music for the farmers’ picnic at the Hagerstown fairgrounds on Saturday August 25. Led by John F. Clopper since long, the band endured Civil War hardships and remains a leading musical group. The hall built under Clopper serves as a community center and member M T Rohrer has been in the band 58 years. The ensemble begins at 10 o’clock in the morning. The event is a Red Letter day for farmers nationwide.
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Rohrersville
Capt. Washington McCoy
Hagerstown Fairgrounds
Capt. McCoy
Robert
Harry Rohrer
John F. Clopper
Basket dinner at noon followed by afternoon amusements
A community event offers a noon basket dinner and an afternoon lineup of amusements. Details are sparse but indicate a daytime gathering with planned activities for attendees.
Georgia man held for battery theft before Grand Jury
Frederick Simms, a Georgia Negro, was charged with stealing an automobile battery. He was held for the November Grand Jury in default of bond set at 250 dollars by Justice J. H. Biter yesterday afternoon. The battery was stolen Wednesday.
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Frederick Simms
Georgia
J. H. Biter
Local Junk Yard Identifies Suspect in Battery Theft
Afternoon report from North Prospect Street cites junk yard workers who identified Simme as the man who bought a stolen battery. Scientists admit limited knowledge of slow-norma but note light generation linked to breathing in the observed phenomena.
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North Prospect Street
Simme
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