Ontario test of alcohol beer sale ends with mixed results
Thousands across Ontario border towns tried Ferguson era "four by four" beer for a day. Only minor drunkenness observed. Toronto reports no arrests. Windsor profits top $2,500 as 600,000 glasses sold at 25 cents. Wayne Wheeler calls experiment a joke and warns on law enforcement impact.
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Ontario
Ferguson Govy
Ogdens
Toronto
King Detroiter
Windsor
Wayne B. Wheeler
General. Com
Windsor crowd pays for the 4.4 per cent beer sale
Windsor Ont May 22 about 75 000 people including many Americans paid between 150 000 and 200 000 for the kick of the 4.4 per cent beer sale. Hotels and restaurants report selling nearly half a million bottles to pilgrims arriving by train plane car bike and on foot. Despite the large crowd not a single arrest was made. The new beer is not of intoxi
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B. M. Feeee
United Press
Windsor
Ont
Unclaimed Prize Highlights Beer Drinking Challenge
A $100 prize for the first person to get drunk on 4.4 percent beer went unclaimed. Visitors trying to take bottles home as souvenirs were disappointed as customs men enforced restrictions on beer. The article notes pedestrians face greater risk crossing streets than riding trains at 60 miles per hour.
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Detroit
injunction case heard over nuisance in residential district
The injunction petitioners Jacob D. Bloch Dr WH Ham Mastin Mrs Maggie Burke and Susan Quigley seek to restrain Higgins and Courtney from operating their undertaker business at Government and Scott streets claiming the location in a residential area is a nuisance The supreme court affirmed the circuit court ruling that the business would be a nuisance affecting home values Gaillard Mahomer Arnold represented petitioners Smith Young Leigh Johnston respondents An unrelated Mobile case Ex Parte G M Rosengrant Riverside Manufacturing Co writ of certiorari denied and judgment affirmed Eva Havard sues under the workmen compensation act for Fritz Havards death caused by a rifle discharge while cleaning the weapon by Will Artis Rosengrant defendants represented by Smith Young Leigh Johnston
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Jacob D. Bloch
Whham Mastin
Maggie Burke
Susan Quigley
Higgins
Joel W. Goldsby
Circuit Court
Gaillard, Mahomer & Arnold
Smith, Young, Leigh & Johnston
Ex- Parte
G. M. Rosengrant
Riverside Manufacturing Company
Mobile
Eva Havard
Outlaw & Kilborn
Rosengrant
Fritz Havard
Havard
Will Artis
Smith, Young, Leigh & Johnson
Travelers Plan Convention Meeting in Local Office
A United Commercial Travelers committee for Alabama meets at McGowin-Lyons Hardware tomorrow at 9 AM to finalize plans for the annual convention to be held May 29 and 30. Committee members include Mark Lyons chair, Myron Sprague vice chair, M A Lyons, John McAndrew, Ben Marshall, J H Pugh, and J G Britton.
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United Commercial Travelers
Alabama
McGowin-Lyons Hardware Company
Mark Lyons
Myron T. Sprague
M. A. Lyons
John McAndrew
Ben Marshall
J. H. Pugh
J. .G. Britton
Ranchman Missing Near Nogales Sparks Cross-Border Hunt
Nogales Sonora May 22 Chief of Police Romero left for Cibuta to investigate the three week disappearance of American ranchman George Jarrel. A riderless horse found at his ranch sparked a wide search by federal soldiers Nogales police and cowboys through the hills but no trace has been found.
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Ariz
Romero
Sonora
Cibuta
George Jarrel
Jarrel
Airplane radio test reports no generator need
The Associated Press notes a successful low wavelength radio transmission from an aircraft without a generator after a test at a naval training station. The study aims to power the MacMillan Nowan voyage to the Arctic region this summer. A plague death toll rose sharply in Pelusium and Raxet, with casualties increasing from 5 000 to 20 090.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Or Tin Bhy Lakes
MacMillan Nowan
Arctic
A. D
Pelusium
Raxet
Illinois Central argues for control of Mississippi lines
Jackson traffic bureau opposes Illinois Central petition to take over the Alabama and Vicksburg and Vicksburg Shreveport and Pacific lines. President C H Markham testifies the merger would improve uninterrupted service and not change current rates. Supporting and opposing interests include Meridian traffic bureau Brown Paper Co Monroe chamber Shreveport chamber of commerce Kansas City Southern Texarkana & Fort Smith Louisiana PSC Jackson traffic bureau and Mississippi officials.
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Jackson
Miss
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Illinois Central
Alabama & Vicksburg
Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Lines
R. N. Rrezise
Interstate Commerce Commission
C. H. Markham
Markham
Mississippi
Jackson Traffic Bureau
R. V Fletcher
Chicago
J. Blanc Monroe
New Orleans
Meridian Traffic Bureau
Brown Paper Company
Monroe
Monroe Chamber of Commerce and Traffic Bureau
Shreveport Chamber of Commerce
Kansas City Southern Railway
Texarkana & Fort Smith Railway
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Kansas City Board of Trade
State of Mississippi
Deep Water Men Feel Encouraged by Rail Support
Fortified by endorsements from two large northwestern railroads and by President Coolidge’s backing, the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Tidewater Association plans to renew its push for a deep water route to the Atlantic. The meeting drew waterway advocates from 19 states and Ontario, with governors Edward Jackson of Indiana and A G Sorlie of North Dakota among attendees, plus four former governors.
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Michigan City
Ind
Associated Press
Northwestern
Coolidge
Great Lakes
Allen
Kansas
Lowden
Illinois
Indiana
Harding
Owa
Detective Sues Over Divorce Arrangement
Mrs. Minta Durfee Arbuckle former wife of Roscoe C Arbuckle sues private detective Jerome Co Baum in New York Supreme Court seeking 2500 dollars. She accuses Baum of failing to arrange a proper Rhode Island divorce without publicity as agreed.
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New York
Minta Durfee Arbuckle
Roscoe C
Fatty) Arbuckle
Supreme Court
Jerome Co. Baum
Arbuckle
Baum
Rhode Island
Mike McTigue bets on Berlenbach title bout at Yankee Stadium
New York May 22 Mike McTigue bets $5 000 against $20 000 that he can stop Paul Berlenbach in their light heavyweight title fight at Yankee Stadium one week from tonight.
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Mike Confident
New York
Associated Press
Mike McTigue
Paul Berlenbach
Yankee Stadium
Herb Juice credited for health recovery by Chickasaw contractor
R W Brackins of Chickasaw Alabama describes severe indigestion constipation and kidney trouble prior to using Herb Juice. After three bottles his digestion liver and kidneys improved and he reports restored health and vitality.
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Chickasaw
Ala
Brackins
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