Wartime whiskey booms create Louisville plutocrats
In Louisville Kentucky during wartime whiskey profits fueled a surge of wealth. Reports show about twenty locals became wealthy as prices rose from 50 to 60 cents to 1000 dollars per gallon before settling around 3.05 a gallon. Distillers and dealers amassed large holdings, with several men reportedly earning millions on barrels and bonds.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Joiisville
Internal Revenue Department
United States
Bond
Toggery Offers First Class Repairing and Cleaning
We do first class repairing on salts and overcoats with cleaning and repair at very reasonable prices. The Toggery.
Polson shines in 20 inning Texas League thriller
Hughie Jennings in Waxahachie Spring camp released Polson to the Shreveport club. Polson then hurled 20 innings against Fort Worth, a 1 to 1 record game that ended at darkness. Jennings may regret letting this phenom go to the Texas League.
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Hughie Jennings
Waxahachie
Polson
Jennings
Shreveport Club
Texas
Fort Worth
Hughie
Interest to Women Highlights Rising Roles Worldwide
A survey of women taking active roles in labor and public life worldwide shows Michigan students seeking farm work, women in leadership and education, and nurses and drivers in wartime service. Notable mentions include Maude Royden’s preaching, Rutgers expansion, and Julia Ward Howe centennial planning.
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University of Michigan
London
Britain
Maude Royden
City Temple
British Pharmaceutical Society
New York
France
Nellye Oppenheim
Savannah
Board of Trade
General Council of the
Reformed Episcopal Church
America
Julia Ward Howe
Lady Northcliffe
And
Statesman
Maude Gonne McBride
Joan of Arc
McBride
Major McBride
Dublin
Lady Kitchener
Lord Kitchener
Paris
Egypt
Ireland
Rutgers
New Brunswick
N. J
Kansas
Signal Board
Fire Department
Spokane
Copper Range Railroad
Upper Michigan
Joe Wieland
Louisville
Amelie of Portugal
England
Hunter College
Pennsylvania
Rutgers College
Mary Mitchell Moore
Bryn Mawr College
National Board of Historical Service
United States
Red Cross
Shipping Board
The
Food Administration
Woman's Motor Corps of
New
Rudman & Gottberg Take Over Jeweler M L Roberts
Rudman and Gottberg, successors to M L Roberts, become lending jewelers handling diamonds engagement rings and wedding presents as the new firm assumes the business and inventory of the former retailer.
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Rudman & Gottberg
M. L. Roberts
Classified Ss Restore Most Lost Articles to Owners
Classified notices report a successful effort to return a majority of missing items to their rightful owners. Officials coordinated with reporting parties to identify possessions and reunite them with purchasers and clients.
Amusements at the Olympic and other film picks
Charles Murray appears in a riotous domestic comedy Friend Husband at the Olympic. Enid Bennett shines in The Biggest Show on Earth as a circus girl with a fine performance. Also showing Sunday and Monday are Mabel Normand in Joan of Plattsburg and Smiling Billy Parsons in a two real comedy.
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Charles Murray
Enid Bennett
Miss Bennett
Mabel Normand
Joan of Plattsburg
Billy Parsons
Circus
Chas Murray
Circus Picture at Olympic Theater Last Night
The film The Biggest Show on Earth portrays circus life with showmanship on screen. Enid Bennett stars as the circus comes alive with big top canvas, roaring animals, and clowns at the Olympic theater for its final showing tonight.
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Enid Bennett
Mabel Normand Stars in Joan of Plattsburg at Olympic
Mabel Normand appears tomorrow and Monday in the patriotic comedy drama Joan of Plattsburg at the Olympic. The film presents a strong wartime message showing what women can do, with humor from two reel Smiling Bill Parson comedies Birds of a Feather to accompany the feature.
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Mabel Normand
Joan of
Bill
Douglas Fairbanks at Orpheum Headin South satire
Douglas Fairbanks headlines at the Orpheum in Headin South a fast moving comedy thriller about Mexican border troubles. The program includes up to date news pictures on the Picardy front Zeebrugge harbor blockade and other topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Fairbanks
The
Orpheum
South
Picardy Front
Zeebrugge Harbor
Lone Wolf opens two day run at Orpheum with three big thrills
The Orpheum presents a two day engagement of The Lone Wolf a seven act special with three major incidents including a hotel blaze to cover a murder a breakneck auto race ending with a car plunging into a river and a three cornered air battle over the English Channel Hazel Dawn and Bert Lytell star in this high suspense program alongside Britain's Bulls series one reel.
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Orpheum
Britain
Paris
Hoe Feels That Big At First In Garden Sport
A reader notes initial difficulty but finds the pastime rewarding after learning the swing. The National War Garden Commission of Washington offers the Garden Book for two cents, promoting gardening as enjoyable once familiar.
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Hoe
National War Garden Commission of Washington
Idaho District Court Divorce Alias Summons
Hattie May Craig sues Samuel Houston Craig in Bannock County Idaho for divorce on willful neglect with child custody of Bessie and Burl Craig and alimony. Defendant must answer within twenty days if served in district or forty days elsewhere. Clerk signs. attorney M R Lockhart of Pocatello listed.
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District Court
Fifth Judicial District
State of Idaho
Bannock
Hattie May Craig
Samuel Houston Craig
Samuel Hueston Craig
Bessie Craig
Burl Craig
Pardon sought by Fritz Schmidt in Idaho larceny case
Fritz Schmidt, convicted of grand larceny in the District Court of the Fifth Judicial District at Pocatello Idaho on November 14, 1918 and sentenced December 12 1918, will apply at the July meeting of the state Board of Pardons for full pardon.
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District Court
Fifth Judicial District
Pocatello
Idaho
State Board of Pardons
State of
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New World Life
Fairbanks Pathe News
Tron
Pol
Lone Wolf
Olympic
Doug. Fairbanks
Orpheum Sunday
ENID
Thos, Ince
Goldwyn
Porter Emerson Browne
Cc. W. Pomeroy
Bannock County
Co. W. Pomeroy
Harry J. Fox
M. R. Lockhart
Fritz Schmidt
Jolly Della Pringle
Temple Pharmacy
White
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