Prohibition Debate Ends With Mixed Texas Returns
Dallas July 24 anti prohibition leader Huylen declares victory as Texas appears dry by about 8 000 votes with 4% counted in Dallas and nine counties unheard from. Late returns show north Texas favoring prohibition while south Texas leans wet amid uneven county tallies and forecasts of final counts.
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Flx Swamped Saturday by Fast Jobbers Team
Flxs overwhelmed Saturday action as fast opponents dominate play. The clash featured rapid scoring, tight defense, and key contributions from standout players. Officials noted strong pace and improved teamwork despite the loss.
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Day farming proposed for semi arid section
Oklahoma City July 24 A large semi arid land area receives 25 inches of rain but high evaporation leaves it barren. President J H Connell of Oklahoma A and M College Stillwater plans to seek support from the agricultural board on August 7 to study dry farming at the International Dry Farming Congress in Colorado Springs next October.
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First Analyst Declares Blood Stains Human and Anaemic
London on July 22 for the first time in English criminal history a skilled analyst testified that stains on a prisoner's clothes were human blood and from an anaemic person The Crippen Sage case was cited as proof of science at work The prisoner was found guilty and sentenced to death
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Liquor Dealers Call for Stricter Saloon Laws Enforcement
Milwaukee and Michigan liquor groups unite to push harsher enforcement of existing laws and stern licensing standards. They urge boards to deny licenses to minors abusers, serial violators, or operators tolerating disorder, gambling devices, or nuisance conduct. Leaders include Langen, Hundt, Lienemann, and Lindeman.
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Wisconsin Milwaukee Retail Liquor Dealers’ Association
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Wisconsin and Upper Peninsula of Michigan Brewers’ Association
A. 5. Lindeman
Dry County Fights To Control Blind Tigers
In Shreveport Louisiana dry Caddo parish the Prohibition League and the Young Men's Prohibition League urge formation of a law enforcement group to combat bootlegging and blind tiger sales. A Supreme Court ruling permitting near beer sales hinders enforcement of liquor laws.
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Broken hearted mother protests boy coerced by dry detectives
Mrs. William B. Burnhill of Crooksville, Ohio appeals to the Zanesville Times Recorder to expose alleged coerced work by an Anti-Galoon League operative. She claims her minor son Andrew was pressured to gather evidence against saloon keepers under oath, while she questions temperance workers and laments their treatment of her family.
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Crooksville
Prominent Minister Warns Against Anti-Saloon League
Reverend John Peters of St Michael's Episcopal Church in New York cautions that church temperance groups such as the Woman's Church Temperance Union and the Anti-Saloon League can be extreme. He suggests their remedies may be worse than the problem they target.
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Petere
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Woman’s Church Temperance Union
AntiSaloon League
New President Dennehy Leads National Liquor Dealers
C Dennehy of Chicago was elected president of the National Wholesale Liquor Dealers Association at its Chicago convention held at the Hotel Sherman. The unanimous vote reflects his aggressive push for license regulation and control. Dennehy chairs Chas Dennehy & Co. and has been with the firm for 37 of its 50 years.
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DIVE KEEPERS BATTLE LOCAL OPTION IN JEFFERSON COUNTY
In Birmingham Alabama the local option petition drive faces stiff resistance from organized bootleggers and blind-tiger keepers. Prohibition repeal led to a surge of illegal liquor sellers profiting from cheap whisky as saloons threaten their profits. They ally with prohibitionists to oppose legalized saloons' return.
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Jefferson County
Anti-Saloon League fund drive targets Maryland election
Baltimore supporters offer four thousand dollars to trigger six thousand more for a local option governor and legislative campaign fund. League members say the money will be targeted and merged with the regular campaign fund as liquor interests push a corrupt practices bill demanding disclosure of contributors and fund use.
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Anti Saloon League
Lquor
Have Queer Substitute for Whisky in Kansas
United States revenue officials and health inspectors in Kansas pursue a man with a new recipe for a whisky substitute. The dry beverage uses rain water, fishberries, prune juice and ginger and is sold as an imitation whisky under both departments. Fishberries are the key ingredient and are an intoxicating poison. in small amounts it can drive a man to foolish acts and in larger quantities can be deadly.
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Topeka
Buttermilk Misfire At Georgia Restaurant
Mrs. Mary Winn Smoot of Texas requested buttermilk in a Georgia eatery and was served a pitcher of beer instead. A former temperance worker touring to study prohibition laws, she objected while the waiter explained the mix up. A local tale notes a Georgia town also criminalized checkers in a playful jab.
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Mary Winn Smoot
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