Largest Mississippi still found near Oxford
A 3,000 gallon still, likely the largest in the state, was found Tuesday off the Memphis Clarksdale highway in DeSoto county near a dance hall and barbecue stand. No arrests have been made. this marks the third such capture in the area in the past month, according to deputy prohibition administrator E Schapman.
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Oxford
Miss
Memphis-Clarksdale
DeSoto County
E. Schapman
Prohibition
Woman Judge Urges More Parental Time With Children
Judge Jean F. Norris of New York urged fathers and mothers to spend more time with their children noting business keeps parents away and contributing to crime. She emphasized parental authority, humane justice, and uses probation to learn circumstances before sentencing, highlighting decisive traffic court penalties.
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New York
Jean F. Norris
First District Criminal Court
Miss Norris
Woman’s Day Court
Family Court
Trust Corporation
Frank M. Leslie
Carrie Chapman Catt
New York State Federation of Business and Professional Woman’s Clubs
National Association of Women's Lawyers
Winter construction boom shown by contractor survey
Chicago reports Jack Frost beaten as winter contracts surge. W J Lynch, VP of a large firm, says steady winter work attracts skilled artisans, reduces wage spikes, and minimizes delays. Heating costs for winter jobs stay under one percent of building cost while interior heat remains small.
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Chicago
Jack Frost
W. J. Lynch
Lynch
Many Housewives Seek To Emulate U S Budget
Washington story notes the Budget Bureau has no household budget schedule. It reports many requests from housewives and some congress members for household expense guidance. The Bureau mentions a cash register company publication as the closest approach to a consumer budget.
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U. S
Washington
Bureau of the Budget
Congress
H. M. Lord
Budget Bureau
Cash Register
Lovers of Tennyson Visit His Old Home
The largest gathering of Tennyson fans in Britain visited the poet’s Surrey cottage near Haslemere. Invited by the Gaekwar of Baroda, members of the Poetry Society explored the hilltop home once lived in by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
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Tennyson
London
Aldsworth
Surrey Hills
Haslemere
Gaekwar
Baroda
Poetry Society
Honolulu Population Reveals Hit Toward 100000
Annual preliminary estimates by S. W. Tay show Honolulu likely reaching a population of about 100000. Figures draw from births deaths and island arrivals and departures recorded by the health board.
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Honolulu
S. W. Tay
The
Board of Health
Health Board
Cleaning Alabaster Ornaments with Lime Milk or Soda Wash
Alabaster ornaments clean best by soaking in lime milk then washing in clear water and dusting with French chalk when dry. An easier method uses boiled water with washing soda, followed by thorough rinsing.
North Florida towns push tobacco markets for 1926 season
Three Florida towns Madison Lake City and Live Oak have started campaigns to secure a tobacco market for 1926. Despite acreage commitments experts doubt more than one market will succeed and some markets opened last year closed quickly making buyers wary of new markets.
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Moultrie
Florida
Madison
Lake City
Live Oak
Moultrie Observer
Lawyer Pollay Dies After Near-Burial Duel Story
Budapest reports Dr. Ludwig Pollay a lawyer died after a long illness. Thirty years earlier during a duel he was shot in the stomach and carried home as dead. At the funeral the corpse stirred delaying burial. He recovered and rode horseback for weeks before final illness.
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Budapest
Ludwig Pollay
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