Prohibition and politics mix in nationwide updates
A busy week summary cites the Supreme Court in recess, a Methodist temperance push for deportations of noncitizens, Henry Ford's bid to run Water Power projects for 80 million, and federal seizures in Georgia tied to Prohibition. Reports also cover naval disarmament talks, Christmas plans in Washington, and weather and crime notes across the nation.
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Georgia
Dismuke
Haynes
Washington
Waning Naval Pact Sets 5 6 3 Ratio Amid Pacific Talks
At Washington the foreign agreement on naval ratio was reached by Secretary Hughes Arthur Balfour and Baron Kato. It maintains the 5 6 3 standard while allowing tonnage increases within that ratio. A Senate attack labeled the four power Pacific treaty a gold brick and called the alliance. The big three agreed to status quo fortifications excluding Hawaii Australia New Zealand Japan and North American coasts.
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A. J. Blakely, Jr
Grinnell
Aubrey Robinson
Hawaiiien Islands
Mr. Robinson
Ohio
Wyoming
L. A. Mastin
Cedar Rapids
Cummins
Kenyon
Scott
Morling
Iowa
Ed L. Wheeler
Henry J. Davis
Bella Plaine
Wheeler
Belle Plaine
Federal Reserve Board
Senate
War Weeks
Weeks
House
H. S. Hollingsworth
Associated Charities of
Des Moines
American Legion
Fouth
A. M. McColl
Centrol
Anamosa Reformatory
Anamosa
Fort Madison
Rockwell City
Chris Holt
Connell Bluffs
FLBL
Lowans
Daugherty
Unte
Watter J. Smith
Circuit 1 Court of Appeals
Harding
Call of
Colrae
Taft
W. L. Ruse
Eldora
Eldora’s
Clarence Hangon
Sioux City
Hanson
Rickets Town
Crawford County
Washington
Hughes
Arthur Balfour
Baron Kato
Reed
Dem. Mo
Washington Conference
Pacific
Hawaii
Australia
New Zealand
Japan
United States
Canada
Holiday schedule hits railway repair shops nationwide
Reports indicate domestic railway repair shops adopt holiday timetables as St. Paul lines plan layoffs of 10 000 workers across seven shops. Other notes list banked incidents in Chicago and New York, gunfire wounds a Kokomo officer, and a gale causing major property damage in New York City.
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Taailway
St. Paul Road
Bart Ames
Kokomo
Ynd
Hupp
New York City
American Legion Sees Wide Post Activity Across States
The American Legion drives housing for veterans at Cleveland former barracks and supports employment through posts in Chicago Toledo and Minneapolis. Posts aid reconstruction projects in Mesnil en Artois Pleardy and assistance to veterans in Camp Custer Michigan and other locales.
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Cleveland
Lee
American Legion
Argonne
Toledo
Lelon Post
Mesnil-en-Arronalge
Pleardy
Chicago
State of
Michigan
Camp Custer
American Legion Employment Bureau
New York
Wichita
Xan
American Legion Post Employment Agency
Department of Labor
Het
Dr Elmer Gyan Root advertised as pure herbal remedy
An advertisement touts Dr Elmer Gyan Root as a pure non stimulant herbal medicine. It claims to aid kidney and bladder troubles without habit forming effects and promotes two bottle sizes sold by Dr Ent Co in Binghamton New York.
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Elmer
Adney
Bilmer
Ent! &Co
Binghamton, N.Y
Different off the stage Darehar Drake robs a prison cell
World famous film villain Darehar Drake ends a busy studio day by picking a lock on his prison cell. He forgets his key at home and pleads with a locksmith to open his locked flat door after a failed pocket search.
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Darehar Drake
Hig Electric
Redreat Locksmith
Cuticura Remedy Ad Promises Clear Pimples Fast
An old advertisement touts Cuticura for pimply faces claiming pimples and blackheads disappear in five minutes with Cuticura Ointment and Cat...cara Soap. It urges daily use to keep skin clear and mentions Cuticura Talerm.
Did Sha Admit It in a Dilemma of Love and Logic
A humorous exchange features a man declaring a singular superiority of a wife over misfit notions of a perfect thing women cannot share. A wife becomes the punchline as a man frets over romantic choices while a caller telephones during a muddled day of inquiries to a broker and Miss Golding.
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Parker
Miss Golding
Height of Deception Stuns Local Jewelers
A Birmingham Age Herald report describes a bold theft as a thief grabbed a tray of dia monde and fled. The jeweler, pretending interest in engagement rings, was fooled by the act and stammered, turning red as the con artist escaped.
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Birmingham Age Herald
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