Man Pays $22 For Liquor Stolen 23 Years Ago
Fred Robinson of Brownwood Texas formerly ran a pool hall in Supply Oklahoma. A man stole 22 pints of whiskey from his stock 23 years ago and was never caught. A recent letter with apology arrived along with the check. The note mentions religious commitment. A separate Trinidad report notes witch-broom disease has destroyed about 600 acres of cacao.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownwood
Tex
Fred Robinson
Okla
Robinson
Church
Trinidad
Big gas wells drilled near Washington and Butler in 1920s era
News notes two gas wells near Lone Pine in the F I Moninger farm and near the T J Horn farm yielding 7 000 000 and 7 000 000 feet respectively in the 50 foot sand. A Butler oil well in Buffalo township produces about 200 barrels daily near the Dawson pool. Separately a political piece discusses presidential powers, appointments and Senate consent, plus a sermon outline and invocational remarks at a church service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
F. I. Moninger
Lone Pine
Carnegie Gas Company
Moninger
T. J. Horn
Manufacturers Light and Heat Company
Butler
Phillips Gas and Oil Company
Buffalo Township
Butler County
Dawson Pool
Stewart Blames Press Bias in Prohibition Debate Gains Hoover Support
In a mixed audience across party lines, Stewart asserts wet forces influence newspapers while dry views are discarded as news. He claims Hoover's Southern backing strengthens his bid, calls the campaign a break with precedent, and urges funds for a dry facts newspaper. He warns that a wet candidate could undermine the Eighteenth Amendment and power anti prohibitionists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Legislative
George Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Hoover
Stewart
J. G. Ginader
Harold F. Stoddard
South
Mr. Stewart
Dinner party for a horse and postwar aviation dreams
The piece recalls a dinner given by Miss Sophia Curtiss for her horse Surprise twenty years ago as news items flip between whimsy and progress. It notes planned air mail speed increases and a future Atlantic Pacific flight in twenty four hours, mentions Standard Oil and a German dye trust alliance, robot streetcar conductors, and fears of imperialist Russia and renewed German nationalism while reflecting on human nature and progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia Curtiss
Atlantic
Pacific
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Great
German Dye Trust
Standard Oil
Walter C. Teagle
Standard Oil of New Jersey
Europe
Germany
Count Zeppelin
America
Strikers Attack Dock Workers In Australia Riots
Melbourne and Adelaide reports describe rioting as striking stevedores clash with volunteer workers over government hours. Police were outnumbered as strikers boarded ships, battled volunteers, and hurled stones and coal. Injuries numbered in the dozens, with several serious cases reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Australia
U. P
Free Labor Bureau
Franklin Man Struck by Car in Franklin
Frank L. Bensinger a 65 year old former Franklin school board secretary lies serious after being struck by an automobile driven by Raymond Dolan as he stepped from a car. Dolan remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators. The incident occurred late Thursday night in Franklin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
U. P
Frank L. Bensinger
Franklin School Board
Raymond Dolan
Bensinger
Dolan
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NEW Coats
New York Millinery and Dress Co
Penna. Ave
Warren, Pa
Washington, PA
Butler CO
Herbert
New
American Railway Association
Cleveland
Westinghouse
General Electric
Soviet
Russia
Cza
Cape Nil
Samoilovitch
Arctic
Adelaide
Hanau
Blue Rose
Jergens
Sloan's Liniment
Mennen’s
Chesterfields
Lucky Strikes
Calif
H. K. Wampole
Glover's
Hinds Honey
Cascara
Maltos Dextri
DeWitts
Baby Tale Johnson's
Gillett Blades
Chrysler
DeSoto
DE Soto
Peerless Garage
Pennsylvania Ave
East
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