Protests and Seizures Highlight Prohibition Cases
In Savannah, on December 11 the British steamship Medina seized at Brunswick last month for alleged prohibition violations will be sold at auction. In Galveston, December 11, condemnation and forfeiture were filed against the British schooner Island Home for unloading liquor near U.S. shores before customs approval, with 865 cases aboard when seized four miles off Galveston Island.
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Stewart
Savannah
Medina
Brunswick
Galveston
Tex
Island Home
United States
Galveston Island
Birmingham Ax Man Suspect Captured After Hatchet Find
Fred Glover a negro was arrested after a bloodstained hatchet and a pistol were found in his room. He was identified by Mrs Edwin Sparks as her attacker in a Sunday night assault. The spree has caused 23 deaths across three series including ax and iron pipe attacks on storekeepers and men, women.
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Birmingham
Ala
Fred Glover
Glover
Birmingham General Hospital
Edwin Sparks
Fields Rejoins Kentucky Governorship in 4th Democratic Era
William Jason Fields, former congressman, was sworn in as governor of Kentucky in Frankfort on December 11. His oath returns the state’s top office to the Democratic party after four years, marking a shift in state politics.
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Frankfort
A. P
William Jason Fields
Congress
Kentucky
Democratic Party
Will appoints Webb sole beneficiary in Bridgeport estate
In Bridgeport Connecticut relatives report a will naming Webb as the sole beneficiary though the husband has repeatedly pledged to disregard his wife's bequests. The条 text notes a pattern of similar pledges by the husband regarding the will.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Webb
Alleged Woman Rum Runner Dies in Wreck
Savannah dispatch reports Mrs Henry Taylor one of the women alleged to run whisky in a fast sport roadster died of injuries at a local hospital after a wreck yesterday. The incident involved alleged rum runners and occurred on a fast road route near the city.
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Rum Runner
Savannah
Henry Taylor
Modernism Debate Delayed by Illness in New York
The first debate between fundamentalists and modernists, planned for next Thursday, was postponed tonight to the following Thursday due to the illness of Rev. Dr. John Roach Straton, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church and fundamentalist advocate.
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New York
John Roach Straton
Calvary Baptist Church
Preventive Laxative Bromo Quinine Advertisement
A colonial era medical ad promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets for colds grip or influenza prevention. The box bears the signature of E. W. Grove and the price is 30 cents. The wording mirrors period patent medicine marketing.
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E. W. Grove
Ford placed on spring primary ballot by petitions
Campaign officials announced today that the required signatures have been collected on petitions circulating here. A separate petition is circulating in Hudson, led by Edward Frensdorf, to place Ford's name before voters at the spring primary.
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Hudson
Edward Frensdorf
Ford
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