Americans’ Prohibition Views Move Scottish Bishop to Speak
Aberdeen reports Dr. F. L. Deane, bishop of Aberdeen, on his American tour, saying prohibition will not be repealed and Volstead may endure. He cites bootleggers and employers opposing change, merchants benefiting, organized women united, preachers against reform, and widespread contempt for law due to prohibition’s effects.
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Aberdeen
Scotland
INS
League of Nations
F. L. Deane
America
United States
Irbor
Owes $322 Fine From 1860s Water loo Library Book
The Waterloo library faces a $322.50 fine for a book overdue since 1865. George B. Harrison signed the regulations, and J. C. Hartman found the volume while cleaning his attic. Hartman offers to return it, claiming no knowledge of how it arrived there.
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Waterloo Library
Greece
Turkey
Stephen Olin
Wesleyan University
Derby & Jackson
Nassau Street
New York
George B. Harrison
Lst
Waterloo
J. C. Hartman
Jefferson Street
Prospect
Hartman
Notorious Flop House of Paris Razed
The Golden Grape, a notorious Paris flop house described as a bedless hotel where men slept on ropes or on the floor, has disappeared. Hundreds sought warmth and shelter in this earlier shelter for the miserable.
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Paris
The
Nightly rope bunks at a hotel dormitory described
Descriptive passage details a cold dormitory with hanging rope beds four feet high. Men lie chest-down, arms dangling, along the ropes as a frugal sleeping arrangement. At daybreak the ropes are released and the men rise, the hotel's method for waking guests.
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Altho
Mis-Spelled Names Found On Arc de Triomphe
The report notes mis-spelled names on the Arc de Triomphe after 80 years. L'Intransigeant cites three instances where N replaced U on inscriptions and questions who checked the orthography of the stone masons carving French history.
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Arc de Triomphe
Paris
Instant Postum Offers Warm Drink For Children
A whol esome hot beverage alternative for kids who dislike milk is Instant Postum made with milk. The ad promotes serving it at noonday meals in schools and at home, using milk or hot water, and encourages a thirty day trial to observe better sleep and wellbeing.
Typographical Errors in Historical Battle Names
The article notes frequent U letter swaps for N in battle and general names such as Fuentes d'Ouro instead of Puentes d'Onoro and Valenting for Valentina. It cites no record of corrections despite the arch being dedicated in 1836 before typewriters.
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Fuentes d'Ouro
Puentes d’Onoro
Mancune
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