Alcoholism Decrease Says Hospital Chief at Independence
Dr. R A Stewart, head of Independence State Hospital, reports alcoholic insanity much lower now than before prohibition though alcoholism rises. He notes pre prohibition alcoholism often accompanied or expressed other insanity and that narcotics admissions drop as alcohol use rises. He links easier liquor access to rising alcoholism and supports prohibition.
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Courier Special Service
Independence
R. A. Stewart
Independence State Hospital
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Courier Today
Stewart
the Courier
Independence Hospital
Black Hawk County
County Insane Commission
Towa
Girls Lose Eyes in Separate Accidents in Sioux City
In Sioux City Iowa eight year old Dorothy Ryan lost sight in one eye after a fall with a bottle of milk shattered glass pierced the eyeball. This comes a week after eight year old Bernice Lynberg was blinded by neighbor’s rifle target practice. A note mentions hawk's bill turtle shells can be welded into items after heating in oil.
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Sioux City
Bernice Lynberg
Dorothy Ryan
Artists shaping Hollywood film sets gain prominence
Hollywood artists are increasingly central to film production as studios hire painters and designers for set work. Notable names include Rochus Gliese, Carl Oscar Borg, William Mengies, Frances Cugat, Park French, Wallace Smith, Harold W. Miles, Anton Grot, J. Duncan Gleason, Hans Dreier, A. P. Freudeman, Jacob D. Paters, and Harry Oliver. Fairbanks praises Oliver for adding final dramatic details to a set.
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Rochus Gliese
Douglas Fairbanks
the Gaucho
Carl Oscar Borg
William Mengies
Frances Cugat
Park French
Wallace Smith
Borg
Menzies
Miller
Jacob D. Paters
Berlin
Peters
Emil Jannings
Harry Oliver
Fairbanks
Oliver
Fotopolous Fined 500 in Illegal Transport Case
Frank Fotopolous of Clarion pleaded guilty to illegal transportation of intoxicants before Judge H B Boles in district court. He was fined 500 dollars and costs and has been free on bond. Lee Mooney received a six month county jail sentence reduced to 500 dollars fine and six months after pleading guilty to illegal transportation to conform to second offender penalties.
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Frank Fotopolous
Clarion
H.B. Boles
J. ©. Murtagh
J. H. Meyers
Lee Mooney
H. B. Boles
Mooney
Painter Falls 60 Feet From Oil Tank In Des Moines
Des Moines reports R. L. Mahaffey a 27 year old painter fell sixty feet from an oil tank and suffered a fractured skull along with other injuries. The incident occurred yesterday, authorities said.
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Des Moines
INS
R. L. Mahaffey
Iowa Professor Links Forestation to Mississippi Flood
Iowa City June 30. Professor Floyd A. Nagler of the University of Iowa argues that forestation hinders flood prevention in the Mississippi valley. He says trees delay snow melt, raising spring flood levels and that the flood was worsened by simultaneous rainfall drainage.
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Mississippi
City
Mississippi Valley
Floyd A. Nagler
Department of Mechanics and Hydraulics
University of Iowa
Nagler
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