Drastic Day Bill Passes House Heads to Coolidge
Washington March 1 Congress sent to President Coolidge the Jones Bill the harshest prohibition enforcement measure yet urged by national dry groups It makes first offense violators liable to up to five years in prison and a $10000 fine The measure passed the House 283 to 90 and the Senate 61 to 18 Dry leaders see it as a pivotal victory in the dry era with president elect Hoover expected to back strong enforcement Scott McBride of the Anti Saloon League witnessed the House action Barney Wheeler predecessor could not push it through previously
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Washington,d. C
Congress
Coolidge
House
Senate
Hoover
Scott McBride
Thi ‘Antisaloon League
Wayne B. Wheeler
Stalker
Dreco touted as back and limb remedy by local ad
An advertisement extols the Dreco product from Laverman Bros Drug Dept claiming rapid relief from back and limb pains. It features testimonials from Mrs Rose Doty and Mrs Josephine Angilello detailing lasting improvements in pain, digestion, sleep, and energy. The Dreco man visits Lauman’s to explain merits and give a free health booklet.
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Dreco
Rose Doty
Pearl St
Josephine Angilello
Worth St
Janesville
Wis
Jack
Lawyers Clash Over Measure in Congress Debates
In a long congressional dispute Senator James Reed led a vital challenge in a last big debate against the measure. The bill, backed by the Justice Department and Assistant Attorney General Mabel Walker Willebrandt, aims to extend penalties for liquor offenses beyond mere possession, allowing heavy fines and prison terms for bootleggers while protecting casual offenders. The debate touched on constitutional language and the existence of canals on Mars as a misinterpreted point.
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James Reed
Missouri
Congress
Borah
Idaho
House
Department
Fustles
Mabel Walker
Willebrandt
Justice, Department
Department of Justice
Girl Escapes from Would be Kidnapper in City
A young woman named Corysé Spencer of 316 Oak Lawn Avenue reported to police yesterday that a stranger attempted to kidnap her while she walked along Mullan Avenue and South Street. She said the man grabbed her by the arm and tried to drag her, telling her to make no noise. Spencer screamed, and the assailant fled, with a car believed parked nearby.
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A. Young
Wyman
Corysé Spencer
Oak
Lawn Avenue
Mullan
Oman
Mullan Avenue
Missing Child Description Circulates In City Alerts
Police circulated a partial description of a 5 year old boy last seen fleeing east on Mutlan avenue. He is about 3 feet 6 inches tall and was wearing a felt hat and a coat.
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Mutlan Avenue
Declum Honors Go to Nashua Entries in Nashua Contest
Nashua won two first places Colwell one and Charles City took all second honors in the group declamatory contest at Nashua last night. Elmer Green Nashua was first in the oratorical class Neva Zimmerman Colwell first in the dramatic and Dottie McCulloch Nashua ...
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Courier Brecigt
Charles City
Nashua
Colwell
Charles
City
Elmer Green
Neva Zimmerman
Dottie McCulloch
Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin Health Advice Card
Dr Caldwell advises a nature based approach to constipation using Syrup Pepsin, a gentle vegetable remedy he endorses over drastic purges. He claims the syrup is safe for delicate systems, non habit forming, and effective in prompting a clean, painless bowel movement by morning.
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Caldwell
Dr. Caldwell
Deer herd grows from Virginia to Anticosti analysis
The report notes second place winners Paul Garthwaite Leone Frederick and Everett Regel, all of Charles City. It references a 1897-98 relocation of 600 white tailed deer to Anticosti from Virginia and states the herd now numbers 600 060 head.
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Paul Garthwaite
Leone Frederick
Everett
Regel
Charles City
Anticostt
Virginia
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