Liquor Death Toll Supposedly Rising by 1926
Cleveland chemists warn a Prohibition era tragedy as fusal oil and adulterants permeate samples of supposed bonded liquor. Assistant city chemist J M Kovachy says many drinks depress oxygen in blood causing blue lips and possible asphyxiation. Probers also note counterfeit revenue stamps tied to bootleg operations and a $50 000 alleged label sales scheme across multiple cities.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Grim Reaper
J. M. Kovachy
Kovachy
Downderal
Federal Secret Service
Kansas City
New York
Chicago
Detroit
11 Trillion Paper Rubles Issued by Bolsheviks
Riga reports a Moscow wireless dispatch stating that in four years the Soviet government issued more than 11,152,000,000,000 paper rubles. Commissar Kristensky told the Moscow all Russian Soviet congress that the value of goods and wages received in exchange was 1,000,313,000 gold rubles.
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Riga
Moscow
Kristensky
Mrs Bowen Tells How Rats Almost Burned Her House
Mrs Bowen recounts two months of avoiding the cellar after smelling fire at night. A rat had chewed matches, threatening her home until prompt action prevented disaster. The dead rat was later found. RAT SNAP is promoted in three sizes 35c 65c and $1 25, sold by Dyer & Jones and Wilson Montgomery Hardware Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dyer & Jones and Wilson-Montgomery Hardware Co
Auto Owners Crowd Registration Office
Sherman January 2. The rush on the County Highway Motor Registration Department resumed Monday as auto owners sought to register for the new year. More than 3,000 cars were without 1922 licenses in the county. Registration at the highway window was slightly over 3,000 when the department closed Saturday, with about 2,000 license fees in the mail unopened. Records show at least 8,000 cars in the county remain to be registered.
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Sherman
County Highway Motor Registration Department
New Postmasters to Attend School Begin Year
Postmaster General Hays orders newly appointed postmasters to attend training in public relations, mail handling, and community relations. Central accounting post offices will serve as state schools to judge qualification for serving behind the placard "Ask your postmaster when you want to know."
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Washington
Hays
Central Accounting Post Offices
Gary Urges Work Economy and Law Enforcement
Elbert H. Gary, chairman of United States Steel, urges more work, economy and enforcement of law as essentials of the day. He cites incomplete readjustment, ongoing difficulties, extravagance, crime and profiteering, and calls for stricter enforcement. He sees better prospects in the year ahead despite risks from the Washington conference and possible legislation.
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New York
Elbert H.gary
United States Steel Corporation
Cotton Belt cuts rates on road building material
Sherman Jan 1 H P Irvin local agent announced the Cotton Belt Railroad joins in reducing freight rates on sand gravel and crushed stone for county or State use in road building not municipal work when counties or States pay freight charges The new rates will be 15 percent above pre Aug 25 1920 levels instead of 35 percent and will take effect once tariffs are amended
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Sherman
H. P. Irvin
Cotton Belt Railroad Company
Man loses speech after drinking corn whisky in Oklahoma
In McAlester Oklahoma on January 2 a Hartshorne man drank corn whisky he believed was safe. After the first swallow he collapsed unconscious and has since lost his power of speech.
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McAlester, Ok
Hartshorne
Three-in-One Ointment Sold by Dyer and Jones
Advertises a cure claim for eczema and tetter with the Three-in-One Ointment, guaranteed and sold by Dyer & Jones. The notice asserts complete relief and promotes the product as a universal remedy.
Girl's Accidental Death Ends New Year Party
In Honey Grove Miss Imogene Swain, 16, died after a pistol discharged during a party at J F Spencer home. Clyde Spencer, 17, was handling a gun believed unloaded when it fired, the bullet entering under her chin and lodging upward. She died two hours later and New Year festivities were abandoned.
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Honey Grove
Imogene Swain
W. T. Swain
J.F. Spencer
Clyde Spencer
Miss Swain
Young Spencer
Hoover optimistic over 1922 outlook
Secretary Herbert Hoover expresses optimism for 1922 in a New Year statement. He notes the nation endured the Great War and postwar readjustment challenges, but foresees substantial hopes of steady improvement at home and abroad.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Rat snap advert promises quick rodent control
A vintage advertisement urges readers to buy RAT SNAP for rat and mice control. It claims rats breed six to ten times yearly, averaging ten young per litter, and promotes the cake form that mummifies corpses leaving no odor. It notes cats or dogs won’t touch it and lists three sizes priced 35c 65c and 1.25 dollars, sold by Dyer Jones and Wilson Montgomery Hardware Co.
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Dyer & Jones and Wilson- Montgomery Hardware Co
Three Month Old Baby Burned To Death In McKinney
McKinney January 2 The three month old infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Davis Morris was burned to death at their home Saturday afternoon. The mother left the child in a chair near the fire to get water, and the clothing and wraps caught fire.
Man blows up after fuse lit in dynamite stakeout
Jackson Mississippi December 31. Von Carr railroad employee sought by police for disturbing the peace laid on a stick of dynamite and lit the fuse. He was blown to fragments when the explosion occurred as officers closed in.
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Jackson, Miss
von Carr
Itch Itch Itch Three-in-One Ointment Ad
Itch Itch Itch Three-in-One Ointment is touted as the guaranteed remedy for itch eczema tetter and all skin troubles including rough hands and scaley eruptions. Dyer Jones guarantees it.
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Dyer & Jones
Preston Anticline Well Reaches 2140 Feet Near Denison
Denison January 2 The Preston Anticline well two miles north of Denison has reached 2140 feet and drills in a Breckenridge like formation. Water was encountered after a gas sand but is shut off and 600 feet of open hole remains. Oil and gas hints appear around 2000 feet though not in commercial quantities. Peters Oils Inc nearby at 1100 feet east of Denison two miles also reports promising formations as geologists predicted. Other district wells progress rapidly with tests expected soon.
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Denison
Preston
Breckenridge
Peters Oils, Inc
Lynching Totals Reach 1921 High Across States
New York Jan 1 1922 63 persons lynched in the United States in 1921 compared with 65 in 1920 per an Association for the Advancement of Colored People statement. Four publicly burned alive five burned after death two victims were women one in Georgia and one in Mississippi six victims were white men. Georgia and Mississippi each accounted for thirteen lynchings Texas and Arkansas six each Florida Louisiana and South Carolina five each North Carolina four Alabama two and Missouri Tennessee Kentucky and Virginia one each. Murder caused eighteen cases and nineteen were linked to alleged assaults on women.
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New York
United States
Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Georgia
Mississippi
Texas
Arkansas
Florida
Louisiana
South Carolina
North Carolina
Alabama
Missouri
Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
Earl Brewton Released on Bond in Southmayor Bank Case
Sherman Texas December 29 Earl Brewton former cashier of the First Guaranty State Bank of Southmayor is released on bond of fifteen thousand dollars. Brewton faces forty two bills charging offenses in connection with the bank.
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Earl Brewton
Sherman
Texas
First Guaranty State Bank of Southmayor
Brewton Granted Bond In Embezzlement Case in Graham
A grand jury in the Fifty-Ninth District Court returned indictments for embezzlement forgery and false entry. Brewton, who resided in Graham, was released Wednesday afternoon on a 15000 bond signed by six Graham citizens. He had been out on bond pending grand jury action and now remains at home in Graham.
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Ing
Fifty-Ninth District Court
Graham
Brewton
Southmayd Bank
Brewton Surrenders After Grand Jury Action in Justice Court
After charges were filed by a state bank examiner, Brewton appeared and surrendered following grand jury action. He will stay in Sherman for a few days to confer with attorneys J. D. Buster and H. H. Cummins.
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Justice Court
Brewton
Sherman
J. D. Buster
H. H. Cummins
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Sold With Grove Signature
An old box labeled Bromo Quinine shows E. W. Grove’s signature and claims to remove the causes of colds grip and influenza. The message notes there is only one version of the product and cites the number 300.
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Grove
E. W. Grove
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M. E. Curtis
The
Chemical Laboratories
Curtis
Bolsheviks
Gary
Meee Daily
Dallas
Wilbur Mack and Company
Toto the Famous Clown
Scanlon, Demno Bros, and
Scanlon
Jack Vigilis
Jean Barrios
Lamy Brothers
Supreme
Det
Elm Street
Poe Reservation
Hoover
U.teller
Dyer & Jones Drug Store
Rexall Store
Brother Ostrich
Manning & Clark
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