50 Years This Week Highlights Intense Prohibition Era Bootlegging
The article notes long enforcement crackdowns with 4 061 illicit distilleries seized and 7 399 offenders arrested, reporting 26 officers killed and 57 wounded in four and a third years. It references harsh weather, census notes on Alaska, and perilous sea voyages with the Hannah Morris enduring 125 days at sea from Liverpool.
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New
Scotland
Pacific
San Francisco
Celtic
Liverpool
Alaska
North Carolina Presbyteran
Internal Revenue Department
Hannah Morris
Atlantic
Fluvanna Supervisor Acquitted in Ouster Hearing
J W Holland member of the Fluvanna county board was acquitted in circuit court on ouster charges brought by three citizens two months earlier. Prosecutors alleged misfeasance and improper use of county funds for personal bills and private road work. Defense said he advanced personal funds and sought merchant aid to finance road work, later repaid by warrants.
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Palmyra
J. W Holland
Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors
Holland
Armour quits Armour and Company as Lee named president
Philip D. Armour resigns as first vice president and director of Armour and Company after T. George Lee is chosen over him as president. Armour, active since 1913, had expected to become president after the death of F. Edison White on January 15.
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Chicago
Philip D. Armour
T. George Lee
Armour and Company
Associated Press
Armour
F. Edison White
Progress Found in Industry Despite Slump in Virginia
Virginia sees a mixed industrial picture with unemployment easing and new plants and expansions. The labor report notes 50,000 jobless in September 1930 and an 18 percent drop in positions filled year over year, while Virginia advances with new plants by Southern Products in Nelson County, Edison General Electric’s plans in Waynesboro, and a large paper mill in Lynchburg.
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Richmond
Probien
Virginia
John Hopkins Hall, Jr
Department of Labor and Industry
Pollard
Danville
Schoolfield
Thhe
Hall
Public Employment Service
Department
Southern Products Corporation
Vanadium Corporation of America
Nelson County
Edison General Electric Appliance Company
W. Loth Stove Company
Waynesboro
John H. Heald Company
Lynchburg
Corn Leads Drop In Grain Prices On Trade Report
Corn led a broad drop in grain prices after a trade summary suggested farm product values would stay near current levels barring crop failure or war. Wheat, oats, and provisions fell, while heavy domestic receipts weighed on bread prices and hogs. New York poultry markets showed varied egg and fowl pricing across colors and grades.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Standard Statistics, Inc
Mining Developments Hit Bonnie Blue Region and Goochland
The Blue Diamond Coal Corporation opens a new mine at Bonnie Blue St Charles with rail line expansion by Norfolk and Western Railroad. Norfolk and Western plans to invest in a Tanger branch. Goochland County progresses in gold resource development at Tabscott with Capeuiena mining efforts.
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Blue Diamond Coal Corporation
St. Charles
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Tanger
Cuenca
Pocahontas
Capeuiena
Goochland County
Tabscott
Livestock Prices Mixed Across Cities in Thin Market
Baltimore shows a slight top at 9.25 for lights and pigs with pigs and sows quoted 8.55 to 7.40 while Lancaster holds 9.50 for 160 225 lb choice and Jersey City consignments flow to packers as Chicago tests 8.25 with heavies at 7.55 and sows 6.35 to 7.00. Baltimore-400 cattle and 50 calves report an unchanged top of 11.00 with slow, lower trading. steers 5.00 10.00, heifers 5.00 8.00, cows 2.00 6.99.
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Baltimore
Lancaster
Jersey City
Packers
Chicago
Cattle and Sheep Market Highlights From Regional Centers
Market notes report mixed runs of cattle calves and sheep across cities. Chicago shows 12 000 head steady to 2 percent stronger with lambs up to 9 50 and sheep steady. Baltimore lambs 5.00 to 9.50, sheep 4.50 down. Jersey City light Western raised lambs sold at 9.75 graded good to choice and market 25 lower. Lancaster and nearby listings note various cattle tops and price ranges with cows steady and steers and yearlings reaching 13.50, 11.50, and 6.50 for cows.
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Lancaster
Baltimore
Jersey City
Car
N. Y
Chicago
Grain and poultry price listings from multiple cities
Chicago wheat and corn prices noted for No. 1 and No. 2 grades with ranges, oats and seeds listed. Baltimore and Richmond grain prices include car and bag lot quotes for wheat corn and oats. Philadelphia live poultry and eggs prices given with standard quality grades. Baltimore live poultry and eggs figures also provided.
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Richmond
Virginia
Butter Prices in Richmond Market Report
Richmond market report shows butter steady with creamery butter in pound cartons priced to 30 36 in jobbing lots. Country table quality butter at 25 30.
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Richmond
Poultry Market Prices Mixed for Local Sale
Egg and poultry prices described as liberal yet unsettled with slow demand and no shipping. Leg horn hens range 16 to 17 cents, colored hens 21 to 22, chickens 23 to 28, and broilers 33 to 35 cents. sales mainly around 20 dozen and small hens classes just above 20 cents.
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NEW York Poultry
New York
Hennery Brown
Hennery
Selec
Pacific Coast
Express
Possum and Black Cat Battle on North Loudoun Street
A possum and a black cat fought on North Loudoun Street about 3 am. Officer Funk arrested the possum after the cat fled. The possum was kept at the police station in a tub due to barred cages while officers pursued no arraignment was reported.
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Black Cat
North Loudoun Street
Cat
Funk
Ade
Cay
Americans Seek Law That Avoids Interfering With Good People
The statement suggests a preference for a law that does not disrupt those who are considerate or well behaved. It emphasizes leniency toward individuals perceived as nice when they violate the law.
Chicago residents witnessless violence claim
A remark from The New Yorker notes that in Chicago some citizens have never seen a shooting or a fallen judge, illustrating a claimed gap in exposure to crime and legal conflicts.
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Chicago
The
New Yorker
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RM. Swimley
George Wash
Market Report
Baltimore Wholesale
Philip Armour
Xotts Boot Shopne
Loudoun St
U.S
Timothy
Clover
Philadelphia
Richmond Produce
Possum
Moling & Cather
Betty Shoppe
West Boscawen
John S. Miller & CO
Atwater Kent Radio Dealer
Ti'e Evening Star
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