Church Series Presents Week of January Talks
A sequence of revival lectures begins January 7 at Braddock with Rev. W. T. Walters on Value of the Church. January 8 at Christ Episcopal Church Rev. C. D. Taylor discusses Lookingglass Christ. January 9 at Presbyterian Church Rev. W. D. Smith speaks on Social Service. January 10 at First Baptist Church Rev. George Waer presents The Power of. January 11 at Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church Rev. W. O. Talbert speaks on The Mission of the Church.
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Lacy
Grace Luth
Battlement
Braddock Ter
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George Waer
Market Street
Yeggmen Hit Buxton and Sandstreet Post Office
Inspectors and other officials chase criminals after a dynamited safe at the Buxton and Sandstreet store post office in Weaver West Virginia. The burglary netted over 1700 dollars in cash and many stamps and money order blanks. Several suspects were seen loitering in the area the day before the break in as arrests await confirmation.
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Postofice
Buxton and Sandstreet
Weaver
W. Va
Edwin S.‘ ‘Baker
Jutta Baker
Frederick County
Itesis, Co
Matt But
Baltimore Wholesale Prices Today
Baltimore wholesale markets report prices for corn and cob at 3.17 per unit, hay at 19.00 for No 2, clover hay at 17.50, butter 36 to 38 cents per dozen, and live poultry including old hens 16 cents, young 17 to 19 cents, ducks 16 cents, pigeons 25 cents per pair, and turkeys over ten pounds 20 cents. Virginia and nearby geese priced at 15 cents.
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Baltimore
Baltmore
Eafpads
Jon
Searby
Virginia
Dance halls and liquor trade blamed for vice in cities
An investigation report on large city dance halls condemns them as hotbeds of moral decay due to liquor access. It argues saloonkeepers profit from drink, lure youths, burden taxpayers with crime costs, and degrade education and social safety nets as voters increasingly oppose regulated liquor traffic.
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I Saloonkeeper
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Prohibitionist View from Hooper Alexander on Liquor
Hon Hooper Alexander of Georgia argues that liquor always violates law and that strict regulation reduces crime. He contends the liquor trade corrupts public privilege, invites tyranny, and breeds anarchy, citing historical patterns of crime around wine taverns and politics.
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Hooper Alexander
Georgia
Mother should avoid alcohol during lactation
The text argues that a mother of a young child should abstain from alcohol, asserting alcohol is not food and can deprive an infant of nourishment. Dr. J. Wallace Beveridge of the university cautions that even mild forms of beer or stout may cut off the food supply nature intended for the infant.
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J. Wallace Beveridge
Saloons Draw Women Laborers From Licensed Towns
A liquor manufacturer says he will only consider towns that license liquor sales for a new plant. He cites difficulty in hiring adequate women and girl laborers in communities without licenses, arguing that such areas force women to stay home from work.
Asheville Citizen Endorsement Reflects Prosperity View
In North Carolina the Asheville Citizen editorial lauds Ashe for prosperity and urges abstention from denial. The piece argues prosperity is evident and would win any vote, urging acceptance of progress observed in the community.
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North Carolina
Ashe
Asheville
N. Ci
Call for tighter organizing by liquor association
An American Issue urges the National Liquor Dealers Association to mobilize members to recruit and organize, arguing for stronger effort to influence youth. The plea frames English phrasing as a request to get busy and organize to make drunkards of boys and girls.
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Seerene Farley
National Liquor Dealers’ Association
Incomplete OCR prompts stray from consistent reporting
Fragmentary text offers little verifiable detail and no clear event, person, or organization. The readable bits suggest stray phrases about support or funding but lack names, places, or dates to form a proper news item.
Miss Hamman Presents Gift to Hospital
Annie Hamman sends a $20 token of gratitude to a local hospital, accompanying a brief note of thanks for the kindness shown during her stay as a patient. The letter expresses appreciation and is dated from the sender.
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Jocal Jf
Wimenetter
Annie Hamman
Social News From Berryville Ongoing Holiday Gatherings
Berryville social notes recount visits by Horace Smithey Marshall McCormick and others from Washington Alabama and Philadelphia. A Clarke Opera House dance for visiting youths drew about fifty attendees with games festivities and Christmas tree gifts noted.
Middletown News Notes recap of local visitors and events
Local notes from Middletown Virginia list residents traveling to Baltimore Lansdowne and Winchester. Families, including Mrs E D Harris Miss Sadie Harris Mr Edgar Lupton and others, visited relatives and attended Grace M E Sunday school cantata The Castle Christmas.
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Middleroiwn
E. D. Harris
Sadie Harris
Baltimore
Vmid
Fred. Manuel
Lansdown
Grace M. E
Mary
Rom
Harrisonsburn
Edgar Lupton
Winchester
Charles Rhodes
Pethel Beery
Frieds
Katharine Stickley
Vauchuise
Bethel Beery
George Gaver
Washingon
D. C
Charles Gaver
Berryville
Frank Gaver
Grace M. E. Sunday School
Orville Willey
Wisconsin Agri Organizations Send Latest Reports
An editor at the Wisconsin Experiment Station sought a complete state reference library and mailed a circular to horticultural, dairy, and other agricultural groups requesting copies of their most recent reports. Most replied promptly. one group sent a note that their last report is not yet published.
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Crass
Wisconsin Experiment Station
Horticultural
Dairyi
Wisconsin
The World Looks Different To The Man With A Gold Glass
Dr Jordan explains how imagined pleasures alter behavior. The mind misreads reality, loosens speech and motor control, and erodes appearance and social status as confusion grows. The passage contrasts inner perception with outward judgment and social decline.
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Alco Ecasver
Tia
Ari Wets
Jordan
Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy Promotes Dark Hair
A vintage advertisement touts Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as an easy fix for gray hair. It claims the tonic darkens hair evenly, adds gloss and softness, and makes the user appear younger, with application instructions and price noted.
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Neil
Wyeth
Traveler A Henry Savage Landor Probe Of Global Expeditions
Explorer A Henry Savage Landor highlights a string of journeys across Antarctica Tibet Himalayas Korea Mongolia the Dark Continent and South America. He recalls a 13500 mile Brazil traverse with severe hardships including sixteen days of famine while avoiding alcohol and tobacco as crucial to immunity.
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A. Henry Savage Landor
Walter Savage Landor
Antarctic
Thibet
Himalayas
Korea
Mongolia
South America
Brazil
Sitty
Mr. Lahder
Doctors Against Alcohol in Brighton Crusade by Medical Association
At Brighton, 86 doctors gathered for a British Medical Association event to deliver about forty anti alcohol addresses. The talks denounced alcohol as the greatest enemy of the human body with striking educational charts and diagrams projected to audiences in churches chapels and schoolrooms.
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Brighton
England
British Medical Association
Covering the well of John Barleycorn a sober warning
A quotation likens alcohol to an uncovered well in a yard where children play and argues the only rational response for the twentieth century is to cover the well. The piece cites Jack London style lines urging prevention as youths reach manhood.
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John Parleycorn
John Barleycorn
Joan Barleycorn
Jack Lendon
Let It Alone Warns About Drinking
A quotation by J. F. Cuneen urges that even good drinkers should avoid liquor and that abstainers would be worse if they drank. The line highlights temperance sentiment and personal restraint.
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J. F. Cuneen
Saloon Vote Critics Crime Link Warned by Father Ward
Father Ward of Detroit argues against saloon support, saying voting for saloons sanctions crime in all its phases and harms both voters and neighbors. The remark casts a moral stance on temperance and political choice.
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Father Ward
Detroit
Purcellville visitors at Aunt Maggie Shiner's home
Mr. Champlin Steeleine and Mr. Etuart Smith of Purcellville Lou doun county Va are visiting the home of their aunt Miss Maggie Shiner.
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Mr. Champlin
Steeleine
Etuart Smith
Purcellville
Loudoun County
Maggie Shiner
Strong Case Against T. J. Bailey
Federal officers say they have a strong case against Thomas J. Bailey a former Augusta county resident arrested in Bloomer West Virginia on charges under the Mann White Slave Act. He is alleged to have eloped with his wife's sister leaving his wife and children destitute. Bailey remains in jail at Charleston awaiting grand jury action.
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Thomas J. Bailey
Augusta County
Bloomer
W. Va
Bailey
Charleston
Grand Jury
United States
Joseph Ruffner
Visitors and locals exchange Christmas greetings in Stephens City
Stephens City Virginia residents note holiday visitors from Lancaster Williamsport Harrison and Roanoke along with local students and teachers. Miss Elsie Worrest from Lancaster Miss Edith Frazer from Harrison Miss Carrie Painter teaches music in Roanoke Prof Walter Samsel tutor in Front Royal Mr Eugene Parr of Woodstock and others are listed as holiday guests and students.
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Stephens City
Elsie, Worrest
Lancaster
Florence Guard
John Samsell
Williamsport
Edith, Frazier
Harrison
Und
Harry Fraaier
Elwood Barr
Bride
Gaithersburg
Ella Cadwallader
Eagar Cadwallader
Salem
tdfioWinig
Tduictnét
R. M.A
Front Royal
Carrie Painter
Roapoke
Charley and
Julian Dean
Martinsburg
Lloyd Argenbright
Minneapolis
Min
Eugene, Parr
Woodstock
Prices Offered By Wholesalers In Early Philadelphia Markets
Quotations announced today by lead buyers and shippers tied to wholesale markets in Philadelphia with related prices from Baltimore and Washington. Wheat at 92 dollars per bushel, mixed hay around 20, oats 2, peas 5, flour retail 46 to 57, middlings 1.50, straw 2.05, corn 10 to 12, and various poultry or farm goods listed with approximate per unit prices.
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Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Onda
Wanted 1,000,000 to hire boys for liquor trade
A Union Signal fragment quotes Mrs Wright urging a big push for revenue and licenses to bolster saloons. It argues to sacrifice 100,000 boys of worth to fund government protection and urban licenses, insisting the right boys are those who faced hardship and started from rags to riches.
Red Rum Murder and a Barrel of Sorrow
A fragmentary verse warns of a barrel of whisky containing much more than liquor. It lists barrels of headaches heartaches curses blows tears poverty hunger terror and crime, ending with a caution to beware of the glass.
Prohibition a Local Failure in Knoxville Says Judge
A Knoxville judge states that prohibition has failed only if certain social goals are not met, arguing that improvements in church attendance, schooling, child welfare, juvenile crime, and liquor spending must align with broader progress before deeming prohibition a failure. He cites needs for more funds for schools and facilities, better equipment, and lower crime rates as indicators.
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Knoxville
Great Crisis Over Public Health Dr. MacNicholl Warns
Dr T Alexander MacNicholl warns that alcoholism and typhoid threaten public health and urges decisive action within ten years. He decries political interference hindering quarantine and sanitation efforts amid a national health crisis.
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Hattén
T. Alexander MacNicholl
Value Of Human Life In Society Cited By Dr Starr
Dr Starr estimates society’s new value of the average life at 2900 dollars and places total human capital at 250 billion dollars. He argues that preserving human life outranks safeguarding physical wealth such as forests and cattle disease eradication.
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David Starr
Soreone Mately
United States
SALOON. A MURDER MILL.
In 1909 Jefferson County Alabama had 130 murders amid a saloon ban in Birmingham. In 1910 the area remained under Prohibition with 138 killings. In 1911 a nine month saloon ban preceded a year of 88 murders. In 1912 reopenings marked a full year with 398 murders in Birmingham and Jefferson County.
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Jefferson County
Alabama
Birmingham
Cardus tonic touted as cure all ends in divorce case notes
An ad extols Cardus claimed to cure various ailments and urges trial, followed by a Virginia court notice in Fred County about a divorce suit between Ransom Burrell and James Burrell with publication and posting requirements dated January 1914. The fragment mixes medical patent claims with legal proceeding notices.
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Cl Court
Court of Fred
Omma Ransom Burrell
James Burrell
Virginia
Evening Star
Anni J. Stickley
S. M. Stickley
Stephen City
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Clarke County
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