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Adolphus' son August lived on through much more trying times, lived through the war-hatred of Germans, through the threats of Prohibition (to counteract which he put out Bevo, near-beer that sold well in Dry States until Prohibition actually arrived and 'legging began), through Prohibition itself with...
Near Little Rock, Ark. last fortnight was found a school teacher who had taken to 'legging. Graduate of the University of Arkansas, she gave her name as "Maureen." Said she: "I was paid in county warrants but I could not get them cashed. . I have a drawer full of...
"Awoke this morning, fully clothed" is the keynote struck early in his diary's pages by Mr. Wintergreen, whose inauguration marked what newspapers called "the beginning of a new era in Prohibition." During the daytime the ills of office and the Ways & Means Committee had a sobering effect. But at...
To make the quota law enforceable and prevent wheat 'legging, certificates of "dominion origin" would accompany each shipment and the British Government would check these certificates at the British importer's warehouse, then double-check at British flour mills, where each miller would be obliged by law to...
Since 1929, when the call rate averaged 7.792%, banking profits have diminished, largely because they can find no place to employ their surplus funds. Brokers' loans last week made a new low since 1921, gave the Clearing House an opportunity to make its reform with little chance of repercussions...