Wednesday, January 15, 1919

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The Headlines

6 MORE STATES IN 'DRY' COLUMN; Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, and Kansas Among Those Ratifying Amendment.ONLY SIX MORE ARE NEEDEDWisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri,and Utah Soon to Act--Hearing Near at Albany. Liquor Interests to Fight. New York May Act Soon. 6 MORE STATES IN 'DRY' COLUMN

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I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles

John Kellette

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On This Day

• Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the most prominent communists in Germany, are clubbed and then shot to death by members of the Freikorps at the end of the Spartacist uprising.

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• Great Molasses Flood: A wave of molasses released from an exploding storage tank sweeps through Boston, Massachusetts, killing 21 and injuring 150.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Molière (1622)
• Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918)
• Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809)
• Sofya Kovalevskaya (1850)
• Mihai Eminescu (1850)

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Tech Check

Pop-Up Toaster, Shortwave Radio & Arc Welding.

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