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The Beatrice Daily Express
Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska
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Sheriff Cole and deputies raided Earl Drown's farm south of Seneca, Kansas, on July 18, capturing the largest still in northern Kansas, believed to supply booze to southeastern Nebraska. Drown was jailed without resistance.
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Pawnee City, Nebr., July 18.--The farm of Earl Drown, twenty-one miles south of Seneca, Kansas, was raided early this morning by Sheriff Cole of Nemaha county, Kansas, and four deputies. The biggest still ever captured in northern Kansas was found. Drown was brought to Seneca and jailed. Two boxes full of soaking mash were found, both of which were about the size of a wagon box. This is believed to be the source from which southeastern Nebraska has been getting its booze. Drown made no resistance. Officers obtained the clue from boasts alleged to have been made by him that the "sheriff didn't live who could take him."
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Nemaha County, Kansas
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July 18
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drown was brought to seneca and jailed. two boxes full of soaking mash were found. drown made no resistance.
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The farm of Earl Drown, twenty-one miles south of Seneca, Kansas, was raided early this morning by Sheriff Cole of Nemaha county, Kansas, and four deputies. The biggest still ever captured in northern Kansas was found. This is believed to be the source from which southeastern Nebraska has been getting its booze.