People: Jun. 25, 1928

"Names make news." Last week the following names made the following news:

Henry Ford emerged from a 1928 model Ford sedan to browse in the antique shop of Mrs. L. A. Eaton at Conneaut, Ohio. His browsing cost him $1,100; cost Mrs. Eaton practically her entire stock. Strict prohibitionist, Collector Ford defied the Volstead law, bought a bottle of Milwaukee beer, vintage 1848. Two days later Ford employes celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Ford Motor Co. by working.

Wilhelm II, onetime Kaiser and All Highest, observed at Doom, last week, with a simple...

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