Hogg Named Oklahoma Pension Commissioner Amid Changes
Thomas B. Hogg, 81, assumes as commissioner of Confederate pensions succeeding C. J. Stewart. He vows to enroll all eligible veterans, defends his service and pledges to move his family to Oklahoma City. Hogg remembers past service in the Second Arkansas Cavalry and career in Texas and Oklahoma.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Thomas B. Hogg
C. J. Stewart
Johnston
Hogg
Stewart
Paul Stewart
State Senate
Hoggis
Tennessee
Arkansas
Second Arkansas Cavalry Brigade
Texas
Oklahoma
Shawnee
Lincoln
Pottawatomie
Ship Captain Is Rescued From Submerged Virginia
Captain Melvin Hughes of the two masted schooner Virginia was rescued after spending more than seven hours in near freezing water as the vessel sank in San Pedro harbor. The ship developed a leak about 2 a.m. and settled bottomward with Hughes clinging to a bridge railing until a lookout sighted him and a rescue tender was dispatched.
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Associated Press
San Pedro
Cal
Melvin Hughes
Virginia
Hughes
Marine Exchange Station
Beauty Parlor Aid To Insane Women
Illinois to equip all insane hospitals with beauty parlors after months of testing show improvements in patients. Dr. Alex S. Hershfield notes bobbed hair and facial treatments yield a better attitude and reduced complaints of ailments among demented women.
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International News Service
Chicago
Marcels
Faciale
Illinois
Alex S. Hershfield
Public Welfare
Former star urges study for marriage as stage role
Marguerite Clark, once a Broadway and screen favorite, reflects on ten years of married life in Patterson Louisiana. She treats marriage as a stage part and advises studying for the role, noting she remains active socially in New Orleans and New York while living in a lumber town.
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Associated
Lees
Patterson
Marguerite Clark
America
Harry [P. Williams
Louisiana
New Orleans
New York
Harry P. Williams
Mies Mareuerite
Acticss
Harry
Use of Radium for Cancer to Increase Cures
An unsigned Lancet article in London predicts radium will in a few years become the most effective cancer treatment for certain forms, potentially reducing surgeries. Dr. Helen Chambers notes safe, skilled use is essential and access remains limited, with many hospitals lacking facilities for radium therapy. A Paris beauty cabinet offers light and vapor baths claimed to open pores and stimulate circulation.
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London
Lancet
Medical Journal of
Great Britain
Medical Research Council
Helen Chambers
England
Mise Chambers
Chambers
Cancer
Paris
Feauty
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Mercur Bank of
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Austrian General Electric CO
Austria
Steinmann & Company
Dwight Bldg
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