Baptist Mission Commission Heads Africa Inquiry
The Rev. John Stone Myers of Chicago begins a mission to explore Baptist operations in Africa as head of a three member commission. Joseph Clark, known for Congo controversy, and E A Ferguson of the Baptist Missionary Union join the group. Findings may determine whether Baptists withdraw missionaries from Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Johnstone Myers
America
Africa
Myers
Joseph Clark
Frederick Starr
Congo
E. A Ferguson
Baptist Missionary Union
Baptist Church
Call of the Blood for Purification Promises Health
An advertisement touts Dr. King's New Life remedy for liver trouble and skin improvement. It claims rich red blood, clear skin, rosy cheeks, and overall health. Sold for 26¢ at W. J. Smith & Bro TR, Palmer & Sons.
Chicago druggists form Cooperative fight against chain stores
In Chicago on April 1 reports say nearly 500 local druggists pledged to unite in a syndicate to counter a perceived chain store system backed by Standard Oil capital. They plan a cooperative organization to defend independent pharmacies as chains expand from New York, Boston and New England into the West. Also a patent medicine pitch touts Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets as a remedy for stomach trouble and halitosis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Standard Oil Capital
New York City
Boston
New England
Chica
Chicago Bans Long Hat Pins With Fine Rule
Chicago officials enforce an ordinance prohibiting the long hat pin. Women wearing pins protruding more than half an inch face arrest and punishment with a maximum fine of 50 dollars. The city action marks the death knell for the long pin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chamberlain's Pills Promote Digestive Health Claims
An old advertisement touts Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Pills as aiding nature to flush impurities, assure a free and regular condition, and restore health and strength in the body's organs. Details of sale are given by the dealer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Fore River to Launch Destroyer Perkins Next Week
Announcement from Fore River Company dated April 1 states a torpedo boat destroyer Perkins will be launched a week from tomorrow. Mrs Lars Anderson of Washington is named in connection with the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quncy
Mase
Fore River Company
Destryer Perkins
Lars’ Anderson
Wash
Polk Miller's Old South Quartette at Colonial Theater April 14
Polk Miller presents the Old South negro quartette as a feature of an April 14 concert in the Colonial Theater under Radcliffe Entertainment Bureau. The act is billed as natural Southern harmony and contrasts with standard plantation singing. Also on the program are Col Tom Booker and Miller with dialect stories and banjo. Ely's Cream Balm advertised for nasal catarrh issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk Miller
Colonial Theater
Radcliffe Entertainment Bureau
Darkey
J Singing Factory
Richmond
Boston
Mr. Miller
Col
Tom" Booker
Minneapolis Gas Cuts Rates After City Victory
The Minneapolis Gas Light Company reduces rates to 85 cents per thousand cubic feet for private customers and 65 cents for the city. The move follows years of agitation and aligns with a gas contract ordinance passed by the city council. The ordinance allows the city to audit company books, supervise stock and bond sales, and potentially take over the street lighting contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis, Minn
Minneapolis Gas Light Company
Arnica Salve Cures Long Wartime Suffering
L. W. Harriman of Burlington Maine endured forty years of eczema in the army before Bucklen s Arnica Salve healed his sores. The advertisement promotes Arnica Salve as a great healer for sores ulcers burns cuts wounds bruises and piles priced at 25 cents. Available at W J Smith and Bro and H R Palmer and Sons.
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Eczema L
W. Harriman
Burlington
Bucklen
W. J. Smith & Bro
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Jamestown Opens East Racing Season With 12 Day Meet
Jamestown Virginia hosts the opening of a 12 day race meeting under the Jamestown Jockey Club. Purses range from 200 to 500 dollars with the Norfolk handicap featured and guaranteed at 2000 dollars.
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Jamestown
Watch for the Comet and Spring Colds Warning
Careful mothers advised to watch children for spring illnesses with Foley's Honey and Tar cough remedy guidance. Contains references to the red dragon of the sky and seasonal concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Cheney's Expecterant cough remedy item
An item titled Cheney's Expecterant offers quick relief for coughs and colds at 25 cents. The fragment also includes stray text about Dreggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheney
Retail furniture dealers meet at Spartanburg
The fourth annual convention of the South Carolina Retail Furniture Dealers Association will be in Spartanburg on April 12 and 14. Speakers include O L Wernicke and T A Thoits with North Carolina and Michigan ties. A South Atlantic Music Festival program features ten artists. A banquet closes the event with Gov M F Ansel and State Senator Howard Carlisle as principal speakers.
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Carolinas
South Carolina Retail Furniture Dealers Association
Spartanburg
O. L. Wernicke
Grand Rapids
Mica
T. A. Thoits
Grand Rapids Furniture Record
F. M. Tate
L. Davis
C. J. Fields
North Carolina
Europe
America
M. F. Ansel
Howard Carlisle
Association
O. M. Heard
Anderson
8. C
A. W. Lutewigi, Jr
Phoenix Furniture Company
Charleston
C. P. Hammond
One Conductor Who Was Cured
Mr Wilford Adams writes of chronic rheumatism being cured after using Foley s Kidney Remedy. He states two bottles helped and a third restored his ability to work as conductor on the Lexington Kentucky Street Railway by removing uric acid from the blood. For sale by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilford Adams
Foley
Lexington, Ky
County Fruit Truck and Garden Society Organized in Milledgeville
Prof S A Minear of the State College of Agriculture launched a county wide Fruit Garden and Truck Society in Milledgeville to aid home gardening fruit and truck growing and improve home conditions. The April 16 meeting at the courthouse invites all residents to join and support better tables from home grown produce. Diarrhoea remedy from Chamberlain cures quickly with no after effects and is sold widely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Minear
State College of Agriculture
Minear
Court House
Milledgeville News
Tke Chamberlain
Alt
Chicago women rally to uplift stage through drama club
Chicago women across 165 clubs form a national drama movement to educate the public, press for reading plays, and improve theatrical standards. Louis F. Swift notes diversified farming could curb rising living costs and explains meat and grain price interplay amid national trends. New laws and enforcement against white slave traffic grow in importance with Watch and Ward Society pushing protective measures. Chicago's Ros urges harsher pander convictions and witness questions.
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Chicago
United States
A. Starr Best
America
Land’s Daughters
Massachusetts
Watch and Ward Society of
Boston
Rhode
Iland
Woman's World Committee
Legislative Reference Department
Committee On Judiciary
Clifford G. Ros
The Air Germ Warned as Grippe Seed by Manufacturers
Advertisement claims The Demon of the Air is the germ of la grippe and, when inhaled, causes widespread suffering with after effects like weakness nervousness and loss of appetite. The warning is tied to claims from W. J. Smith & Bro H. R. Palmer & Sons.
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W. J. Smith , Bro
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Sandersville Rail Link to White Plains Prompts Local Support
A Sandersville and Tennille railroad purchase is announced with talks of extending to White Plains and Greene County. The plan would connect to the Georgia railroad, easing access to Atlanta and the East, benefiting dairymen and bringing closer ties to Macon and Savannah. The Athens Banner urges local merchants to invest in the project and foresees state rail authorities operating Athens to Tennille–Greensboro service. The piece also notes the health claim: Foley’s Kidney Pills improve sleep and general health for J L Gouthers in Eau Claire Wisconsin.
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Atlanta
Sandersville
Tennille
Jeff A. Irwin
L. B. Holt
White Plains
Greese County
Georgia Railroad
Herald-Journal
Greensboro
Greene County
Green
Hancock
White Plais
Macon
Savannah
Athens Banner
Athens
Banner
Greensboro Herald Journal
J. L. Gouthers
Eau Claire
Wis
Foley
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Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
New York
Minneapolis
Model AG
Ig & New One
Teil Mars
County Fruit, Truck ‘and Garden Society
Milledgeville
Prof
S.A. Minear
Windy City
Louis F. Swift
Ig Aplies
Mrr. Swift
Itt & Company
New New England
Nunnally’s
JHE Harawa Company
Locklin & Son
Clayton St
W. C. Yarbrough
the McGregor Company
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