National Drainage Congress details outlined in letter
Special to the Banner from Columbia South Carolina January 16 Col E J Watson commissioner outlines next National Drainage Congress dates April 10 to 12 in New Orleans and a 1913 Charleston meeting. He urges broad civic support and details membership structure and aims to reclaim 75 million swamp acres boosting health and farm wealth.
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Columbia
S. C
Col
E. J Watson
Agriculture Commerce and Industries
National Drainage Congress
Chicago
New Orleans
Charleston
South
Carolinas
Georgia
Wea
Congress
Girl’s Midnight Ride Warns Forest Fire in Catskills
A young girl rode horseback at midnight to warn residents of a feared Catskills forest fire and saved many lives. The piece then shifts to a testimonial for Dr King’s New Discovery, claiming cures for lung trouble, coughs, and colds with a reader from Wellington, Texas praising its effect after a family tragedy. Prices 50c and 1.09. trial bottle free, sold by W. J. Smith & Bro and R. Palmer & Sons.
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Catskills
W. J. Smith & Bro
R. Palmer & Sons
Banquet Payment to Henry Clay Sighted in New Orleans 1842
An 1842 reference notes a banquet payment of $100 to Henry Clay in New Orleans. Modern readers are advised to use Dr King s New Life Pills for stomach trouble indigestion and related ailments. Available for 25 cents from W J Smith & Bro and H R Palmer & Sons.
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Henry Clay
New Orleans
Dr. King’s
W. J Smith & Bro
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Typewriter for Just $20 Bargain In Banner Ad
An overhauled Smith Premier No 2 typewriter with new parts is offered for 25 in a Banner office sale. The ad promises a reliable office machine suited to steady use and invites to contact Mr Bickers at the Banner office to view the unit.
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Banner Office
Mr. Bickers
Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets Proclaimed as Relief
The H. R. Palmers 4: Sons Drug Co offers Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets with a money back guarantee if unsatisfied. Formulated from Bismuth-Subnitrate Pepsin and Carminatives, the pills claim to relieve indigestion and dyspepsia and are sold in 25 cent 50 cent and 1.00 sizes at Rexall stores.
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Flexall
Rexall
H. R. Palmers
Sons Drug Co
Shipping Trust Probe Moves Forward in Congress
Washington hearings opened on Humphrey’s resolution directing a special seven member committee to probe the Shipping Trust and related anti trust issues. Wickersham Nagel Untermyer and key maritime figures from major ports are summoned as Democratic leaders push a broad, cross agency inquiry.
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Washington, D. C
House Rules Committee
Henry
Texas
Humphrey
Washington
Shipping Trust
Lota
United States
Wickersham
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Nagel
Samuel Untermyer
New York Corporation
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New Orleans
Money Trust
Harvester Trust
Shippins Trust
House of Representatives
House
C. A. Lindbergh
Minnesota
Rufus Hardy
Joshua W. Alexander
Missouri
Henry T. Rainey
Illinois
Martin D. Foster
C. A. Lindberg
Jesse James Married in Clarke County
A man named Jesse James wed Mabel Howard in Clarke County on a recent Sunday. The marriage license shows the officiant as D C Richardson MP, suggesting the officiant holds both a minister of the gospel and justice of the peace titles.
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Jesse James
Clarke County
Mabel Howard
Daisy Green
Daisy
Springer
M. G
J. P
Justice of the Peace
M. P
J.P
Charhber lein's Cough Remedy for children
An advertisement notes Charhber lein's Cough Remedy is most effective for colds croup and whooping cough in children and claims it contains no harm in drugs. It states the product is for sale by all dealers.
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Charhberlein
Birds Face Hunger Across Nation This Winter
Reports to the National Audubon Society reveal widespread bird starvation due to a food shortage after severe weather. Officials mobilize to distribute grain and suet to trees, with fifty thousand volunteers planned to aid winter bird life nationwide.
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United States
National Assocaation of Audubon Societies
T Gilbert Pearson
Association
Broadway
Butler 102nd birthday celebrated by son and friends
Ocean Grove New Jersey January 16 John Moore Butler known as Uncle John marks his 102nd birthday with quiet gatherings at his boarding house for his eighty year old paralytic son. Once healthy he later became nearly blind from cataracts and declined operation due to age. Born on Staten Island he lived near Commodore Vanderbilt and remained a hard worker and horseman throughout life.
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Ocean Grove
N. J
John Moore Butler
John
Butler
Mr. Butler
Iitaten Island
Commodore Vanderbilt
Idaho Holds First Extra Session Focused on Revenue Laws
Boise Idaho January 16 The first extra session in Idaho history convened today by order of Governor Hawley. The session will limit its work to the proposed revision of the state revenue laws and related fiscal measures.
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Boise
Idaho
Hawey
Fine Poultry At Vermont Show Attracts New England Fanciers
Poultry enthusiasts from across New England attend the fifteenth annual Vermont State Poultry Association exhibition in St. Albans at City Hall. The event features many new prizes and a large entry list far surpassing last year’s 1,400 birds. Judges are H. B. May of Boston and D. P. Shrove of Fall River.
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New York
National Association of Audubon Socities
Uniti
Audubon Societies
Flegents
St. Albans
New England
Vermont State Poultry Association
H. B. May
Boston
D. P. Shrove
Fall River
Mags
Marine groups converge in Detroit for annual meetings
Detroit hosts major gatherings as vessel owners and marine employees from the Great Lakes attend weekly events led by the Lumber Carriers Association the Great Lakes Protective Association the Lake Carriers Association the Shipmasters Association and the Licensed Tugmen's Protective Association.
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Detroit
Mich
Great Lakes
Lumber Carriers’ Association
Great Lakes Protective Association
Lake Carriers’ Association
The
Shipmasters Association
Licensed Tugmen’s Protective Association
Touching scenes in Georgia's capital city
In Atlanta a scientist's representative offers free Root Juice treatment for rheumatism and related ailments. He describes grateful, destitute patients and insists his work is morally rewarding, saying money is not all they live for.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Haid
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Y.M.C. A
Wesson
West
Mrs. McKibbon
Southern Cotton Off Co
Gestion
Savannah
San Francisco
Board of Control
Lis
United States Senate
Congress of the
Smith
Stuart
Artar
Vermont
Marine
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