Anti-Saloon League Backs District Local Option Legislation
The Nations Anti-Saloon League says absolute prohibition is impractical for the District of Columbia. It requests local option by remonstrance petition to shield residence districts and notes a district reorganization aligning with churches, under acting legislative superintendent W. H. Anderson.
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District of Columbia
Washington
the Nations Anti
Anti- Saloon League
National League
South Dakota Horticultural Society Opens Twentieth Meet
Deadwood S D January 19 good attendance marks opening of the twentieth annual meeting of the South Dakota Horticultural Society. Features include welcome by Mayor Adams, response by G H Whit ing of Yankton, presidential address by C V Gardner of Piedmont and papers on nursery laws and kindred subjects by C N Mellvaine of Huron and C W Gurney of Yankton. The society will continue through Friday.
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Deadwood
S. D
South Dakota Horticultural Society
Adams
G. H H. Whiting
Yankton
C. V. Gardner
Piedmont
C. N. Mellvaine
Huron
C. W. Gurney
Retail Dealers Open 11th Texas Convention in Dallas
Delegates from every section of Texas gather in Dallas for the 11th annual Retail Dealers Hardware and Implements Association meeting. The three day session will discuss trade topics and consider expanding the association territory to include New Mexico and possibly parts of Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana. A large hardware and vehicle exhibit accompanies the event.
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Dallas
Texas
Mplement Association of Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Tri State Grain Growers Convene in Fargo Session
The annual grain growers convention opens in Fargo North Dakota continuing three days under the Tri State Grain Growers association. Hundreds of farmers from Minnesota and the Dakotas attend with representatives from experiment stations in those states and Manitoba. The Fargo Commercial Club has prepared ample entertainment for visitors.
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Tristate Grain Growers
Fargo
N. D
Tri-State Grain Growers’ Association
Minnesota
Dakotas
Manitoba
Commercial Club of
President Helps Orphans At Macon Home
The president of The Industrial and Orphans' Home in Macon Georgia reports heavy use of Bisetric Bitters over many years. He credits the medicine with aiding stomach liver and kidney troubles and calls it one of the best family remedies.
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Industrial and Orphans’ Home
Macom
Rail Road Association to Consider Rates New York Jam 19
Interest mounts in a meeting of the executive committee of the trunk line railroad association to discuss differential freight rates. New Haven argues current terms place it at a disadvantage against northern rates and southern steamship links, affecting its western freight and shippers. Threats of rate cuts from southern trunk lines prompt calls for readjustment and higher authority review.
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Railroad Association
New York
Hie Trunk Line Railroad
New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail Oay Company
New Haven
Boston & Albany
N York
N Haven Company
Y Rn
Southeen Steamship Lines
Grand Trunk
Canadian Pacific
Newport
Newneland
New London
Southern
Illinois Dairymen Convene in Clinton for Key Convention
Illinois dairy men meet in Clinton for a three day session to discuss breeding feeding and care of dairy cows butter making sanitation and tuberculin tests. Chief EB Webster of the U S dairy division will address the gathering with other speakers to follow.
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Illinois
Clinton
Ilinois
United States Department of Agriculture
A City Park for Athens Movement Begun by Officials
The mayor and council launched a drive to raise funds for land for a city park in Athens. They granted street concessions to Barkoot Amusement Co for a spring festival in April to generate park funds. The festival will feature many attractions and a percentage of gross receipts would support park purchase, with further community participation urged to build a city playground and recreation area.
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Barkoot Amusement Co
Merrimac and
The
Monitor
Penny Arcade
Athens
Dr J B Mack to Deliver Masonry Lecture in February
Dr J B Mack of College Park has been invited by Mount Vernon Lodge F and A M to speak in February. He is expected to accept. He is regarded as a leading Masonry lecturer in the state and his Athens visit will draw notable interest from local Masons.
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J. B. Mack
College Park
Mount Vernon Lodge F
A. M
Athens
South Carolina Pushes Good Roads Convention
Delegates from nearly every South Carolina county attended the annual Good Roads association meeting in Columbia. It was the largest convention of its kind in this region with prominent national speakers backing the crusade for road improvements and state aid for real work.
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South Carolina
Columbia
D. C
South Carolina Good Roads Association
America
A Horrible Hold-Up In His Health Ends With Cure
W R Lipscomb of Was On North Carolina recalls a decade ago his brother faced severe trouble in work health and happiness believed to be hopeless. After trying doctors remedies and counseling with few results he found relief with Dr Kings New Cure.
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W. R. Lipscomb
N. C. Cee
Dr. King
Roosevelt urges Lee memorial on centennial anniversary
President Roosevelt writes to advisory committee of the Robert E. Lee Memorial Association proposing a national memorial for General Lee. He suggests Washington and Lee University as the site and asks for a meeting to take definite steps toward establishing the memorial. The letter, dated January 18, 1909, accompanies other recipients.
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Washington
Robert £. Lee
D. C
General Lee
White House
Robert E. Lee
South
Washington and Lee University
Theodore Roosevelt
Land grafts through out west shock nation
Washington reports alleged wholesale frauds on public lands worth about 110 million dollars in western states. Secretary Garfield seeks 500000 more for a total of 1 million to recover lands, with 32000 listed cases and 1960 cases awaiting investigation in Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi.
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Washington
Garfield
Mississippi River
Hale and
Tawney
Senate
House Appropriations Committees
Department
H. H. Schwartz
Field Service
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Forestry Conference at the State College of Agriculture
Judge BE Callaway presided at a farmers conference on forestry at the state college. John M. Nelson Jr of the U S Forest Service spoke on preservative treatment of fence posts with creosote, noting ten cent post costs and fifteen year lifespans for treated timber. Alfred Akerman urged timber growth on Georgia farms and thinning to improve yields. The session included a large round table with many farmers contributing.
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State College of Agricultural
BE. H. Callaway
Augusta
Supreme Court
John M. Nelson, Jr
United States Forest Service
Nelson
Athens
U. S. Forest Service
Colleges of Agriculture
Clemson College
State College of Agriculture
Forest Service
Charles H. Herty
University of North Carolina
Alfred Akerman
University of Georgia
Akerman
Georgia
Round Table
Fifty Pins in Her Body Case Sparks Medical Interest
Florence Smith, a 15 year old girl from Patchogue Long Island, swallowed about 100 copper zinc pins three weeks ago. Fifty pins remain in her abdominal tract but the physician says the tract is not badly affected and nature is forming walls around the pin points. She is to be brought to New York for X ray examination and the case will be detailed in a medical journal.
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New York
Florence Smith
Li L
Nature
You would not delay Foley's Kidney Remedy claim
A historical advertisement-style prompt urges immediate use of Foley's Kidney Remedy at first sign of kidney or bladder trouble to avoid potential complications or neglect-based health risks. The text implies urgent action to protect renal health.
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Foley
Sloan
Sweeney
Price
Earl S. Sloan
Boston
Mass
Roosevelt denounced as gargoyle in heated House clash
In Washington on January 19, Representative Willett of New York delivered a caustic attack on President Roosevelt, branding him a gargoyle and a puppet of Dutch stock. The debate spiraled as Republicans called him to order while Democrats applauded, with Willett accusing the president of harsh policy, cruelty, and eroding civil liberties.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Alexander Hamilton
Willett
New York
House of Representatives
Hughes
West Virginia
Mr. Hughes
Butler
Pennsylvania
R. Willett
Langley
Kentucky
Chinese Ambassador Begins Homeward Journey From New York
Chinese ambassador Tang Shao Yi, who came to thank the president for partial remission of Boxer indemnity, sailed for Europe today. He will visit major European capitals, travel overland via the Siberian railway, and expects to reach Peking next summer.
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New York
Tang Shao Yi
United States
Europe
Pekin
Chamberlain's Liniment advertised for muscular rheumatism
Lame Shoulder: this liniment claims quick relief for muscular and chronic rheumatism with no internal treatment. Apply freely twice daily. Also touted for sprains and bruises. Prices 25 cents and 50 cents. Sold by H.R. Palmer & Sons and others.
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H.R. Palmer & Sons
Orr Drug Co
Warren J. Smith & Bro
E. C. McEvoy
L. P. Canning
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Anti-Saloon League
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