Anti-Saloon League backs district focus rather than universal ban
The National Anti-Saloon League, via acting legislative superintendent W. H. Anderson, informs Congress it supports absolute prohibition generally but deems full DC prohibition unwise. It urges district focus through remonstrance petitions to protect residences, noting district reorganization and direct church liaison by the national league.
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District of Columbia
Washington
National Anti-Saloon League
W. H. Anderson
Congress
League
Anti Saloon League
National League
South Dakota Horticultural Society Opens 20th Meeting
South Dakota fruit growers in Deadwood mark the opening of the twentieth annual meeting with an address by Mayor Adams, a response by G H Whit ing of Yankton, and C V Gardner’s presidential address. Papers on nursery laws and related topics were presented by C N Mellvaine of Huron and C W Gurney of Yankton. The society will stay in session through Friday.
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Deadwood
S. D
South Dakota Horticultural Society
Adams
G. H. Whiting
Yankton
C. V. Gardner
Pieimont
C. N. Mellvaine
Huron
C. W. Gurney
Retail Dealers in Session at Dallas Texas
The eleventh annual convention of the Retail Dealers Hardware and Implement Association of Texas opened in Dallas on January 19 with representation from every section of the state. The three day meeting will discuss the parcels post and other trade issues while considering extending the association’s territory into New Mexico and possibly parts of Oklahoma Arkansas and Louisiana amid a large hardware and vehicle exhibit.
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Dallas
Texas
Retail Dealers’ Hardware and Implement Association of Texas
Percels
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Tri State Grain Growers Convention Opens in Fargo
The annual grain growers convention of the Tri State Grain Growers association begins a three day session in Fargo North Dakota on January 19. Attendees include several hundred farmers from Minnesota and the Dakotas along with representatives of experiment stations from those states and Manitoba. The Fargo Commercial Club has organized substantial entertainment for visitors.
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Tristate Grain Growers
Fargo
N. D
Grain Growers’ Convention
Tri-State Grain Growers’ Association
Minnesota
Dakotas
Manitoba
Commercial Club of
President Helps Orphans At Industrial And Orphans Home
The President of The Industrial and Orphans' Home at Macon Georgia reports using Electric Bitters for nine years. The medicine is praised for stomach liver and kidney benefits. It fortifies vital organs, purifies blood, aids digestion and appetites, and strengthens weak children.
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Macon
Bro
HA Palmer
Pam
Railroad association to consider rates
New York January 19 The executive committee of the Trunk Line Railroad Association meets to discuss differential lower freight rates linked to the New York New Haven Hartford and Canadian Pacific agreement. The New Haven claims unfair advantages for southern connections and westward routes, threatening rate readjustments and possible higher authority intervention.
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Railroad Association
New York
Railroad Cireles
Trunk Tine Railroad Association
New York, New Haven & Hartford Balkroa Company
Pacfic
New Haven
Southern Trunk Nes
New Haven Company
New Haven Road
Southern Steamship
Nes
Grand Trunk
Canadian Pacific
Newport
Lnes
New England
Seaboard
New London
Phiopera
New
Southern
Illinois Dairymen Gather for State Convention in Clinton
Clinton Ill Jan 19 The Illinois State Dairymen Association holds a three day convention addressing vital dairy issues including breeding feeding and cow care butter making sanitation and tuberculin testing Chief BE H Webster of the US Department of Agriculture will speak along with dairy experts from Wisconsin Iowa Indiana and other states A better scoring contest is highlighted Teddy Bear dealers face stock clearance with no demand after March 40.
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Illinois Dairymen
Clinton
Ill
Minois
Minois State Dairymen's Association
BE. H. Webster
Dairy Division
United States Department of Agriculture
Wisconsin
Iowa
Indiana
A City Park for Athens Movement Started
A city newspaper reports a movement led by the mayor and council to fund land purchases for a city park in Athens. A spring festival theater and amusements operator agreed to pay a gross receipts concession to fund the park, with a lineup including the Merrimac and Monitor, Penny Arcade, Human Fish, and a Ferris Wheel. The Banner urges public cooperation to back the effort and make recreation space a reality for families and children.
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Te Harkentmusement Co
Merrimac
Monitor
New York-North Pole
Destrona Lot
Athens
Picnse
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 Athens early February. He is noted as a leading Masonry lecturer in the state and his visit will be welcomed by local Masons with interest.
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J. B. Mack
College Park
Mount Vernon Lodge F
A. M
Masons
Athens
South Carolina Good Roads meeting draws record turnout
Delegates from almost every county attend the annual South Carolina Good Roads association gathering in Columbia. The convention is the largest of its kind in the region, featuring prominent speakers on the road crusade and state aid for road work as a leading topic.
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South Carolina
Columbia
8. C
South Carolina Good Roads Association
America
A Horrible Hold-Up Brings Cure From Discovery
Washington reader recounts a ten year battle with consumption and lingering illness. After trying many doctors remedies he found relief with Dr King s New Discovery and was cured. The ad touts quick relief for coughs colds lung and throat issues and offers bottles 50c and 1.00 with a free trial bottle. Guaranteed by W Smith & Bro and H R Palmers Sons.
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W. R Lipscomb
Washington
Dr. King
S.mith & Bro
H.R. Palmer
Roosevelt Presses Lee Memorial Plan On Birth Anniversary
President Roosevelt marks General Robert E. Lee's birth anniversary by asking a Robert E Lee Memorial Association advisory panel to organize a memorial in Washington. He suggests Washington and Lee University as a contemplated site and proposes a meeting to set concrete steps for the project.
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Washington
Robert B. Lee
D. C
General Lee
White House
Robert K. Lee
South
Washington and Lee University
Theodore Roosevelt
Big land grafts through out west reported fraud probe
Washington dispatch reports alleged wholesale frauds on public lands worth about 11 million dollars in western states. Secretary Garfield seeks 500 thousand dollar appropriations from both chambers to pursue recovery, citing 32 000 fraud cases and prospects of recouping substantial value quickly. Noting the vast land value, officials emphasize urgency and nationwide scope.
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Washington
Garfield
Mississippi River
Hale and
Tawney
Senate
House Appropriations Committees
H. H. Schwartz
Field Service
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
A Religious Author's Kidney Remedy Testimony
A believer reports years of kidney trouble culminating in a severe winter pain. Bedridden eight days, with thick white sediment in urine and frequent pains. After taking Foley's Kidney Remedy, pain eased, vanished, and urine normalized. Endorses Foley's Kidney Remedy, sold by all Druggists.
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Foley
Forestry Conference Highlights Timber Treatment and Woodlands
At the Farmers Conference in Athens Judge E H Callaway presided as speakers from the U S Forest Service and University of Georgia outlined forestry topics. John M Nelson Jr discussed creosote treatment of fence posts and shingles to extend life. Alfred Akerman urged thinning to boost growth and revenue from Georgia woodlands. The open tank method may be demonstrated at the State College of Agriculture with cooperation from the forest service.
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Farmers
State College of Agricultural
E. 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
Round Table
Fifty Pins Are In Flor ence Smith Case
New York January 19 Medical men concerned with Florence Smith a 16 year old girl from Patchogue L I who swallowed about a hundred pins three weeks ago and is to receive X ray examination this week An expert said about fifty pins remain in the abdominal tract but the walls formed by nature may protect her life He added the copper and zinc pins could cause chronic ailments but she is not expected to die.
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New York
Florence Smith
Patchogue
L. L
Medical
Nature
Misa Smith
Dom
Lexington
Bunker Hill
Adam
Earth
Moon
Louis XIV
Henry of Navarre
Robert Toombs
Jefferson Dayla
Minor Morris
Holland
Mr. Willett
Willett
Castro
Stewart
Russia
John Adams
Navy
Annapolis
West Point
Panama Canal
Nero
Rome
Vespasian
Foley's Kidney Remedy Claims Quick Kidney Help
An advertisement urges prompt use of Foley's Kidney Remedy at first sign of kidney or bladder trouble to prevent Bright's disease or diabetes. It claims to correct irregularities and cure all kidney and bladder disorders and notes availability from druggists.
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Foley
Bright
Gale
All Druggiata
Roosevelt Denounced as Gargoyle by Willett in House
New York congressman Willett delivered a fierce attack on President Roosevelt calling him a gargoyle and likening his leadership to a court in the White House. The long speech criticized Roosevelt for acts since taking office, prompting calls for order and a partisan fracas in the chamber.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Alexander Hamilton
Willett
New York
House of Representatives
Wder
Hughes
West Virgina
Butler
Pennsylvania
Langley
Kentucky
Chinese Ambassador Starts Home From New York
Tang Shao Yi, the Chinese ambassador who visited the United States to thank the president for remission of part of the Boxer Indemnity, sailed for Europe today. He will visit major European capitals, then travel overland via the Siberian railway and expects to reach Pekin next summer.
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New York
Tang Shao Yi
United States
Europe
Pekin
Lame Shoulder Relief Offered by Chamberlains Liniment
This item advertises Chamberlain's Lint ment as a quick cure for muscular rheumatism with no internal treatment needed. It claims relief by applying the liniment twice daily and notes pricing at 25 cents or 60 cents for large size, with multiple local retailers listed.
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H. R. Palmer & Sons
Orr Drug Co
Warren J. Smith & Bro
McBvoy
L. P. Cgnnalng
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