Tak-A-Tonic Promises Youth Through Health Tonics
Brief item touts Tak-A-Tonic as a premier tonic for weak and rundown people, claiming it tones the blood and aids constipation and nervousness while noting sales in Princeton and Bluefield. Also reports on a Boy Scout Arthur Evans memorial curb inscription and Don Wells’s return home after hospital treatment.
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Bluefield
Hldrue
Evans
Boy Scouts
Arthur
Arthur Daniel Evans
Day in Congress Flows on Defense and Appropriations
The Senate pressed its amendment to the army drafting resolution and directed further conference while Senator Stone asked the president to provide details about a commercial treaty with entente powers. The House took up urgent deficiency funds and passed a fiscal year extension measure.
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House Army
Stone
House
Senate
National Guard
Clark
Har
Military Committee
Veterinarians in Demand as Government Seeks Cavalry Vet
Dr. G. W. Hambrick of this city was wired from Washington to serve as a cavalry veterinarian. Offer was 3100 per month plus expenses with transportation and 4 a day. He declined the 150 monthly reply, noting that may be temporary and questioning the salary. Government reportedly holds the list of registered veterinarians.
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Hambrick
G. W. Hambrick
Washington
Cavalry
Army
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Efforts to Reconcile Differences in China Stall
In Peking on June 28, the reorganization of the republic remains hampered by disputes between the military party and southern provincial leaders over constitutional questions. Attempts at compromise have failed. Yuan Shih Kai's body, escorted by the diplomatic corps, was moved from the palace to the railway station and sent to Changteh fu for burial.
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Peking
China
Chinese Republic
Yuan-Shi-Kai
Li-Yuan-Hung
Yuan
Yuan-Shi-Ku
Changteh- Fu
Democratic County Chairman Decision Near as French Declines
Democratic committee to meet Monday night to name a county chairman after Senator D. E. French declined the post to campaign for governor. A. E. Bivens had held the chair, but the group again offered French the position while Cornwell begins his gubernatorial campaign with a Bluefield speech.
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Democratic Committee
D. E. French
Democratic County Executive Committee
French
Cornwell
Bluefield
A. E. Bivens
Bivens
Carr and Miss Sentz Wed in Early Morning Ceremony
W. F. Carr and Miss Willie Mae Sentz married at the bride's home at 6 45 yesterday morning with Rev. L W Irwin officiating. The couple, witnessed by close family and friends, left for Bluefield and then Athens Ohio where the groom resides. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs J E T Lentz, formerly worked at Dugans Dry Goods and is well known in Princeton.
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W. F. Carr
Willie Mae Sentz
L. W. Irwin
Presbyterian Church
Mrs. Carr
Bluefield
Athens
Ohio
Mr. Carr
Virginian
Princeton
J. E. T. Lentz
Dugan's Dry Goods Company
Boy suffers double arm fractures in wagon accident
The son of P. L. Robertson, a Virginian shopman, was thrown from a frightened wagon and suffered both arms broken at the wrists with one bone dislocated. The wagon was wrecked two hundred yards further. In other notes, E. G. Brughn returns from appendicitis operations and is excused from service, while H. B. Book and J. L. Ficklan enlist or reenlist in Virginia units. Rev. Halstead to fill pulpit at Baptist Church in pastor’s absence.
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P. L. Robertson
E. G. Brughn
Richmond Greys
Richmond
H. B. Book
Virginian Engineering Corps
Charleston
J. L. Ficklan
The
Virginian
Norfolk
Baptist Church
W. F. Dunaway
Virginia
Mr. Halstead
Hospital notices list surgeries and injuries
Mrs Susie Cooper sister of Attorney A W Reynolds entered Princeton General Hospital with seventy four body tumors two removed by surgeons. Mrs Harman mother of J A Harman of New Hope was to have an x ray of a broken leg and knee injured three months ago in a Norfolk and Western accident.
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Susie Cooper
A. W. Reynolds
Princeton General Hospital
Masonite Golf Tournament Opens In Chicago
The first Masonic golf tournament in the United States was staged today at the Harlem links in Chicago under the Mystic Golf Association of Cook County. The four man team event drew entrants from Illinois Indiana Iowa and Wisconsin and aims to become an annual affair.
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Chicago
Ill
Harlem Links
Mystic Golf Association
Cook County
Masonic Fraternity
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
The Skip In Dundreary's Gait
Edward H. Sothern recalls his father’s prompt books guiding the Dundreary performance. He notes how the gait and stage business grew from his habit of matching his wife’s movements and how Dundreary eclipsed other roles.
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Dundreary
Jefferson
Edward H. Sothern
Scribner's Magazine
Zemo for Eczema Promises Quick Relief
Quick relief claims for eczema pimples and rashes using Zemo from druggist. An extra large bottle priced at 1.00, small bottle 25c, advertised as non greasy and stain free. The copy asserts rapid clearing of skin troubles including tetter and black heads. Local ad copy labels Zemo Cleveland as the source.
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Cleveland
Safe Refuge
Quoted quips from a 19th century American column note oddities in year and age rules. The piece jokes that Philadelphia shuns leap year proposals while a Russian is deemed mature at twenty six, reflecting playful international satire.
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Philadelphia
Coke Output in 1915 Reaches New Highs Across United States
1915 coke production in the United States totaled 41,481,150 short tons, up 20 percent from 1914 and nearing 1913 records. By product coke accounted for 34 percent and beehive ovens produced 66 percent. Beehive coke rose 18 percent while by product coke climbed 25 percent. Four new plants started, bringing by product ovens to 481 and beehive ovens to 49 540. Output expansion occurred in most states except several southern and northern centers. A separate English crusade targets abolishing wedding rings to conserve gold for national needs.
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United States
C. E. Lesher
United States Geological Survey
Cambria
Duluth
Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Safe Liver Relief
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, plant based remedy to replace calomel. It claims calomel harms bones and digestion and promises a 50 cent bottle will restore liver function and cleanse the bowels by morning. It also asserts the product is harmless for children and prevents salivation.
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Dodson
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Congress
MR. French
Carr-Sentz
Hospital, News
Loretta
Rex
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
West Virginia
Massachusetts
England
Wm. S. Hart
Hell’s
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Tazewell Street
Bluefield, W. VA
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Montraville Wood
Old Homestead
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