Flood Devastates Red River Plantations in Texarkana Area
Relief efforts move quickly as Texarkana boards and local firms deploy boats and trains to reach marooned plantations along a 100 mile floodfront. Rescue teams save many, but crops corn cotton and alfalfa are ruined and livestock perishes. authorities fear no human loss.
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Red River
Texarkana Board of Trade
Foreman
Index
Fulton
Texarkana Casket Company
Leo Krause
Kansas City Southern
Iron Mountain Roads
The Thousand and Third Night Tale of the Perplexed Princess
A tale from the Thousand and Third Night about a princess, an idol, two headless men, and a swapping mistake that leaves both heads on the wrong bodies. Shahrazad notes the paradox as insoluble and unresolvable. New York Times.
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Dunyazad
Shabrazad
Allah
Shahrazad
Pernit
Wales
Guriund
Hindustan
Lanka
Golden Temple
Far West
New York Times
La Follette Lacks Short Half Pint
A brief satirical note states that La Follette did not have a short half pint, reflecting a cautious, humorous take on his drinking habits.
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la Follette
Actress Seeking Samovar Stirs Chicago Ghetto Scene
A popular actress toured Chicago's Ghetto in search of a samovar and heard a quirky line about a boy whose mother, wielding a barrel stave in a raised hand, warned against tying a kettle to a cat's tail. The mother insisted it was not their cat but their kettle.
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Chicago
Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Promoted for Women
A long advertisement touts Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as safe for women with delicate constitutions. It claims a forty-year cures record, a known composition, and endorsement by medical writers. The ad urges consulting Dr. Pierce and offers free letters of consultation and additional products like Pleasant Pellets.
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Pierse
St. Vitus
R. Y. Pierce
Nedurgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
Far &i
Dr. Pierce Us
Oakland Social News Highlights Local Visitors
Lige Lawrence left this morning for Wichita Falls. Mrs. Janie Hubbard of Bonham was a guest of relatives here last week. Chas Hill and wife spent weekend with friends near Ector. Miss Margery Clark returned home to hail. Misses Dot Maloney and Rosa Painter visited near Boyd. Dr. Alexander of Ravenna was in Oakland. Dock Emerson went to Oklahoma. Bert Snead on the sick list. Most residents viewed the river flood. Mrs. Nettie Bingham and Virginia of Bonham visiting Mrs. W. R. Treat. Violek.
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Lige Lawrence
Wichita Falls
Janie Hubbard
Bonham
Chas, Hill
Ector
Josie Clements
Boyd
Hallie Amlin
Margery Clark
Lara Lawrence
Dot Maloney
Rosa Painter
Scottie Kerr
Dr. Alexander
Ravenna
Oakland
J. H. Trout
Will Blake
Dewey
J. C. Trout
George Bradley
Ivanhoe
H. A. Snead
Della Wood
Dock Emerson
Oklahoma
Bert Snead
Chas. Hill
Baby Elsie
Peniel
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised as constitutional remedy
An advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal treatment for catarrh, claiming it cures constitutional disease by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. It cites a $2 price, testimony offers, and Toledo makers F J Cheney. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation and a Methodist church children's service meeting at 3 tomorrow afternoon.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & C
Toledo
Bar gains spotlight at Ware's end of domestic section
Readers are directed to seek bar gains in the remnants located at Ware's end of the domestic area.
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Ware’s
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