Wart cures and business notes in Hempstead and beyond
The Hempstead Herald debunks wart salves sold door to door and favors the potato burying method. Marlin sees a railroad driven boom. Reports question Chinese fighting power and costs of the Filipino conflict. England and American cotton mills face shutdowns due to high prices and poor markets. A business man should view advertising as a necessary expense to restore prestige and profit.
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Hempstead
India
China
England
America
Hotel Arrivals and Census Guessing Contest
The piece lists hotel arrivals from cities like Dallas St Louis and Chicago with names such as B E Smith M M He and C P Foster among others. It advertises an Eagle census guessing contest offering prizes up to fifteen thousand dollars with various other prizes including 5000 2000 500 and 100.
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Exchange
E Smith
Dallas
Pekin Falls as Allied Forces Enter East Gate
American dispatches confirm Pekin captured on August 15 with foreign legations safe. Allied advance faced obstinate resistance as 10 000 Japanese spearheaded the assault at the east gate. Chinese losses cited at 800 and Japanese over 100, with Tung Chow already taken August 12.
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Washington, Ang
Pekin
United States
Remy
Fowler
Che Foo
Remey
Tung Chow
Tartar
Chaffee
Riot in Georgia Prompts Militia Action at Johnston Station
Gov. Candler orders Liberty troop cavalry to aid Sheriff Brewer amid rising violence between whites and blacks at Johnston Station. Reports describe lynch threats, trains wrecked, homes burned, and multiple arrests as Liberty County black population vastly outnumbers whites. Authorities fear a wider clash as fires and attacks continue.
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Atlanta
Candler
Liberty County
Liberty Troop
Georgia Militia
Brewer
Johnston Station
Savannah
Hendry
R. H. Curtis
Liberty City
Lambert
Savanah
Curtis
Georgia
Aimars Mill
Plant
British and Chinese tensions in Shanghai and Peking reported
Dispatches detail Qing dynasty dynamics as German and other powers show restraint. Reports say viceroy of Nankin swayed by consuls, Yangtze region with Chinese palace treasures moved to Hsiang Fu. London notes potential troop landings but reiterates rights of France and the United States to act if needed. In Oklahoma notes, Cooley sells seed cotton in Checotah and Creek warrants are being paid in full.
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London
Pekin
Imperial Customs Office
Che Foo
Morning Post
United States
Germany
Daily Graphic
Shanghai
Nankin
France
Kwang Su
Hsiang Fu
Prince Tuan
Gen. Liang
Miss Tex Gray Dies After Kerosene Fire Incident
In Buffalo Texas on August 18 Miss Tex Gray suffered fatal burns while kindling oil with kerosene. She died from injuries sustained in the fire.
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Buffalo
Tex
Tex Gray
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Emmet
Pharmacy
Paul M. Baylor
Bryan, Texas
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Benton, Ark
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Waco, Tex
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H. D. Chapman
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I. T
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Indian Territory
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Ed Whiteside
Robert Copeland
Whiteside
Copeland
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New York
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Coney Island
Paris
Sayers
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Eufaula
Talahassee
Lawther & Son
Checotah
Muskogee, I. T
J. Blair Shoenfelt
Hall’s Drug Store
AL I’s Drug Store
Candy Kitchen
Lowney’s
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Brugdons Livery Stable
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Bryan
J. V. Brogdon
Franklin Bros
John B. Mike
Texas
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