Peruna touted as heat relief by famed actor Robert Downing
Robert Downing extols Peruna as a preventive against summer illnesses and heat intolerance. He praises its cooling action on mucous membranes aiding actors and singers and credits Dr. Hartman with describing systemic catarrh and promoting Peruna as the sole systemic remedy. He urges readers to request Dr. Hartman’s Chronic Catarrh.
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Robert Downing
Peruna
Robert King
Hartman
United States
Fartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Rio Grande Flood Death Toll Feared At One Hundred
The Rio Grande flood worsens with feared loss of life reaching 100. Le Mesa is largely wiped out and Chamberino battles the torrent as residents flee. North of El Paso the river shifts up to ten miles altering boundaries and damaging crops and livestock. An army works to divert water into the canal amid property owner resistance.
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Galveston
Tex
Rio Grande
le Mesa
Chamberino
N. M
Tte
el Paso
la Mesa
Rio Grande Valley
Baptist Minister Defends Rockefeller Gift
New York June 2 Rev Dr Robert Stuart MacArthur pastor of Calvary Baptist Church denounces critics of John D Rockefeller’s 100000 gift to the American Board for Foreign Missions. In an Examiner article to be published, he says attacks are coarse cruel unjust and unsafe against the Baptist denomination and protests condemnation of churches.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Robert Stuart MacArthur
Calvary Baptist Church
Examiner, S Baptist
Militia to Gather at Missouri State Fair in Sedalia
Sedalia officials report plans for the fifth annual fair August 21 to 26 with 3000 feet of granitoid walkway to connect new buildings. The Missouri National Guard encampment is expected on the fair grounds the week of the event, with up to 3000 militiamen anticipated, under General Clark at Butler.
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Sedalia
Board Fe
Clark
Butler
National Guard of
Missouri
French Missionaries Murdered in Tibet Uprising
Mail advices received in Victoria report a missionary uprising in Bathang district Tibet. Four French missionaries at separate stations were murdered and many church members massacred. Rev Father P Grandjean led the district mission. Troops have been sent from Szchuen.
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Victoria
B. C
Empresas
Japan
Tibet
Bathang
Father P. Grandjean
Szchuen
Two Men Killed in Kansas Home Incident
June 5 at Dodge City Kansas David Truax an inmate at the soldiers home returned to the institution in an angry mood and produced a revolver. He killed one man instantly and another died hours later before being stopped by H Lutz and John Lee Truax was placed in jail.
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Dodge City
Kan
David Truax
H. Lutz
John Lee
Troax
Grove's Taste L-nee Chill Tonic Ad 25 Years
An old GROVE'S Taste Leee chill tonic advertisement proclaims lasting 25 years. It touts iron and bumnine in a tasteless form with the slogan no cure no pay and a 50 cent price.
Covington Arrested On bribery Indictments in Arkansas
Senator A W Covington of Clarksville faced two of five Pulaski county indictments on bribery linked to state capitol and Felthenthal district court bills. He was arrested at the Merchants hotel, bond set at 10000 by Judge Mose and Mayor Faucette, who qualified the bond. Covington traveled to Little Rock with Judge Mose and stayed at a local hotel.
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Little Rock
Ark
Pulaski Grand Jury
A. W. Covington
Clarkeville
State Senate
State Capitol
Felthenthal
Senate
Davis
Union County
Eldorado
Covington
Merchants’ Hotel
al Cheater
R. J. Lea
W. L. Mose
Morrillton
W. E. Faucette
Argenta
Moee
Mayor Faucette
Polygamy Still Potent, From the Waebington Post
Judge Ogden Hiles of Salt Lake City, former assistant US attorney for Utah, discusses polygamy in Utah. He says Mormon dominance shapes society, with anti polygamy efforts failing to end the practice. He notes polygamy remains a status symbol among adherents.
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Ogden Hiles
Salt Lake City
New Willard
United States District Attorney
Utah
South
Mormon Heirarchy
Church
Woodruff
Rescue Party Finds Five Men Dead in Tunnel
Montrose Colorado June 5 At least five men were killed and two seriously injured by the cave in Gunnison reclamation tunnel C Taylor and Fred Groff were entombed under heavy timbers They would have drowned but for the efforts of their companions who improvised a dam to hold back water Twenty one men were rescued uninjured but exhausted by their experience They were hoisted through a 60 foot shaft in less than a day The rescuers worked in three minute relays until the tunnel was reached The heavy timbers were broken and the entombed men were found standing in water above the knees still working with will to prevent further disaster as the uninjured men were brought to the surface they were greeted by cheering crowds
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Montrose
Colo
Gunnison
C. Taylor
Fred Groff
Russian cruiser captain explains surrender story
London reports the Admiral Nakimoff captain, now prisoner, recounting the May 27 battle near Liancourt rocks. He describes sudden fire, sinking after a mine or torpedo, escaping in a launch, and officers sent to Shimonoseki. Japanese ships surrounded Russian vessels. Vice-Admiral Togo demanded surrender.
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London
London Daily Mail
Tokyo
Nakimoff
Tsu Island
Life Delta
Shimonoseki
Liancourt Rocke
Togo
Kikasa
Yamaguchi
Asahi
Kamamura
Electric Bitters touted as cure for liver and stomach ills
It cites testimonials from John A. Young of Clay and a woman who suffered neuralgia stomach and liver issues. The ad claims Electric Bitters relieved and cured her, praising it as the best medicine for weak women. Sold by Frank T. Clay at 50 cents a bottle under guarantee.
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Lce
John A. Young
Clay
Frank T. Clay
Drogeist
Hailstorm Kills Cattle as Lawton Reports Losses
Severe rain and hail swept Greer county near Mangum causing heavy damage. A tractor field three miles wide by twenty miles long lost all early production. Livestock including horses and cattle were killed in the storm path. Two bodies were observed in a swollen stream with recovery efforts failing. One farmer reported loss of 125 cattle and another 50 head.
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Lawton
Okla
Greer County
Mangom
Reformed Church Opposed to Easter and Christmas
Newcastle Pa June 5 The Re formed Presbyterian general synod adjourned after adopting a resolution deploring Protestant trends to observe days and ceremonies like Christmas and Easter not rooted in divine authority. It urged ministers to use only scriptural institutions in worship and declared strong opposition to secret societies.
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Newcastle
Reformed Presbyterian General Synod
Christmas
Exeter
Troops Revolt Shake Russian War Effort
Report from St Petersburg on June 31 states General Linovitch warned the czar that Admiral Rosentvensky loss has sparked openly revolting troops in Manchuria. War continuation deemed impossible as regime discredited. Czar blamed, calls for regime change and a national assembly grow, with editor Souverine urging popular leadership.
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St Petersburg
Linovitch
Rosentvensky
Manchuria
Russia
M. Souverine
Novoe Vremya
To Cure a Cold in One Day Patent Claim
A claimed one day cure for a cold via LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets. The ad asserts all druggists refund the money if the cure fails, and notes W. Grove's signature on each box. The price is listed as 25.
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W. Grove
Miss Gould funds education for Rio Grande train savior
Nine year old Leroy Irvine Dixon, who warned a Rio Grande train of a rock slide near Durango, is to be educated at any preparatory school or university of his choice. Miss Helen Gould will pay. parents consented at Rio Grande offices in Denver after the incident last October.
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Helen Gould
Leroy Irvine Dixon
Rio Grande
Las Animas
The
Rio Grande Railway
Denver
Col
J.C. McCabe
State University Cost In Sixty Three Years
In sixty three years total expenditures on the State University by the State and Federal governments amount to 4,010,804. Of this, 1,555,171.414 from the Federal government via land grants leaves the state expenditure at 2,138,437. The university property is valued at 280. Missouri has educated 32,140 persons through its university. its educational plans, with endowment, are worth about 7,707.6 more than it has spent on the institution.
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Ahe State
Miasouri
Ehe
Kansas Woman Fined $100 in Arkansas City
Arkansas City report states Myra McHenry, follower of Carre Nation, was fined $100 by Police Judge Fleming for disturbing the peace at a barber shop. Unable to bond, she was ordered jailed. In court she challenged the judge and his initial fine rose to a total of 150 dollars after further abuse.
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Arkansas City
Kan
Myra McHenry
Carre Nation
Fleming
Slim
Spaugh Brothers Captured Near Ironton Missouri
William Arthur Spaugh and another alleged murderer of John W Polk, sheriff of Ram County, were captured in a log cabin on a YPC farm, 71 miles east of Ironton. A posse of sixteen men led by John Marsiman, Ironton city marshal and Ramsey County sheriff, captured them after a brief surrender lasting thirty five minutes.
Dr King's New Discovery Promised Cure for Consumption
An old advertisement touts Dr King's New Discovery for consumption promising a cure. It claims a household story where a wife recovered after using the product, with pricing listed as 50 cents to 1 dollar and three trial bottles offered free. The notice urges persistence and warns of a long battle against the illness.
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Dr. King
Beall
King
Frank
Clay
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