Eight Years of Trouble Ended by Tanlac Health Gain
Mrs. T. C. Corbitt of Atlanta says eight years of stomach souring gas and mobility issues vanished after taking two bottles of Tanlac. She reports weight gain, restored appetite, back pain relief, and renewed energy, noting she now feels like a different person. Carpen Brothers Drug advertises Prickly Ash Bitters as a liver purifier, priced $1.25 per bottle.
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T. C. Corbitt
Ponders Avenue
Atlanta
Georgia
Carpen Rothers Drug
Executive Salary Amendment Moves Favorable Report
Austin Texas February 17 The House Committee on Constitutional Amendments acted favorably on the Senate joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to raise the Governor salary to ten thousand dollars.
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Austin
Texas
House Committee On
Senate
Farmers Gin Co concludes season with record ginned bales
The Farmers Gin Co reports season end on February 7 after starting August 13 1918. A county record 743 bales ginned plus 76 bales of remnant seed cotton. 350 customers served. Otto Krueger led with 12 bales, Chas Leuck 9, M L Lambert 8. Last season 902 bales.
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Otto Krueger
Chas. Leuck
M. L. Lambert
Farmers Gin CO
O. M. Bronstad
Sec
Wilson reads covenant as league of nations at Paris conference
President Wilson, greeted with honors at the foreign office, briefs Clemenceau’s plenary session on a unanimous commission report. He calls the covenant a practical yet humane document, elastic but definite, aimed at preventing future wars and ending annexations.
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Paris
Wilson
League of Nations
Foreign Office
Clemenceau
Hobby Plans to Finance University in Texas Bond Plan
Governor Hobby sent a special message to the legislature proposing amending law to authorize the University of Texas board of regents to issue and sell bonds in the universitys name. The regents would pledge the university to pay interest and create a sinking fund from revenues of the permanent fund to redeem bonds at maturity. Proceeds would be distributed between the University of Texas and A and M College according to specified percentages.
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Hobby
University
Austin
Texas
Board of Regents
University of Texas
A. & M. College
Post office funding totals rise across cities in appropriation bill
The annual public buildings appropriation bill advances with $50,000,000 for post offices and public structures. Dallas receives $1,260,000, Chicago totals $6,000,000 with new and prior funds, Boston gets $3,500,000, Oakland $1,000,000, and Dallas again listed at $1,250,000. Washington notes the committee favorably reported the measure.
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Dallas
Washington
House Public Buildings Committee
Chicago
Boston
Oakland
Cal
Senate bill enables counties to buy seeds and feed for needy
In Austin Texas the senate passed a bill authorizing counties to purchase seeds and feed for citizens unable to afford them. The act requires distribution through the commissioners court.
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Austin
Texas
House
Senate
Commissioners’ Court
Telephone Rates to be Contested in Houston
Houston plans injunction proceedings against Southwestern Telephone Company to contest increased rates. Thirty three firms and individuals have joined the petition for the injunction.
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Houston
Texas
Southwestern Telephone Company
President Wilson Begins Homeward Journey From Paris
Wilson departs from the Murat mansion on the first leg of his voyage back to America, escorted by a detachment of the Republican Guard. In Austin, a Senate bill proposes care and education for blind babies and backward children under state supervision, funding placements at the state's cost up to $1.50 daily.
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Wilson
America
Paris
Murat
Republican Guard
Austin
Texas
Senate
State Board of Education
Especial Interest Important News Of The Entire Week
A condensed weekly briefing highlights major developments across politics economy and society. It notes key dates figures and events in brief form for quick reader access.
Foreign and Domestic News Roundup on War Aftermath
A mixed dispatch notes France offering a monument site in France for Americans who died on the field of honor. It reports Viscount Gressingham’s eye trouble worsening to blindness, British delegates pressed for indemnity covering war costs and damages, USS George Washington at Brest bringing Wilson home with twenty destroyers to join at the Azores, and a German loan plan to fund postwar raw material needs. The Weimar assembly quotes Chancellor Ebert on armistice severity, while a proposed ten day armistice limit gains attention. The US may maintain a 500000 man army under the League framework once Senate action is complete.
Missouri Women Win Voting Rights for Presidential Electors
Missouri lower house approves a measure granting women the right to vote for presidential electors by 122 to 8. Attorney general rules oil stock and oil or mineral lease interests forbidden for workers in insurance and banking departments. Dallas County commissioners create Levee District No. 16 to reclaim about 5,000 acres across Dallas Rockwall and Kaufman counties.
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Missouri
Attorney General
Insurance and Banking Department
Dallas
Rockwall
Kaufman
Oklahoma Tightens Quarantine on Texas Cotton Seed
Oklahoma raises quarantine on Texas cotton seed announced by E E Scholl chief entomologist Texas Department of Agriculture. Colonel Henry D Lindsley declines Citizens' Association bid for Dallas mayor due to War Risk Insurance Bureau duties. Texas Fire Insurance Commission cites 1916 1917 and 1918 credits with Beaumont 12 per cent loss ratio 633 Jacksboro 15 per cent max loss 114 Kerrville 15 per cent loss ratio 402 Whitesboro 15 per cent loss.
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Oklahoma
Texas
E. E. Scholl
Texas Department of Agriculture
War Risk Insurance Bureau
Henry D. Lindsley
Citizens’ Association
Dallas
Texas Fire Insurance Commission
Beaumont
Jacksboro
Kerrville
Whitesboro
Texas bills on oil face eminent domain for pipelines progress
A Texas legislative session item with several oil industry bills shows the most progress for a measure granting unrestricted eminent domain rights to pipeline companies. The proposal would allow pipelines to secure land access with little constraint, affecting energy infrastructure policy and local property rights.
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Texas
Ten-year-old James Longacre Wins Damages Over Lost Leg
A jury in the Supreme Court at White Plains, New York awarded James Longacre of Yonkers $30,000 in damages for the loss of his left leg caused by a railroad incident. The verdict reflects a substantial judgment against the railroad company for the injury to the minor plaintiff.
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James Longacre
Yonkers
White Planes
Letter From Sergt J D Duncan From France 1919
Sergt J D Duncan writes from Peruqueak Dorddogne France on January 8 1919 to Mrs M A Duncan describing hospital stay since November 13 and long gap since October 23. He notes his 90th division in Germany after hard fighting and hopes to return home with his unit soon. He mentions news of friends and losses including Dr Burton Carpenter Jodie Britton and Betsy Larson and asks about Frank B. and others.
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Peruqueak Dorddogne
France
M. A. Duncan
Brother Kidd
Germany
Dary Halverson
Otto Hanson
Clifton
Frank B
Dr. Burton Carpenter
Jodie Britton
Betsy Larson
Letter From Sergeant J D Duncan Describes Home Life and Prohibition Era Idea
A soldier writes from the front sharing affection for home folk and urging letters. He hints at a business idea to cheaply manufacture cream separators and Apple juice mash that could be marketed as a high volume product after Prohibition shifts, imagining up to 40 million units.
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Henry Ford
Land of the Free
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