Reverend Pippin A Pippin Still Preaching Behind Bars
W E Pippin a Baptist minister wanted in Marlin Texas for bigamy has been found and continues preaching to inmates at the Arkansas state penitentiary in Little Rock. He admits three marriages without divorce and earlier wives in Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma and one in Marlin. He was sentenced to three years in Little Rock after trials for passing worthless checks and fled to continue his ministry among prisoners. Sheriff Poole reported Pippin's prior pastorate at Windom Texas and mercantile work at Honey Grove followed by further legal troubles.
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Marlin
Tex
W. E. Pippin
State Penitentiary
Little Rock
Arkansas
Benton County
Pippin
San Antonio
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Poole
First Monday Sale Draws Crowds to Local Merchants
A large crowd gathered as merchants reported brisk business on First Monday or Sale Day, with the event noting active participation and strong shopper turnout.
Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil Promises Quick Relief
Ad columns tout Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil for curing old sores with relief of pain. The ads note rising readership and a store advertising boost. Edna Hill public schools open for 1913 1914 with Professor Bob Parr as superintendent after Dr Stevenson resigns for medical reasons. Stevenson is in Brownwood for eye treatment.
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Bob Parr
Board of Trustees
Edna Hill
Stevenson
Proctor
Brownwood
Wilson Proclaims Thanksgiving Day 1913
President Woodrow Wilson designates November 27 as a day of Thanksgiving and prayer. He notes national peace, prosperity, and Panama Isthmus work as signs of divine providence. The proclamation, signed in Washington on October 23, 1913, invites nationwide cease from labor and worshipful thanks.
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Wilson
Panama
Woodrow Wilson
United States of America
United States
Washington
Lord
W. J. Bryan
Woman Escapes Operation After Pinkham’s Remedy
Cary Maine woman Mrs Harward Sowers credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with ending a year of severe pain, sleeplessness, and fatigue enabling her to resume daily work. She urges others to seek early help and notes confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Cary
Maine
Lydia B. Pinkham
Lydia E.pinkham
Nude films of Clarksburg society women prompt scandal
George T. Thomas, arrested on a pistol charge, held nude photographic films of several of Clarksburg's prominent young women. Police seized the reels, identified some subjects via prints, and sought to protect reputations while investigating how the images were obtained.
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Clarksburg
W. V
Navy
George T. Thomas
Thomas
H. L. Brooks
Brooks
Young Thomas
Clarkburg
Wheat Given Verdict in District Court
The Wheat case ended with a district court jury awarding Wheat 15000 in damages. Wheat sued the Cotton Belt railway for 30000 for injuries while acting as brakeman when thrown from a car due to a loose plank. Attorneys were Goodson and Goodson, with Judge Woodward presiding.
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Cotton Belt Railway
Goodson & Goodson
Woodward
Coleman
Texas Industrial Congress to Award Prizes at Dallas Meet
The fifth annual Texas Industrial Congress will award $10,000 in gold to top crop producers at the Dallas convention hall on December 15. Contestants from 215 counties entered with reports due by November 15. prizes include four crop model farm, Corn Club, Cotton Club, and forage crop categories with multiple cash awards and a special $500 prize for double class winners.
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Texas Industrial Congress
Dallas
Chamber of Commerce
Congress
German Coffee Cake Recipe From Mrs Janet McKenzie Hill
German Coffee Cake recipe from Mrs Janet McKenzie Hill editor of Boston Cooking School Magazine uses KC Baking Powder. Instructions promote quick rise method with butter sugar egg and milk and suggest trying next Sunday breakfast.
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Janet McKenzie Hill
Boston Cooking School Magazine
Dutch Apple Cake Variant From The Cook's Book
A biscuit pan batter is built with one quarter cup milk and butter, cinnamon sprinkled, baked in moderate oven. The same batter can top Dutch Apple Cake or Prune Kitchen with apples or prunes, then dusted with sugar and cinnamon. The Cook's Book offers 90 similar recipes and a free copy via KC Baking Powder certificate.
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Jaques Mfg. Co
Chicago
Ten Next Best Results Class E Irrigated Forage Crops
Production considered from two acres of kaffir or mile irrigated crops with a total prize pool of 1000 dollars. First prize 500 dollars, second prize 200 dollars, ten prizes of 50 dollars each for the next ten best results. In addition nineteen UT scholarships will be awarded to successful contestants.
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Texas Corn Club
University of Texas
Pecans Stealing Law Warns Against Orchard Trespass
A state notice declares that anyone gathering pecans on land not owned or controlled by them without owner consent may face fines from five dollars to three hundred dollars or up to three months in county jail, or both. The law also bans injuring pecan timber on others land without consent.
Our Iron Ore Development
Press reports announce a ten million dollar steel plant will be built at Texas City to process East Texas iron ore deposits. The piece argues surveying ore fields reveals vast natural wealth and envisions Texas rising in the mineral ranks as it already does in agriculture.
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Texas City
Texas
Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil Ad
An old reliable surgical dressing claim for pain relief and healing tool against blood poisoning. Mentions quick effect and medical use. Price listed as $1.00 and suggests applying immediately.
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Rine
Orma
Waples-Platter Grocer Co
Dallas — Denison — Ft. Worth
Pippin A Pippin
Baptist Church
Windom
Fannin County
Honey Grove
Fletcher
Porter
Fool
Eas
Ier
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Comanche, Texas
Brights
Mankind
Ferrel-Saunders CO
Fort Worth
Lydia LC Pinkham
W. Va
Texas Cotton Club
Tut
Scott Sorghum
Ft. Scott, Kansas
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