Advertising Rates and May 16 1908 News Briefs
Rates for advertising include 5 cents per line for locals and 10 cents per inch for display ads each insertion. Obituaries resolutions of respect and cards of thanks priced at 3 cents per line. The issue notes rumors of girls being shipped from San Antonio to Turkey for bondage. Jefferson Davis birthday anniversary is marked on June 8 in Southern cities. Maryland Senator Raynor attacked Roosevelt over treatment of a veteran colonel who claims Roosevelt had a mind of his own.
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San Antonio
Turkey
Raynor
Maryland
Roosevelt
Great Republic
Onion shipment records set in Cotulla May special
The Cotulla special for May 14 reports onion shipping season at its peak with a new single-day record of twenty six carloads. A big engine from San Antonio hauled a special train for one shipment while the Cotulla crop is about half harvested.
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Cotulla
San Antonio
Governor orders suits to annul Texas school book contract
Assistant Attorney General Lightfoot reports that American Book Company of New York is a trust company. Governor Campbell immediately orders lawsuits to annul the contract between the State and the Book company, which holds the Texas Schools book contract.
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Lightfoot
American Book Company
New York
Campbell
Book Company
Texas
Crown Prince of Roosevelt Corrects Panama Snarl
The crown prince of Roosevelt’s cabinet visited Panama on a government ship to straighten out the local snarl and is likely at home now. He also recently visited the Philippines to inspect and correct government machinery. Taft is praised as a great man, and a Democrat could fill the pacifying post just as well.
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Roosevelt
Crown Prince
Panama
Philippines
Taft
Domestic dispute ends in injury near Hog Island
Marlin correspondent describes a playful domestic incident in which Albert Rector, colored, felled his wife with a timber pole and she retaliated by thrusting a butcher knife into his back. Officers hauled them into court, challenging private recreation near Hog Island.
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News
Marlin
Albert Rector
Hog Island
Cuero area truck farming expansion expands to 21 acres
May 13 Cuero special notes Dr J M Lackey plans a 21 acre truck farm near the city limits with power and surface tanks for watering managed by an experienced county trucker. The trucking industry is expanding rapidly and acreage is expected to double next year. A local dairyman is building a concrete block silo for curing green feeds.
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J. M. Lackey
Winter storage holds over hundred tons for cattle
The system describes storing over a hundred tons of feed to sustain a herd of about one hundred cows for six months with minimal additional fodder.
May festival and farm notes from Lavaca County
From Lavaca County Witting May 11 corn laid by tasseling winds damaged corn leaves cool north winds harmed cotton chopping ending soon May feast of the Wm Tell Schuetzen Verein with Miss Emily Stoeltje queen and Wm Coldewey king old queen and king Lillie Korges and Frank Stulken grand ball crowd of visitors seventy five couples in grand march eight two dance tickets sold reporter
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Tell Schuetzen Verein
Emily Stoeltje
Wm. Coldewey
Lillie Korges
Frank Stulken
The Most Common Cause of Suffering Rheumatism Relief
An advertisement proclaims rheumatism as the leading source of pain and suffering and markets Chamberlain's liniment as providing relief that can allow work and sleep. It notes temporary relief may become permanent for some and suggests older sufferers with damp-related symptoms may not achieve a permanent cure. It lists 25 and 50 cent sizes sold by J. H. Baia.
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Chamberlain
J. H. Baia
No further criticism of the house for idleness found
The piece notes that over 1,000 pension bills have been passed recently, many from the Congressional Fence Builders' Union. Gov Hughes laments the scarcity of electable men in legislatures. An advertisement touts DeWitt's Little Early Risers pills sold by J. H. Bain as small, safe, and gentle.
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Congressional Fence Builders’ Union
DeWitt
J. H. Bain
Swamp Root Promoted As Remedy For Kidney Disease
An advertisement extols Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root as a cure for kidney, bladder, and liver troubles. It claims to prevent heart and organ damage from kidney issues, promises relief from frequent urination and nighttime urges, and offers a free sample plus a book by mail from Kilmer & Co. in Binghamton New York.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Dr. Kilmer
The Terrible Mouse and a Hotel Room Panic
A young woman in an uptown hotel encounters a frightening mouse while cleaning a closet. The crowd on the seventh floor rushes to the hall as she reveals the close call and narrates her near annihilation. Separate local notices follow, detailing county tax actions and road matters.
Whooping Cough Remedy Endorsed by Hartland Reader
A Hartland man Mr Lane praises Chamberslain's Cough Remedy for whooping cough advising other parents to use it. A Mrs A Goss of Durand Mich also recommends the product after its effectiveness with her child. The note also mentions the Prince de Sagan awaiting financial prospects in Naples and criticizes the paper trust as needing a strong measure.
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Lane
Hartland
Chamberslain
A. Goss
Durand, Mich
J H Rain
Prince de Sagan
Naples
Roosevelt Sees No Car Buy While Horses Run Free
President Roosevelt explains he will not purchase an automobile as long as horses are in use. He quips that it would be impossible to be photographed atop a six rail fence in a car, underscoring his view on practical transportation during the era.
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Roosevelt
Palace Drug Store advertises Little Liver Pills
A Palace Drug Store ad promotes Rings Little Liver Pills for biliousness and sick headaches claiming to cleanse the system and clear the skin with a 25 cent price. An editor's note argues war with Japan is justified only if it instigated the latest exposition.
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Palace Drug’ Store
Japan
Meal for Harrisburg Mayor Campaign
A Mr. Meal runs for Mayor of Harrisburg Pennsylvania. If he is a square Meal there is no objection to him. Hooray for the Meal ticket.
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Harrisburg
Commissioners Court approves school levy votes
A regular term began May 11 with County Judge Gouger and Commissioners Polley Swift Lay and King present. The court declared School District No 12's levy of 20 cents on the $100 valuation for school purposes approved and ordered. It also declared School District No 13 in favor of a 15 cent levy on the same valuation for school purposes.
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Albert Pikes
J. G. Smith
Stockdale
Nockenut
Cestahowa Telephone Co
Fred Flores
E. S. Leach
Lavernia
H. J. Price
Court House
A. W. Murray & Co
Allen Dennis
Peacock Crossing
Cibolo
General Adualorew Fund
Gouger
Polley
Swift, Lay and King
Boston Banker Endorses Cooper Medicine After Eight Years
Carleton H. Hutchinson a Boston banker and broker at 8 Congress Street testifies after eight years of misery. He spent over 1500 dollars with no relief and now reports full recovery from stomach trouble. He praises Cooper's medicine and states he would not return to his former condition for fifty thousand dollars. Central Drug Store sells the preparation.
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Carleton H. Hutchinson
Boston
Congress Street
Cooper
Mr. Hutchinson
Chicago
Central Drug Store
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Floresville
J. W. Blake
Floresv
Jefferson Davis
Southern
Lavaca County
Gov. Hughes
United States
C. B. Stevenson
N. de la Zerda
Wm. Suhre
Wilson County
Dry Hollow
T. C. McDaniel
Paper Trust
Chanberlaing
Lewis
Commissioners’ Court
White Wyandottes
H. Piper
Calaveras
W. Murray & CO
Furnit
Gettins and Undertakers
Floresville, Texas
Alamo Lumber Cqo
J A. Craighead
Monaco
Ellwood Fence
Lalit
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