Prohibition Convention Opens With Poling Call to Action
Temporary Chairman Daniel A. Poling delivers a keynote at the St Paul convention urging Prohibition as the nation’s sole progressive banner. He condemns militarism and party waste, champions woman’s suffrage, world court arbitration, and a wartime prohibition program to curb liquor and protect peace.
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Daniel A. Poling
America
St. Paul
Minnesota
Poling
Prohibition Party
Progressive Party
Liberal Party of
United States
Jane Addams
Navy League
United States Army
Judas Iscariot
Chamberlain sermons on forced training for national guard
Washington reports quote Senator Chamberlain condemning weak national guard readiness amid troop shortages. He urges compulsory universal training, stressing American duty, railroad delays not to blame, and the need for a strong regular army and nationwide mobilization. The piece contrasts with a French perfume article from Paris.
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Mexico
Mexican-Rio Grande clash near El Paso reported
A brief border fight occurred when a party of Mexicans engaged a guard party from the Ninth Massachusetts Infantry along the Rio Grande opposite El Paso. Both sides fired about 50 rounds in under 10 minutes with no confirmed casualties, and officials in El Paso and Juarez said they had no official reports.
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Paso
Texas
Ninth
Massachusetts Infantry
Here
Rio Grande
Massachusetts
Hickey
Charles Prescott
Stack
Mass
Dorchester
Maas
Power line to Mexico City Keeps Supplying Rebels Hamper
The Necaxe water power plant in Mexico continues delivering electric current to Mexico City about 130 miles away. Rebels have attempted multiple interruptions to the line but 44 060 volts deter them from further action.
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Necaxe
Mexico
Mexico City
Taking Big Chances on Travel Health Risks
A fragmented notice warns travelers of risks from cholera and other illnesses during journeys by train steamship and aboard. It cautions against claims about safety and urges readers to seek reliable health information before travel.
Electric Money Laundering by Government Washing Machines
The U S Treasury operates electric washing and drying machines to clean and press currency. Dirty and crumpled bills are fed in and emerge in minutes looking like new, with one motor driven unit washing up to 6,000 notes per hour.
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United States Treasury Department
Engineers propose Rio Grande dam plan for power and irrigation
A federal report by the Bureau of Water Conservation outlines a plan to restrain theRio Grande channel and develop up to 300000 horsepower to irrigate 2060000 acres. It calls for multiple dams on Texas streams and substantial Rio Grande works to stabilize the international boundary. Jamaica seeks electric autos with 40 cent gasoline and argues mountainous terrain favors exports and proper car power.
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Rio Grande
Federal Bureau of Water Conservation
Texas
Jamaica
Growth of British electric light industry since 1908
Over eighteen years the sector expanded from 38 private firms with 30 million dollars capital and 33 municipal plants with 10 million dollars to 276 private companies with 305 million dollars capital and 328 municipal plants with 260 million dollars.
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British Electric Light Industry
American firm lands record European telecom contract
An American firm wins the largest European contract for telephone apparatus outside Europe. It covers a 35 000-subscriber automatic exchange for Christiania Norway at about 1 250 000 dollars.
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Europe
Christiania
Norway
President presses child labor law in Congress
President Wilson visited the Capitol to push a child labor bill into the current session. He urged Senate action on the House passed measure to curb interstate shipments of goods made by children, despite Southern opposition and caucus-led scheduling. He met with Senate leaders and steering committee members to press for urgency.
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Washington
Wilson
Capitol
Congress
Senate
Elesson
House
Secret Service
Kern
Marshall
Martin
Williams
James
Owen
Democratic Steering Committee
Simmons
Hughes
Willams
Foley Cath Tablets Promote Digestive Relief
An endorsement from Mrs. Elizab eth Slauson of Norwalk Connecticut claims Foley Cath Tablets are wonderful for constipation and related digestive distress. The notice notes these tablets are for sale at Mann Drug Co.
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Elizabeth Slauson
Norwalk
Conn
Mann Drug Co
Woman's Back Relief Promoted Dean's Kidney Pills
A High Point reader from Willowbrook 220 recounts severe back pain and kidney-related ache relief after using Dean's Kidney Pills. She reports the first box helped greatly, with continued use normalizing her kidneys. Sold at all dealers for 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
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Dean
Willowbrook
J. H. Street
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Mr. Poling
St. Paul, Miam
Ehamberlain
Senate Military Committee
National Guard System
National Guard
Chamberlain
United Press
Aero Service
Paris
France
Ans Andeuaros Fae
Mayr
Hart Drug Co
THE
Shepard
CTI
Medi
Comitealee
Kay
Home Banking Co
Enterprise
App Stieff
Shaw
Vose & Sons
Ebony
Kihler & Campbell
Mahogap
Kranich & Bach
Mahoga
Wings & Sons
Harvard
Kingsburys
Mahogany Co
Leslye
C. Fincke
Sohmer
Schultz
Ivers & Pona
Charlotte, N. C
Steiff
Tryon St
Columbia Records
Piedmont Cafe
South Main Street
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