Point Isabel Texas A Remote Gulf Coast Resort Near Off Maps
Point Isabel Texas sits near the border, a quiet gulf coast resort tied to a narrow gauge line to Brownsville and a government wireless station. The town lies beyond Padre Island facing Laguna Madre with fishing, wildlife and a once-promising winter resort plan hindered by transport delays.
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Point Isabel
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Gulf Coast
Harding
Brownville
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
Philippines
United States
Padre Island
Texas
Mexico
Laredo
Rio Grande Valley
St. Louis, Brownsville
Laguna Madre
Beauty Doctors and cosmetics fail to hide age says ad
The piece argues aging reveals itself despite paints, powders, and girlish outfits. It promotes Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a health building tonic for women, claiming it strengthens the frail and nervous, with tablets or liquid forms available locally or via a trial offer from Buffalo.
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Dr. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel
Buffalo
Not to try Bill in contumaciam London
London reports that the former German emperor will not be tried in contumaciam. In the House of Commons Charles Frederick White asked if Holland’s refusal to extradite William Hohenzollern would lead to a trial in absentia. Premier Lloyd George and Andrew Bonar Law replied the government would not adopt the suggestion.
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London
Contumaciam
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Charles Frederick White
West Derbyshire
Holland
William Hohenzollern
Supreme Council
Andrew Bonar Law
First rapid fire gun Gatling patents 1862
The Gatling gun, the first rapid fire firearm, was patented by Richard Jordan Gatling in 1862. Other items note animal losses from hoof and mouth disease in Norfolk, female authors outpacing men in spiritualist books, and early curfew bells and lamps at court.
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Gatling
Richard Jordan Gatling
Norfolk
England
Europe
William I
Henry I
California
Amazons
Jules Argand
America
Scheenectady
N. Y
Sage and Sulphur Compound for Darker Hair
Old remedy for gray hair known as Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound is sold today as a ready to use product. Women moisten a comb or brush and draw through strands to darken hair and reduce gray while adding a soft luster.
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Wryeth
Wyeth
Night School Offers Free Vocational Training in High Point
Ralph W. Knight leads a free three evenings a week program in the mechanical drawing room of the Main Street High School for local laborers from factories and workshops. Only three men have enrolled so far, with aim to expand content from machine drawing to broader machinist skills as progress allows.
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Ralph W. Knight
Main Street
State Board of Vocational Education
Igh Point
Knight
State Board For Vocational Training
Ft High School
Guilford County to Vote on 2.6 Million Bond Issue for Roads
The Guilford County Board of Commissioners calls a special election for December 14, 1920 to submit a bond issue of 2.6 million dollars for road improvements. Voters will mark For Bond Issue or Against Bond Issue. Registration books open twenty days before election and close sunset on the second Saturday prior.
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Guilford County
Board of Commissioners of
Board of County Commissioners
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Danville
Westminster
Augusta-Columbia
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Wraing
Birmingham-New York
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Atlanta-Washington-N. Y
H. D. Saunders
R. H. Graham
P. A
Charlotin, N. C
Ani
State Board For Vocational Education
Japan
India
South Australia
Charles Solloway
Asheville
N. C
W. C. Boren
Board of County Commissioners of
Guilford Co
Agnes
Tanenhaus
Nisses
W. G. King
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