Representative Richardson Pushes Law Against Federal Officers Attending National Conventions
Washington Representative Richardson of Alabama introduces a bill in Congress to bar any federal office holder from attending a national convention as a delegate. The move targets postmasters and other federal officers involved in national conventions. Official Washington expresses concern over developments in Mexico. An investigation is ordered into the killing of a petty officer and a seaman from the US cruiser California in Guaymas Sonora. Senator Owen of Oklahoma will not act on charges over the election of Senator Lewis, arguing any evidence should go to the Senate directly.
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Richardson
Alabama
Washington
Mexico
State Department
United States
California
Guaymas
Sonora
Owen
Oklahoma
James Hamilton Lewis
Ashton
Illinois
Lewis
Senate
Multiple front-page items from a 1920s, Canada to Texas era
Notices of bankruptcy for Martin and Phillips Memphis firm with assets and liabilities, missing president Joseph W. Martin. a Grand Trunk excursion wreck near Montreal killing eight and injuring twenty. Chicago murder investigation into George Dietz with a lone typed clue. International Harvester dismantling a plant in Auburn moving to Nueff Germany after a strike. Dr. Friedrich Friedmann's TB vaccine clinic in Washington. season’s first lake port outbound from Buffalo Adams E Cornelius to Toledo. a Memphis posse capturing a night-time killer after Duncan Anderson murder. meningitis cases aboard the USS California with fatalities. Texapants garrison at Naco surrender details.
Moro siege of Jolo endangers American troops in hospital
Manila papers report the Moro siege of Jolo continuing since late January with 30 American soldiers in the hospital, 17 seriously wounded. Elsewhere, Dr. Thomas J. Kemp of Washington is sentenced to two years for mailing improper medical material, and a Ottawa seller shoots his wife’s aunt then kills himself.
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Manila
San Francisco
Jolo
Thomas J. Kemp
Washington
Kemp
Senator Fletcher
State Happenings Recorded in Brief
Hugh Burns a Demotte farmer shot his wife Daisy and Frank Parsons then battled a posse at Schneider depot. He fired 18 rounds at farmers outside, saved a final shot for himself, and was wounded with two bullets while doctors retrieved ten rounds. Burns died after hospital stay. his wife and Parsons may recover.
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Hammond
Hugh Burns
Demotte
Bill’ Burns
White Sox
Schneider
Frank Parsons
St. Margaret’s Hospital
Parsons
Daisy
Burns
Harry Rouse
John Starkweather
Tanquary to Lead Crockerland Expedition North Pole Trip
Personal Maurice Cole Tanquary entomology instructor at Kansas State Agricultural College Manhattan Kansas will depart in June for the north pole with W E Rekblaw and A B Macmillan on the Crockerland expedition Former US senator John Brooks Henderson dies in Washington Hospital aged eighty six of complications from disorders J Pierpont Morgan funeral held at St George's Episcopal Church New York City per his last will Henry M Flagler unconscious at West Palm Beach friends fear end near Richmond Virginia Young Women's Christian Association chooses San Francisco for 1915 convention Birthday flowers mark Justice Hughes birthday he is fifty one and the court's youngest member
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Maurice Cole Tanquary
Kansas State Agricultural College
Manhattan
Kan
Lawrenceville
North Pole
W. E. Rekblaw
A. B. Macmillan
Crockerland
John Brooks Henderson
United States
Missouri
Washington, D. C
J. Pierpont Morgan
St. George’s Episcopal Church
New York City
Supreme Court
Hughes
N ‘Washington
Justice Hughes
Court
Partial Belgian strike falters with small turnout
The national strike against the Belgian franchise system is seen as a partial failure with about half the expected 400,000 workers participating. The movement center appears in Charleroi where 65,000 of 70,600 workers are idle. Madame Poinisée, mother of the French president, has died in Paris.
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Charleroi
Madame Poinésie
France
Paris
Becomes American Bishop for Hungarian National Church
Rev. Victor Von Kubinyi, who organized the Independent Catholic Congregation of the Sacred Heart in South Bend, will be consecrated a bishop of the new Hungarian National church in America next Sunday. Ceremonies are being prepared. the church will retain Roman Catholic forms. New parishes are planned in New York City Buffalo and Tonawanda New York.
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South Bend
Victor von Kubinyi
Congregation of the Sacred Heart
America
Congregation of the Sacred Hearts
New York City
Buffalo
Tonawanda
N. Y
Death from bullet wounds in New Albany case
Harry Renn, 28, died at the city hospital from bullet wounds inflicted by William Medley. Medley surrendered after Renn’s death claiming a threat during a confrontation with Renn, who had been living at the home of Renn’s divorced wife. Four shots were fired, two hitting Renn in the abdomen. physicians removed the bullets. Grand jury to investigate.
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New Albany
Harry Renn
William Medley
Renn
Medley
Body Found in Cellar at Laketon Warren, 35
Warren, missing since last week, was found dead in the cellar of Dr. W J Wall's Laketon home by a searching party. It is believed he slipped into the cellar while entering a door to the living room, breaking his neck in the fall. He was a frequent visitor at the Wells home.
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Wabash
Perry
Warren
W J. Wall
Laketon
Wells
Parole Violation Strands Two Prisoners
Michigan City reports two parole violators located and to be returned for serving remaining maximum terms. Millard Gladden, paroled from Vanderburgh county, jumped parole and was captured in Owensboro Kentucky. George Shirley, paroled from Ripley county, was arrested in Nashville Tennessee and will be brought back by John A. White state parole agent.
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Michigan City
Millard Gladden
Vanderburgh County
Owensboro
George Shirley
Ripley County
Nashville
Tenn
John A. White
Woman Kills Chickens on Farm Believing Them Bewitched
Laporte April 16 Acting under belief that chickens on her farm had become bewitched Mrs Janie Bunton a wealthy farmer s wife armed herself with a hatchet and killed all the chickens on the place An hour later she was brought to the county jail in this city a raving maniac
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Atl Ghickens
Laporte
Janie ‘Bunton
Wheat and egg production urged to mix feeds
Professor James Dryden argued at the Utah Farmers Institute that wheat alone cannot yield profitable eggs. He calculated a 3.5 pound hen fed 3.25 ounces of wheat daily uses most for maintenance, leaving only enough protein for one egg every six days, while corn is even poorer.
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James Dryden
Utah Farmers’ Institute
Egg freshness tester uses light to reveal quality
An Indiana inventor creates an apparatus to test eggs. A lamp and conical metal tube with apertures deflects light into eggs to show through the shell whether contents are fresh or stale, functioning like an x ray. The device includes a top heat escape opening and collars to hold shells.
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Indiana
Seggs From. Views That Are Hot
A terse, fragmented note outlines a beat remedy described as hot and current. It mentions views and responses but lacks full context or names. The item appears as a brief pulse in a larger column or report.
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Seggs
Woman's Ills Disappeared Promise from Pinkham Remedy
North Bangor New York and Ann Arbor Michigan letters praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female weakness headaches backaches and monthly pains. Readers testify it helped them recover health and urge others to try the root and herb medicine despite skepticism.
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North Bangor
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
James J. Stacy
R.F.D. No. 3
North Bangor, N. Y
Ann Arbor
Mich
L. E. Wyckoff
Oh So Sudden Romance in a Doorbell Moment
A flirtation unfolds as a pair debates answering the front door. He urges deception while she chooses honesty and accepts the weddinglike embrace, amid a persistent ring from an unseen caller.
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Charlie
Fletcher's Castoria Ad Promotes Safe Infant Remedy
A vintage advertisement urges careful inspection of Castoria for infants and children, touts its long use and safety, and prompts guardians to ask for Fletcher's Castoria by name. The ad emphasizes trust and familiar branding to reassure parents seeking a remedy for children.
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Met
Fletcher
All Day Whistler Wanted for High Pay
A humorous clue from the Cleveland Plain Dealer notes an ad seeking a man who can whistle all day for good pay. It hints the grouchy neighbor and modern work norms frame the odd job idea and questions union rates for whistling.
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Cleveland
Doctor Diagnoses Cage Amid Shabby Suit Dialog
A Birmingham Age-Herald quip frames a brief exchange about a doctor’s diagnosis and time taken, noting the patient wore a shabbiest suit. The witty line reflects newspaper humor style of the era.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Not the Same In Woodland Talk
A youthful professor explains how to identify trees by bark and a woman reacts with wonder. The dialogue shifts amusingly to whether the same method could identify dog breeds. The snippet preserves a light, observational tone from Lippincott’s example.
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Lippincott’s
Mrs Winstow's Soothing Syrup for Children Teething
A historic advertisement touts Mrs Winstow's Soothing Syrup for Children claiming teething relief softens gums eases inflammation reduces wind colic and offers a remedy per bottle. The copy emphasizes gentle care for infants with a period style sales pitch.
At the Movies Miss Prim and Puck Advertising Short
A brief quoted exchange about smoking in a theater ends with an ad for Mrs Austin's Bag Pancake from grocers. The fragment reads like a vintage cinema and product ad snippet with a light urban tone.
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Miss Prim
Puck
Hidden pursuit in gendered chase parable
A proverb notes that when a woman chases a man he dodges to disappear, yet when she runs away he quickly pursues. The line contrasts pursuit dynamics and social expectations in romantic pursuit.
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Martin & Phillips Company
Memphis
Joseph W. Martin
London
Grand Trunk
St. Lamberts
Montreal
Canada
Chicago
George Dietz
Dietz
International Harvester Company
Auburn
REO
Nueff
Germany
Frederich Franz Friedmann
Berlin
Washigton
George Washington University
Adams E. Cornelius
John Montgomery
Toledo
Duncan’ Anderson
Millington
North
San Diego
Cowles
Mex
Pearl Ojeda
Naco
Senora, Surren
Theodore Thorkildson
Ottawa, Ill
Ira Neilson
Memphis Relief Committee
Albert C. Frost
Landis
Fort William
Ont
Chester Arnold
Indianapolis
Ind
Arnold
Big Four Bridge
William L. Douglas
Massachusetts
New England
Alice Kennington Moodie
Portland
Douglas
Pennsylvania
Farmer
Posse
Henry M. Flagler
Standard Ofl
West Palm Beach
Fla
Young Women’s Christian Association
Richmond
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