Dates and Dissent in Panama Toll Exemption Battle
The Senate faces a stiff fight as administration efforts to repeal the Panama canal toll exemption gain momentum. In Congress, critics of the Trinity and Brazos river plans clash with Rep Callaway as others defend the projects. A Senate interstate commerce panel moves toward a unified bill to supplement Sherman antitrust laws while Texas post office nominations are listed, and Senator Sheppard files an amendment seeking $50,000 for livestock support.
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Senate
Trinity and
Brazos Rivers
Congress
Oscar Callaway
Jack Beall
Dallas
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Texas Post Office
J. D. Blizzard
Alba
W. D. Christy
Brownwood
Frances M. Brady
del Rio
J. R. Hooton
Pittsburg
J. H. Washburne
Port Arthur
Sheppard
Third International Conference on the Wal Area to Be Held in DC
The third international conference on the Wal area under the auspices of the National Congress of Mothers and Parent Teachers Associations will meet in Washington from April 22 to 27. Delegates from every civilized nation will discuss the child including Asiatic nations. Sheriff Tom McClure of Jones County returned to Austin after seeking Calvin Stewart, an 8 year old kidnapped from Wichita Falls. A Negro man about 30 is jailed in Beaumont on a charge of attempted criminal assault near Nederland. Dr. J S Abbott will leave the pure food post to join the US Department of Agriculture in Washington. The Children’s Dressmakers Union of New York plans a wage strike. Tex Richards of Waco survived a motorcycle crash during a Houston drome race. New Jersey has 80,000 women in industrial work with weekly wages averaging 6.90. Chester H Terrell withdraws from Texas governor race. The Texas fire insurance commission reports 36,000 fires since 1910 with many preventable. Armed shipments to Mexican constitutionalists cross from Brownsville. Washington DC reports 26 playgrounds with 17 whites only.
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Wal
Egy Raos
National
Gress of Mothers and Parent Teachers Associations
Washington, D. C
Tom McClure
Jones County
Austin
Texas
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
Children’s Dressmakers’ Union of
New York
Tex Richards
Waco
Houston
Richards
New Jersey
Chester H. Terrell
Pennsylvania Federation of Women's Clubs
Texas State Fire Insurance Commission
Matamoros
Mexico
Brownsville
Congress eyed large 1914 15 fish disease study bill
A bill introduced by Representative Faison of North Carolina seeks Dompilats 1,000,000 for 1914 and authorizes 4,000,000 for 1915 with annual increases to 1921 pushing the authorized total to 10,000,000. The plan funds fish hatching stations across Southern and Southwestern states including Oklahoma North Texas Gulf Coast and Louisiana to study fish diseases.
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Oklahoma
North Texas
Gulf Coast
Louisiana
Faison
North Carolina
Southwest Texas onion growers hold large Laredo meeting
A major convention of Southwest Texas onion growers drew wide attendance in Laredo under the Chamber of Commerce. Delegates from Dilley Cotulla Big Wells Pearsall Asherton Devine Crystal City Alice San Benito Robstown Brownsville and other towns discussed export terms and market plans.
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Laredo
Texas
San Antonio
Masons
Valley of San Antonio
Scottish Rite Building Association
West Texas Normal School
Canyon
Department of Commerce
United States
E. H. Harriman
Edward H. Harriman
Ienate
Kington Irving High School
Newark City
Good Roads
Brazoria County
Pape's Diapep sin touted as universal stomach regulator
An advertisement extols Pape's Diapep sin as a rapid, harmless cure for dyspepsia indigestion gas and heartburn. It claims quick relief within minutes and promises value with a fifty cent case, urging households to keep it on hand for upset stomachs day or night.
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Pape
Parachute Caprice Sways Tiny Broadwick Experience
Miss Tiny Broadwicke recalls her 1000 foot drop in Los Angeles and a stubborn parachute failing to open for 300 feet. She compares her doubt to a bridegroom unsure if he has his wife or she has him in a wry bit of humor.
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Tiny Broadwicke
Los Angeles
Rub pains from sore lumbago and sciatica
Fragments describe back pain from a strain causing sudden aches and twinges. Mentions lumbago and sciatica as conditions and notes difficulty standing or moving due to the pain.
No Unburied Roosters Lovingly urged in Santa Fe plea
The New Mexican urges that dead roosters be buried on city streets to keep Santa Fe neat and attractive. It argues visitors notice small details and the city should show care by removing defunct birds and debris from Falsee and Lincoln avenues.
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Falsee
Lincoln Avenues
Santa Fe
United States
New Mexico
Back Hurts Clean Kidneys With Salts Remedy
An old remedy claims meat overworks kidneys and that four ounces of Salts mixed in water before breakfast for a few days will flush acids and wastes. It describes kidney pains, cloudy urine, and relief after using Salts made from grape acid and bee juice with lithia for generations.
Backache Relief Sells Trials in Stores
A vintage ad copy touts a small trial bottle promising quick relief from backache lumbago and sciatica after a single use with 60 years of recommendation. The text also includes a social auction anecdote about Mrs Wombat and a bridge remark.
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St. Jacobs
Ak Sarteally Laeloe Co
Adv
Sage and Hair Sponge Draw Stirs Community
Local residents discuss a curious drawing event titled Hair Sponge Draw in Sage, sparking debate over its meaning and venue. Organizers say the plan aims to engage the town and showcase quirky artistry with community involvement.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad
When remedies fail during the changes of life women endure headaches nervousness and aching pains Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is praised as relief and safety for this critical period Read what three women say.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Women Praise Lydia Pinkham Remedy And Odd Nice Case
A fragmentary clipping features testimonials for Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound praising relief from female ailments. It also reports an unusual Nice court ruling where a hotel must remove a building hindering a wig maker's light, plus a stray note about a man injured by a dynamo in a factory.
Hindrance delays marriage over family support promise
A speaker recounts how a wedding was stalled when Miss Jiggers's father insisted the suitor pledge support in the same style she had provided. The exchange highlights pressure from a fiancee's family influencing nuptial plans.
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