Vera Cruz Evacuation Ends Peacefully Under Aguilar
American brigade withdraws from Vera Cruz without clashes as General Candido Aguilar assumes control. Mexican flag raised over municipal palace. Carranza officials express disapproval of the transfer method. Evacuation details note Marines aboard transports bound for Philadelphia and other ships moving out with troops and refugees.
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Vera Cruz
Mex
Funston
Mara
Candido Aguilar
United States
Cristobal
General Villa
Carranza
Aguilar
General Aguilar
el Tejar
Vergara
Los Cocos
Francisco Canal
Cinco de Mayo Street
Canal
More and Better Home Crops in Texas Farms
War pressure spurs Texas farmers to boost home grown crops and ensure living supplies. Local producers push for resilient practices, home gardens, and self sufficiency amid shortages and wartime demand.
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Texas
Texas Must Intensify Farm Output For Merchantable Crops
A 1914 editorial urges Texas and the South to expand diversified farming to meet wartime needs. It notes vast imports of livestock dairy products hides oils and grains, calling for home production of cotton products olive oil and other staples. It warns of bread supply risks if American yields fall and stresses a shift to more productive, marketable crops year round.
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Germany
Belgium
Austria
France
Russia
England
United States
Edison
United States Department of Agriculture
South
America
Europe
Texas
The
North American Review
Dodson's Liver Tone vs Calomel Claims in Ad Claim
An advertisement promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe liver remedy in place of calomel. It claims calomel causes sickness, bone necrosis, and salivation, while Dodson's Liver Tone is 100 percent vegetable, non gripping, and guarantees relief by morning. The pitch targets households with promises of restored vigor and a healthy bowels.
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Dodson
Dr. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel & Surgical Institute
Buffalo,n.y
Common Sense
Rhodes builds cannon during Kimberley siege
During the Boer War, Rhodes overseen a home made rifled cannon inside Kimberley as Boers shelled the town. They fired 300 big shells, killing 12. The garrison later found Christmas shells from the besiegers with plum pudding inside bearing seasonal greetings.
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Rhodes
Kimberley
C. J. Rhodes
Ladysmith
Johannesburg
Home treatment for eczema and scalp troubles
A Baltimore doctor outlines a simple inexpensive home regimen using resinol soap and resinol ointment. Bath affected areas with warm water until crusts soften, dry gently, apply a thin layer of ointment, and cover with a light bandage twice daily. Itch and burning often stop after the first treatment.
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Baltimore
Cyclone Wall Stands Firm Despite Skeptics
A farmer in a cyclone district builds a stone wall five feet base by four feet high to endure the storm. A stranger questions the effort. the farmer says the wall will stand and even rise a foot if toppled. The exchange ends with a quip about partners and a colorfully mismatched wig.
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Minneapolis Journal
Capucine Promises Relief For Ailments Prominent In Advertisements
Liquid-Prompt product Take Capucine claimed to treat headaches and grippe with pleasant effects. Mentions Lawson Bjones married a year and content, Dawson Bjones described as good loser, Hanfords Balsam cited curing long standing running sores.
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Pluck, Lawson
Bjones
Dawson
The Basket Way War Banter and Harsh Advice Ad
A terse street scene notes a traffic officer guiding to a morgue across Fifth Avenue while a terse ad promotes Hanford's Balsam for a crushed finger. The dialogue includes a sharp war joke about Louvain or Reims and hints at sensational surgical humor and side information hidden in jokes.
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Fifth Avenue
Tin in gas cans blamed for polar expedition losses
Mr. BR. T. Brooks of the Mellon Institute attributes part of Captain Scott's disaster to tin in cans pulverizing at low temperatures. He notes that at 54 degrees below zero tin disintegrates quickly, and hard solder in cans may fail. He recommends glass or non tin alloys for gasoline containers.
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Amundsen
Scott
BR. T. Brooks
Mellon Institute of Industrial Research
Brooks
Bal Sam of Myrrh Highlighted for Hoof and Stock Care
Domestic animals such as horses cattle and sheep are prone to sores sprains galls calks kicks bruises and cuts. Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh is advertised as a standard remedy to keep on hand as inexpensive insurance for stock health. Ady.
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Hanford
Ady
Made the Victory Certain In a Civil War style clash
A battle scene unfolds as the enemy presses an entrenchment with a lone gun finally fired after doubt. The gunner hesitates claiming the piece may be unloaded, the commander shouts victory, and the final shot repels the advancing column. The chronicle ends with a refrain of history repeating itself.
Smith’s Housewarming Sparks Curious Conversation
A playful exchange wonders if a housewarming at Smith’s home turned lively last night. The banter hints at a social gathering and implied excitement surrounding the event.
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Smith
Our Early Chinese Trade Growth in 1805 Vessels and Silver
John Foard notes that 37 vessels carried nearly 5.75 million worth of goods to Canton in 1805, a share larger than today’s China trade. Silver imports balanced U S China trade averaged over 2.5 million annually through 1827, peaking at 7.5 million in 1818. Also references a humorous exchange about the sand man at a Boston Children’s event.
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China
Canton
John Foard
Youth's Companion
Antagonizes Them in a Youthful Schoolyard Exchange
A conversation notes Bella has many friends yet tends to anger some girls. The reason given is her unusually fine natural complexion provoking envy among peers.
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Bella
An Orator, a Lad Who Says Needless to Say
A witty remark notes an orator as a boy who begins with needless to say and then spends a long speech repeating the phrase. The quip highlights verbose habit in mock formal style.
Murine Eye Remedy Ad From Chicago
An old advertisement promotes Murine Eye Remedy Co product for red weak and watery eyes. It touts relief for murine related eye complaints and offers a free sample or write for more information from the Chicago based firm.
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Murine Eye
Comfort
Murine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Perseverance and cautions from old era ads
A sardonic line praises a female book agent's perseverance as world conquering. An ad claims Hanford's Balsam relieves severe burns. The piece contrasts ancient worship of a golden calf with devotion to a silken calf in advertising.
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Mexico
Denver
Memphis
San Marcos
Philadelphia
Millard F. Waltz
Fifth Brigade
Sumner
Nineteenth Infantry
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Company of Engineers
Sixth Cavalry
Kilpatrick
Fourth
Seventh Infantry
Fourth Field Artillery
Antilla
Ward Line
Texas Farme
Esther
Maude
Capucine
Louvain
Reims
Illustrated Papers
Robbie
Tadge
Wan Wan Ou
Samuel Pytrer
Orm
Centau ™ Company
York
Taac
Whepper
Bears
Gasturia
Centaur
Golden Medical Discovery
Boston Child
Peruna Co. of
Columbus
Obbe
Houston
General Hardware and
eRes DU Aere
Peden Iron & Steel CO
San Antonio
McCane
Prttective
Texans
Cutter Laboratory
Berkeley
Cal
Zowa
Zowa Company
Wicihta
Kansas
Winchester
Aurea
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