Smuggling Ring Uses Trained Dogs At U S Border
Spokane reports smugglers move contraband from British Columbia into Washington with the help of trained dogs. Opium and silk are found in saddles fitted to hospital dog gear, guiding Japanese across the frontier. Thomas Smith is jailed pending federal trial.
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Spokane
Wash
British Columbia
Sean
Washington
Boundary Line
United States
France
Blaine
Thomas Smith
Officer Lane
Bellingham
Smith
Tehuantepec Railway Boosts US Trade Across Isthmus
The Tehuantepec railway opened in 1907 linking Coatzacoalcos and Salina Cruz with 190 miles of land haul. It accelerates interchange of merchandise crossing the isthmus, lifting US origin shipments to the Pacific and boosting east to west trades. Sugar from Hawaii dominates westward flows to the eastern United States via Tehuantepec.
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Washington
United States
Panama
Tehuantepec
Hawaiian Islands
Atlantic
Pacific
Tehuantepec Railway
Oceans
Coatzacoalcos
Gulf of Mexico
Salina Cruz
Ocean
Coatzacoalcas
Gulf
Philadelphia
New York
Mawaiian Islands
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Queen of Siam’s State Robe
The queen of Siam wears the most wonderful costly and magnificent garment about once a year as her state robe.
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Siam
Queen of Siam
State Land Accounts Rise as Texas Treasures Gulp Fast
Austin reports about 30 000 land accounts in the state treasure department with large recent increases. Clerical work is heavy as 60 days are needed to enter money received and issue receipts. Delinquent interest will lead to forfeiture and land sale, with final market action expected toward May first.
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Austin
Tex
State Treasure Department
A. J
Texas Cotton Ginning Report and Miscellaneous Notes
The state commissioner released figures showing Texas cotton ginned by Jan 1 represent most of the state crop with about 2,092,735 bales reported by the U.S. government. He criticized arbitrary estimates that inflate gin counts and lower prices. The page also includes product ads and a humorous anecdote about a northern museum visit and a gardening remedy claim for neuralgia.
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Tioner
Texas
United States
Miter
Cyclone Drops On Hazlehurst Area Killing Twelve
A tornado-like cyclone struck near Hazlehurst Mississippi injuring and killing at least twelve people. Homes, sawmills, cotton gins, and fences were destroyed as stock was killed along a twenty mile track. Property damage was extensive with several towns reporting severe losses.
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Jackson
Miss
Hazlehurst
Copiah County
Georgetown
Center Point
Martinsville
Thos Gale of Alaska Recalled as Pacific Slope Figure
Public notices recall Thos Gale of Alaska as a U S congressman with a Washington D C address 1312 9th St N W The document also cites endorsements for Peruna from Thomas Cale and Hon C Slemp noting its use for coughs colds and catarrh plus a mention of Man a lin the ideal laxative.
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Pacific
Washington
9Th St
M. W
Washington, D. C
Thos. Cale
Congress
Alaska
Pacific Slope
N. W
D. C
Washington, D.C
Peruna Drug Co
Columbus
Ohio
Peruna
Thomas Cale
C. Slemp
Virginia
Man-a-lin
Judge Olive Dead in Harris and Galveston Counties
Judge W C Oliver of Harris and Galveston Counties dies after months of illness from a brain hemorrhage. The judge passed at 3:25 PM at his home 1118 San Jacinto. Court sessions paused with adjournment until Wednesday.
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Houston
Tex
Jtge
W. C. Oliver
Harris
Galveston
San Jacinto
Oliver
Timpson Truck Growers Elects Officers in Reorganization
In Timpson Tex officials restructured the Truck Growers Association electing Hon T Bogard as president and E Sanford as secretary. The association subscribed cash premiums totaling a sum for investment and G S Epy C E Sanford and R T Blair were named to a committee to divide the funds.
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Timpson
Shelby
San Antonio Sees Plan for Sharpshooter Company
Oscar Guesar longtime Texas State Guard member plans to form a life club in San Antonio to train a company of sharpshooters for the National Guard. The idea aligns with a newly formed National Air Association branch in Austin.
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San Antonio
Texaol
Oscar Guessar
Texas State Guard
Ea Life Club
National Guard
National Air Association
Austin
Mrs Speer Undergoes Appendicitis Operation
Mrs Speer wife of Henry Speer manager of the White House Goods company underwent an operation for appendicitis at Sisters Hospital last Sunday. The operation was unsuccessful but Mrs Speer is now rapidly convalescing.
Temperature Drop In Nacogdoches Brings Frigid Start
Nacogdoches Texas records a 40 degree fall by Friday afternoon with morning readings near twenty eight degrees above zero and reports of cold conditions.
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Nacogdoches
Gum machine at Cheraw depot out of gum urges removal
A reader from Chester Geld Advertiser reports a chewing gum slot machine in the waiting room of the Seaboard Air Line depot in Cheraw is either out of gum or has none. Two cents was deposited Saturday night with no gum received. The letter urges caretaking to avoid public imposition.
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Seaboard Air Line
Cheraw
Chester- Geld Advertiser
Chesterfield Advertiser
Thaw Acquitted by Insanity and Committed to Matteawan
New York reports indicate Harry K Thaw found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity. He is sent to Matteawan State Hospital for the criminally insane after a Tombs cell period. The note mentions the transformation to a high security asylum on the Hudson fifty miles from the city. Taylor sewerage work nears completion and should be ready by April.
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New York
Stanford White
Harry K. Thaw
State Hospital
Matteawan
Hudson
Taylor, Tex
Taylor
Sorrowing widow has husband exhumed for portrait in New York
In Woodlawn Cemetery New York Henry Brown a train dispatcher who died December 6 of rheumatic gout was buried. His widow Mrs Brown secured permission to exhume the three week old corpse to take photographs including profile and full face for a justice of the memory picture.
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Woodlawn Cemetery
New York
Henry Brown
One Hundred and Twentyninth Street
Bronx Health Department
Henry
Health Department
Brown
Woodlawn
Doctor praises Postum over coffee after marriage
A physician recalls observing healthier outcomes among Postum users in summer homes and among varied families. He notes switching from coffee to Postum after marriage improved his digestion, with coffee and tea eventually unused. He cites personal experience from age 28 onward and links it to Postum.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Drowned Man in Eagle Lake During Duck Hunt
William Lehms of Yoakum drowned at Eagle Lake Texas on Sunday morning while duck hunting with seven companions. He and Charles Devault capsized their small boat about 150 yards from shore as they stood to shoot. Devault was rescued, Lehms disappeared beneath ten to twelve feet of water.
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Eagle Lake
Tex
William Lehms
Lehms
Charles Devault
Devault
Lehmshed
Three Cheers For Orange Welcomes Cutter Win dom
Orange Texas witnesses a large departure as the revenue cutter Windom leaves port at 7 am with crew and tender launch Captain Tom guiding the voyage to Sabine River mouth. Captain Hank notes record boarding numbers from 11:30 yesterday to 7 pm Wednesday night.
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Orange
Tex
United States Revenue Cutter
Windom
Tom
Sam W. Livingston
Sabine River
Hank
Commission Amends Order On Passenger Rate Date
The Texas Railroad Commission amended its order governing the lowest passenger rate between two points. The effective date changed from February 10 to March 1.
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Commission
Austin
Tex
The
Railroad Commission
Goliad Ranch Sold to Trio for 400 Acres
Mr J N Lincoln of Chareo sells 400 acres in Goliad County at 30 dollars per acre to Mrs N S Scott S N Calhoun and W W Delony. The tract described as one of the finest in the county.
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Goliad
Tex
J. N. Lincoln
Chareo
N. S. Scott
S. N. Calhoun
W. W. Delony
Goliad County
A Baffled. Palmetto Journalist headline fragment
Fragmentary note from Chesterfield Advertiser mentions Sea and public imposition in a waiting room context. Reads as cryptic local newspaper snippet with unclear event details.
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Dandy Windmills
Moulton
Italy
Waldron Yancett
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Outlaws
Northwest
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Haji
Sally
Big Sally
Ethel
Biggie
Sloan
J. P. Hubbard
Marietta
S. C
Monty
Thos. Gale
U.S
Thos, Cale
Judge Olive
Harris and
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Scrappeigh
John
Thaw
Emerson
Hubby
Yoakum
Dixie
Sam White
Baker City
Tom Taggart
Oregon Democracy
Pendleton East Oregonian
Dodds
Ray i
Alabastine Co
New York City
Grand Rapids, Mich
Remington and Oliver
Houston Typewriter Exchange
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