Blizzard Grips North Texas and Oklahoma In Sudden Cold
The blast drove temperatures down sharply from 60s to below zero across Oklahoma and Texas. Cities from Guthrie to Vinita report deep snow, sleet and zero or near zero readings. Cattle are reported safe as the cold wave advances southward into Texas with rapid temperature drops.
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Dallas
Texas
Gseleine
Guthrie
Muskogee
Enid
Thomas
Indian ‘Territory
Tulsa
Vinita
Ardmore
Greenville
Paris
Inns
Plano
Nds
Cleburne
Waxahachie
Niga
Cardinal Gibbons Warns Against Demagogues and Socialism
In Baltimore Cardinal Gibbons delivers a sermon denouncing demagogues who sow discontent and promote socialism. He argues such teachings would level humanity, paralyze industry, destroy healthy competition, and blame fortune and society for unrest. He cites a law of life and Providence as the remedy.
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Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Hungarian Situation Fails to Reach Settlement in Vienna
Negotiations on Hungary collapse as Count Julius Andrasy returns to Budapest after meeting with the Emperor King who rejects the coalition's modified program. Analysts fear the breakdown may push the crown toward restoring absolutism in Hungary.
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Vienna
Julius Andragsy
Budapest
Hungary
Looting of Missionary Home Causes White Tension in Canton
Foreigners in Canton fear for safety after Saturday looting of Rev. Andrew Beattie’s residence at Fautau by an armed Chinese band. A guard boat was asked for help but the commander declined to act, widening white alarm over police protection.
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Canton
Andrew Beattie
Fautau
American Wendell Jackson proposes Baltic to Black Sea canal
In St Petersburg an American named Wendell Jackson outlines a canal linking the Duna and Dnieper near Vitebsk to form an internal waterway from the Baltic to the Black Sea. A committee from commerce finance and railways was formed to study the plan but no immediate action is expected due to finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Wendell Jackson
Vitebsk
Baltic Sea
Black Sea
Ministeries of Commerc, Finance and Railroads
Seaboard Air Line Wreck Near Jacksonville
An extra freight train on the Seaboard Air Line wrecked at Whitehouse twelve miles west of Jacksonville by striking an open switch. One brakeman was killed in the accident.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Seaboard Air Line
Whitehouse
Here
Eclipse tasks and a teasing Elizabeth romance
A National Observatory professor compares an astronomical corps during an eclipse to a busy team with defined duties. A light story follows a young man serenading his Elizabeth sweetheart, only to be halted by her mother’s bedtime interruption, “Just one? No, it ain’t quite that yet.”
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Love
G. A. Hill
The
National Observatory
Bis
Hill
Elizabeth
Belasco recalls tramp tale over mince pie recipe
The writer David Belasco recounts two days with a roaming group to source material for a story. A tramp jokes with a farmer’s wife that the next day he will seek the recipe for the mince pie to settle a bet. He claims a cement to molasses ratio is debated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Belasco
Row's Origins Tracked From Rouse to Rowdedow
In historical notes the word row rises in respectability with age. Experts trace its roots through rouse and roousedow, linking to drunken bouts and noise. The discussion covers Shakespeare's use and folk etymology versus direct short forms.
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Todd
Hamlet
Egypt to Build Esneh Barrage for 12000 Dollars
A London dispatch reports the Egyptian government will construct a barrage at Esneh costing 12 000 dollars. Esneh lies 100 miles below Assouan and the project promises perennial irrigation 240 miles further along the Nile on both sides once finished.
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London
Esneh
Assouan
Nile
Lost 72 Pounds From Kidney Sickness Warns Of Danger
Dr. Melvin M. Page of Erie Pa recalls severe kidney trouble after excessive iced drinks in 1895. He describes rapid weight loss from 194 to 122 pounds, acute congestion and back pain, then relief after using Dean’s Kidney Pills. He claims recovery and weight 188 pounds since 1896. Sold 50 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Melvin M. Page
Page Optical Co
Erie
New York
Tme
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
English Penny Parlor Talk Sparks Detective Rail Talk
A fragmented clipping mentions English talk about a penny, a parlor, and rail travel. It notes detectives seeking to learn what an American said about a Pint for less and travel by railroad, suggesting efforts to clarify the remark.
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England
Banana power and byproducts cited in Cassell’s notes
The text notes the banana’s producing power as 44 times that of potatoes and lists uses including flour, sausages, beet, cloth from skin, and ink or vinegar from juice. It also records a coal merchant with ten tons selling at five dollars a ton, scholar’s rough total of about seventy dollars, a remark on pricing, celery’s cultivation, a quip on sour dispositions, and a London County Council motor repair wagons note.
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Cassell
London County ‘Council
Postum Helps Woman Heal From Coffee Ailments
A Western state woman of German descent details years of nervousness heart trouble and asthma linked to coffee. After quitting coffee and using Postum Food Coffee she reports full recovery and improved health, crediting Postum and the Road to Wellville book.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Tobacco talk in Texas urged by federal experts
In Houston on February 6 B T McNess and W M Hinson federal tobacco inspectors urged Texas farmers to embrace tobacco, saying soils have been analyzed and a market exists. They argued wrappers will pay high prices and that government teaching can boost yields 800 to 1,000 pounds per acre, outweighing cotton.
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Mr. McNess
Southern Pacific
Cuba
Uncle Sam
Connecticut
Ohio
Kentucky
Wisconsin
Agricultural Department
America
William gifts bracelet to Miss Alice Roosevelt on wedding
Berlin reports Emperor William presents a finely wrought bracelet as a wedding gift to Miss Alice Roosevelt. The gesture signals cordial ties between the German court and the American bride.
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Berlin
Emperor William
Alice Roosevelt
Uprising in China Prompts Army Readiness in Manila
Army officers aboard the transport Logan report China troubles as a chief topic in Manila. The Thirteenth Infantry and two squadrons of the Light cavalry are ordered to prepare for field service with a secret destination. They may head to Pekin on twenty four hours notice for a China expedition at first warning.
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San Francisco
Logan
China
Manila
Thirteenth Infantry
Bight
Philippines
Washington
Fiee
Pekin
Presidential Appointments Nominated for Senate Consideration
The president sent nominations to the senate to place Col. P. Henry Ray on the retired list with brigadier general rank in the Fourth Infantry. Also named are U S Marshal John R. Abernathy for Oklahoma Territory, Register of the Treasury William T. Vernon of Kansas, and postmasters Texas Fenmen and Carpenter Franklin.
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P. Henry Ray
Fourth Infantry
John R. Abernathy
Territory of Oklahoma
Register of Treasury
William T. Vernon
Kansas
Texas
Fenmen
Carpenter Franklin
Bomb Explosion Kills 12 in Prussian Silesia House
Berlin dispatch from Kottowitz reports a private house at Siloe near the Russian frontier destroyed by a bomb. Twelve bodies seen in the ruins and many more believed dead.
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Berlin
Angieger
Kottowitz
Prussian Silesia
Siloe
Freight wreck injures three near El Paso blocks traffic
Three men were hurt in a Southern Pacific freight wreck east of El Paso Texas which halted traffic for twelve hours. Injured are R T Hill of Kokomo Indiana W T Murphree of DeWitt County Texas and W E Thomas of Nebraska.
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el Paso
Texas
Southern Pacific
Here
R. T. Hill
Kokomo
Ind
W. T. Murphree
DeWitt County
W. E. Thomas
Nebraska
Woman in Yoakum Dies by Poison Following Short Marriage
Mrs Ed Williams of Yoakum Texas died at 10 Sunday morning after taking a poisonous drug. She resided with her husband six miles east of Yoakum. No reason could be given for the act. The couple had been married only a short time.
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Yoakum
Texas
Ed Williams
Paul Corey held for mail robbery after 20000 in cheques found
Paul Corey, a 14 year old African American boy from Muskogee, was arrested in the South McAlester post office corridor last night on a charge of robbing the mails. Over twenty thousand dollars in checks and vouchers were found frozen in ice in front of Curran and Lamb's store where they had been discarded.
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South McAlester
Paul Corey
Negro Lad
Muskogee
Curran & Lamb's
Mystery of Black Hand Cards Traced to Soap Ad
In Austin Texas the so called black hand postal cards are revealed to be an advertisement for a soap brand that proclaims no more black hands when using that soap.
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Austin
Texas
Fire destroys residence of Jules Patin in Newroads
Fire at Newroads Louisiana destroyed Jules Patin's home. Bucket brigade efforts saved thousands in property value. The damaged building was valued at 1800 dollars with 1000 dollars of insurance coverage.
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Newroads
Jules Patin
Miss Ruby Barr Injured in Crowley Horseback Incident
Miss Ruby Barr and several young ladies rode when her horse became unmanageable and threw her, causing a head injury. She was rendered unconscious for a time but details of the aftermath are not provided.
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Crowley
Ruby Barr
Miss Barr
Penitentiary Board Leaders Attend Huntsyville Meeting
Chairman Oppen heimer and Secretary Fritz G Lanham left Austin to attend a Penitentiary Board meeting in Huntsyville on Wednesday. The State Treasurer issued a call for payment of warrants up to No 7888 totaling 106 045 leaving a net deficit of 1 149 335.
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Austin
Texas
Oppenheimer
Fritz G. Lanham
Penitentiary Board
Huntsyville
Peniiary
Severe cold grips Flatonia Texas with ice covered ground
Flatonia Texas reports a cold spell with temperatures around 20 degrees and ground coated in ice yesterday morning. Local residents cope as icy conditions persist across the area.
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Flatonia
Texas
Winter Weakness and Dr Williams Pink Pills
An advertisement extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood purifier and strength restorer for winter fatigue. It quotes Mrs Clara L Ide of Detroit praising renewed appetite, color, and energy after six boxes, claiming doctors could not help and recommending the remedy as life saving. The pills are described as non stimulants purchasable at drug stores.
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Dr. Williams
Manner and Poise Highlighted in Beauty Notes
A vintage piece notes that manners influence beauty rankings and that a pleasant voice, head carriage, soft intonation, and inviting gesture contribute to grace. It stresses the value of a pleasing demeanor in contests and social settings.
Child With Severe Sores Healed By Cuticura Remedies
Mrs Egbert Sheldon of Woodville Connecticut describes a year and a half long battle with a son’s sores. After two physicians failed to help she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Within two months the sores healed and the boy recovered fully, remaining healthy since.
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Egbert Sheldon
R. F. PD
Woodville, Conn
Harvard Astronomer Proposes Moon Origin Theory
In Honolulu Professor W. H. Pickering of Harvard Observatory described a theory that the Moon formed from Earth, with the Hawaiian Islands near the genesis center and the remaining material forming the Pacific Ocean.
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Honolulu
W. H. Pickering
Harvard Observatory
Hawaiian Islands
Pacific Ocean
Bostonians Spend Big on Beans in Last Year’s Diet
Consumers in Boston reportedly spent a sum rivaling two battleships on baked beans during the prior year. Wholesale dealers note a consumption of 68,722 barrels as demand rises.
Settled Fashions Show Circular Skirts and Short Coats
The writeup highlights circular skirts coats and outfits for dressy events. It mentions short fore dresses princess skirts loose top coats small hats and skirts touching. The piece notes luxurious evening coats lined with narrow lace and references the artistry in fashion.
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Ashington Star
Phil
Hennie
Mie Perkin
Tom
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Johnnie
Uncle Sample
Houston
B. T. Mc
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W. M. Hinson
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San Miguel
Emperor William's
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Penitentiary Board Meeting
Cutiura
Joseph Paceker
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