Tanlac credited with returning Lexington men to health
J F Holley of Lexington reports Tanlac restored sleep appetite and strength after two years of illness including rheumatism nerve trouble and digestive problems. J B Woodward of 290 Rand Ave says Tanlac helped him raise his left hand again after two years with stomach trouble rheumatism and neuralgia. An art exhibit moment adds a faint joke about art objects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Woodward
Taniac
J. F. Holley
Lexington
J. B. Woodward
Rand Avenue
Adv
Capadine Headache Remedy Ad Says Liquid Ease
An old advertisement promotes Capadine as a liquid headache remedy. It claims relief for aches in the back and limbs and notes the product is easy to take. The styling urges readers to try it and be convinced.
Rockefeler Buys NYC Park Land for City
A boyhood memory in New York grew into ownership of about 50 acres near Dyckman Street. John D Rockefeller Jr has donated the tract to the city as a public park valued at roughly 5 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John D. Rockefeler, Jr
Dyckman Street
Dr Peery's Dead Shot Promises Quick Worm and Tapeworm Cure
An old advertisement touts Dr Peery's Dead Shot as a single dose remedy that rapidly clears worms or tapeworms. The claim emphasizes speed and effectiveness with minimal use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peery
Opinion on the Star Spangled Banner as a national anthem
A reader questions the Star Spangled Banner as a good song while another defends it as a perfectly good old anthem. They note varied impressions from performances with different singers and skills.
Bond's Liver Pill Advertisement
An old advertisement promotes Bond's Liver Pill to avoid malaria chills fevers and ague. It claims the pills keep the liver and bowels active and drive off poisonous matter. Sold for 25 cents at all druggists.
We’d Have Got On All Right If That Snake Hadn’t Come
Bra and Adam debate the apple crop dispute with a wry take on the midstream middleman in this early humorous exchange. The line frames a nimble critique of distribution and control in a mythic fruit tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bra
Adam
Plantation Chill and Fever Tonic Ad
An advertisement claims the Plantation Chill and Fever Tonic tones the system and regulates the liver for babies and growing children. It emphasizes no calomel and notes strong maternal use and a price of 50c.
What a Financier Means
A brief quip on a financier named Hix and the cleverness of his tactics. The speaker responds that Dix’s financier persona has no real misdeed, asserting that he never cheated anyone in his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hix
Dix
Is It A Distinction Or Irritation In Washington Star?
A brief quip labels a speaker as an irritator rather than a distinction. The exchange centers on a controversial orator, with sharp phrasing reflecting a political moment in Washington. The remark underscores public discourse dynamics and media characterization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Evening Star
Changes in Texas fire insurance schedules for cotton seed mills
The Texas Fire Insurance Commission announced substantial amendments to fire insurance schedules targeting cotton seed oil mills in Texas. Rules raise rates where values are not segregated and require monthly self inspection reports. new division fire wall area limits and graded charges apply to seed houses and warehouses. The changes aim to reduce losses by improving fire safety and adjusting premiums based on past losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Texas Fire Insurance Commission
South
Andrews
Hull
Insurance Commission
Emen
Texas
Commission
Massapequa Sunk by German Submarine Off Brest
The American steamer Massapequa was sunk on Saturday by a German submarine. The crew was landed at Sein Island off the French coast twenty eight miles southwest of Brest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sein
Brest
Record Corn Crop Leads U S Farm Yields Increase
The 1919 July crop report forecasts the largest corn crop except 1912 at 8.124 billion bushels, up 541 million from last year, with a 14 percent larger acreage. Wheat oats barley and potatoes rise to new highs and tobacco gains 649 million pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Ee Ieee
Estimated Cotton Seed Oil Yield
Washington estimates this year's cotton crop will produce about 174 million gallons of cotton seed oil and 2,000,876 tons of oil cake and meal. The figures are based on a 11,633,000 bale crop and yields of 15 gallons of oil and 344 pounds of cake per bale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Food Administration
Editors Ask Congress to Act on Paper Mills War Measure
Minneapolis resolution urges Congress to require the federal trade commission to take over American paper mills and to import and distribute Canadian print paper as a war measure, forwarded by the National Editorial Association in Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Congress
Federal Trade Commission
Washington
National Editorial Association
Suffrage Demonstration Riots at White House. 18 Arrested
A July 4 suffrage protest by members of the women’s party outside the White House ended in a riot and eighteen arrests. The report notes authorities moved to restore order as demonstrators clashed with police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Party
White House
Bombing Hits Harwich Essex Seaport
On Wednesday the town of Harwich in Essex suffered an air raid. Eight people were killed and twenty two injured as bombs fell on the seaport community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harwich
Essex
England
New Producer at Goose Creek in Texas
Goose Creek Texas firms Husstuttler Oil Company and Gulf Coast Oil Company completed their No 7 Gaillard at 2850 feet. The well flowed 800 barrels per day at Goose Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goose Creek
Tex
Husstuttler Oil Company
Gulf Coast Oil Company
Gaillard
Sandy's Gentle Hint in Wet Labeling Tale
In a humorous exchange a passenger asks Sandy why he does not use a brush to wet labels. The porter replies the company forbids brushes so they must lick the labels. He adds the challenge is keeping their tongues wet for the task.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy
Pastor Teases Polly About Two More Brothers
Polly jokes that God will send two more little brothers and that money comes from their father, hinting at a family secret. The exchange hints at a humorous or tense domestic scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly
Daddy
Abilene Confirmed as Site for West Texas College
Locating board members declare Abilene won the site for the West Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College after a June 29 1917 vote. The signed statement says the selection was regular and honest and not to be reopened, with all members acknowledging Abilene received a majority of three votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Abilene
West Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College
Fuller
Texas
A. D
Elevator at Vernon Destroyed in Fire
Vernon Texas grain elevator of Kell Milling Company destroyed by fire Wednesday. Loss estimated over $9 000. Fire department investigated causes and secured the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
Tex
Kell Milling Company
Americans Told to Carry Passports for Mexico Travel
Department of justice agents announce that all Americans leaving for Mexico who are not of draft age must have passports, while those of draft age need war department permission. Aliens must carry citizenship papers. Many travelers at the border returning north to obtain proper documentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Tex
Department of Justice
Mexico
War Department
Hollweg Affirms Peace Terms Must Include Conquest
Berlin reports quote German Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg saying peace without annexations is unacceptable. He states Germany cannot declare terms and must fight and conquer to secure the peace. The remark was shared with Reichstag members in Bern Switzerland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berne
Switzerland
Berlin
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Reichstag
Vote in Favor of Consolidation Reaches Beaumont Support
Beaumont Texas residents vote to authorize the Stone and Webster syndicate to consolidate light power street railway and interurban properties in Jefferson County. Result at Beaumont 362 for and 46 against.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Tex
Stone & Webster Syndicate
Jefferson County
Local Texan Dies of Charbon From Skinned Cow
William Smith, a native of De Witt county, Texas, died Tuesday in Victoria after contracting charbon while skinning a cow that had died of the disease. He was a resident of Victoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Tex
William Smith
de Witt County
Texas
Gulf Produc tion No 4 Gaillard hits 3000 barrel gusher
Goose Creek Texas reports Gulf Production Company's No 4 Gaillard well came in Wednesday yielding 3,000 barrels of oil from a depth of 2,900 feet marking a major output win for the field and company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goose Creek
Tex
Gulf Production Company
Halicz Taken by Russians in Galicia War Move
London reports Halicz a strategic rail junction southeast of Lemberg on the Dniester has fallen to Russian forces. The capture secures a key to Lemberg, the Galician capital, and marks a notable advance in the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Halicz
Lemberg
Galicia
Dniester River
Up State Cities Suffer Heat Wave Across Texas Tuesday
Texas Tuesday posted the year’s hottest weather with temperatures reaching as high as 107 degrees in some sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Intangible tax figures set for Texas railroads
The Texas Intangible tax board, via Tax Commissioner Bagby, finalizes the intangible asset valuations for major railroads. Total assets, excluding preliminary figures for International & Great Northern, rise to 160.85 million dollars, up 4.4 million from last year, with detailed valuations listed for each railroad including Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe and Texas & Pacific among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
State Intangible Tax Board
Railroads of
Texas
Bagby
International & Great Northern Railway
Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railway
Fort Worth
Denver City
Galveston, Harrisburg
San Antonio
Galveston
Houston & Henderson
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
Houston East
West Texas
Houston & Texas Central
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Panhandle & Santa Fe
Pecos
Aransas Pass
St. Louis
Brownsville & Mexico
St. Louis Southwestern Railway
Wilson Proclaims Export Control Under Espionage Act
President Wilson issued a proclamation authorizing government control of American exports under the Espionage Act. The policy prioritizes American needs, then ally requirements, and finally neutral countries where practicable, with an aim to prevent supplies reaching the central powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Southern Editors Elect Officers at Southern Newspaper Meet
Asheville NC reports the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association held its fifteenth annual convention. Officers elected include President F G Bell of the Savannah Morning News, first vice president J H Allison of the Nashville Tennessean American, second vice president Charles H Allen of the Montgomery Advertiser, and secretary treasurer Walter C Johnson of the Chattanooga News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
N. C
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
F. G. Bell
Savannah
Morning News
J. H. Allison
Nashville
Tennessean-American
Charles H. Allen
Montgomery
Advertiser
Walter C. Johnson
Chattanooga
News
Dr. S. J. Jones Remains on UT Board
A injunction by Judge Ireland Graves keeps Dr. S. J. Jones of Salado on the University of Texas board of regents with full authority to attend meetings and vote until further orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Ireland Graves
Twenty-Sixth District Court
S. J. Jones
Salado
Ferguson
Board of Regents
University of Texas
Graves
Jones
House Committee Will Visit Texas Ports in November
The House Rivers and Harbors Committee adopted the Freeport Commercial League of Freeport Texas invitation to tour Texas ports and waterways in November. Homer Wade of Stanford, league representative in Washington, is coordinating the schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Freeport Commercial League
Freeport
Texas
Homer Wade
Stanford
League
Food Bill Urged as Hoover Warns of Losses
The Senate set a July 21 vote on the food control bill five weeks after its submission as an urgent war measure. The White House released Hoover's report warning that both farmers and the public face serious losses unless federal food control authority is granted swiftly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Congress
White House
Herbert C. Hoover
British Merchantmen Sinkings Reported in Weekly Summary
London reports fourteen British merchant ships over 1 600 tons sunk in a weekly Shipping losses summary issued Thursday. The losses reflect ongoing convoy and war risks.
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London
France Secures $100 Million War Loan
Washington reports France received an additional war loan of $100 million Friday, lifting France credits to $310 million and total American loans to the Allies to $1,303,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Washington
Colonel Green Marries Heiress From Highland Park
Colonel Edward B. E. Green son of Hetty Green the so called richest woman wed Miss Mabel E. Harlow of Highland Park Illinois heiress on a Tuesday in Chicago Illinois ensuring a union of two notable families and wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. R. Green
Chicago
Edward BE. R. Green
Hetty Green
Mabel E. Harlow
Highland Park, Ill
Houston M ayor Joseph Pastoriza Dies of Stroke
Joseph J. Pastoriza longtime Houston mayor and ardent advocate of Henry George single tax died suddenly after feeling ill at the mayoral office. Born 1867 New Orleans he built a Houston printing business and rose to city commissioner then mayor February 23 1917. Burial will be by cremation in St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Joseph J. Pastoriza
Pastoriza
New Orleans
Fitzgerald's Academy
Henry George
St. Louis
To Draft State Troops Into Army
President Wilson issued a proclamation on August 5 drafting the State troops into the United States Army and declaring them discharged from old militia status. The move completes steps to deploy National Guard regiments to France and meet the national defense act aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Guard
France
Wilson
Army of
United States
Powder Explosion at Mare Island Navy Yard Kills Six
Investigation by Navy officers under Captain Harry George and federal agents into a black powder magazine blast at Mare Island in San Francisco Bay on Monday left six dead, four seriously injured, and twenty seven wounded. Officials suspect a conspiracy behind the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vallejo
Cal
Mare Island Navy Yard
San Francisco Bay
Harry George
Government Navy Yard
U-Boat Sunk Crew Found by British Patrol Off Irish Coast
A German submarine with all crew dead was captured by a British patrol near the Irish coast and towed to port. The captain of a steamer reporting at a gulf port said the U-boat was found fully exposed and abandoned, with suffocation as the presumed cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Gulf
Irish
Russians Press Fresh Advance Toward Lemberg Key City
Russian forces launched a new thrust in Eastern Galicia threatening Lemberg as they shifted west and north of Stanislau. They report capture of Jezupol near Halicz, plus four villages between the Czer nowitz railway and the Lomincea river, ten miles west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halicz
Lemberg
Galicia
Stanislau
Lemberg-Czernowitz
Jezupol
Dniester
Lomincea
Former Ambassador Retires From Diplomatic Service
James W. Gerard former ambassador to Germany resigns from the diplomatic service and returns to private life. His resignation was accepted some time ago, but the fact was not disclosed until this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James W. Gerard
Germany
German Air Attacks On London Kill Dozens
The second raid on London occurred Saturday between 9 and 10 am over the business district. About 37 people were killed and 147 injured as churches offices and shops faced damage in the morning assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sugar mill valued at 250000 destroyed by fire
Harlingen Texas reports Hill sugar mill worth 250000 was totally destroyed by a Sunday morning fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlingen
Tex
Hill
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