Statue praise for Wells and US medical progress
A Washington dentist lauds France for honoring Horace Wells with a statue in Paris and reflects on his nitrous oxide anesthesia work. The note contrasts Wells’s memory with the need to expand hospital beds for indigent tuberculosis patients, citing National Association figures and progress through 1909.
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Washington
Horace Wells
Place Des Etats Unis
Paris
Professor Wells
Hartford
United States
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
The
National Association
Senate Passes Administration Railroad Bill Amid Broad Support
The Senate approved the administration railroad bill by a 50 to 12 vote after weeks of consideration. Insurgent republicans largely joined Democrats in supporting changes favoring shippers, including a commerce court under the attorney general and rate review powers.
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Washington
Senate
Wickersham
White House
Republians
Court of Commerce
Elkins
Interstate Commerce Committee
House
Commerce Court
Commission
Commission of Classification
Oeserento
OK Nees
Dover to Calais and Back Again
Charles Stewart Rolls, captain in the army reserve, piloting a Wright biplane, crossed the English Channel from Dover to Calais and back in ninety minutes. The round trip of about forty-two miles over water established a new record, following earlier Channel crossings by Bl\u00e9riot and Count di Lesseps in other aircraft.
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Dover
Eng
Charles Stewart Rolls
London
Army Mter
English Channel
Creosoting Plant Destroyed by Fire in Texarkana
The International Liber and Creosoting company plant in Texarkana Arkansas was destroyed by a Wednesday fire. The blaze started with an explosion in a 45 000 gallon creosote tank and rapid spread consumed 125 000 gallons of creosote 28 carloads of creosoted casks and substantial raw materials with an estimated loss around 750 00 dollars.
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Texarkana
International Liber and Creosoting Company
Togethr
Texas counties value reports for state tax rate
The controller on Thursday received two more estimates of county taxable values for state tax rate calculation. Duval County shows value 4,556,460 with an increase of 429,954. Briscoe County shows value 2,427,782 with an increase of 260,962.
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Austin
Tex
Duval County
Briscoe County
Bears Raise New York Market
A dramatic cotton market session in New York saw active trading and strong selling after May deliveries closed, with July contracts sliding to 14 18c and futures down 74 points. Spot prices fell about 80 points as bull leaders reportedly held 240,000 bales, while 39,000 more bales were bought, risking a $96,000 loss if spot declines continue.
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New York
Treasury May balances show excess receipts over disbursements
May treasury operations report an excess of 3.43 million dollars in ordinary receipts over ordinary disbursements, not including Panama Canal or public debt. Canal disbursements rose to 3.97 million, customs fell while internal revenue rose, canal spending this year totals 31.21 million, and national bank circulation stood at 712.24 million with a May debt decline of 757,450.
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Washington
Treasury
Panama Canal
National Bank
Insurance Department Approves Reserve Agents for State Banks
The Texas Department of Insurance and Banking on Wednesday approved a list of reserve agents for state banks. Lum bermans National Bank of Houston will serve Wallis State Bank in Wallis. First State Bank of Mullin will use Farmers' State Bank in Chappell Hill and Lockhart State Bank in Lockhart. Augin National Bank of Austin and Hanover National Bank of New York will back First State Bank of Trent. Union National Bank of Houston will back First State Bank of Mart. First National Bank of Houston will back Dawson State Bank in Dawson.
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Austin
Tex
Department of Insurance and Banking
Lumbermans National Bank
Houston
Wallis State Bank
Wallis
First, State Bank
Mullin
Farmers’ State Bank
Chappell Hill
Lockhart State Bank
Lockhart
Augin National Bank
Hanover National Bank
New York
First State Bank
Trent
Union National Bank
Mart
First National Bank
Dawson State Bank
Dawson
Severe storms strike Sour Lake and Grayburg damaging derricks
Sour Lake Texas reports a third severe storm in thirty days hitting Sour Lake and Grayburg with high winds and heavy rains. Two derricks in the Shoe string oil field district and one in the Cannon tract were blown down. No injuries occurred as the wells were old and abandoned.
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Sour Lake
Tex
Grayburg
Cannon Tract
Census Shows 130 School Children in Lamb County
The Department of Education reports its first scholastic census for the 1910-11 season from Lamb County in Texas. Olton serves as county seat and the census records 130 pupils for this year versus 100 in 1909.
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Austin Tex
Department of Education
Lamb County
Olton
Bay City Rice Mill Starts Up and Honduras Stock Sold
Bay City Texas reports the rice mill began operation on Tuesday. The Colorado will run briefly this week after winning the bid for 10 400 bags of Honduras stored at Markham by the Northern Irrigation Company.
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Bay City
Tex
Colorado
Honduras
Markham
Northern Irrigation Company
Texas North and South Railroad Survey Begins
Surveying for the Texas North and South Railroad began Thursday in Ioerne. The line is planned to run north via Fredericksburg to Coleman, marking a key step in the project.
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Ioerne
Tex
Texas North & South Railroad
Fredericksburg
Coleman
Brownsville Cabbage Shipments Wind Down
Brownsville Texas shipping reports show the cabbage season nearly finished with seven cars sent out last week, bringing the season total to 661 cars. Three cars of melons were also shipped.
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Brownsville
Tex
Life For Playmate Is Tragic Death At Washita Dam
Gray Evans, 16, son of Chickasha city treasurer R. M. Evans, drowned at the Washita River dam on Thursday while trying to save a playmate. The incident occurred as the youths explored the area near the dam.
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Chickasha
Gray Evans
R. M. Evans
Washita
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Ad Claims Cure
A testimonial from Sadie Mullen of Elwood Indiana credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing months of illness and avoiding surgery. The ad touts the remedy for displacements inflammation ulceration fibroid tumors irregularities backache and nervous prostration and offers confidential free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Elwood
Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham
Sadie Mullen
N. B. St
Lydia E. Pi
Hair How the Teacher Got Her Black Hair Joke
A Suffolk schoolmistress tells of working in a coal mine to enliven a lesson. A pupil asks if that work made her hair so black, provoking a humorous reply about the teacher’s tale.
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Suffolk
England
Geography defined by boy in witty Sunday Magazine
The father asks what geography is as a test of study progress. Jimmy Jiggs humorously answers that geography is what you put inside your trousers when you expect a whipping.
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Jimmy
Los Angeles Times
Question of Precedent on Born Equal Doubts
A line contrasts belief in parental pride with doubt about universal equality. It notes that every parent believes his baby is superior to all others, highlighting the bias in early judgments of equal birth.
Oliver Typewriter Sold At 17 Cents A Day
The advertisement promotes an Oliver Typewriter priced at $100 and offered for 17 cents per day. It highlights features like The Balance Shift and The Ruling Device, claims high demand, and asserts broad appeal across all classes and occupations with a vast number of applicants.
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Oliver
Oliver Typewriter Sales Drive Promises Home Use Boom
A bold pitch claims an Oliver Typewriter in every home will be a money maker for beginners. It touts strong demand, high salaries for operators, home utility, and a new selling plan inviting readers to request details and a free catalog.
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Oliver Typewriter
Oliver
America
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