Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription Ad in Houston
A Houston advertisement features Mrs. Willie McNeely praising Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a beneficial tonic for motherhood. The notice urges women to obtain the medicine in tablet or liquid form and offers free medical advice from Dr. Pierce at the Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo, New York.
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Houston
Texas
Dr. Pierce
Willie McNeely
Chestnut Street
Invalids
Buffalo
N. Y
Aunty Left In Charge As Baby Sleeps
In a small apartment a young aunty is left in charge of two children. She goes to prepare baby’s milk and reminds Bobby to call when he wakes. Bobby counters that the baby will wake up on his own, like an alarm clock.
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Bobby
Bright girl rejects title when a man calls her angel
A confident young woman resists being labeled an angel by a man who claims she is. She asserts her own view of herself and independence despite his praise.
Girl Interactions Reveal Mixed Signals in Courtship
A humorous observation notes that a girl’s lack of interest often signals attraction, while a young man reads into ambiguity. The quip highlights social cues and misread signals in dating dynamics.
Loan Negotiated for Prison System in Texas
Austin announces a seven percent loan of just over 700000 to the Texas prison system with repayment by February 1 1923 and start date October 1. Funds come from Wichita investment bankers after legislature refused an 879000 appropriation to cover debts, with 300000 deposited to cover current debts and purchases.
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Austin
Tex
Wichita
Kansas
Joint Legislative Commission
State
Texas Farm Stocks of Grain Show Falling Off
Washington reports March 1 farm grain stocks by state. Texas holds 61,784,000 bushels of corn with 87 percent merchantable, down 6,000,000 from last year and 22,000,000 from 1920. average Texas corn price is 64 cents. Oklahoma holds 29,232,000 bushels of corn and 6,152,000 bushels of wheat, with prices 47 and 1.04 dollars respectively. Texas oats total 6,000,000 bushels at 47 cents. Oklahoma oats at 12,000,000. State inventories by crop include varied totals for corn and wheat across many states.
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Washington
Texas
Oklahoma
Growth
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Wheat
Pennsylvania
North Dakota
Oregon
Bandits Loot New Braunfels Bank in Daring Daylight Heist
Five bandits robbed the New Braunfels State Bank at noon Friday in a five minute daylight raid in Texas. About $25,000 in cash and $50,000 in securities were taken, mostly liberty bonds. The five employees were locked in the vault but escaped after the robbers fled. A townwide search followed with alarms sounding and three San Antonio police planes aiding the manhunt.
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San Antonio
Tex
Texas
New Braunfels
A. R. Ludwig
Railway Men Return to Work in Parsons
Eight hundred Missouri Kansas & Texas Railway shop men returned to work in Parsons on Monday after idle time since mid February. The workers had been off duty during the labor stoppage and resumed duties as operations continued.
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Parsons
Kan
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
Blinn Memorial college trustees plan midyear improvements
At the Blinn Memorial college midyear meeting in Brenham Texas trustees outlined improvements for the school property including several planned upgrades and additions to facilities. The session focused on upgrading infrastructure and expanding campus amenities to support student needs.
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Brenham
Tex
Blinn Memorial College
A Guilty Conscience, A Dialect Tale From Birmingham
The Birmingham Age-Herald recounts a scene with Zeke and Chigger in a dialogue about sin and idleness at a gospel tent. A humorous line about the unjust and a just man’s umbrella closes the sketch, reflecting local voice and wit.
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Zeke
Squire Witherbee
Squire
Chiggerville
Birmingham Age-Herald
Mineralized water roots chicken lice tale of Paratabs promise
Poultry owners urged to use Paratab mineralized drinking water to rid flocks of lice and mites boost growth and egg yield. Tablets dissolve in water, act as tonic, claimed safe with no egg or meat flavor. Offer includes two $1 packages for $1 plus refund guarantee and mail-order details. Also ads for farms and cattle and seed suppliers.
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Coca Cola
Kansas City
United States Seeks Reparations Payment From Allies
The United States demanded 241 million dollars for its Rhineland occupation expenses before any reparations. Allied ministers were told the German payment schedule for the year was nearly fixed, with a total of up to 800 million gold marks. France would receive about 52 percent and Britain 22 percent, with Saar coal mines valued at 300 million gold marks charged to France.
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Paris
United States
Rhineland
Supreme Council
Cannes
France
Great Britain
Saar Valley
State National Guard Pays Out Six Thousand Six Hundred Ninety Four
Texas adjutant general mails checks totaling 6494 to National Guard units for armory drill attendance in the semi annual period ending December 31, 1922. Total paid in six months reaches 21770 to Texas guardsmen for drill service.
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Austin
Tex
Adjutant General
Texas National Guard
National Guardsmen
National Guardsmen of Texas
112Th Cavalry
Ennis
Dallas
144Th Infantry
Clarksville
McKinney
Eleventh Cavalry
Sherman
142D
Crowell
Southern Pacific Unveils Major Rate Cuts Across West
The Southern Pacific Company announced price reductions up to 50 percent for items including eyes, shelled nuts, alcohol, coke and wooden automobile wheels from Chicago to the Pacific coast.
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San Francisco
Cal
Southern Pacific Company
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Tokio Peace Exposition Opens and Hailed as Progress Display
The Tokio prefecture opened a peace exposition with an estimated cost of 6 000 000 yen to honor world peace and showcase Japan's postwar industrial progress. The four month event began last week and is intended to run through four months. Washington reports a 7 cent per pound import duty on long staple cotton is provisionally agreed in the emergency tariff law as Senate finance committee Republicans rewrite the Fordney bill.
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Tokio
Tokio Prefecture
Japan
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Arizona
New Mexico
California
Haitian Resolution Demands End to Occupation Policy
Senator King of Utah introduced a resolution calling for the termination of the American occupation of Haiti and the reestablishment of a native government. The measure asks the president to abrogate the Haitian treaty of 1915 and was referred to the foreign relations committee without discussion.
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Washington
Haiti
King
Utah
Foreign Relations Committee
Post Offices Reflect Business Revival Gains
Washington reports from fifty large post offices show February receipts of 20.339 million dollars, up 6.41 percent from a year earlier. Parcel post centers also posted notable increases, according to postal officials.
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Washington
Postoffice Department
Snowstorm Clears Panhandle After Severe Blizzard
Amarillo section labors to dig out Friday after one of the region's worst snowstorms in years sweeping the Panhandle of Texas eastern New Mexico and western Oklahoma.
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Amarillo
Tex
Panhandle
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Bading Appointment Confirmed as Minister to Ecuador
Washington confirms Gerhardt A. Bading of Wisconsin as minister to Ecuador after the senate vote on Thursday.
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Bading
Washington
Gerhardt A. Bading
Wisconsin
Ecuador
Senate
Nervous and half sick women cite Lydia E Pinkham’s remedy
Letters from women in Youngstown and New Orleans report relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. They describe restored energy and reduced cramps, crediting the product for improvements after several bottles. The notices urge others to try the medicine and share their testimonials.
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Daily Paper
Lydia E. Pinkham
Elmer Heasley
S. Jackson St
Youngstown
Ohio
L. E. Wiese
Louisa St
New Orleans
Lynn
Massachusetts
Indiana Daily Imnes
Elizabeth Rsinbold
N. Pine St
Indianapolis
Indiana
Sitting Tight. End seat hogs up against the register
A light, humorous note from the Louisville Courier Journal about crowded seating at the counter and people jockeying for space near the register. The piece captures a common dining room quip as customers seek spots in a busy eatery.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
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