Native of the Southland Praises Cardus for Health Revival
Mrs Ed Davin of Phillicothe Ohio declares Cardus Woman's Tonic saved her life. After years of weakness following childbirth she treated with Cardul Home Treatment advised by Chattanooga Medicine Co officials. Four bottles restored her ability to walk and do work, prompting praise and urging others to try Cardul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillicothe
Ohio
Southland
Ladies’ Advisory Department
Chattanooga Medicine O
Lose Habits of Industry
The note contrasts European women, especially in France, as more industrious than when they arrived in this country highlighting immigrant work discipline and social shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Europe
Six-Sixty-Six Prescription For Malaria Or Fever
An ad touts a malaria and chills remedy promising five to six doses to break a case and serve as a tonic to prevent recurrence. Also notes a London man who proposed after three rejections and, after a severe accident, had his face rebuilt and was accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Untitled Cajun Dialect Exchange Sparks Curious Question
In a morning exchange, Aunt Liza’s former mistress notes a shy child behind his mother’s skirts and jokes about the unusual name Gat Prescript. The aunt explains she simply calls him that due to hard work to fly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liza
Wingless Victory Aunt Dinah in Charleston Sermon Style
A tale from Charleston features Aunt Dinah a colored saint who leads church singing during tithe collection. She shouts praise while the plate nears the altar, until a visitor, Iwacon Alphbronian Green, questions the practice and quips about giving to make the song “Fly abroad, thou mighty Gospel” effective.
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Dinah
Charleston
Happy Now Family of Twelve Drink Postum
A Batwe Creek Michigan family reports relief from headaches dizziness and stomach issues after replacing coffee with Postum. The mother and brother improved after quitting coffee and trying Postum Regular and instant forms are advertised with prices and brewing instructions.
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Happy Now
Postum
Postum Co
Bat We Creek
Mich
White House wedding links president's youngest daughter to treasury secretary
The ceremony tied the presidents youngest daughter to the current treasury secretary. Details describe a high profile union within the nation's capital, with attendance by prominent political figures and officials.
White House Wedding Brings McAdoo and Eleanor Wilson
Miss Eleanor Randolph Wilson, daughter of President Wilson, wed William Gibbs McAdoo, secretary of the treasury, in the Blue Room of the White House. The ceremony, arranged without formal diplomats, was conducted by Rev. Sylvester W. Teaches at Princeton, with less than a hundred attendees in attendance.
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Washington
Eleanor Randolph Wilson
Sylvester W
First Presbyterian Church
Princeton
Wilson
White House Wedding Quiet Ceremony for Wilsons Daughter
A brief White House ceremony united the president and Mrs. Wilson in marriage as they gave away their daughter in a family affair. Relatives and cabinet members attended in the Interior’s floral setting while the Marine Band played.
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White House
Marine Band
Sallie McAdoo
Frances Bowes Sayre
Margaret Wilson
Nancy
Cyclone Destroys Two Towns In Northeast Texas
A cyclone swept across East Texas from Cleburne to the state line destroying Maud and Redwater in Bowie County. Four people died in Maud and about thirty were injured. Redwater saw about twenty five injured with a risk of more deaths. Rail and interurban lines were crippled as homes and crops suffered widespread damage.
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MAUD
Redwater
Bowie County
Texas
East Texas
Cleburne
Sevarghns
Waxahachie
Ennis
Midlothian
Erris
Paris
Greenville
Pittsburg
Texarkana
Dallas-Waxahachie
May 10 designated Mothers Day in Texas
Governor Colquitt proclaims the second Sunday in May as Mothers Day and urges all Texans to honor their mothers with song and service. He asks people to wear a white carnation and a miniature flag on their coats to reflect progress in education and woman’s advancement.
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Austin
Tex
Colquitt
I. O. B. Colquitt
Texas
General Daniel Sickles Dies In New York Home
General Daniel E. Sickles, veteran Civil War commander and founder of the Excelsior brigade, died at his home on Sunday night. He led brigades at Antietam and Chancellorsville, commanded the Third Corps at Gettysburg where he lost a leg, and rose to major general of volunteers at age 37.
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New York
Daniel E. Sickles
Daniel Edgar Sickles
Gettysburg
Sickles
Excelsior
Peninsula
Antietam
Chancellorsville
Texas Corporations Chartered In Austin
Austin charters new firms Trinity Farm Company of Dallas with 5000 capital stock Southwestern Coal Company of Amarillo 40000 capital stock Lincoln Tank Company of Electra Roche Oil Company of Fort Worth 10000 capital stock
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Austin
Tex
Trinity Farm Company of
Dallas
Capital
Southwestern, Coal Company of
Amarillo
Lincoln Tank Company of
Electra
Roche Oil Company of
Fort Worth
San Benito Shipments Rise in Week Cabbage Lead
Truck shipments from San Benito Texas show cabbage at thirty six carloads and mixed potatoes and onions at two carloads for the week, lifting cabbage total to nine hundred forty three carloads.
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San Benito
Tex
Tariff Amended on Vegetable Car Stoppage Rules
Austin Texas railroad commission amends fruit and vegetable tariff to allow no stop charge when a designated stop becomes the final destination under rule 34. The change, effective May 11, applies when a car’s cargo is sold at the second stop and that stop becomes the final destination.
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Austin
Tex
Railroad Commission
Mail Carrier Narrowly Escapes Stream Crossing
Garrison Texas reports mail carrier W. Young barely survived crossing a swollen stream near Garrison on Wednesday. He lost money order packages totaling about $1,100 in the floodwaters.
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Garrison
Tex
W. ©. Young
Rice Planting Month Delayed by Wet Weather
Beaumont Texas farmers report rice planting in the county is about a month late due to ongoing wet conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Tex
Railroad valuation costs near one hundred million dollars
Reports received by several railroads indicate the physical valuation of railroads in the United States will require about 100 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Two Casualty Concerns To Quit Texas
In Austin at least two of ten workers compensation insurers plan to leave Texas over the May 15 rate cut. Aetna and Fidelity and Casualty Co of New York have written notices, citing low loss ratios and unprofitable terms, with more carriers expected to follow.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Aetna
Fidelity and Casualty Company of
New York
Massachusetts
Aetna Siys
Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York
President selects five for Federal Reserve Board
President Wilson on Monday named five men to join secretary McAdoo and the controller of the currency in forming the Federal Reserve Board. Nominees included Paul Moritz Warburg, Harry A. Wheeler, W. P. G. Harding, Dr. Adolph Casper Miller, and Richard Olney who cannot serve. Nominations to be sent to the Senate in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Harry A. Wheeler
Chicago
Union Trust Company of Chicago
United States Chamber of Commerce
W. P. G. Harding
Birmingham
Ala
First National Bank of Birmingham
South
Adolph Casper Miller
San Francisco
Lane
Interior Department
Senate
Britain to Reconsider Participation in Panama-Pacific Exposition
London reports the British government will revisit its decision against attending the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. The cabinet will consider a representation by the House of Commons, which includes more than half the members, urging official participation in a modified form.
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England
London
San Francisco
Great Britain
Asquith
House of Commons
Floods Wash Across Oklahoma With Heavy Losses
Floods in Oklahoma City and across western Oklahoma destroy twelve large railroad bridges and one wagon bridge over the South Canadian and Cimarron rivers. Three lives are lost and property damage exceeds half a million dollars as bottom land crops flood 400 miles along the Canadian and 200 miles along the Cimarron.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Okla
President Makes Appointments in Washington
The president on Monday announced nominations including Bart Hanlon of New York City for assistant attorney general in the customs case and Walter McLean named captain to the rank of rear admiral.
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Washington
Bart Hanlon
New York City
Walter McLean
Engineer Thomas Riggs Jr Joins Alaskan Railroad Commission
President Wilson on recommendation of Secretary Lane appointed Thomas Riggs Jr an engineer from the coast and geodetic survey as the third member of the Alaskan railroad commission. The action was announced Monday and adds Riggs to the panel alongside existing members.
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Washington
Wilson
Lane
Thomas Riggs, Jr
Alaskan Railroad Commission
Mr. Riggs
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Mme Nordica Improves After Illness in Batavia
Batavia Java reports Madame Lillian Nordica the noted operatic soprano is gradually improving after several weeks of serious illness.
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Mme
Nordica
Batavia
Java
Lillian Nordica
Feels Like a New Woman Piqua Testimonial Spreads Praise
Mrs Orpha Turner of 4318 Wayne Street Piqua Ohio reports severe organic weakness with backache hip pain and fatigue lasting months. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with rebuilding her health and urges suffering women to consider the remedy.
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Piqua
Ohio
E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Orpha Turner
Wayne St
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William Morgan
Adam Shelton
Nearo
Daniel Sickles
Ture
Texas Corporations Chartered
Bank Reserve Board
Richard Olney
Paul Moritz Warburg
A. C. Miller
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Thomas BR. Green
H. H. Greens
Atlanta
Ehen Alt Ht
Dr. Pierce
ABC
Hanford
Fanorsitis
Texas Directory
McCane
Avi Ser
A. H.hess & Son
Travis St. Beausten
Grosman Co., Inc
Peden Iron & Steel CO
San Antonio
Texas Bag & Fibre Co
Houston, Texas
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