Various National News Items Highlight Prohibition and Naval Funding
A Hobson and Mendell amendment push on national prohibition and women’s suffrage tops a busy list. Navy program fights over two battleships while a single ship proposal fails 148 to 91 and 152 to 42 votes. Senator La Follette accuses eastern railroads of a rate-steering conspiracy. A Texas petition against prohibition gains nine thousand signatures. Texas convicts send in funds for highway work as Rockefeller protests persist. Fire and crop losses plague Texas, while Gen Daniel Sickles dies and a Rio Grande bombing attempt targets San Benito water supply remains.
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House
Judiciary Committee
Hobson
Mendell
Tuesaday
Buchanan
Illinois
Witherspoon
Mississippi
la Follette
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastern
Slayden
Congress
Sheppard, Works and Hobson
Fourteenth Congressional District of
Texas
Committee On the Judiciary
Wilson
Lane
Thomas Riggs, Jr
Alaskan Railroad Commission
Mr. Riggs
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Rio Grande
San Benito
Beaumort
Texas State Aerie
Order of Eagles
Port Arthur
Fort Worth
Galveston
United Textile Workers of America
Pennsylvania
Ethel Lorraine Belmont
New York
Raymond Belmont
August Belmont
Colquitt
A.S. Burleson
Austin
San Antonio
Maud
Redwater
Bowie County
Cleburne
Texas State Line
Opening of Confederate Veterans Union reunion in Jacksonville
Delegations from Ohio receive a captured flag as the United Confederate Veterans hold their 24th annual reunion in Jacksonville Florida. The event features welcome addresses, responses and social divisions marking the formal start.
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Ohio
United Confederate Veterans
Jacksonville
Fla
Mexican crowds flood Vera Cruz as lives risked for escape
Read like a snapshot of events across the world. Reports note Mexican refugees rushing toward Vera Cruz fearing reprisal from Villa or Zapata. Other items cover a London Lords rejection of women's suffrage, a suffragette attack on a Sargent portrait, and a fatal parade incident in Mexico City.
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Villa Or Zapata
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Robert J. Kerr
Frederick Funston
Point Batteries
Portsmouth
England
Tiepolo Oggioni
Oneglio
Italy
Oggioni
Manuel Rivera
Queretaro
Mexico City
After Half Century Mark Encourages Persistent Effort
A Toledo man argues that age does not define limits noting Columbus at fifty six when discovering America and thinkers like Darwin Kant Spencer Wagner Haydn produced great work after fifty. He suggests forty plus individuals can still achieve with careful resource management and opportunity.
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Toledo
Columbus
America
Darwin
Kant
Spencer
Wagner
Haydn
Soldier Rouses After Death Mockup in Word From War Tale
Private McDever of the First Royal Scots Fusiliers, arriving in Southampton from South Africa, was declared dead after fever in India and placed in a mortuary. Two hours later a sentry heard knocking, found him alive, and McDever’s shock turned his hair white. The sentry later died.
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Royal Scots Fusilliers
Southampton
South Africa
McDever
India
McDevet
London
Cuticura promise for rough red hands
One night Cuticura treatment claims to soften rough chapped hands. Soak in hot water, wash with Cuticura Soap, dry and apply Cuticura Ointment, then wear loose gloves overnight. The ad touts globably sold Catidera products and offers a free sample with its Skin Book.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Carnegie Hails Mexican Policy As Wise Peace Move
Andrew Carnegie at a Fifth Avenue peace dinner calls the Mexican policy wise and Christian. He says it will set a lasting precedent for future conduct and that peace requires bearing and forbearance, not hatred or vengeance. He warns that retaliation destroys hope of peace.
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Andrew Carnegie
Fifth Avenue
Mr. Carnegie
Castoria Assurance for Mothers and Infants
Careful mothers are advised to examine each bottle of Castoria for the signature. The advertisement emphasizes Castoria as a safe remedy used for infants and children and notes its long history and trusted branding.
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Grove
Porter Questioning Boss On Term Used For Drugstore Drug
A colored porter asked a drugstore boss about a term used for a medicine in a scene at a local druggist. He was told to go to another pharmacy to obtain the item and stood open mouthed, challenging the implied name.
RUB-MY-TISM Advertisement and Goldfish Breeding Note
An old advertisement touts RUB-MY-TISM as a cure all for rheumatism and various pains and injuries. A separate note explains hatched by the Sun, describing inbreeding goldfish where eggs are kept from males and hatched by sun in shallow dishes.
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China
Hicks CAPUCINE CURES HEADACHES AND COLDS
Advertisement style notes claim CAPUCINE relieves headaches and colds with Roman Eye Balsam for eye irritations. Mentions quotes about filth and money and references Baltimore Sun. Includes health facts about horses and sheep eating nine and six times their weight yearly.
Don’t Talk Too Much Aids Curate Jokes and Wit
A nervy curate prone to awkward compliments is scolded by a senior on a clergy outing at the bishop's palace. The scene unfolds with laughter and a rebuke about his manners. A comic exchange follows about a painted seat and childish why questions. Also mentions advertisement lines and a medical nostrum.
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Bishop's Palace
Simms
Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills Adverts Claim 75 Years
A fragment advertises Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills as proven for 75 years and invites readers to test by requesting a sample from 372 Pearl St New York. The text also includes stray dialogue about electric menus and current pi.
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Wright
Pearl St
New York
Allen's Foot-Kase Antiseptic Powder Ad
Tender aching feet find relief as Allen's Foot-Kase powder shakes into shoes to ease soreness and bunions. It eliminates the sling from sorns and makes walking pleasant. Sold everywhere with trial package offer from A. Olmsted, LeRoy, New York.
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Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy N.Y
New York Architect Miss Fay Kellogg Earning Over Ten Thousand
Miss Fay Kellogg, a New York architect, has an annual income exceeding $10,000. The remark highlights her professional success and financial standing in a historical context.
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Waliington New
Gregg County
John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Colorado
Standard Oil
New York City
Rockefeller Estate
Pocantico Hills
Campbell
Dickinson
Ludlow
Trindad
Colo
Daniel E. Sickles
Sickles
Gettysburg
William J. Burns
Leo M. Frank
Atlanta
Mary Whagan
Marietta
Burns
State Fire Insurance Commission
Tate and Domestic News
Fifth Brigade
United States Army
Meads
Kilpatrick
McClellan
Sumner
Coast Artillery
War Department
Washington
Brownsville
Texas National Guard
Anding Pepane Union
Lowe
Bo Fort Worth Mas
Waco
Beaumont
Houston Gesone
Galveston Scene
Dallas Er
Austin Ee
House of Lords
Henry James
John Singer Sargent
Royal Academy
Duke of Argyle
Queen Victoria
Canada
Lorne
Princess Louise
Joseph Caillaux
Finance
Fernand d'Aillieres
M. Caillaux
Chamber of Deputies
Paris
France
Tampico
Mayo
Papuco
Valparaiso
Chile
David Lloyd-George
House of Commons
Fletcher
Him
Hicks
Capucine
Ady
Baltimore Sun
Wrigleys
Wrigley’s
Edith
Papa
Father
Freddy
Alden
Dr. Peery
Atchison Globe
Current
Daisy Fly Killer
Defalb Ave
Brooklyn
Parker
Druggista
O& Sabpor Co
Wi Nostrand Avenue
Kezema
Mitch-Tetherow Pharmacy Ts
Mowoed
Kamene City
Permanet Relief
Reasonable
Harris Go
Brankile
W.N. U
Houston
Uee Renovine
van Vieet-Manefield Drug Co
Memphis
Tenn
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