Black Draught praised as liver remedy by East Nashville racer
East Nashville resident and racer W. N. Parsons extols Thedford’s Black Draught as the best liver medicine for sour stomach headache and indigestion saying he would not be without it. The ad notes the 70 year history of the remedy its ease of use and lack of harsh after effects with widespread pharmacist availability. It ends with a quip about a man full of himself.
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Nashville
Tenn
W. N. Parsons
Parsons
North First Street
Cascarets Ad Promises Overnight Digestive Relief
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a night cure for biliousness constipation and headaches promising a morning wake up with a clear head and pleasant breath. It claims no griping and appeals to children with low prices 10 25 and 5 cents notes Spanish proverb quote about individuality.
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Cascarets
Ady
Danderine Claims Hair Restoration And Beauty Boost
An advertisement touts Danderine as stopping hair loss and dandruff while restoring life and thickness to each strand. It promises brighter color and vigor after application. The copy also promotes Wright's Vegetable Pills for digestion and notes a statistic about half the world living in China and India.
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Ady
Texas Special Session Debates Open Port and Suffrage Bills
Texas legislators push open port measures to keep commerce flowing, plus Dean suffrage bill advances to engrossment with a 21 to 6 Senate vote and a 75 to 25 House vote, detailing registration fees and exemptions for women and new voters.
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Texas
Austin
Tex
Senate
House
Williams
Friends of the Bill
Dorough
Floyd
Mc.Nealus
Parr
Strickland
Woods
Witt
Friends of
Texas Senate
Travis County
Gulf
Judiciary
Adjutant General's Department
A. and M. College
College of Industrial Arts
National Guard
Galveston
John Tarleton Agricultural College
President Wilson declines to terminate commercial treaties
Washington reports President Wilson will not act to terminate sections of existing commercial treaties as directed by the merchant marine act. The White House cites constitutional limits and respects for international engagements, saying such terminations would violate treaties and mislead about U.S. obligations. The act was approved June 5 with provisions cited as sound and necessary.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
United States
State Department
Department of State
Colby
Hays
China
Dailey Declines Post After White House Statement
Dailey of Indianapolis, recently named assistant to the attorney general, declined the post following a White House statement issued Thursday. He was to succeed C. B. Ames, who had resigned.
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Dailey
Washington
Frank CC. Dailey
Indianapolis
White House
C. B. Ames
Pershing Decorated with Highest French Medal
General Pershing received Friday the medaille militaire, the highest French military honor, awarded at the hands of French authorities in Washington.
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Washington
General Pershing
Governor submits two local bills to Legislature
At the request of Senator Hertzberg Governor Hobby late Wednesday submitted bills to amend the law creating the Leakey Independent School District in Beal County and the Perryton Independent School District in Ochiltree County.
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Austin
Tex
Hertzberg
Hobby
Leakey Independent
Beal County
Perryton
Ochiltree County
Wrangel Seizes 20 000 Prisoners in North of Alexandrovsk
General Wrangel reportedly captures nearly twenty thousand bolsheviks north of Alexandrovsk with aid from Ukrainian general Marino. He also allegedly controls the Donetz coal basin in the area.
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Sebastopol
Wrangel
Alexandrovak
Marino
Donetz
The Road to Ruin and Transgressor's Path in Boston
A Boston Transcript quotation notes that the path of the transgressor and the way of the unrighteous are both one way thoroughfares as a moral reflection. The line attributes a cautionary view from Roger to readers.
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Roger
Boston Transcript
Governor Seeks Oil and Gas Lease Revenue Split
Austin Tex The governor submitted to the legislature Monday an amendment to a law enacted by the thirty fifth legislature to provide for payments to the general revenue or school fund from oil and gas leases in river beds lakes and tide waters. Under current law this revenue goes to the game fish and oyster fund.
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Austin
Tex
Game, Fish and Oyster Fund
Texas Public Health Association Warns Of Tuberculosis Cure Scams
The National Tuberculosis Association estimates that victims waste 15 to 25 million dollars annually on fake tuberculosis cures in the United States over the past decade. The figure was issued by the Texas Public Health Association this week in Austin.
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Austin
Tex
United States
National Tuberculosis Association
Texas Public Health Association
Circus Sea Lions Die in Waco Circus Tank Tragedy
In San Antonio the arrival of a circus from Waco revealed 16 trained seals and sea lions died in their tanks during a ride. Valued at $18,000, officials suspect water tank poison as the cause.
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San Antonio
Tex
Waco
Suffrage Ratification Defeated in Maryland House
Maryland house votes 60 to 43 against ratification of the suffrage amendment on Thursday, defeating the measure in Annapolis.
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Annapolis
Maryland House
California Syrup of Figs Ad Warns About Imitations
A vintage caution urging buyers to look for genuine California Syrup of Figs with the fruity label and printed directions on the bottle to avoid counterfeit imitations.
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California
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