Tanlac Reverses Illness for Texan Motorman
Robert A. Land, a motorman on the Paso Electric Line, spent his savings seeking health and found Tanlac transformative. After five years of weakness and four years of illness, two bottles restored energy, appetite, and weight, letting him work ten hours daily. He praises Tanlac and urges others to try it, noting recovery despite exposure and repeated pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Land
Paso Electric
San Antonio Street
Paso
Tanlac
Tanlae
Adv
Cuticura Free Samples Promoted In Humble Ad
An old advertisement touts Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap as soothing skin remedies and invites readers to request free samples by mail. It suggests these products for toilet use and mentions a book offer via a postal address in Boston. The blurb ends with a brief joke line about vacation fatigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cutieura
Dept
le Boston
Adv
Bond's Liver Pill Adv Promotes Health Claims
An advertisement urges avoiding malaria and illness with Bond's Liver Pill, claiming it cleanses the liver and bowels for 24¢ at druggists. A separate dialogue questions extravagant fashion and face makeup, debating camouflage in a peaceful community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clady
Woman credits Lydia E Pinkham remedy for relief
Mrs Ezra Dorion of Ogdensburg Wisconsin suffered severe female troubles with sharp pains and weakness. She credits six bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her after doctors could not help. She urges other women with similar troubles to try the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Codenabure
Wis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ezra Dorion
Ogdensburg
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Myers
Wilsons embargo blows hardest to Kaiser in war notes
President Wilson declares export controls to embargo enemy and neutral trade with Kaiser Germany. He argues Germany must be transformed before peace, while Russia and Italy push fronts as Kerensky warns against capitulation and Cadorna advances in the Alps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Wilson
United States
Vatican
Russia
America
Reichstag
Austria
Bulgaria
Turkey
Italy
Sam
Kaiser
State Treasury reports cash balance and bond totals
At the close of the fiscal year on Sept. 1 the state treasury shows a cash balance of 6 610 156 and bonds totaling 20 768 870. Disbursements for the quarter ending Aug. 31 totaled 3 693 243 cash and 251 662 in bonds with detailed fund allocations across general revenue school and university funds and numerous special accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
J. M. Edwards
General Revenue Fund
A. and M. College
University
Loving County
Hockley County
Bailey County
Endowment
Medical Branch University
Confederate Pension Fund
Private
Inspector of Masonry
Cochran County
Vital
Winkler County
Upton County
Volunteers
Spain
State Highway Fund
Pure Food Fund
Germans Push Toward Riga as Russians Evacuate Eastward
Riga on the Gulf of Riga is in German hands with its garrison and civilians retreating east. After driving Russians across the Dvina near Uuksull last Saturday, German forces crossed bridges and pressed the eastern bank, pursing the defenders toward Riga fifteen miles away. The Russian commander ordered evacuation amid growing unable to stem the advance and signs of disaffection.
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Verdun
Aisne
Meuse
Beaumont
Dead Man Hill
Bulldog
Lens
Prince Rupprecht
Langemarck
Poelcapelle
Roumania
Galicia
Riga
Fokshuni
Russia
Germany
Argentina
Toro
Gulf of Riga
Dvina
Ukskull
Washington pays tribute to DC men chosen for national service
President Wilson congress and allied diplomats joined in honoring the men from the District of Columbia chosen for America's army. Washington marked the event with a two hour parade along Pennsylvania Avenue as marching soldiers spoke of duty and pride amid ceremonial pomp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Congress
District of Columbia
America
Pennsylvania Avenue
Prisoners of War Report From Washington
Captain Albert Oliver of the American tank steamer Cam pana and four of the five naval gun crew members taken when their ship was sunk Aug. 6 by a German submarine are held in a Brandenburg Prussia prison camp. The Red Cross was advised by Geneva cable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Albert Oliver
Brandenburg
Prussia
American Red Cross
Geneva
Income Tax Brings Big Sum
Washington report shows 359.7 million dollars collected in income tax during the past fiscal year with near equal shares paid by individuals and corporations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Osborne
Oil Well Brings 1000-Barrel Output at Big Hill
Bay City Texas reports a 1,000-barrel oil well brought in Friday at Big Hill near Matagorda on the Ryman tract marking a productive find in the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Hill
Bay City
Tex
Matagorda
Ryman
Disagreeable Disease Cured by Mississippi Diarrhea Cordial
An advertisement touts Mississippi Diarrhea Cordial as a speedy and certain cure for diarrhea. The remedy is priced at 25 cents and 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Witty Sister Goes After Reggie at Concert
A pretty girl asks her brother Jack to wear the theatre wig and mustache for a concert. She plans for Jack to stare at her with glasses and slip a note to her hand so Reginald notices. Reggie is slow but well off, with many rivals.
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Jack
Reginald
Reggie
One Qualification
Admiral Bradley Fiske in New York mocked a naval critic by comparing him to Swetson who failed in medicine law and ministry then moved to a $2,500 Riverside Drive flat. Swetson now writes magazine pieces on Why Men Fail and has become quite successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradley Fiske
New York
Swetson
Riverside Drive
Hire chase lingers as references are checked
In a brief exchange a manager reports that a new Look has not yet been hired. The candidate is currently being evaluated, with references under review.
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Gaeie
Phiten
West Front
Army Balloon School
Fort Omaha
Neb
France
Sir Douglas Haig
Lloyd George
Joffre Ustens
Teutons
Trieste
Edward W. Pickard
Kerensky
Russian National Council
Moscow
Tie
Vorniloff
Kaledines
Don Cossacks
Cossacks
National Council
Cadorna
Alps
Bainsizza
Carmela
Laibach
Cyerse
Italian War Office
Tri
Este
House
Ways and Means
Kitchin
Shipping Board
Senate
Treasury Department
House Committee
Daniels
Houston
Patriotic Education Society
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame
Indiana
Peeple
Behrens Drug Co
Waco
Cutter Laboratory
Berkeley
California
Hunt
A.B. Richards Medicine Co
Sherman Tex
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