Florida Citrus Growers Fascinate Judge Worthington Speech
Judge Jenn H. Worthington discussed orange industry prospects in Florida during a recent visit, noting how careful cultivation and regular fertilizing turn grove care into profits. He cited examples from Winter Haven and nearby areas, detailing yields, costs, and long term orchard value amid climate challenges.
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Florida
Jenn H. Worthington
Nev
Worthington
Worth
Andy Jacoe
Winter Haven
Hoplin
Peru’s President Seized in Military Revolution
Lima reports Guillermo Billinghurst was captured by rebels led by Colonel Benavides and sent to Callao for exile. Premier General Enique Varela was killed amid palace fighting as Dr. Auguste Durand seized the palace to form a new government. Opposition to fiscal reforms and a disputed budget fueled the crisis at year end.
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Lima
Peru
Republic of Peru
Guillermo Bilinghurst
Billinghurst
Callao
Benavides
Enique Varela
Auguste Durand
Congress
Ecuador Revolt Gains Ground as Guayaquil Prepares Government
Mail advices from Ecuador report the Alfaristas revolt spreading with Guayaquil ready to proclaim a new government. They demand President Leonidas Plaza resign, blaming him for the 1912 lynching of General Eloy Alfaro.
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Ecuador
Panama
Guayaquil
Alfaristas
Leonidas Plaza
Eloy Al-Faro
Musterole Mustard Plaster Ad Claims Instant Relief
An old advertisement touts Musterole as a modern substitute for mustard plasters. It promises quick relief from throat and chest ailments, rheumatism, headaches, and sprains, with 25 or 50 cent jars and hospital sizes for 230 in 1900s terms. A nurse endorses it as effective.
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Litia
Musterole Company
Cleveland
Ohio
No Suffrage Aid Underwood Opposes National Amendment
Washington February 5 The Democratic Party formally opposed national legislation to grant women suffrage as House Majority Leader Oscar W Underwood stated the franchise should be left to the states. The Democratic caucus rejected a proposal to create a committee on woman suffrage, while President Wilson told delegations he could do nothing to aid the cause. Republican Lenroot pressed Underwood to report a resolution, but he refused citing self government and party principle. The Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage urged Western states to pursue a constitutional amendment via the National Council of Women Voters.
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Democratic Party
Oscar W. Underwood
House
Democratic House Caucus
Wilson
Tinterwood
Lenroot
Underwood
Ik Hi
Demokrati Party
Women of the
Cough Syrup Claim to Relieve Nighttime Cough Solids
An advertisement touts a cough syrup that quickly relieves nightly coughing and chest tickling by using a healing extract from harmless herbs. It promotes easy breathing and promises money back if it fails, mailing from Goff & Sons Co. Camden New Jersey.
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Goff & Sons-Co
Camden
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Lip graft from arm to form new lips for injured man
Baltimore report on Ross Allen a Canadian patient with facial disfigurement from a saw mill accident. Surgeons grafted tissue from his forearm to create a lower lip and plan further work to shape a new nose as healing progresses. The grafts required two-week binding to secure adhesion and enable subsequent procedures.
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Baltimore
Ross Allen
Allen
Allens
Ken
Young girl poisoned after eloping with traveling man
Ruth Schoff Stall, sixteen, of Tremont, was found on a Pine Grove porch with an empty poison bottle and died an hour later. She had reportedly left with a traveling man, was sent home by a relative, and later left again. Earlier months she ran away with a moving picture man who is now serving an eighteen month jail term.
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Pottsville
Ruth Schoff Stall
Tremont
Pine Grove
Dauphin County
Cabbage Bed Is Real Estate Lawsuit Sparked
In Scranton Pennsylvania on February 3 Judge Albert W Johnson presiding in criminal court ruled a cabbage bed is not personal property but real estate. John Lally was discharged after his lawyer argued larceny of cabbage from a neighbor's lot could not be charged as theft of personal property.
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Albert W. Johnson
Lewisburg
John Lally
Lally
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