Original Americans Strayed From Asia
Washington April 10 After studying peoples from Siberia to Sumatra Mrs Harriet Chalmers Adams argues in a National Geographic Society communication that ancient American peoples may have arrived by sea from Asia in stages. She notes similarities between Ifugaos and Andean chiefs and cites Malays and Indo-Chinese groups as reflecting ancient ties. She recalls great war canoes once paddled with many oars.
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Washington, D. C
Asia
Siberia
Sumatra
Harriet Chalmers Adams
America
National Geographic Society
Adams
Northwest
Hyomei Provides Fast Relief for Cold Symptoms
A marketing notice promotes Hyomei as a quick and effective remedy for stuffed heads, headaches, sniffling, and coughing. It describes pouring a few drops into the inhaler, the antiseptic oils reaching nose throat and bronchial tubes, and promises immediate relief with a money back guarantee. The complete outfit sells for one dollar.
Immigrant Voyages Across Pacific Linked to Malay Sailors
The account describes men from a South Sea island moving to new lands with families and goods aboard small boats. Wind and tide aided the voyage to a palm-fringed isle in the tronic sea. Mrs Adams notes many boats across the Pacific, including a Japanese fishing boat that reached California with immigrants two centuries ago.
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South Sea
Malay Peninsula
Tronic Sea
Texas Faces Risk of Missing Panama Exposition
The Texas Exposition Commission warns Texas may not have a building at the Panama-Pacific Exposition unless a $25,000 guarantee fund is raised by April 13 or an extension is granted. Only $15,000 has been pledged so far from Dallas Houston Waco and Beaumont with other cities promising help and no response from Austin Fort Worth and San Antonio. The commission urges immediate statewide cooperation and calls a building a matter of state pride and honor.
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Texas
Gunter Hotel
Texas Club of California
Commission
Dallas
Houston
Waco
Beaumont
Austin An Fort Worth
San Antonio
Eli Hertzberg
B. Colquitt
Austin
W. V. Galbreath
Fort Worth
R. C. Lowery
Wets Seek Delay to Allow Supreme Court Ruling
Illinois counties and numerous cities plan wet and dry elections on April 21 to challenge local dry victories. Wets aim to prevent saloon closures until the Supreme Court decides the constitutionality of the woman suffrage act. Court ruling expected before May.
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Place Ho
Supreme Court
Chicago
Illinois
Doctor Briggs Ends Buffalo Operation Plan
AUSA Tex April 10 Dr R J Briggs of the First Congregational Church will not be operated on in Buffalo N Y after surgeons determined the procedure unnecessary. He will undergo a course of treatment and return to Austin with the aid of John K Donnan, a close friend who relayed the decision.
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Ausa
Tex
R. J. Briggs
First Congregational Church
Buffalo
N. Y
John K. Donnan
Briggs
Uvalde
Austin
Uvalde County
J. H.zechary
Adjutant General's Department
Fight over Waco gas franchise heats up with injunction
In Waco Texas temporary quietus halted the clash between G W Stough Kansas City and R H Baker Houston over gas supply franchises. Stough won an injunction from Judge R I Munroe returnable April 20 to bar mayor and commissioners from acting to forfeit Stough's franchise.
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Waco
Tex
G. W. Stough
Kansas City
R. H. Baker
Houston
Chamber of Commerce
Stough
R. I. Munroe
Fiftyfourth
Suffrage Society to Meet at Courthouse in San Marcos
Suffrage society of San Marcos will hold a Saturday meeting at the courthouse. Miss Maria B. Fenwick of San Antonio will deliver an address on Equal Suffrage.
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San Marcos
Tex
Suffrage Society
Maria B. Fenwick
San Antonio
Picnic site chosen for San Jacinto Day event
The committee chose the venue for the annual San Jacinto Day picnic to be held on April 21. Lampasas had also bid for the event, but the selected location was decided in favor of another site.
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San Jacinto Day
Lampasas
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