Texas Delegates Lead Parade at Boston Ad Men’s Meet
The Texas delegation to the Boston ad men’s convention earned honors in a street parade. The traveling train paralleled the New York Central’s 20th Century Limited layover routes to Albany and New York. White-hatted Texans welcomed cheers and handkerchief waves at each stop. Six flags symbolizing Texas history from Spanish to United States were carried in the procession.
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Boston
News Dispatch
Texas
Texan
Albany
New York
Tral’s
Lone Star State
United States
Skeleton of horse found eight feet underground at Bloomfield mill pond
Workmen uncovered a horse skeleton and two live turtles eight feet underground while digging for a cellar at Bloomfield New Jersey site once a mill pond. The pond was filled in 1850, and experts suppose the horse died in the pond and the turtles later fed on the carcass.
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Bloomfield
N. J
First AP telegrapher Frank B Williams dies at home
Louisville Kentucky August 9 Associated Press reports Frank B Williams the first telegrapher hired by the AP when it began leased wire service in 1856 has died at his home after an eight month illness.
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Louisville
Frank B. Williams
Associated Press
After Bonus Evil Targeted by Commercial Executives
The American Association of Commercial Executives vows decisive action against the so called bonus evil at its sixth annual convention in Louisville Kentucky from October 12 to 14. It has sent letters to chamber secretaries and commercial clubs asking for opinions. John B. Carrington, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, serves on the association’s sponsorship committee.
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American Association of Commercial Executives
Louisville
Chambers of Commerce
John B. Carrington
Chamber of Commerce
Sponteate
The
Associaon
Open house at Southwestern Telegraph Exchange impresses visitors
In southwest Texas the Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone company opened a three day public viewing of its new exchange building. Guests toured floors from the sixth to the lower levels, learned how calls travel from home to recipient, and enjoyed meals at cost in a cafeteria while being entertained by music and flowers.
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Texas
Bell Telephone
Exchange
Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company
Tra Street
W. W. Vaughan
D. M. Parkinson
B. H. Johnson
Will Fight Extradition In Goddner Case
United States commissioner ordered removal for M O Goddner a Houston salesman alleged to have deserted his wife and fled with stenographer Anna Block Goddner will contest extradition Carp Imported in Illinois River Find Shows Early German Carp Shipment in Peoria Illinois Aug 9 22 years after first shipment to state by US Fish Commission agent.
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Cal
United States
M. O. Goddner
Houston
Tex
Anna Block
Goodner
Peoria
Ill
United States Fish Commission
Illinois River
Horsford's Acid Phosphate Endorsed for Exhaustion
A vintage advert promotes Horsford's Acid Phosphate as especially recommended for physical and mental exhaustion nervousness and insomnia, claiming its use supports vitality and sleep.
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Horsford’s
Monument to Prudence Crandall Erected in Connecticut
Connecticut will erect a monument in Canterbury honoring Prudence Crandall for founding a school for black children before the Civil War and aiding slaves via the underground railroad. In Washington more postal savings depositories were designated with openings September 5 and 8, including Abilene and Weatherford.
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Canterbury
Conn
Connecticut
Prudence Crandall
Washington
Abilene
Brownwood
Laredo
Sweetwater
Weatherford
Tex
Butchers Gather in Pitt County for Annual Meeting
Five hundred master butchers from across the nation convene in Pittsburg for the twenty-fifth annual meeting. They plan a campaign to abolish the ten percent tax on oleomargarine.
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Pittsburg
Firemen Vote to Strike Over reinstatement
Firemen on the El Paso and Southwestern railroad voted to strike unless three men recently discharged are reinstated. The line, owned by Phelps-Dodge of New York, links El Paso with Tucumcari, New Mexico.
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EL. Paso
Tex
el Paso & Southwestern Railroad
el Paso & Southwestern
Phelps-Dodge Company of
New York
Paso
Tucumcari
W. M
Summer Apples as Nature’s Medicine
Summer fruits serve as nature’s medicine with apples highlighted for their high water content and light sugars. In natural raw form apples are described as highly medicinal, while cooking can damage their mineral balance and albumen.
Mexican War Veteran John Doxon Dies in West Plains
John Doxon aged 80 dies at his West Plains home after a life of service in the Mexican War and later Civil War era duties with the Third Missouri Infantry. He once witnessed Santa Ana in command at Vera Cruz and reportedly carried funeral funds in a bag hanging from a string around his neck.
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Associated Press
West Plains
John Doxon
Vera Cruz
Santa Ana
Doxon
Third Missouri Infantry
Coxon
Hayag
Girl Leaves Home With Two Boy Tramps in Canton
Miss Maud Meyers aged sixteen from a prominent Canton family eloped after being inspired by tales from two boy tramps, Howard Griffith eighteen and Leo Griffith fifteen, who had recently traveled the nation by freight and begging.
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Associated Press
Canton
Maud Meyers
Howard Griffith
Leo Griffith
Telegraph Company Expands Lines and San Antonio Growth
P. K. Baker of Dallas reports Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone extends lines across the state and buys smaller firms. A campaign aims to reach 12,000 subscribers in San Antonio as investments in the region grow, including a new six story plant on Travis street. Work resumes on Adolphus Busch hotel in Dallas as local sentiment shifts toward regulating saloons.
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P. K. Baker
Dallas
Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Company
San Antonio
Travis Street
Adolphus Busch
Garfield woman credits Samuels treatment for catarrh cure
Nellie Limbaug of Garfield Benton county Arkansas writes she was doomed by doctors but after using Prof Samuels eyes based system she reports recovery from a long standing catarrh. She urges others to try the treatment and notes druggists offer a free booklet titled A Message of Facts.
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Garfield
Benton County
Arkansas
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