LaFollette movement to convene Texas party meeting
In Waco on August 12 independent and progressive Republicans gather for a state convention to back Robert LaFollette for president, name electors, and consider legal status. Delegates hail from Bexar Dallas ElPaso and other counties as dissatisfaction with the Dallas convention sparks a push to organize a distinct progressive wing.
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Waco
Tex
Robert M. LaFollette
Texas
LaFallette
Progressive Republican Party
LaFollette
Bexar
Tarrant
Dallas
Elkis
Gillespie
EL Paso
Johnson
Brazos
Fayette
San Antonio
R. B. Creager
Brownsville
Cotton Destroyed by Sabinal Blaze
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed eight bales of cotton belonging to the Sabinal Mercantile Company and the Home Trading Company in Sabinal Texas early Monday morning. Loss estimated at 1000 dollars and partially insured.
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Sabinal, Tex
Sabinal, Mercantile Company
Home “Trading
Pioneer Resident of Yoakum Dies After Illness
Yoakum Texas reports the death of Z G Bell a pioneer settler who passed away at his family home Saturday evening after a several days illness. He is survived by a large number of relatives.
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Yoakum
Tex
Z. G. Bell
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Woman
A testimonial from a Kankakee Illinois woman praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female weakness. She reports improved health, better energy, and even a successful childbirth after using the remedy, noting her doctor also recommended it.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Kankakee
Minois
Lydia B. Pinkham
Harry Courom
North Harrison Ave
Illinois
Aztec Markings Found in Nevada Caves by Party
Reno Aug 12 Discovery of Aztec characters traced on a thin rock wall in an Eastern Nevada cavern near Lehman cave was announced by Dr B F Schappelle University of Nevada archaeologist. The markings are said to be the farthest north and resemble Egyptian hieroglyphs. In a burial cave with a four by six foot opening to a large underground room five human skeletons were found badly disintegrated. Live angle worms were discovered 190 feet underground in the caves.
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Reno, Ney
Nevada
Lehman
B. F. Schappelle
University of Nevada
Mexico to Observe Independence Day Fest in Matamoros Brownsville
Mexico's independence day will be celebrated September 13 to 19 in Matamoros and Brownsville under auspices of patriotic and social organizations business firms and the Matamoros municipal government A bull fight is planned to mark September 16 with two famous matadors sought for the Plaza de Toros event.
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Brownsville
Tex
Mexico
Matamoros
Plaza de Totes
Mercedes to Build $15,000 Tile Plant in Texan City
Mercedes Texas August 17 Harry Seay president of the American Land and Irrigation company announces a $15,000 tile plant will be constructed in Mercedes shortly. The facility aims to serve the Mercedes and Weslaco tracts while also supplying other areas at lower costs.
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Mercedes
Tes
Harry Seay
American Land ‘and Irrigation Company
Weslaco
Man Wounds Wife and Ends His Own Life in Newark
Newark dispatch reports Christopher Menghis, 45, shot his wife three times at their home to remove himself from their presence, then fatally shot himself. He also fired at his sister in law, Mrs. Lend Agelich of Fall River Mass, but missed.
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Newark
N. J
Christopher Menghis
Plant Juice advertised as stomach indigestion cure in Houston ad
A testimonial from William Moulton of Houston praises Plant Juice for curing long lasting stomach pain loss of appetite and sleep problems. The ad claims Plant Juice relieves stomach liver and kidney troubles and promotes appetite with a fine rest, endorsing the remedy and listing Summer's Drug Store Houston and Navaro streets as local distributors with free samples in San Antonio drug stores.
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Houston
Texas
Navarro
San Antonio
Eleven Forest Fires Threaten West Coast Timber
Eleven major fires blaze across California Nevada Oregon and Washington threatening virgin timber and Yosemite area. Merced River fire near El Portal fights 200 convicts and has burned over 12 000 acres. Five new fires, showers ease some hazards. others near Anthony Lake Baker and Whatcom Kittitas Rainier Chelan. Authorities report lightning as likely cause. lines down near Verdi Truckee river canyon hamper power and communications.
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San Francisco
California
Nevada
Oregon
Washington
Merced Rivers
Yosemite Jtional Park
Merced River
el Portal
Yosemite Valley
Sierra National Forest
Riverside
Cal
San Jacinto Mountains
White Mountain National Forest
Anthony Dake
Baker
Tate
Washington Forest
Whatcom
Kittitas
Rainier
Chellannas
Chelianneal
Trout Creek
Methtu
Nes
Associated Press
Truckee
Truckee River
Verdial
Crystal Peak
Forest’ Rangers
Fortune Paid Local Builders of Stadium
San Antonio contractors Walk & Burney received 29095.05 dollars in July for Texas Memorial Stadium construction at Austin. The payment, near twice July’s prior month, is among the largest to date and monthly disbursements will continue through November. Total expenditure to date runs about 135000 dollars.
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Walk & Burney
San Antonio
Texas Memorial Stadium
Austin
Pearsall Boys Win Third in Grain Judging Contest
Pearsall Texas contestants Henry Colbath and Earl Parks representing Frio county won third prize in the grain judging contest at College Station. Parks ranked third with 292 points out of 300, and a medal was awarded. This marks Pearsall’s fourth consecutive year placing third.
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Pharsall
Tex
Henry Colbath
Earl Parks
Frie County
College Station
Parks
Pearsall
Mercedes Plans Community Meetings
Mercedes Texas August 12 Merchants with the chamber of commerce plan a series of community meetings. The first will be at Santa Maria Thursday evening with a truckload of iced watermelons. A second meeting will follow at an undetermined location.
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Mercedes, Tex
Mercedes
Chamber of Commerce
Santa Maris
Santa Maria
Boy Missing Since August 3 Found in Chicago
Lester Allen Lapidus, an Omaha high school student, missing since August 3 while en route to a citizens' military camp near Des Moines, was located in Chicago on August 12. He appeared well and said he came to Chicago for adventure.
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Chicago
Lester Allen Lapidus
Omaha
Citizens
Des Moines
Chichem
Lapidus
Hundred Searchers Seek Lost Child in Maryland Hills
Cumberland Md Aug 12 More than a hundred volunteers including firemen and Boy Scouts at Frostburg search the mountains near that place for Mary Katherine Mitchell four year old daughter of James Mitchell of Uniontown Pa missing since Sunday believed by her father to have been kidnapped Authorities were told four men in an automobile were seen to stop near the tourist party and lift a small child into their machine.
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Cumberland
Frostburg
Mary Katherine Mitchell
James Mitchell
Uniontown
Army Reorganized by Spanish Chiefs in Madrid
Madrid Aug 12 The Spanish army has been reorganized to 54 infantry brigades plus two mountain brigades and sixteen artillery brigades. A mobilization section for industries is created, an aeronautical section forms, and 76 reserve regiments will be drawn from recruiting zones. Clerical and sanitary sections remain unchanged.
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Madrid
Cashier Held Over Bank Shortage at Fon Du Lac Bank
John M. Speer cashier of the Fon Du Lac State Bank in East Peoria was taken into custody after a bank examiner reported a shortage. The exact amount was not yet confirmed, but officials said the cashier was short about 123000.
Syracuse Youth Foils Bold Extortion Plot
Police hold 22 year old Syracuse youth once called a boy ponzi after a March conviction for mail fraud. He is charged with attempting to extort 500 dollars from an elderly Syracuse woman by threatening to harm her daughter, a Syracuse University student, using letters signed Sixpence.
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Syracuse
Syracuse University
John Elwell
Aspirants for Opera Charged With Theft
Helen Hunt Jackson and Joseph J. Johansson, aspiring opera students from Media Pennsylvania, were held on $1000 bail each for a Wednesday hearing in the West Side court on fugitive from justice charges. They face accusations from C Ford Jackson vocal teacher of Media that they stole six $1000 gold bonds and 140 in cash from his daughter. They pleaded not guilty claiming the bonds were hers and the money came from her father.
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New York
Helen Hunt Jackson
Joseph J. Johann
Media
West Side Court
Miss Jackson
C. Ford Jackson
Whitening remedy ad warns of pimples and dull teeth
An old advertisement urges youths to use Black and White Ointment and Bleachodent toothpaste to improve skin and teeth. It promotes a three product line including a rinse and paste, notes dentist endorsements, and lists druggists such as TH L Wagner and Meiers Pharmacy.
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TH. L. Wagner Drug Co
Sommers’ Drug Stores
Joske
Bree Wolff & Marx
Laurel Heights ‘Pharmacy
Meiers Pharmacy
Prescription for Cold and Fevers and Malaria
A historical notice describes a broad set of ailments including colds gripes dengue fever constipation bilious headache and malarial fever and presents a medicinal preparation intended to treat these conditions.
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Sabinal
J. C. Fields
Mathematical
Toronto
Woodward Vichy
Util
Sterne
Alamo Plaza
Robert’s
Robert’s Booterie
William Moulton
Dart Street
William Moueton
Fortune
Pearsall Boys
Hills
Maryland
Aimel 4. Parsons
Hart Schaffner Marx
Fomby Clothing Co
the House of Satisfaction
Rand McNally
Political Atlas
St. Mary's
Molzschuher & Son
Travis Bldg
Travis and
Max Itz
Gunter Bldg
Milburn Drug Co
W. Houston Cr
Travelers’ Cigar Stand
Broadway Cr
Grothaus Drug Store
East Commerce
Aston Judmaier
Labor and Goliad
Sam G. Livingston
Grayson St. Cr
John H. Ketner
Crosby Street
Chicoke Grocery
City Brug
Santa Rosa
A. L. Wittig
Lobby Moore Bldg. Cr
Main Ave
Phey
Main Ave. Cr
Summit Ave
Grant Woodlawn
Tobin Hill Drug Co
Brooklyn Ave
Felthouse Drug Co
W. Commerce
Katy Pharmacy
S. Flores Tr
R. P. Schmidt
S. Flores St. Cr
Zacks Drug Store
Alamo
Atlas Coupon
the Light
Rand McNally Political Atlas
Address Atlas Dept
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