Taste in Music Is Like Food, Says University Director
University of Chicago music director Robert W. Stevens lectures students on musical appreciation using edible analogies. He compares instruments to foods and beverages from oboe to Bach, suggesting taste and balance in music, and criticizes the public for preferring sugary, simple tunes.
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Chicago
Robert W. Stevens
University of Chicago
Stevens
Victor Herbert
Irving Berlin
Health Department
Common School Bonds Approved in Texas Districts
The attorney general's department approved multiple common school district bonds including Nacogdoches county district 22 for 2500 at 5 percent, Houston county district 16 for 1200 at 5 percent, Nacogdoches county district 14 for 4000 at 5 percent, Hopkins county districts 17 23 18 and 80 totaling 5700 with rates from 5 to 6 percent, Floyd county district 28 for 1800 at 5 percent.
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Austin
Attorney General's Department
Nacogdoches County
Houston County
Nacogdoches
Hopkins County
Floyd County
Iron Boosts Strength Says Doctor in Bold Claim
Dr. Sauer promotes Nuxated Iron as the best path to renewed strength noting iron in the blood enables food to become living tissue. He asserts many attain double strength in weeks, warns against inferior iron forms, and cites a money-back guarantee offered by the manufacturers, dispensed by H. L. Wagner and others.
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New York
N. Y
Dr. Sauer
Europe
Sauer
H. L. Wagner
Illinois Governor Praises San Antonio Troops on Border
Governor Edward F. Dunne of Illinois reports the First Illinois cavalry and National Guard units in San Antonio are well fed, hygienic, and well trained. He observes the brigade’s march to Land a's Park, notes only one ambulance, and intends to visit Brownsville before returning home.
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Illinois
San Antonio
Edward F. Dunne
Brownsville
Illinois Cavalry
Dunne
National Guard
Wilson
Landa’s Park
Hill
General Hill
Texas
Harry Landa
First Illinois Field Artillery
Camp Wilson
General Funston
Department
Ferguson
Austin
Nin
Third
Ilinois Infantry
St. Anthony
Governor Dunne
Funston
Richard Dunne
F. T. Dickson
Dickson
J. Frank
M. R. Kelly
J. K. Finn
Henry Hutchings
Otto Wahrmund
F. A. Chapa
Governours
Furston
Omar Bundy
Malvern Hill Barnum
William D. Connor
Fitzhugh Lee
Hugh A. Drum
War’s toll on soil and farming echoed by County Gentleman
The County Gentleman warns that global war harms food security and soil fertility. He notes rising costs and shortages of nitrates, potash, and superphosphates, arguing war paralyzes labor and robs the soil, threatening 1916 crops and U.S. agriculture. He adds that no man or nation lives or dies alone.
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United States
You Learn 10 RYO Tips Easy
An advertisement extols rolling your own cigarettes as simple and popular. It promotes Bull Durham tobacco as the world’s mild fragrant leaf, claiming anyone can learn and enjoy personalized cigarettes with papers provided for free.
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Durham
Praise for Americans aid to France honor given by Union of Fathers and Mothers
John J. Chapman receives a letter from the Union of Fathers and Mothers praising Americans fighting with the French army. The society extends sympathy to Mr. Chapman and lauds all Americans aiding the cause in France, expressing gratitude for those who have given or offered their lives and look toward shared victory.
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New York
John J. Chapman
Victor
Union of Fathers and Mothers
France
Chapman
Union
Poison Plot Probed Over Fort Madison Horse Shipment
Investigators from the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad opened a probe in Fort Madison Iowa into an alleged plot to poison horses shipped from Kansas City to agents of entente allies. Officials say evidence indicates the horses were poisoned during transport.
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Fort Madison
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
Kansas City
Fort Sam Houston invites sealed bids for fuel and supplies
Office of the Quartermaster at Fort Sam Houston Texas announces sealed proposals due by 11 00 a m August 1 1916 for furnishing gasoline forage and bedding to Southern Department stations and camps for October 1 to December 31 1916. Information available on application Adv.
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Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Southern Department
Austin Schools Open Sept 25
Austin officials announce the full term of public schools will begin September 25. The city will enforce the compulsory attendance law from the latest Legislature, aiming to boost enrollment beyond seven thousand from the current about six thousand five hundred students.
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Austin
Tex
Duffy's Pure Winl whiskey promoted for digestion and vigor
An old advertisement touts Duffy's Pure Winl whiskey as a medicinal tonic. It claims a tablespoon in water before meals and at night aids digestion, improves assimilation, and strengthens the body against summer diet issues, impure water, and heat dangers.
King George at British Front in France Visits Troops
Aug 16 report from London says King George and the Prince of Wales toured the front lines in khaki, met Gen. Sir Henry Rawlinson and Major General Congreve, entered trenches, and observed battlegrounds near Fricourt Mametz Pozieres and Delville woods. They collected shell souvenirs and paused at an Unknown British soldier grave.
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France
London
George
England
Prince of Wales
Grenadier Guards
Henry Rawlinson
Fourth Army
Congreve
Montauban
Mametz
Fricourt
No Man's Land
Pozieres
Bazentine
Longueval
Delville Woods
Rawlinson
la Boiselle
Fritz
Percy
Douglas Haig
King views diverse troops after Delville Wood fight
The king visited the Scottish division that endured heavy combat at Delville or Devil's Wood. Survivors of the South Africans greeted him with the Zulu war cry as he observed soldiers under the British flag, including Scots English Irish and foreign units.
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Delville
Devil's Wood
Hughes Urges Protective Tariff and War Readiness
In Tacoma Charles E Hughes declared he would not shrink from war to defend American rights abroad. He defended a protective tariff as a means to build up American industry and criticized opponents for failing to lower living costs. He cited McAdoo’s 1914 emergency currency and the Vreeland law as Republican precautions.
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Tacoma
Wash
Charles E. Hughes
Hughes
Mr. Hughes
McAdoo
The Discard at Princess Theater
The Discard a six part V S E feature screens at the Princess Wednesday through Friday. Dorig Wynne at a French boarding school hides her relationship with Python Grant a famed international swindler. Doris Wynne marries Keith Sourne and wealth and peril follow as alienation suit rumors unfold.
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The
Princess
Princess Theater
Dorig Wynne
France
Alys Wynne
Python Grant
America
Doris
Keith Sourne
United States
Grant
Alys
Keith
Bourne
Python
Des Moines Woman Credits Vegetable Compound Over Surgery
Mrs Blanche Jefferson of Des Moines Iowa states four years ago severe illness threatened her life and doctors urged an operation. Her husband opposed surgery and she recovered after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, now healthy and able to work. She urges other women to try the remedy before surgery and invites confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham's Medicine Co. Lynn Mass.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Lydia E. Pinkham
Blanche Jefferson
Lyon St
Towa
Fall of a Nation at Grand Theatre Draws Packed Audiences
Crowds fill the Grand for Thomas Dixon's The Fall of a Nation with matinee and evening shows daily through August 24. The production blends thrills and humor to convey preparedness themes, with Dixon praised for staging and tension amid moments of perceived sincerity issues.
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Thomas Dixon
Mr. Dixon
Don-Ton Park to Open with The Man From Home
Don-Ton Park opens Sunday August 20 with Albert Taylor and his company. The debut play The Man From Home by Booth Tarkington features scenery and electrical effects. The troupe includes Leon Bostwick James Griffin Frank Kelton Gordon Bostwick Johnny Jones Jenny Williams Myrtle Hollingsworth Eugenia Leslie Elma Clark and more.
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Don-Ton Park
Albert Taylor
Booth Tarkington
Taylor
Don-Ton
San Antonio
United States
Leon Bostwick
James Griffin
Frank Kelton
Gordon Bostwick
Johnny Jones
Jenny Williams
Charters Issued In Texas For Various Firms
Charters issued for A. B. Hill & Company of Dallas with 11500 capital. Roswell Oil Company of Wichita Falls with 12000 capital. Brownsville Gymnastic Club of Brownsville with no capital. Universal Ford Sales Company of Fort Worth with 10000 capital. Final payment proof filed by Pulliam Transfer & Storage Company of Dallas. Dissolution certificate filed by San Angelo Colored Benevolent Association in San Angelo.
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A. B. Hill & Company
Dallas
Capital Stock
Purpose
Incorporators
A. B. Hill Sr
R. C. Rochelle
M. W. Burkhalter
Roswell Oil Company
Wichita Falls
C. W. Walker
L. P. Hammond
B. T. Hewitt
Brownsville Gymnastic Club
Brownsville
James A. Means
John Ratcliff
John F. Brink
Universal Ford Sales Company of
Fort Worth
John P. King
Brown Harwood
Dean W. Reader
Pulliam Transfer & Storage Company of
San Angelo Colored Benevolent Association of
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George and
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Anderson
Saul Molson
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Peary
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