Frontiersmen Honor the Alamo Legends and Lost Cannon
A long memorial piece recounts the Alamo siege and DeWitt's colony escape led by captains Kimble or Smith. It recalls John Gaston the 16 year old, Mrs. Gaston, and the bond of Texans at Gonzales and San Jacinto. It traces the fate of the lost cannon hidden by locals and the Christmas firing that damaged it, ending with a wry quip from the Washington Herald.
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William B. Travis
Alamo
Gonzales
DeWitt’s
The
John W. Smith
David Durst
George C. Kimble
Mr. Durst
Captain Kimble
General Houston
Smith
Kimble
G. C. Kimble
Austin
Kimble County
John Gaston
Chess Kimble
G. C
Anna
San Jacinto
Houston
Daughters of the Republic
Fount Tinsley
Young Bloods
Guadalupe River
Town
Stomach Central to Health Says Dr Abernethy
The article quotes Dr Abernethy arguing stomach disorders cause most ailments and that the stomach is the body's vital center. It recounts Mrs G M MURKEN of Corona California praising Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery after long liver and digestive issues, noting restored strength and appetite.
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Abernethy
London
Dr. Pierce
Woman uses sign to find long lost brother at Hoboken pier
Minnie Lubitz of Brookly n traveled to Hoboken when the steamship George Washington docked. She carried a wooden two by six inch sign saying I am looking for my brother. Julius Friedmann, her brother, identified her aboard and they embraced after a customs interruption.
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New York
Minnie Lubitz
Moore Street
Brooklyn
George Washington
Hoboken
Nuremburg
Julius Friedmann
Leaf-Green Power in Plants and Animals
The article explains leaf-green chlorophyll enables plants to take carbon from carbonic acid using sunlight, forming food. It details how plants produce oxygen and feed animals, and how animals in turn use oxygen and release carbonic acid, stressing the interdependent carbon oxygen cycle. The piece ends with a humorous aside about congressmen.
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Janis
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Advertising Card
Promotes Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for cleaning soothing and preventing irritations in the toilet bath and nursery. Claims worldwide sales and offers a free sample and book by mailing to Cutlous Dept 2 Boston. Mentions Oval Brand Staying Stick and Gentle tender-faced men.
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Boston
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San Antonio
Rio Grande Fire Insurance Co
R. L. Ball
San Antonio Life Insurance Co
Henry A. Hodge
J. G. Hornberger
Southwestern Casualty Insurance Co
Homer
EADS
Equitable Life Insurance Co
Frederick Combe
Globe Fire Insurance Company
van A. Webster
Prudential Life Insurance Co
T. W. Robertson
Texas
A. J. Sowell
A. d. Lowell
Cones
Santa Anna
Travis
Bis
Santa
Washington Herald
Golden Medical Discovery
Bridgey
Webber
Herman Rosenthal
Charles A. Becker
New York Police Department
Jack Rose
Harry Wallon
Becker
Rosenthal
Detroit
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