Vitalitas display opens in Fort Worth and Dallas cities
Col John S and Akin of Houston announce Vitalitas misplays will be shown for weeks in Fort Worth and Dallas. The product, mined only in Texas, is claimed to have radium like powers and to draw global interest. Displays have toured Houston San Antonio and Waco with heavy demand. Vitalitas touted as Nature’s greatest curative force sweeping stomach liver kidneys and blood. Displayed at Wag Wer drug store 407 East Houston St.
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John
Houston
Col. Akin
San Antonio
Waco
Texas
Wag- Wer Drug Store
East
Houston St
Carranza Men Driven Back by the Federals
Federals push back Carranza forces as Huerta expels Dr Hale whom officials label as a spy. In the week since Dr Lind arrived in the capital public sentiment shifts, with officials less averse to his propositions. A Mexican reply is expected within two to three days and Lind plans to depart for the United States by week’s end.
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Huerta
Dr. Hale
Dr. Lind
Lind
United States
Villa Moves Southward from Ascension toward San Buena Ventura
Villa leads about 1500 Constitutionalists marching from Ascension Chiuhuahua toward San Buena Ventura about 60 miles west of Gallego Station on the National railway. United States army reports say his forces are moving northward toward the Madera lumber district. Ortega and Villa's main column are poised near San Buena Ventura while federals watch for possible convoy attacks on Juarez trains.
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EL Paso
Tex
Juan Dozal
Constitutionalists
Francisco Villa
Ascension
Chihuahua
San Buena Ventura
Gallego Station
Mexican National Railway
United States Army
Villa
Madera
Juarez
Chiahua
Toribio Ortega
Rancheria
May Publish Outrage Hypothesis Lists Mexican Atrocities
Washington leaders fear senators plan to publish in the record a list of Mexican outrages against Americans. A senator has such a list and others may share the same material. Publication could inflame public sentiment and jeopardize a peaceful solution plan. Leaders seek to delay action until the mission outcome or the election is settled.
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Washington, D. C
Fim
Senate
Americans to Be Aided in Mexican Zone
Americans endangered in the fighting zone near Torreon will be aided by the U S consul. Durango refugees at Vera Cruz will be moved to New Orleans at government expense, leaving Wednesday. Names reported safe include Bell Reeder and wife Cunanea Izert and wife Progresso Louis Lane wife and son Chihuahua. Yellow fever has appeared at gulf ports south of Vera Cruz complicating naval protection duties. All American war ships in Mexican waters are north of the infected area.
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Washington, D. C
Torreon
United States
Durango
Vera Cruz
New Orleans
Bell Reeder
Cunanea
Izert
Progresso
Louis Lane
Chihuahua
Gulf
Federal Troops Move Through Chihuahua Mexico August 18
Dispatch from El Paso reports south and southwest movements by Federal forces in Chihuahua. Gen Felix Terrazas advances along the railroad west repairing bridges and engaging small Constitutionalists. Contemplated offensives toward Jiminez and Parral noted, with Gen Mercado planning further actions near the Juarez line. Government troops are paid in Chihuahua. Northwestern line reaches to San Antonio.
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Chihuahua
Mex
el Paso
Felix Terrazas
Jiminez
Parral
Mercado
Grogco
Juarez
San Antonio
Mexico
American Ambassador Franks Attack on British Office Incident
Ambassador Page visited the British Foreign Office to convey the American government's regret for Henry Lane Wilson’s attack on the British Foreign Office. The incident is described as closed.
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London
Page
Foreign Ofice
Henry Lane Wilson
Questions Before Wed Lock
Philadelphia applicants for marriage licenses face a forty eight question form under the new law driven by Governor Tener. Old forms asked twelve. the new requires parental names occupations birthplaces and residence as well as checks on fitness and mental status with appeals to the orphan’s court.
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Philadelphia
Tener
Orphans’ Court
Legislature Moves To End Work In Hours In Texas
From Austin Texas the Thirty third Legislature rushes to finish business via free conference committees before the special session ends. Bills on liquor law penitentitary reform and redistricting dominate the agenda as the House and Senate push to approve measures, while threats of vetoes and procedural changes loom over the final day.
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Austin
Tex
Free Conference Committee
House
Allison
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Watson
Friends of Penitentiary
Tarver
Capitol
United States
University of Texas
The
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Texas
Temperton
Hall of Galveston Seated to Succeed Kaufman
Austin dispatch notes Galveston official poised to take over after Kaufman resignation. Details on succession and dates remain unclear though the move aligns with county leadership shifts.
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Hall of
Galveston
Kaufman
Senate Delays Confirmations and Bills Amid Turbulent Session
An unsettled morning session featured wrangling before adjournment. Senator McNealus moved to postpone confirmations for J Sheb Williams and others to Tuesday at ten. W L Hall was sworn in to succeed Kaufman. A highway commissioner bill stalled after heated debate as Hudspeth’s Sixty third judicial district bill passed.
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Senate
J. Sheb Williams
A and M. College Board
Messrs. Cabell, Tittle and Brahan
W. L. Hall
Galveston
J. BE. Kaufman
House
Terrell
McGregor
Travis
Highway Commission
Hudspeth
Sixty-third Judicial District
Free Conference Committee
Diggs Expected 10 Take Stand Tuesday in Slavery Trial
In San Francisco on August 18, during the third week of Maury J. Diggs trial on white slavery charges under the Mann act, Diggs is expected to take the stand to support the defense claim that he and Drew Caminetti fled Sacramento to Reno to escape trouble. The defense argues the girls were not transported under the act, citing threats by Diggs’ father and warnings from juvenile officers as factors driving the move.
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San Francisco
Cal
Maury J. Diggs
Diggs
Drew Caminetti
Marsha Werrington
Iola Norris
Sacramento
Reno
J. H. Diggs
Warrington
California
Typhoon Hits Hong Kong Warship Fire Distress Signals
A typhoon at Hong Kong reached 105 miles per hour sinking small boats. the US gunboat Wilmington signaled distress while a tug towed it to shelter. The British destroyer Otter later searched for the pleasure yacht Troy carrying Tamar officers, who were landed safely. Several harbor boats foundered.
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Wilmington
United States
Asiatic Fleet
Otter
Troy
Tamar
Thaw Escape Evokes Extradition Battle Across States
The escape of Harry Thaw from Matteawan sparked New York and federal interest. Authorities weigh grounds for extradition including assault on a guard and bribery of an asylum official. Eyewitness accounts describe Thaw slipping past two cars through a gate as a milk wagon, then fleeing in a awaiting automobile.
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Pennsylvania
Howard Barnum
Poughkeepsie
Thaw
New York
Mary Copely Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
James Maher
Matteawan
Gite
Lowry
Barnum
Rickey
Harry Thaw
Norwalk
Conn
Robt. T. Fowler
Thaw to Fight For Accumulated Estate Income
Allegheny county orphans court will decide at the September term if Harry Thaw may receive income from his late father's estate. Since 1908 funds accrued in the Fidelity Tithe & Trust Company vaults. Thaw sought $30,000. the trust company offered to pay if the court approved. The will provided $2400 yearly plus one fourth of his share if he could manage. Executors gave him the one fourth in 1893. trust company paid income until 1908 when Thaw claimed stoppage. Accumulated income now totals $160,780 with remaining estate at $445,342.71.
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Pittsburg
Orphans’ Court of
Allegheny County
Harry Thaw
Fidelity Tithe & Trust Company
Thaw
Miller
William iThaw
Thaw escape adds act to sensational tragedy
A 1906 theatrical escape of Harry K Thaw from Matteawan State Hospital heightens the sensational tragedy that began in New York City on June 25, 1996 when he with his wife Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and two friends went to the Madison Square Roof.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
State Hospital For the
Matteawan
New York City
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Thaw
Madison Square Roof
Thaw shoots Stanford White at Madison Square Garden
In a dramatic New York incident Thaw leaves his seat during a garden performance and shoots architect Stanford White three times, killing him. White, aged 53, had shaped many city landmarks and had a studio atop Garden. Thaw surrenders the revolver. wife Victoria Thaw pledges loyalty as legal battles begin. The piece notes prior trials and a long legal fight, with references to investments and insanity findings. Also included are brief notes on Jamaica sponge industry detection methods and 1913 export figures for California prune and raisin crops.
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Thaw
Stanford White
Matteawan
Jerome
New York
White
Pittsburg
West Texas Fair Trains Schedule From Kerrville Depot
Trains depart from the Sup depot in Kerrville at 8 15 a m and 5 05 p m for the West Texas Fair in Aug. Round trip fare is one dollar. Adv.
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Kerrville
West Texas Fair
Texas
How to test diamonds for authenticity and imitation
A Washington Post contributor outlines methods to distinguish real diamonds from imitations. He cites hardness, high refractive index, facet regularity, and weight retention in real stones, plus tests using a file, sapphire fragment, water drop behavior, and visibility through the stone. He notes common glass imitations and acids as corrective tests. A separate note describes a Palawan river surveyed by U S Coast and Geodetic Survey officers, navigable to two and a half miles with stalactite-filled chambers.
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Washington Post
Vienna
Palawan
Philippines
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
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