Button assails insurance fraud at national convention
President Joseph Button of Virginia harshly criticized health and accident insurers at the 42nd national convention in Milwaukee. He cited a four to fifteen company study showing widespread deceit and forgery against poorer claimants and urged merciless action, while praising the Mobile bill for uniform regulation and civil service in bureaus.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
Wis
Joseph Button
Virginia
National Convention of State Insurance Commissioners
Button
Artist Trumbull Dreier marriage declared null
New York reports show Miss Katherine Dreier and muralist Edward Trumbull wed August 8 but the union is void as Trumbull remains legally married with ten children in London. Allied lawyers say the first marriage had not been dissolved. The wedding occurred amid the artist's mother's illness in Detroit.
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Associated Press
New York
Katherine Dreier
Edward Trumbull
Miss Dreier
Trumbull
London
Kidney Cure Claims Successful Treatment
Mr. Perry A. Pitman of Dale Texas says four months of kidney bladder and gallstone illness were cured by Foley's Kidney Remedy after one bottle. Ask for it at King Pattison Drug Co.
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Perry A. Pitman
Dale
Tex
Foley
King & Pattison Drug Co
Booker T. Washington to address Knights of Pythias at fair
Thousands of Knights of Pythias members gather at the Indiana state fairgrounds for the supreme lodge sessions and uniform rank encampment. Booker T. Washington, president of Tuskegee Institute, will speak at the Coliseum tonight.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Negro Knights of Pythias
Supreme Lodge
State Fair Grounds
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee Institution
Coliseum
No Fearing in the Beattie Case Today
Chesterfield Court House Va August 22 Sheriff Gill summoned thirty county residents for possible jury duty in the Beattie case. Beattie Jr remained in Henrico county jail as court did not meet. The jury box had twelve. four faces remained subject to peremptory challenges by the defense. The defense listed twenty nine witnesses, five women, many former associates or former employees.
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Associated Press
Chesterfield Court House
Gill
Beattie
Henry Clay Beattie Jr
Henrico County
Richmond
Jury to Hear Defense Witnesses in Beattie Case
The defense will challenge the cousin Paul Beattie’s account of buying a single barrel shotgun for Henry three days before the murder. Neighbors will testify to hearing calls for help and a car horn as jury selection continues and witnesses await Thursday.
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Paul Beattie
Paul
Henry
Beattie
Richmond
Beulah Binford
Victoria Woman Dies in Calhoun County Visit
Mrs. Margaret I. Roemer of Victoria died Saturday at Long Mott Calhoun county from paralysis while visiting relatives. Her body was brought to Victoria for burial. Rev Prentiss of Trinity Episcopal church led the services. She is survived by her husband three children and a brother.
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Victoria
Tex
Margaret I. Roemer
Long Mott
Calhoun County
Prentiss
Trinity Episcopal Church
City eyes oiling streets to dustless condition
Mayor Callaghan backs measure as War ren heads Bexar County Highway league effort to canvass property owners for oiling streets. Committees will target streets with most applications and renters may cover owner costs to achieve dustless surfaces by the September 4 council meeting.
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Warren
Bexar County Highway League
League
Callaghan
H. E. Hildebrand
Local oiling plan explained by league engineers
S. G. Tayloe, C. S. Fowler, W. B. Tuttle and M. J. Arnold joined W. S. Hawkins, consulting engineer for the league, to brief the committee on the oiling procedure and execution details.
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S. G. Tayloe
C. S. Fowler
W. B. Tuttle
M. J. Arnold
W. S. Hawkins
League
Texas Attorney General to present extended trust report
Special to The Light from Austin, Texas reports the attorney general will submit to the legislature a comprehensive report on the electrical trust investigation conducted in the east. General Lightfoot and Assistant General Brady had six weeks to collect data. The document may address other trusts and is expected to include recommendations for further state action.
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Austin
Tex
Electrical Trust
Lightfoot
Brady
Veterans debate next encampment city at reunion
Oklahoma City remarks claim the Spanish American War erased the Mason and Dixon line uniting northern and southern troops. Col. J W Johnson lauds unity as Tampa and Atlantic City contend for the next encampment site.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Spain
Col. J. W. Johnson
Tampa
Fla
Atlantic City
N. J
Tafts Pure Food reform cited but Foley remedies praised
The message on amending the Pure Food and Drugs law does not challenge Foley's Honey and Tar Compound or Foley Kidney Pills. The text asserts these medicines are true, well-regarded remedies with established medical value for coughs colds throat chest and lung ailments in all ages.
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Taft
Foley
Cool wave hits Panhandle with rain forecast
A cool wave moves eastward across the Panhandle today with indications of rain to follow. Heavy rains fell in Dalhart last night and continue today as temperature dropped thirty degrees. The wet weather hamstrings Panhandle Firemen's association activities. Dalhart hosts visitors and delegates.
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THE
Associated Press
Childress
Tex
Panhandle
Dalhart
Postal Savings Bank Opens in McKinney
McKinney Texas August 22 Poste master Cole reports all preparations complete for the opening of a postal savings bank in the city on September 15.
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M’kinney
Tex
Poste
Cole
Victoria man killed when horse falls on him on cattle drive
Ian Wooten died after his horse fell on him during a cattle drive near Victoria Texas. He never regained consciousness and was buried at Evergreen cemetery. He leaves a mother five brothers and four sisters.
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Victoria
Tex
Ian Wooten
Evergreen Cemetery
French Diplomats Confer On Morocco Crisis In Paris
Premier Caillaux assembles top French diplomats Jules Cambon Paul Cambon and Camille Barrere in Paris to seek guidance amid uncertainty in Moroccan negotiations with Germany. Ambassadors from Berlin London and Rome were summoned for consultations.
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Associated Press
Paris
Cailaux
France
Germany
Berlin
London
Rome
Jules Cambon
Paul Cambon
Camille Barrere
M. Caillaux
Reliable wedding hacks from Palace Livery Stable
Palace Livery Stable offers trusted wedding hacks and services with contact via phone 698 for planning support and reliable vendor coordination.
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Palace Livery Stable
Ministers Confer Over Week End Cabinet Meeting
Justin de Selves the minister of foreign affairs Jean Kruppi minister of justice and Theophil Declasse minister of marine met with the premier who plans a special cabinet meeting to be summoned for the end of the week.
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Justin de Selves
Jean Kruppi
Justice
Theophil Declasse
Marine
Reeves County to Hinge on First Legal Hangings
Gov. O B Colquitt informed Reeves county officials he will not interfere with the execution of Leon Martinez, the Mexican condemned for Miss Emma Brown's murder. The hanging is set for September 1, Reeves County’s first legal execution.
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Associated Press
Pecos
Tex
O. B. Colquitt
Reeves
Leon Martinez
Emma Brown
Reeves County
Deputies Save Sheriff in Jailyard Assault
Sheriff Weisiger is rescued by Deputy Sheriffs Hudler and Saens as prisoner Sidney B. Davis overpowers the sheriff with a broom-handle club and a heavy cup. Davis barricades himself with three cats, is subdued, and charged with murder of Deputy Kibbe. sanity hearing follows.
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Victoria
Tex
Sidney B. Davis
Weisiger
Hudler
Saens
Davis
W. M. Kibbe
Gas Tank Blast Kills Young Man in Marshall Area
Terry Soreman died from burns after a 256 gallon gasoline tank exploded in the Marshall and East Texas railroad pump house at Ashland, 25 miles west of Marshall. The pump house was wrecked in the blast reported this morning.
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Associated Press
Marshall
Tex
Terry Soreman
Ashland
Marshall and East Texas Railroad
Laundrymen's Association Convention Opens Education Program
In St Paul the national laundrymen's association begins its annual convention with an educational program featuring talks on Organization and Our Employers Indemnity Exchange. New York bids for the 1912 gathering, though most members favor Pittsburgh.
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Associated Press
Paul, Minn
National Laundrymen’s Association
Missionary Jubilee Dates Announced for the South
The Southern Extension Committee lists interdenominational women’s missionary jubilees across cities from Norfolk October 11-12 to Dallas November 23-24. Initiated by the board’s semi centennial celebration, the drive aims to raise about 75000 dollars for missions.
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Nashville
Tenn
Southern Extension Committee
South
Norfolk
Greensboro
N. C
Charleston
Jacksonville
Atlanta
Birmingham
Mobile
New Orleans
Memphis
Little Rock
Oma City
Houston
San Antonio
Dallas
Missionary Board
Southern Jubilee For Missions
Mother's Friend Medicine for Expectant Mothers
The text extols Mother's Friend as an oily emulsion applied externally to aid during pregnancy. It claims to ease the ordeal, lessen suffering, and speed recovery after childbirth, promising comfort before and after birth and offering a free informational book from drug stores.
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William R. Badger
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Johnstone
Badger
Emerson Angelus
Circulating Library of Music
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Henderson
Willard
ROYAD
Thos. Goggan & Bros
San Antonio, Texas
SAN Antonio Brewing Assn
Texas
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