Fire Destroys Navarro Hotel Forcing Escape Of Inhabitants
Scantily clad residents fled for life as a fire of unknown origin swept the Navarro hotel at West Commerce and Leona streets shortly before 7:30 AM. The adjoining Howard hotel was saved by firemen. Property losses include the building, furniture, and saloon fixtures with ranges of 9000 to 17000 dollars and insurance coverage. A second blaze occurred at 507 Durango Street, with damage around 250 dollars. A false alarm followed later that day.
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Navarro Hotel
West Commerce
Leona Streets
Howard Hotel
J. A. Fraser
Eugene de la Pena
Jesse Adicks
Navarro
Durango Street
Indianola
Wyoming Street
Freckle and Tan Lotion Promised From Lemons and Orchard White
A home preparation using two lemons squeezed into three ounces of orchard white yields a quarter pint of lotion to reduce freckles and blemishes. The mixture is marketed as harmless and affordable with lemons from grocers and orchard white from drug stores. Daily massage reportedly lightens and smooths the skin.
Fire Insurance Ad From McAllister Co. 418 Navarro
For Fire Insurance see W. W. McAllister & Co., 418 Navarro. Crockett 1580. Advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. McAllister & Co
Navarro
Crockett 1580
Prince Frederick Mourns Lost Pigs
Berlin reports Chief Landed Estate Administrator von Eberstein of Dupres, who runs twenty Prince Frederick Leopold of Prussia estates, will serve seven years in prison. He sold twelve pigs to Master Butcher Haseloff of Teltow for removal during a royal journey, meat sold, and a guest at a restaurant boasted of royal pork, leading to the butcher's arrest and his eventual testimony to save himself.
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Berlin
Tageblatt
von Eberstein
Dupres
Frederick Leopold
Prussia
Haseloff
Teltow
Police prosecute steward and accessory in prince's property case
The police investigation led to the arrest of von Eberstein and Haseloff. Von Eberstein, the recognized steward of the Prince's property, was sentenced to the maximum penalty. Haseloff, found as accessory, received a three year prison term.
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von Eberstein
Haseloff
Canadian Father and Daughter Visit Detroit
John McIntosh and his daughter Janet travel from Canada to visit relatives in Detroit. They tour together daily, prompting Janet to explain her father’s reluctance to go downtown alone due to his strength and their close bond. The aunt jokes that men dislike women tagging along.
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John McIntosh
Janet
Canada
Detroit
Cleveland
Calotabs Declared Nausea Free in Modern Cure Claims
An old drug Calotabs is advertised as de nauseated and widely usable for biliousness constipation and indigestion. The ad claims one tablet at night with water yields no taste no griping no nausea and a refreshed morning. Sold only in sealed twenty dose packages for thirty five cents with a druggist guarantee of satisfaction.
Verdun and Aisne Battles Pivot as German Attacks Continue
Associated Press reports General Petain maintains gains from the Verdun offensive amid renewed German counterattacks. French lines near Beaumont village advanced two thirds of a mile, capturing 1100 prisoners. German diversion efforts in the Aisne met limited success as British air forces strike behind the front in Belgium. A trench raid near Oost Taverne is noted.
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Associated Press
Petain
Verdun
Beaumont
Aisne
Chemin Des Dames
Belgium
St. Denis
Oost Taverne
Germans Attack Aisne Verdun Fronts In Overnight Assault
French reports say strong German attacks targeted the Aisne and Verdun fronts last night. French fire repelled the assaults and all positions were held. More than eleven hundred prisoners were taken yesterday.
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Paris
Aisne
Verdun
War Office
Italians Press On Against Austrians Near Tolmino
The Rome dispatch says Austrian forces are stubbornly retreating at many points while Italian troops, aided by aerial and artillery strikes, disrupt supply lines and take prisoners. General Count Cardona reports progress as Italian efforts push toward victory amid heavy Austrian losses approaching one hundred thousand.
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Rome
Corso
Count Cardona
Tolmino
Carso
Repair War Damage on the French Front
Aug 27 report describes second line troops clearing canal blocks and blown bridges left by retreating German forces. Waterway sapper companies formed after the Marne work to prevent floods, sometimes under enemy fire, using skills from smithing to mining.
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The
Marne
Raid Over Belgium Reported By British Aviators
London dispatch says a bombing expedition over Belgium occurred Saturday night. A successful trench raid east of Oosttaverne about a mile northeast of Wyschade was carried out early today as per the British official statement.
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London
Belgium
Oosttaverne
Wyschade
Highway Commission Ends Texas Tour Heads to Vernon
Fort Worth, Aug 27. After a weeklong drive along the El Paso to Fort Worth highway, the State Highway Commission spent a night in Fort Worth and moved on this morning to Vernon via the joint Gulf and Meridian Roads. They will attend a highway convention at Vernon.
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Fort Worth
Tex
el Paso
State Highway Commission
Vernon
Governor Refunds State Money From Executive Mansion Funds
Governor Ferguson refunded 2403 to the state from the executive mansion appropriation after court rulings allowed only certain payments. The amount covered 1915-16 and 1916-17 appropriations and was deposited in the Treasury. Acting Governor Hobby deposited 3116 to the Texas national guard account.
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Austin
Tex
Ferguson
Executive Mansion
Treasury Department
Terrell
Merguson
Hobby
Texas National Guard
Senators Hudspeth and McNealus push 2 million drought aid
In Austin on August 27 Senate leaders Hudspeth and McNealus urged passage of a bill to appropriate 2 million dollars for drought relief in central western Texas. The plan creates a Drouth Relief Committee to assess needs and issue county grants funded by the state treasury for immediate, donated aid to destitute residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Hudspeth and McNealus
Senate
McNealus
House
Hudspeth-McNealus
Drouth Relief Committee
State Treasury
Bell
Foard County
Officers Camp Opens at Fort Oglethorpe
Chattanooga Tenn Aug 37 The second officers training camp at Fort Oglethorpe opened today for a three month course training young candidates for officers commissions The actual course begins Wednesday with 5500 on the roll about 2500 more than the May camp expected.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Fort Oglethorpe
Four Women Testify to Lydia E Pinkham Remedy
A sequence of testimonial quotes from women in Yonkers Danville Ridgway and North Haven praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female troubles. They credit relief from back ache nervousness indigestion and changes of life and note avoidance of surgery.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkhar
Florence Isella
North Haven
Conn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Belgians protest German redistricting and arrests
Havre reporters note Belgium’s protest to Entente and neutrals over German decrees March 1917 that split Belgium into two regions with capitals at Brussels and Namur, opposing Belgian law and the right of officials to resign rather than serve under the new regime. The document calls for condemnation of occupation powers and stresses lawful Belgian governance.
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Brussels
Namur
Belgium
Radium Facts Debunk Popular Myths About Its Form
The geological survey warns that radium is a scarce metal with a white luster, rarely isolated, and commonly sold as white salts. It occurs in minuscule quantities in ore, so visible traces or large finds are extremely unlikely despite sensational periodical stories.
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Geological Survey
Department of the Interior
Lansing Sisters to France for Red Cross Service
Watertown New York August 37 Misses Emma S and Katharine Lansing sisters of Robert Lansing secretary of state will sail for France to serve with the Red Cross at canteen stations along railway routes near the western front they are scheduled to depart Wednesday for the overseas assignment
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Sisters of Secretary of State
Watertown
N. Y
Emma S
Katharine Lansing
Robert Lansi
Nesday
France
Red Cross
Ralilr
Wester
Sixth annual meeting of the Ama Pharmaceutical Association
Druggists from Indianapolis and across the state converge for the sixth annual Ama Pharmaceutical Association meeting held in Indianapolis. Trade leaders gather as representatives from nearly every state participate in sessions and discussions on industry issues.
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Indianapo
Indianapolis
Ind
Avst
Ama Pharmaceutical Association
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Prince Frederick
Teutons
Hudspeth
MecNealus
Jane Willis
Charlie
Marie Gilligs
Judge
Wolfson’s
the New
Saul Wolfson
Lansings
Pittsburgh Water Heater Company
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