Plant Juice touted as cure by Moore Building night engineer
W R Crane of 2116 Bandera Street, Moore Building night engineer, credits Plant Juice with relief from indigestion, gas, bloating, and constipation after purgatives failed. He endorses Plant Juice for bowel and stomach troubles and plans to keep it at home. Available at Fischer's Drug Store Houston and Alamo corner.
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W. R. Crane
Bandera Street
Moore Building
Fischer’s Drug Store
Houston
Alamo
Epworth Leagues to Camp Epworth by the Sea
Several hundred Epworth league members from San Antonio will depart late this month for the annual encampment at Epworth by the Sea near Corpus Christi. The program includes oratory and instruction work with several prominent speakers. The Methodist Sunday school convention and encampment open July 29, with several thousand expected in attendance.
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Epworth
San Antonio
Epworth-by-the-Sea
Chautauqua
Corpus Christi
Bay
Methodist Sunday School
Southwest
Prosperous Local Building and Loan Associations 1911
In Atlantic City 1911 showed record growth for local building and loan associations. Total assets exceeded 1 billion dollars, up over 98 million from the prior year. There were 6099 associations, 230 more than 1910, with memberships rising to 2,332,829 and the average debt per member at 441.81 dollars.
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Atlantic City
N. J
United States League of Local Buildings and Loan Associations
Elks elect grand exalted ruler by acclamation
Thomas B. Mills of Superior Wisconsin was chosen as grand exalted ruler of the Elks by acclamation in Portland Oregon. Also Camorists ask clemency after long sentences as Di Marinas fights for recovery after slashing his throat following the verdict in Viterbo Italy.
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Thomas B. Mills
Wisconsin
Portland
Ore
Superior
Wis
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Tonsil Debate Highlighted By Johns Hopkins Doctor
Dr John N Mackenzie of Johns Hopkins argues tonsils are often removed without cause and their exact functions are unclear He notes tonsils are not a gateway for disease and that prophylactic tonsil removal is overused The Baltimore dispatch discusses public reactions and a humorous aside about the judge and tribute to Aubrey.
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John N. Mackenzie
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore Dispatch
Mackenzie
The Super Race and the Perfect Human Ideals
A University of Pennsylvania professor described a coming “super race” of perfect man and woman with health, mental power, aggressiveness, concentration, sympathy, and vision. He urged individuals to evolve themselves toward these ideals through disciplined living, study, decisive action, and compassionate conduct. The piece includes satire via a quoted exchange about a brother banister turned corridor in the navy.
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University of Pennsylvania
America
Amerca
Scott Nearing
Professor Nearing
Nearing
Inventor Burglar Tales From The Buffalo News
The Buffalo News recounts Arthur Johnston a burglar who created the Johnston pump and helmet enabling deep sea dives to reach bank vaults and caves. It also notes Charles Peace a notorious criminal who, besides crime, was a violinist and devised a novel bow hair fixing method.
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Johnston
Arthur Johnston
London
Charles Peace
The
Buffalo News
Inventor Criminals and Noted Coercive Geniuses Across Years
A survey of historic criminals who were gifted inventors or artisans of crime. It cites a California convict patenting a check alteration detector and a Massachusetts convict selling a sewing machine improvement. It also covers Count Ether Fritz Von Schmidt and his thermite feats, coins of Henry Harvey in Manchester, and Du Chaillon the hypodermic syringe pioneer led into crime.
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California
Waltham
Mass
New York
Fritz von Schmidt
London
Parisian
Berlin
von Schmidt
Belgium
Charles Woodstock
Manchester
England
Henry Harvey
du Chaillon
Paris
Parisian Sage Hair Treatment Promises Healthful Shine
Promoter claims Parisian Sage is a high grade scientific hair product not dye and free from poisonous ingredients. It pledges to end scalp itch and dandruff, stop hair loss, and leave the scalp clean and germ free. Sold for 60 cents at Schwab McElroy Drug Stores and dealers.
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Schwab-McElroy
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W R. Crane
Building and Loan Associations
ELKS
Sponson
Joko
Aubrey Ovah Theah
Wehaw
Callaghan
Crockett Street
the Emmet Bank
West Commerce Street
Goodyear
Mayor Callaghan
Bryan Callaghan
Harvey
Portland Penitentiary
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