Tonic for thin bloodless girls boosts health and energy
A historic advertisement touts Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People as a cure to pale thin women and girls. It claims the pills build rich red blood improving appetite sleep color and vitality. Testimonial from Miss Ellen Mattis asserts regained strength weight and hue after use. Free booklets offered. price 50 cents per box six for $2.50.
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Dr. Williams
Williams
Ellen Mattis
West Fifth South Street
Salt Lake City
Utah
Price of Clothes to Increase in 1913
New York reports that clothing prices will rise for 1913 as manufacturers lift spring season quotes by about 20 percent. Domestic wool supply shortfall and higher wages push costs, with leather and shoe prices following suit, driven partly by automobile demand.
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New York
Veterans to Meet at W. O. W. Hall Sunday
Albert Sidney Johnston camp No. 144 USC. V. holds a 3 30 pm Sunday social meeting at W. O. W. hall with an planned program. Mrs Maple Massey Bates says Barnard E. Bee chapter will distribute crosses of honor to veterans who were to receive them on Jefferson Davis birthday June 3 at Travis club exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Sidney Johnston
Travis Club
Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Promises Women Health
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery for female illnesses claiming to restore health by correcting local disorders. A Utica Ohio mother of six and Mrs B F Dick Over share relief after following Dr. Pierce’s regimen. The notice invites free access to The Medical Adviser by mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
B. F. Dick
Utica
Ohio
Route 4
R.V. Pierce
M. D
Buffalo, N. Y
Senators Kenyon Lea Led Fight to Unseat Lorimer
Senator William S. Kenyon of Idaho and Senator Luke Lea of Tennessee spearheaded a drive to unseat Senator William Lorimer of Illinois over corrupt election practices tied to Lorimer’s seat in the Senate.
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William S. Kenyon
Idaho
Luke Lea
Tennessee
William Lorimer
Illinois
Cripples Seek Relief at St. Anne Shrine in Chicago
At the California Avenue church an annual gathering of the lame, hair and blind opens with crowds seeking cures. Worshippers supported on canes and crutches, or in wheelchairs, approach the sacred relic and kiss it as Father Daly notes faith has led to cures in past years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Father Daly
Farmers to Meet at College Station Institute Session
The State Farmers Institute program was announced by Commissioner Kane. The gathering at College Station runs July 29 with about 1000 delegates expected and addresses by leading Texas agriculturists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
State Farmers’ Institute Association
Agriculture Kane
College Station
Senate panel to probe forest service spending
Senator Overman of North Carolina introduced a resolution asking a special Senate committee to investigate expenditures in the forest service. The panel would convene during Congress recess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Forest Service
Senate
Senator Overman
North Carolina
Congress
Nominees Vetoed by National Assembly in Peking
In Peking the national assembly vetoed Premier Yuan Shi Kai's cabinet nominees. Premier L Ching Reinke remains in office and threatens resignation. The veto stems from opposition by Tungmen Hall and factional discontent over cabinet representation.
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Peking
National Assembly
Yuan Shi Kai
L Ching Reinke
Tungmen Hall
Tang Shao Yi
Steamship firm reorganized after receiver sale
In New Orleans on July 19, Victor Camors began reorganizing the Blue Fields Fruit and Steamship Company after its charter filing. The old concern, sold at a receiver's sale, is being revived with a new capitalization of 250000 dollars and 160000 dollars paid by Camors. Local financiers back the venture, which plans to resume the former business.
Prominent Taylor Men Attend Wadley Address in Georgetown
Taylor figures Col Howard Bland T W Morse Capt Jack Turner M R Kenedy and Howard Bland Jr travel to Georgetown to hear George Dole Wadley of Macon Ga president of the Southern States Cotton Corporation speak.
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Taylor, Tex
Howard Bland
T. W. Morse
Capt
Jack Turner
M. R. Kenedy
Taylor
Georgetown
George Dole Wadley
Macon
Southern States Cotton Corpora
Yeary and Wadley to return with Bland after Atlanta conference
W B Yeary of Farmersville Texas vice president of the corporation will accompany Wadley and Yeary as guests of Colonel Bland on their return home. Bland recently hosted Wadley at his Macon plantation after the southern governors representatives conference in Atlanta where Bland acted as Governor Colquitt's special representative.
Alligator Captured in Carrollton Avenue Car Line
An alligator about six feet long was captured on Carrollton Avenue in New Orleans by the owl car crew. The conductor and motorman were stranded until reinforcements arrived from another car. The reptile was hauled to the car barns.
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New Orleans
Carrollton Avenue
Dallas Boy Paroled After Juvenile Court arraignment
Charles Fryar a 13 year old Dallas boy charged with burglaries was arraigned with Ed Owens in juvenile court in Houston. Judge Amerman placed Fryar on parole in the custody of his father who will take him back to Dallas.
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Houston
Tex
Charles Fryar
Dallas
Ed Owens
Amerman
Pittsburg Merchants Plan Special Train Tour
Pittsburg manufacturers will send a nationwide advertising train built entirely in Pittsburg. The train will carry brass maker plates and begin in September, touring seventeen states. The southwest itinerary includes Oklahoma City Tulsa Bartlesville Fort Worth Dallas Galveston Houston Beaumont Shreveport Little Rock Memphis Nashville and Paducah.
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Pittsburg
Southwest
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Bartlesville
Fort Worth
Dallas
Galveston
Houston
Beaumont
Shreveport
Little Rock
Memphis
Nashville
Railroad solicitor gives 10000 children picnic in Kansas
D P Waggoner Missouri Pacific general solicitor marked his sixty sixth birth by hosting a picnic for 10000 children in Atchison Kansas. Four train loads of youngsters were brought from across the state at his expense. The event cost about 10000 dollars.
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Atchison, Kan
D. P. Waggoner
The
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Waggoner
Italian at Erie Is Dying From Bullet Wounds
In Erie Pennsylvania on July 19 Benjamin Bellande aged 28 is dying from gunshot injuries. The incident involves a man reported as Italian whose condition is described as critical as doctors fight to save him. Police investigations continue into the shooting with no immediate charges announced.
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Erie
Benjamin Bellande
Woman shoots in self defense as prisoner claims threat
Mrs Lucretia Corgiali, a prisoner, says she fired today to defend herself from attentions by Bellande while her husband works nights. She held her six months old baby during the incident.
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Lucretia Corgiali
Frank Jahn Granted Bail in Hallettsville Murder Case
HALLETTSVILLE Tex July 19 county attorney s son Frank Jahn charged with murder of Ed Ellinston in this city last Saturday night agreed on bail of 3500 dollars. Jahn posted the bond and was released to appear next Monday before Justice Peterson for an examining trial.
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Hallettsville
Tex
Frank Jahn
Ed Ellinston
Jahn
Peterson
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Lorimer
Union Ware
Tate
Houston Street
Leon Sigman
Probe Forest Service
National Assembly of China
Farmers Heart
Missouri
Pacific
Dorset
Cluett, Peabody & Company
Troy
Lone Star Brewing CO
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