Dr Williams Pink Pills praised as cure for paralysis
A sensational claim extols Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People as a cure for paralysis and nervous disorders. Testimony from D L Lucas of Cleveland details dramatic recovery after prolonged illness and near death, with a $1000 reward for fraud proof and an offer to mail a free booklet on nervous disorders.
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Williams
United States
D. L. Lucas
Mr. Lucas
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
N. Y
J. E. Evans
Union National Bank
Schenectady, N
Lawsuit Over Rail Line Contract Between J F Burns and Artesian Belt
The J F Burns Railroad company sues Artesian Belt Railroad for 31339 dollars plus interest in district court. It claims a 1908 contract with Dr Charles F Simmons to build a 40 mile line from Macdona to New Artesia failed due to missing engines and defective equipment. Delays from nighttime switching and trips to Poteet and Jourdan Town are alleged to have hindered construction and labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thirty-Seventh District
J. F. Burns Railroad Company
Artesian Belt Railroad Company
P. H. McNemer
San Antonio
Charles F. Simmons
Charles
Dr. Simmons
Poteet and Jourdantown
Fort Brown Cemetery to Move 3000 Bodies
The National cemetery at Fort Brown will be abandoned and 3000 soldiers and officers buried there moved to Alexandria National Cemetery in Pineville Louisiana. Removal work, contracted to N E Rendall, starts within two weeks due to Rio Grande encroachment.
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Fort Brown
Louisiana
Brownsville
Tex
National Cemetery
Alexandria National Cemetery
Pinesville
N. E. Rendall
Rio Grande
Troops Enter Houston After Simultaneous Advance
General Mills' 4200 regulars entered Houston from the south at 10 o'clock and pitched tents in Central Park. Casualties were few despite the Galveston march, health reported good. Officers to be entertained at the Country club. parade planned for downtown streets tomorrow before returning to Galveston.
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Houston
Tex
Mills
Central Park
Galveston
Country Club
Rice
Train Robbery Shocks Niagara Falls Bandits Loot Freight Car
Four gunmen halted an Erie freight train inside Niagara Falls New York and stole a carload of merchandise. They cut the air hose, forced the engine crew to stop, boarded cars and dumped goods onto the road before fleeing toward the Canadian border. Police search continues with value of loot undetermined.
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Niagara Falls
Associated Press
N. Y
Erie
Graduation Exercises At Beethoven Hall Tonight
High school plans graduation ceremonies at Beethoven Hall this evening. Diplomas will be awarded by vice president T. M. Dechman in Dr. Frederick Terrill’s absence. Salutatorian Viola Crowell and valedictorian Kathleen Murphy will address guests. A dramatic adaptation of The Princess by Tennyson features Edward Holland and Kathleen Murphy in leading roles.
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Beethoven Hall
T. M. Dechman
Frederick Terrill
Viola Crowell
Kathleen Murphy
Tennyson
Edward Holland
Gonzales County finances show healthy balance
Gonzales Texas June 1 The county treasurer reports a solid financial condition to the commissioners court with a total balance on hand across funds of 30427 dollars 12 cents.
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Gonzales
Tex
Gonzales County
Commissioners’ Court
Digestit Offered by Local Drug Stores for Indigestion
Generous offer promotes Digestit as a remedy for indigestion and stomach troubles. Drugstores will refund the cost if customers are not pleased after a few doses, with a full-size package provided at no cost upon request. Digestit digests food, tones the stomach, and aims to permanently cure dyspepsia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Digestit Co
Jackson, Miss
TIZ Foot Remedy Delivers Quick Pain Relief
A vintage advertisement extols TIZ as the only foot remedy that draws out poisonous exudations and cures corns bunions and calluses. It claims immediate relief with use, markets at 25 cents a box, and lists Walter Luther Dodge & Co. of Chicago as the supplier.
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Sam. A. Hoover
Progress
N. CO
Walter Luther Dodge & Co
Chicago
Ill
Boy 11 Murdered by 13-Year-Old Companion
The body of 11-year-old John Maile was found in a Cherry street tenement coal bin with a bullet wound. Investigators say a 13-year-old companion took $15 and bought a new suit. Carmin Pimbino admits firing, claiming accidental death. Andrew Leone was jailed as part of a group of youths who described a scene where they revived the corpse with water and prayed beside it.
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Associated Press
New York
Cherry Street
John Maile
Carmin Pimbino
Andrew Leone
Jesse Pomeroy
Massachusetts
Son Finds Father After Accident at Louisville Station
Frank Buck of the Pennsylvan ia railroad discovered the mangled body of his father William Buck a Pennsylvania railroad passenger engineer at Fourteenth and Main streets. He had waved to friends from a train from Indianapolis when his head struck a new street sign post causing fatal neck trauma. The body was taken to Indianapolis for burial.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Fourteenth
Main Streets
Frank Buck
Pennsylvania Railroad
William Buck
Indianapolis
Buck
Storm toll rises in Pittsburg as winds hit 64 mph
A brutal storm battered the region with 64 mph winds and torrential rain. Nine year old Ethel Mukruer died after being blown into a doorway by the wind. George A. Martin of Pittsburg Tube suffered a fractured skull from a falling sign and is hospitalized. Reports describe widespread damage across the state.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Weather Bureau
Ethel Mukruer
George A. Martin
Scotland Population Rises to 4,759,445 in Census
Scotland's provisional census figures released today show a population of 4,759,445, up 283,342 from 1901. The increase marks the smallest rise since 1861, indicating slower growth over the period.
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Associated Press
Tondon
Scotland
Interurban Plan from Waco to Dallas Confirmed
H H Shear of Rotan Grocery and Southern Traction leaders confirm sale of Citizens' Street Railway and Waco Gas Electric properties to Southern Traction. An interurban Dallas to Waco line via Waxahachie and Hillsboro will be built with a new Brazos bridge and street car service to past Waco. Surveyors are within twelve miles of Waco.
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Waco, Tex
H. H. Shear
Rotan Grocery Company
Southern Traction Company
Strickland of
Dallas
Citizens’ Street Railway Company
Waco Gas & Electric Light Company
Waco
Waxahachie
Hillsboro
Brazos
J. P. Boughton
Street Railway Company
St. Louis
Barroom shooting claims two bystander lives in Denver
In Denver on June 1 a midnight fusillade by Harold F. Henwood killed aviator I. Von Phul of St. Louis and later fatally wounded George Copeland of Victor Colorado, a bystander. Copeland died today from his wounds as Henwood pleaded not guilty to murder in Von Phul's death.
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Associated Press
Denver
Colo
I. von Phul
St. Louis
Harold F. Henwood
George ©. Copeland
Victor
Henwood
Chicago Board of Trade to Consider Drastic Rules
The Chicago Board of Trade will consider a new set of rules to curb breadstuffs manipulation after an investigation into the late May wheat corner. Several members may face discipline as price disparities between May wheat and cash wheat at yesterday's close are noted. May wheat traded around 1.04 and cash around 0.91.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Associated Press
Chicago
Boundary monuments along Rio Grande completed
American engineers of the international boundary commission finish setting monuments on the banks of the Rio Grande created since 1898 and the base line along the military road. Mexican engineers should finish their monuments on the river’s Mexican side in about ten days. Boundary survey in this section will be completed with field notes to be worked out in El Paso.
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Brownsville
Tex
International Boundary Commission
Rio Grande
el Paso
Georgia drainage congress backs state funding for swamp land survey
In Fitzgerald on June 1 the Georgia drainage congress adopted resolutions urging a legislature appropriation of 5000 dollars to supplement federal funds for a survey of swamp and overflowed lands in Georgia. State geologist S. W. McCallie and federal drainage expert J. W. Phillips spoke as the group set July 6 as the date for the next meeting in Atlanta.
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Fitzgerald
Georgia
Georgia Drainage Congress
S. W. McCallie
J. W. Phillips
Federal Bureau of Drainage
Atlanta
Boy shoots father after being told too young to fire
In Louisville a seven year old boy Floyd Powell shot his father John W. Powell with a 22 caliber rifle. The father, injured in the abdomen, faces a nonrecoverable condition according to doctors. A separate ad promotes Hall's Texas Wonder for various ailments with testimonials from Dr. E W Hall of St. Louis.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Floyd Powell
John W. Powell
Hall
Texas Wonder
E. W. Hall
Olive St
St. Louis
Prohibition Speaker Plans 1000 Mile Texas Tour
Rev. H. C. Barber, leading prohibitionist orator, will begin a thousand mile car tour from Fort Worth this week, visiting towns across West Texas to campaign for statewide prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas
Associated Press
Fort Worth
Tex
H. C. Barber
Whooping Cough Party Celebrates a Birthday
Brockton Mass June 1 The whooping cough party is a new children’s entertainment idea. J Anson Brock five invited eight friends with the illness who whooped, played and ate cake and ice cream for three hours. A best whooper received a cake. a consolation cake went to the lad who whooped least.
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Associated Press
Brockton
Mass
J. Anson Brock
Brock
Navy training station near Chicago to open July 1
Two detachments of seamen and petty officers arrived at the new United States naval training station at North Chicago, with Mare Island and Puget Sound units leading the first arrivals. About 100 detachments are expected to follow as the station prepares for its July 1 opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
United States Naval Training Station
North Chicago
Mare Island
Puget Sound
Brick Test a Success Near Corpus Christi
Brick made from Mussett clay and light-colored field clay in Texas near the Mexican border showed excellent texture and rich color with few imperfections. A small kiln yielded uneven temperature, but results surpassed stockholders’ expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
Tex
Miner Crushed by Mine Car in Applewold Accident
John Spyder of Applewold, near Kittanning, was injured when a brake test on a mine car caused him to be thrown under the vehicle. The accident fractured his skull, broke an arm, and crushed both feet. doctors fear amputation may be needed and he faces potential lifelong disability.
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Associated Press
Kittanning
John Spyder
Applewold
Here
Violent quake shocks Grenada city and nearby villages
A strong earthquake struck St George Grenada and surrounding areas at 3 14 yesterday causing destroyed houses and injuries. Jose Loubens and wife owners of a major Mexico City grocery will depart tomorrow via the Southern Pacific to Los Angeles. They are staying at the Bexar.
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West Indies
Associated Press
ST. George
Grenada
Thie City
Jose Loubens
Mexico City
Southern Pacific
Los Angeles
Bexar
Riebe Undertaking Us auto ambulance service
Riebe Undertaking Us offers ambulance service from 221 EB Com. Phone 34.
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Riebe Undertaking Us
Auto Ambulance
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