Longshoremen Strike Spreads Coastwide
Longshoremen across the Pacific coast began a wage strike at 6 a m affecting about 9000 workers. In Seattle strikebreakers, reportedly African American, were mobilized and tensions were anticipated as two thousand men joined the action. Garment shops in New York face a crisis as manufacturers order reopening to allow employer return after a lockout on April 29, with union pickets urging workers to stay out.
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San Francisco
Calif
Seattle
New York
Manufacturers’ Association
Thousand Business Men Enlist for Monterey Camp
One thousand business and professional men from seventy California cities have enrolled for the civil training camp for civilians in Monterey, California, opening June 10.
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San Francisco
Calif
California
Monterey
Letters From Innes Tied Love To India In Trial Testimony
Mrs. John W. Nelms and Mrs. Eloise Dennis testified in Atlanta that Victor E. Innes wrote affectionate letters to Mrs. Dennis and planned a San Antonio wedding. Nelms described references to a new religion in India and possible Montana Sonora Utah real estate plans, with about $2000 involved.
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Atlanta
John W. Nelms
Beatrice Nelms
Eloise Dennis
Victor E. Innes
Ennis
Innes
Dennis
San Antonio
India
Nelms
Eloise
Uncle Sam Oil Company Stock Offer Promises Big Drilling
A Texas Oklahoma oil stock promotion touts control of 15000 acres and 22 new wells with 4 to 25 percent advance. It claims 150 producing wells, three refineries, 366 miles of pipe, and aims to drill 40 to 50 more while offering stock at a sacrifice price to attract investors.
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Stephens County
Oklahoma
Duncan
Ringling
Pawnee County
Jennings Pool
Uncle Sam Olll Company
Thureday
Middle West
Uncle Sam Oil Company
Great People's Company
United States
Evidence in Innes custody case reveals disputed marriage
The testimony centers on Mrs. Viola Sickles Innes and others in the divorce proceedings of LaVerne Victor Elmore Innes. Papers show Innes married before and that he and Viola were divorced in Carson City in April 1910 with custody awarded to Innes of their son John Graham Innes.
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Viola Sickles Innes
Dennis
Innes
Victor Innes
Atlanta
Mary Hardeman
Laverne Victor Elmore, Innes
Carson City
John Graham Innes
Typhus Fever Topic At Surgeons Meeting
More than 100 Texas railroad surgeons and medical officers gathered at the St. Anthony Hotel in San Antonio to coordinate a typhus prevention drive. Dr. W. R. Collins of Austin gave the principal address on public health and railway sanitation as border quarantine efforts noted. A border quarantine session and a federal quarantine talk followed with a banquet to close the first Texas typhus meeting.
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Texas
San Antonio
St. Anthony
R. W. Knox
Houston
Knox
Mexico
D. Berrey
Bexar County
W. A. King
R. L. Dinwiddie
Bexar County Medical Society
Joe Reuss
Cuero
Sap Railroad
W. R. Collins
Austin
J. F. Siler
Horace C. Hall
Laredo
E. W. Scott
GETS-IT Corn Cure Warns Against Imitations
A cautionary ad urges buyers to choose GETS-IT corn cure, insisting the correct spelling GETS-IT is essential to avoid imitation products that closely resemble the brand.
Gets-It promises quick corn relief in global ad copy
A vintage ad touts Gets-It for corns callouses and warts with bold claims. It extols dramatic pain relief and rapid removal while criticizing alternatives. The pitch urges readers to buy Gets-It from stores or by mail order from B Lawrence & Co in Chicago.
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B. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Easy Way to Increase Weight with Sargol
The article promotes Sargol as a safe inexpensive flesh-building treatment to raise weight by improving digestion. It claims the product absorbs nutrients from food and delivers fattening elements to the blood, promising 10 to 20 pounds of solid weight. It highlights pharmacist availability, a money-back guarantee, and cautions use only when weight gain is desired.
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H. L. Wagner
Delbrueck Critiques Wilson Mediation in War
Berlin reports Hans Delbrueck, University of Berlin professor, argues American mediation favors the Entente and that Wilson’s perceived anti German stance jeopardizes any cordial rapprochement. He says Germany could endure if Wilson offered acceptable terms, while America can enforce limits on England under international law.
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Berlin
London
Hans Delbrueck
University of Berlin
Germany
Wilson
Congress
Europe
Delbrueck
America
England
Police to review cremation applications in New York
The New York police will examine all cremation permit requests filed with the board of health as a precaution after the case of Dr. Arthur Warren Waite who urged cremation of his murdered father-in-law John E. Peck to hide his crime.
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New York
Board of Health
Arthur Warren Waite
John E. Peck
Quillin Rehearing Sought in Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
A motion for rehearing in the case of C. C. Quillin of Travis county has been filed and will likely be argued on June 7 in the Court of Criminal Appeals. Quillin received seven years in the penitentiary for misapplication of public funds, linked as a principal to the same offense attributed to Karl L. Druesedow, former Harris county tax collector, with additional cases pending. The court may act before Druesedow’s July 6 trial date. Gulf Coast Reorganizing Force. Corpus Christi news reports a Gulf Coast Railway reshuffle with Vann B. Wilder moving to Dallas as traveling freight agent, Buford Craig becoming city ticket agent, and H. Webb moving to Corpus Christi as commercial agent under W. J. Doyle’s plan headquartered at Kingsville.
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Quillin
Austin
Tex
C. Quillin
Travis County
Court of Criminal Appeals
Karl L. Druesedow
Harris County
Druesedow
Gulf Coast
Corpus Christi
Gulf Coast Railway Lines
Vann B. Wilder
Dallas
Buford Craig
Wilder
H. Webb
Houston
W. J. Doyle
Kingsville
No More Supreme Court Submissions in Texas Term
Austin Texas June 1 The Supreme Court will take no more submissions this term and all cases appealed not submitted will go over until the next term which begins on the first Monday in October. The court adjourns on the last day of June. Among the cases is one involving mineral rights on land sold under the acts of 1883 not classified as such.
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Supreme Court
Austin
Tex
Conference Begun Between Gavira Pershing In Mexico
Colonia Dublan Mexico prepared for talks on military cooperation between General Gabriel Gavira of Carranza northern Chihuahua and General John J. Pershing of the American expeditionary force. Gavira and Pershing reached Nueva Casas Grandes and were to confer at Colonia Dublan with plans for a brief meeting.
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Colonia Dublan
Mexico
Columbus
N.M
Gabriel Gavira
Carranza
Chihuahua
J. J. Pershing
Nueva Casas Grandes
Gavira
EL Paso
Tex
Casas Grandes
Juarez
Francisco Gonzales
Gonzales
Pershing
Pilgrim Chapter of Rose Croix to Install Officers
Recently elected officers of Pilgrim Chapter of Rose Croix Scottish Rite Masons will be installed at a Thursday evening meeting at the Scottish Rite cathedral. William Seat Fly will be installing officer. Sam L. Harris died Tuesday and was to be installed as treasurer. Emil Frank will serve as treasurer.
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Pilgrim Chapter
Rose Croix
William Seat Fly
Frank R. Newton
John H. Haile
Henry Rabe
Wallace H. Newton
L. A. Heil
Patt Darden Mathis
Arthur Storms
Charles D. Hall
Murray Douglas
Edwin Lamm
Guardian of the Temple
Stephen Gould
Sam L. Harris
Emil Frank
Fatal Accidents for Year Total Seventy Six
Austin reports counts from the industrial accident board under the workman’s compensation act. Fatal accidents number 76 with 11,615 claims. Companies paid 287,296.54 in compensation and 74,041.80 in medical expenditures, totaling 361,338.34 in company expenditures for the fiscal year.
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Austin
Industrial Accident Board
Indiana Man’s Experience With Foley Kidney Pills
Frank Moseley of Moore's Hill Indiana reports relief from constant side and back pains after using Foley Kidney Pills with pain vanishing within 48 hours. The message advises Foley's Kidney Pills for rheumatism backache swollen joints and stiff muscles and notes they stop sleep disturbing bladder ailments. A. M. Fischer.
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Indiana
Frank Moseley
Moore's Hill
Ind
Foley
A. M. Fischer
Doctor's column prescribes tonic and laxative aids
Questions on kidney trouble weak digestion and nerves prompt Dr Lewis Baker to recommend balmwort tablets for kidney symptoms and three grain sulfurlike tablets for bowel cleansing. Other readers receive tonics for nerves weight gain and rheumatism with precise dosages and ingredients.
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Mother of
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Ranch Creek
Awnee County
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Couy
Ita
Cendise
OD. Io Winesse
Sam
THE
Uncle Sam Oil CO
N. H. Tucker JR
Kansas & TY
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Sweetheart
Surgeons’ Meeting
Toledo
George
Baltimore American
LIGHT
San Anton. 10
REAL
Faust
Maull Bros
St. Louis, U. S. A
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San Antonio, Texas
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Lewis Baker
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