Lifespan trends noted in Texas as Vitalitas touted
Texas reports some residents reaching 103 to 105 years while life expectancy rises for others due to medicine and health laws. A new liquid Vitalitas claims to strengthen the arterial system and aid stomach, kidney, and blood disorders. It is advertised as a natural extract sold at Wagner Store 407 East Houston Street with a miniature plant showing its extraction.
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Texas
State Health Board
Wagner
East
Houston Street
Italitas
Fragmentary note on aging and seeking youth remedy
A garbled historical snippet shows a speaker sending a shilling to a young woman for a recipe to look younger. A card fragment asks if the addressee received it and contains a line about always associating with someone twenty years older.
Lost Girl He Wooed But Love Never Died
James Carew Russell head of a New York coffee brokerage bequeathed 25 000 to each of three children of Mary Wait the woman he loved as a youth. He died a bachelor in New York in May last year and named three Welles children in his will, entertaining a long buried romance from Norwich to Washington. A note on his deathbed said he would provide for Mrs Welles’s children, who later died. A Riverside Restaurant supper offered tonight.
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New York
James Carew Russell
Green
Russell
Norwichtown
Conn
Mary Wait
John Turner Wait
Washington
John Howard Welles
Lincoln
Welles
John Phillip
Norwich
Winifred
Cornell
James C. Russell
Mre Welles
Foley Kidney Pills Healing Kidney and Bladder Ailments
The spring months leave women tired with back and head issues. Foley Kidney Pills prove their worth as a healer for kidney and bladder ailments and irregularities. They are a remedy for rheumatism by clearing uric acid from joints and body. Fischer Drug Co.
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Foley
Fischer Drug Co
Skin donor chemist gives skin to child in need
Charles Kaplow a YMCA swimming instructor volunteers 28 square inches of his skin to save the life of ten year old Benjamin Colwell’s son from Nutley New Jersey. Kaplow previously donated skin to a girl, a hospital stay followed, and a nurse who became his wife. the operation is planned for tomorrow.
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New York
Charles Kaplow
Young Men's Christian Association
Benjamin Colwell
Nutley
N. J
Kaplow
Colwell
St. Paul
Riverside Restaurant Seeks Anglers With Prime Fishing Spot
A Riverside Restaurant ad touts a good place for fishing and offers a best meal in city for 25e. The note emphasizes attracting patrons to enjoy meals after fishing.
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Riverside Restaurant
Texas Postmasters Named
Washington May 8 Texas postmasters nominated yesterday include S A Roberts Blooming Grove E T Oliver Caldwell E F English Cameron Laura V Hammer Claude S R Haynes Deleon W A Chancey Hondo W G Carpenter Kerrville W J Kivlin Kingsville Marion P Gillis Rosse Charles C Porter Meridian H L Brooks Pearsall Bessie Peterson Port Lavaca J B J Gober Sanger W B Smith Shamrock J T Fuller Thorndale S S P Tarrant Aransas Pass W J Harkey Palmer Calvin C Davis Iowa Park.
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Texas
Washington, D. C
S. A. Roberts
Blooming Grove
E. T. Oliver
Caldwell
E. F. English
Cameron
Laura V. Hammer
Claude
S. R. Haynes
Deleon
W. A. Chancey
Hondo
W. G. Carpenter
Kerrville
W. J. Kivlin
Kingsville
Marion P. Gillis
Rosse
Charles C. Porter
Meridian
San Antonio Mayoral Campaign Speeches Clash Over Waterworks Bond
In a heated campaign continuation, speakers criticize Mr. Ryan’s eight year record and push for prudent bond funding for city improvements. Clinton G. Brown vows to let voters decide bond amounts, keep waterworks issue a business matter, and quotes the late mayor to emphasize citizen rule. Martin J. Arnold and Carlos Bee cap the rally with humor and praise for Brown's David against Goliath portrayal.
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District Court
Clinton G. Brown
Galveston
Texas
Lewis Fisher
San Antonio
A. H. Jones
St. Louis
Belgium
Old City
Citizens’ League
Martin J. Arnold
Carlos Bee
Arnold
Mr. Ryan
David
Goliath
J Clinton G. Brown
Favor Brown's election mobilizes San Antonio business vote
San Antonio business leaders unite behind the Citizens' League ticket for mayor, arguing a Brown victory enables bond issues for city growth and raises prospects of progress, investment, and better wages. Supporting voices cite Waco's rise after bonding and warn Ryan would stall development.
Campaign rally urges voters for Clinton G. Brown slate
A speaker labeled the campaign as opposing the giant and progress. He calls the audience to vote for Clinton G. Brown and his full ticket, saying they are driven by ambition and youth. He urges San Antonio to break from the past and embrace progress.
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Army of Progress
Mr. Bee
Clinton G. Brown
San Antonio
Citizens League backs Brown ticket for progress in San Antonio
Citizens League leaders praise strong turnout by businessmen at Turner Hall and urge labor and small property owners to support Clinton G. Brown. The circular argues Ryan favors limited bond issues while Brown pledges broad funding for sewer, streets, fire protection, and civic development to attract capital and raise wages. The note compares city wages with Houston and Dallas, urging votes for progress and prosperity.
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Ryan
Citizens’ League
Joe
Clinton G. Brown
A. Seeligson
Citizens' League
Turner Hall
U. T. van der Hoeven
San Antonio
Brown
van derHoeven
Houston
Dallas
Galveston
Austin
Fort Worth
Its Fragrance Allures Riveris Talcum by Lehn & Fink
Its fragrance is exquisite not penetrating yet alluring and pleasing. It promises personal wholesomeness rather than a perfume. Fair women and particular men delight in it for delicate texture and skin softness. Obtain a large glass jar from your druggist under the Lehn & Fink name.
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Lehn & Fink
City election promises progress and higher wages
The speaker argues the city election will bring more work and better pay, benefiting working men. He asserts forward movement, not backward, citing municipal spending on public improvements as the key driver of activity and wage increases across several cities.
Spermatic Shield Truss Promoted For Rupture Relief
F H Seeley of Chicago, visiting San Antonio, endorses the Spermatic Shield Truss as a non surgical rupture remedy. Government documents available for inspection. charity cases invited to view or be fitted. Prices range from five to twenty five dollars. Also, Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound advertised as a cold and cough remedy.
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F. H. Seeley
Chicago
St. Anthony Hotel
San Antonio
United States
Seeley
Washington, D. C
Foley
Croup
Fischer Drug Co
Chilean firm plans six ships for Valparaiso to New York trade
R H Delarari, president of the South American Steamship Company, arrived in Washington to arrange construction of six large vessels to run between Valparaiso and New York via the Panama Canal. The article notes growing commerce between Chile and the United States and Chile's nitrate monopoly as a potential US fertilizer supplier.
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Washington, D. C
R. H. Delarari
South American Steamship Company
Panama
United States
Valparaiso
New York
Panama Canal
Chile
South America
Old-Time Breakfast Pork Sausage Sold By Pound
Union Meat Company offers one pound boxes of breakfast pork sausage at twenty five cents per pound. Customers are advised to place orders with their butcher or grocer.
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Union Meat Company
Travelers in Corpus for Annual Meeting
Corpus Christi May 8 The annual state convention of United Commercial Travelers opened at 10 am with a parade led by a brass band. Mayor Miller gave the welcome, B K James of San Antonio replied. First business session at 11 adjourned to 4 pm. Over 300 members, many with wives, attend. A dinner dance is set for Nueces Hotel with 500 table reservations. Mascot: Miss Mita Newby of Brownwood. Delegations from Amarillo Waco and Greenville seek action for 1914.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
United Commercial Travelers
Palm Garden
Miller
B. K. James
San Antonio
Nueces Hotel
Mita Newby
Brownwood
Amarillo
Waco
Greenville
Riebe Undertaking Co auto ambulance service
Riebe Undertaking Co provides auto ambulance service at 221 East Brock Commerce, phone 341.
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Riebe Undertaking Co
Auto Ambulance Service
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