Shriners Enjoy Day Seeing the Lights
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine at the 1914 imperial council meeting in Atlanta spent the day sightseeing in autos and suburban trains visiting historic sites around Atlanta including battles of Atlanta Peachtree Creek Jonesboro Marietta Kennel Mountain Ezra Church and Stone Mountain Other groups toured Blue Ridge and other locales as the conclave prepares to move to Savannah for a weekend outing and formal close Friday night
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Atlanta
Seattle
Mystic Shrine
Imperial Council
Peachtree Creek
Jonesboro
Marietta
Kennel Mountain
Ezra Church
Stone Mountain
Blue Sluice
Savannah
Tybee Island
Honest and reliable family doctor in Waynesville
Mr F R Huffman praises Thedford's Black Draught as a cure for indigestion and heart trouble. He claims it cured fistula without operation and cites 70 years of use regulating the liver stomach and bowels. The ad urges readers to try it at one cent a dose from druggists.
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F. R. Huffman
Thedford
New Temple Granted for Fort Worth Shriners
Fort Worth receives permission for a new Shriners temple after the Imperial Council meeting in Atlanta. The temple will open with more than 500 members and hold the largest jurisdiction in the United States, extending from New Mexico to Oklahoma.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Shriners
Imperial Council
Atlanta
United States
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Antis mobilize to oppose statewide prohibition submission
In Dallas a coalition of leading anti prohibition figures forms to oppose placing the prohibition issue on the November general election ballot. Governor Colquitt and Secretary of State F C Weiner t are among leaders. The plan aims to counter pro submission efforts as the 34th Legislature decides if a two thirds vote is possible.
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Austin
Tex
Dallas
Colquitt
F. C. Weinert
O. Ishrert
Doubt Over Two-Thirds Senate Support for Submission
The text questions whether the necessary two thirds can be obtained in the upper chamber and doubts finding twenty one senators in favor of submission in the lower branch.
State Medical Association elects officers at closing session
The thirty fourth annual convention met in Houston to elect officers and decide next meeting place. Dr. Frank D. Boyd of Fort Worth was elected president with no opposition while Dr. Holman Taylor was re elected as secretary and editor of the State Journal. The 1915 convention site battle among Abilene Corpus Christi El Paso and Fort Worth drew lively interest. Good poultry and live stock sells quickly through Light want ads.
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Houston
Tex
State Medical Association
Frank D. Boyd
Fort Worth
Holman Taylor
State Journal
Abilene
Corpus Christi
Fl Paso
Will Try New Rates For Workmen's Comp Insurance
In Austin on May 14, despite protests and threats to quit, stock companies writing workers compensation insurance plan to stay in Texas. Commissioner Collier reports several firms will not leave the state or stop indemnity insurance and will trial the new rates before deciding on further action if losses occur.
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Austin
Tex
Commissioner of Insurance and Banking
Collier
Indian appropriation bill advances in Senate
Senate Indian affairs committee completed work on the Indian appropriation bill totaling 12 044 576 dollars with a Senate increase from the Indians reimbursable items and a policy change allowing the interior secretary to lease Indian grazing agricultural or mineral lands. The leases' proceeds do not affect the four civilized tribes in Oklahoma.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Indian Affairs Committee
Ashurst
House
Senate
Secretary of the Interior
Four Civilized Tribes
Oklahoma
Moose Lodge Donates to Charity in Austin Carnival
J. D. Moore and J. K. Crump for the local Moose lodge gave a $100 check to the United Charities from a recent carnival. The event had pledged 10 percent of proceeds, but the donation equaled almost twice that amount.
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Austin
Tex
J. D.moore
J. K. Crump
Moose Lodge
United Charities
Mobile Honors Seaman Killed at Vera Cruz
The body of Esau H. Frohlichstein aged 20 from Mobile arrived in Mobile Alabama. He was killed in the Vera Cruz fighting and lay in state at City Hall. Army and veteran groups will escort the caisson through Mobile for a funeral in the Hebrew Cemetery with Governor O Neal attending and a public half holiday declared.
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Mobile
Ala
Esau H. Frohlichstein
Vera Cruz
Winona
O'Neal
Chicago Marine Samuel Meisenburg laid to rest in Waldheim
Hundreds in uniform with bands led a funeral cortege for Samuel Meisenburg the Chicago marine killed at Vera Cruz. Governor Dunn Mayor Harrison and US Senators Lewis and Sherman joined fraternal groups and citizens in the procession. Marines from Great Lakes fired a salute as the body was lowered.
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Chicago
Waldheim Cemetery
Samuel Meisenburg
Vera Cruz
Dunn
Harrison
United States
Lewis and Sherman
Great Lakes
Lake Bluff
Ill
TIZ Foot Bath Promises Instant Relief for Sore Feet
An advertisement touts TIZ as a solution for corns callouses bunions and tired feet. It promises instant relief after a foot soak and encourages purchasing a 25 cent box at drug or department stores.
Insurance Permit Issued for Amarillo Life Co in Texas
The Department of Insurance and Banking issued a license to Amarillo National Life Insurance Company to do business in Texas for the current year. Most life and other companies were licensed as well.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Department of Insurance and Banking
Amarillo National Life Insurance Company
Amarillo
New England Buries Three from Vera Cruz
New England honors three men Daniel A. Haggerty in Cambridge Walter L. Watson in Eastham and Rufus Percy in Highgate on the Canadian border with distinct funeral scenes. Cambridge hosts a military style service with thousands in attendance while Eastham sees a naval militia ceremony as sea side residents pay tribute.
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Boston
Mass
New England
Vera Cruz
Daniel A. Haggerty
Cambridge
Walter L. Watson
Eastham
Cape Cod
Rufus Percy
Highgate
Canadian
Funeral in Pittsburg Honors U S Seaman Delawry
Pittsburg paused as the funeral of Francis Patrick Delawry, seaman of the U S S New Hampshire and fallen at Vera Cruz, proceeded from St Paul's Cathedral to St Mary's Cemetery. Church bells tolled, business halted, and thousands lined the streets while the Second Brigade, National Guard, led the escort under Brig. Gen. A J Logan.
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Seaman
Pittsburg
Francis Patrick Delawry
U. S
New Hampshire
Vera Cruz
A. J
Public Funeral Planned for Fried First Southerner Killed at Vera Cruz
The body of Ordinary Seaman Louis Oscar Fried the first Southerner to die in the Vera Cruz land attack is expected to arrive in Gretna La. and be taken to the Fried home for overnight repose. A state funeral will be held Friday with participation from Jefferson parish religious civic social and commercial groups. Business will be suspended and a monument funded by public subscription will mark his grave.
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Jefferson Parish
Gretna
Louis Oscar Fried
Vera Cruz
French Beauties In Paris Slender and Active Women
A vintage fashion note describes Parisian women as slender and graceful with a nervous temperament affecting their physiques. It promotes a home fat-reduction remedy using papriotis and hot water, claimed safe and independent of dieting or exercise, to restore symmetrical figure.
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Paris
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