Malaria Prone Mississippi Trip Fails To Slow R B Powell
R B Powell recalls traveling through Mississippi bottoms where malaria fever was common yet he credits Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey for maintaining health. He reports improved digestion, perseverance in work at age 58, and continued use at home. Powell cites his experience in Arkansas.
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Mississippi
R. B. Powell
Duffy
United States
Mississippi Bottoms
East Std St
Little Rock
Ark
Duffy's Pure Malts Whiskey Ad Promotes Purity and Health
An old advertisement extols Duffy's Pure Malts as aiding digestion and strengthening the body against illness. It claims medical endorsement, hospital use, and government taxation as a medicine during the Spanish American War. Sold only in sealed bottles for $1.00. offers guidance on locating suppliers.
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Daffy Malt Whiskey Co
Rochester
Lodge Sugar Bill Favored by Senate Finance Committee
The Senate finance committee reported favorably on the Lodge substitute for the house free raw sugar bill and unfavorably on the excise income tax bill. The Lodge plan would remove the differential and Dutch standard from the tariff and keep other duties largely unchanged.
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Finance Committee
Senate
Associated Press
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Secretaries of Southern Meet in Houston
The fifth annual meeting of the Southern Commercial Secretaries association convened in Houston with fifteen states represented. Mayor H. Baldwin Rice and Chamber of Commerce President Peden welcomed attendees, and J. A. Warren of Memphis delivered the response as association president. Committees were formed to study key issues facing cities. Participants include John A. Fox linked to the California Panama Exposition and G Grosvenor Dawe of the Southern Commercial Congress. Sessions run through Saturday.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Southern Commercial Secretaries’ Association
H. Baldwin Rice
Peden
Chamber of Commerce
J. A. Warren
Memphis
John A. Fox
San Diego
Cal
G. Grosvenor Dawe
Southern Commercial Congress
Vinci claims restore health in women and others
A 1954 letter from Mrs C Langan of New York extols Vinci cod liver oil and iron as a remedy that revived her energy and appetite after two years of decline. The ad promotes Vinol as a guaranteed strength builder for pale women, overworked men, and delicate children, sold at a Gibbs Building store location.
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C. Langan
Anthony Ave
New York City
Vinci
Orsweatnent Store
Gibbs Bldg
Texas Commercial Sta ries Association elects officers at annual meeting
The Texas Commercial Staries Association closed its annual meeting with D. F. Johnson of Brownwood elected president, J. F. Carter Jr. of San Antonio as vice president, and Porter A. Whaley of Pecos as secretary treasurer. Kingsville was chosen for the next gathering. A. Collman, plumber. Both phones.
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J. F. Carter
Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Texas Commercial Staries’ Association
D. F. Johnson
Brownwood
J. F. Carter Jr
San Antonio
Porter A. Whaley
Pecos
Kingsville
Dead bodies of Tuts found in feed box in Cincinnati
The two boys Robert and Urban Nichols were found dead in a horse stable feed box in Cincinnati. Their father discovered the bodies after dipping a shovel and uncovering a small foot. They had disappeared April 29 and were once feared kidnapped by gypsies. It is believed they fell into the grain and suffocated.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Robert
Urban Nichols
Nichols
Nichol
Michigan
Taft Stays on Tour as Roosevelt Fight Persists
President Taft resumes his Ohio speech tour after a rested day in Cleveland. He refused to discuss withdrawing from the renomination fight, with allies noting pledged delegates and strong Taft support. In Georgia, anti Taft Republicans plan a convention to seat Roosevelt delegates to contest Taft at the Chicago national convention.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Ohio
Roosevelt
Taft
Mr. Taft
Associated. Press
Atlanta
Republican Party
Georgia
Chicago
One Life Lost in Ennis Fire Destroys Lane Building
Ennis Texas May 17 one man died and property valued about 27000 burned in an early morning fire. Lane two story brick building destroyed along with Citizens bank Freeman candy store and other losses. Henry Edge 25 died from severe burns after being rescued. His mother lives in Fort Worth.
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Associated Press
Ennis
Tex
Henry Edge
Evee- Edge
Fort Ort
Freeman
Citizens’ Bank
Lane
Southwestern Roads May Advance Rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission granted southwestern railroads permission to raise transport charges on cotton and cotton linters from Texas to New Orleans by about ten cents per hundred pounds. The new rates take effect June 1. Law Attracts Attention. AUSTIN Texas May 17. The Texas banking law draws nationwide interest with inquiries from states lacking similar laws as Texas reports over 700 banks active after seven years.
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Associated Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Opsracae
Southwest
Texas
New Orleans
Austin
Tex
Gill
Locomotive Crown Sheet Scalds Injure Two Workers
Engineer John Sanders and Fireman Garrison of the St. Louis Brownsville & Mexico railway were severely burned and injured when a locomotive crown sheet dropped near Algoa. Sanders has both legs broken and serious burns while Garrison suffers wrist and jaw injuries plus burns.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
John Sanders
Garrison
St. Louis, Brownsville
Permits Granted For Insurance Firm And Fraternal Groups
A certificate of authority to operate in Texas was issued to the Imperial Fire Insurance Company of Denver. The new insurer has $230,000 fully paid capital. Permits were also granted to the Bohemian Slavonian Benevolent Society of Chicago and the American Knights of Liberty of Rosebud Texas, both fraternal organizations.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Department of Insurance and Banking
Imperial Fire Insurance Company
Denver
Colo
Bohemian- Slavonian Benevolent Society of
Chicago
American Knights of Liberty
Rosebud
Colquitt Campaigns Across Texas Cow Country
Governor Colquitt tours the heart of cow country campaigning for a second term. He spoke in Guthrie and Paducah, with stops planned in Knox City Haskell and other towns. A large crowd heard him in Paducah as part of a statewide schedule announced in Austin.
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Guthrie
Tex
Colquitt
Cow Country
King County
Burk Burnett Ranch
Lynn
Knox City
Haskell
Paducah
J. M. Hawkins
Santo Domingo customs receipts rise in first quarter of 1912
Washington reports that American administration of Santo Domingo customs increased receipts by 205,522 dollars in the first quarter of 1912 compared with the same period in 1911. First quarter receipts for 1912 totaled 995,754 dollars according to state department advices.
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Santo Domingo
Associated Press
Washington
State Department
Harriman Lines Unaffected by Hymelia Crevasse Floods
It was announced this morning that waters from Hymelia crevasse in Louisiana will not affect the Harriman lines and no interruption in communication is expected.
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Harriman Lines
Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Hymelia Crevasse
Louisiana
Harriman
Towboat Capsizes in Ohio River Tragedy Near Pittsburgh
Captain Oliver B. Gilmore of Pittsburgh drowns when the towboat Little Fred capsizes in a windstorm on the Ohio River near Steubenville. Nineteen crewmen narrowly escape death as the vessel is blown onto its side.
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Nare Wape
Associated Press
Pittsburg
Oliver 8. Gilmore
Little Fred
Ohio River
Stubenville
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