Bandit takes charge of mail car on the Southern Pacific
A masked highwayman seized control of the mail car on the Southern Pacific Short Line Limited No 77 between Los Angeles and San Francisco. He bound three mail clerks, rifled registered mail, discarded money orders, and kept the crew under a running, warning-filled dialogue as the train neared San Francisco. The theft occurred as the train left San Jose and entered city yards.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Short Line Limited
Los Angeles
San Jose
Escape After Robbery Leaves Loot Unfound
A robber fled after a heist, jumping from a vehicle and escaping. The value of the stolen cash or goods remains unknown.
Harlandale Hot Mud Baths Advertises Health Claims
The Harlandale sulphurized hot mud baths promote cures for rheumatism lumbago kidney troubles eczema and skin diseases. A course costs 1 with six for 5 and extra hot sulfur baths or showers priced at 35 cents or ten for 3. Cars to the bath house run for 6 cents.
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Harlandale
Bath House
Daniels Addresses Omaha Club on Western History
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels spoke at a Omaha Commercial Club luncheon, focusing on history west of the Mississippi. He noted that after Louisiana ceded to the U.S. war with England followed and argued Britain might have claimed the territory had the U.S. not acquired it. He highlighted Jefferson’s repeated efforts to explore the region’s vast resources.
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Omaha
Neb
Josephus Daniels
Secretary of the Navy
Omaha Commercial Club
Mississippi River
Daniels
Louisiana
United States
France
England
Great Britain
Canada
Jefferson
Opera season opens with La Gioconda at Metropolitan
The Metropolitan Opera House opened its grand opera season with Ponchielli s La Gioconda starring Enrico Caruso Emmy Destinn L f etc Toscanini conducted Ca roso received an ovation at the finale Des ti and the rest of the cast were warmly greeted.
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New York
Ponchielli
Enrico Caruso
Emmy Destini
Matzenauer
Duchene
Segurola
Amato
Metropolitan Opera House
Caruso
Metropolitan
Destini Ag Gioconda
Toscanini
Leavell Heads to Guatemala Post as Minister
Rev. Dr. William Hayne Leavell departed Houston for his new posting as American minister to Guatemala after visiting his son James G. Leavell. Leavell long served as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Houston.
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Leavell
Houston
Tex
William Hayne Leavell
Guatemala
James G. Leavell
Nda Presbyterian Church
Gas rate hearings warn of West Virginia gas exhaustion
General Manager Sullivan of the Manufacturers' Light and Heat Company Pittsburg tells the Public Service Commission in Wheeling that within ten years the gas supply in Northern West Virginia towns will be exhausted, using the claim to defend rate increases.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Public Service Commission
West Virginia
Sullivan
Manufacturers’ Light and Heat Company
Pittsburg
Teague Pipe Line Completes Mexia to Teague Route
The Teague Pipe Line Company, led by Waco men, completes the first Mexia to Teague pipeline. Officials report the company is willing to extend another line from Mexia to Waco, a fifteen mile stretch.
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Waco
Tex
Mexia
Teague
Teague Pipe Line Company
Eye Company
Gouraud Oriental Beauty Leaves advertisement
A dainty purse booklet of Gouraud's Oriental Beauty Leaves offers perfumed powdered leaves for quick skin touchups. It claims no spills, cleans dirt and grease, imparts a cool bloom, and is sold in white and pink for ten cents plus stamps or coins from F. T. Hopkins, 87 Great Jones Street, New York.
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Gouraud
F. T. Hopkins
Great
Jones’ Street
New York
Foley Kidney Pills Help Mrs. Palmer Recovery
Mr. Palmer of Green Bay Wisconsin reports his wife Mrs O Palmer severely ill with kidney and bladder trouble is rapidly regaining health and strength solely due to Foley Kidney Pills sold by Fischer's Drug Store.
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Fischer's Drug Store
O. Palmer
Willow St
Green Bay
Wis
Congress Considers Short Thanksgiving Recess Amid Currency Bill Talks
Democratic and Republican leaders push a new currency bill with six administration senators drafting and reporting. Talks of a brief adjournment over Thanksgiving surface, with President Wilson to weigh the move while banking committees study reserve shifts and tax implications under the Glass-Owen bill.
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Washington, D. C
Owen
Banking Committee
Administration
Anti Administration
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Senate
Congress
House
Underwood
Alabama
Wilson
Hitchcock
Currency Bill Change Sparks Regional Bank Investment Plan
The amendment would require regional banks to invest 60 percent of available capital in 2 percent bonds at par and permit exchange of these bonds for 1 percent one year notes renewed for 20 years. Notes could be used abroad to obtain gold for reserves. President Wilson opposed congressional adjournment and had not been consulted.
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White House
Wilson
Congress
Social Feud Marks Opening Of Season In Washington
In Washington a split forms as cabinet women drop wives of House members from official calling lists to ease the crowded social calendar. The move sparks a rift with House women, who confront fallout over precedent and invitations. Meantime in Austin, Attorney General Looney returns soon from El Paso after serving in the Texas New Mexico boundary suit before the Supreme Court.
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Austin
Tex
Fort Worth
Henry Hutchings
Washington
D. C
House
Congressional
Looney
el Paso
United States Supreme Court
Texas
C. C. Robey
Suffragettes Rally to Recruit Union Support
Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont Emmeline Pankhurst and Inez Milholland Boisvert lead suffragettes and women workers in New York organizing department store employers into a union. The group arrived on Sixth Avenue and spoke to about 300 employees in the street yesterday afternoon.
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New York
O. H. P. Belmont
Emmeline Pankhurst
Inez Milholland- Boisservain
Womens
Sixth Avenue
For Children There Is None Better Cough Medicine Ad
An advertisement claims Foley's Honey and Tar cures children's coughs and colds without side effects. It promises relief for stuffy colds wheezy breathing coughs and croup and notes no opiates sour stomach or constipation. Fischer's Drug Store carries the product.
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Foley
Fischer’s Drug Store
Zig zag roads urged to cut hills and costs
Washington reports federal good roads officers call for zig zag road layouts to avoid steep grades. They say horses and autos last longer and hauling costs drop, noting farmers’ testimony that steep hills reduce load capacity and road size should be tied to hill grades.
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Washington
Federal Officers of Good Roads
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Ends Asthma Discomfort
A testimonial from Birmingham describes severe asthma relief after using Foley's Honey and Tar Compound from Fischer's Drug Store. The writer claims the remedy removed choking and produced easy breathing.
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Birmingham
Ala
F. L. White
Tf Foley
Fischer
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