Six Convicts Taken to Prison in Texas Transfer
State Penitentiary Transfer Agent Bud Russell moved six convicts to Huntsville to serve sentences from two to fifty years. The prisoners named are Herbert Dodd fifty years Albert Romines two years Matt Balch five years Percy Young two years John Dockery five years Fred Bergman two years. A total of fifty two inmates will be in transit before arrival in Huntsville. The group travels in a specially arranged coach with planned stops at Hempstead Houston and Galveston.
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Austin
Tex
State
Bud Russell
Huntsville
Mr. Russell
Herbert Dodd
Albert Romines
Matt Balch
Percy Young
John Dockery
Fred Bergman
Stuntsville
Army officers called to public re pay boost in civil life editorial
Washington November 27. Army officers attached to the general staff read a Lights editorial urging higher pay for officers and enlisted men. Officers note eight years since a raise and contrast with European salaries and civilian executive pay. Enlisted wages are cited as a barrier to recruitment and family welfare.
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Washington, D. C
General Staff Corps
Lights
Light
The
Army
General Staff
United States Army
Europe
United States
General Funston
Musterole Relief Without Mustard Plaster Burns
A vintage medical ad promotes Musterole as a clean white oil of mustard ointment offering relief from sore throat bronchitis tonsillitis croup stiff neck asthma neuralgia and other pains. It claims fast relief without blistering with 25c 60c and hospital size $2.50 jars.
Kidneys See Treatable Condition Not Habit Says Ad
An advertisement promotes a kidney related condition as a disease not a habit and offers Liquid Shit Make as a remedy. It sells 25 cent bottles at drugstores or via mail from The Shit Make Remedy Co. in Fort Worth Texas with a money back guarantee after a few days if unsatisfied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shit Make Remedy Co
Fort Worth
Texas
Army officers seek higher pay with legislative push
Army officers hope to gain a pay raise through a Senate bill, led by Senator Sheppard of Texas, influenced by Fort Sam Houston conditions. They may amend the army appropriation bill in the short session to secure a horizontal increase, backed by support from The Light and other sources.
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Army of Government
Washington
Congress
Army
Senator Sheppard
Texas
Senate
Military Affairs Committee
Fort Sam Houston
Landlady and boarder debate chicken soup quality
A humorous exchange centers on the kitchen effort and a miscue with the chicken soup. The boarder quips the issue lies with the chicken not catching on rather than the cook’s instructions.
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Boarder
Morning ritual: hot water with limestone phosphate
A health tip urging a daily glass of hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate before breakfast. It claims to flush the stomach liver kidneys and bowels removing waste and toxins, improving appetite and complexion while reducing biliousness constipation and rheumatism.
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Promoted for Kidney Ailments
An advertisement warns of kidney danger from swollen limbs stiff joints and back pain. It touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a natural, longstanding remedy, claiming quick, gentle effects and urging buyers to insist on the pure original included on the box to guard against counterfeits.
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Bright
Haarlem
Diet squad to live on forty cents a day in Chicago
Chicago health commissioner Dr John Dill Robertson announced the two week test on the city diet squad will cost close to the forty cent daily limit per person. The aim is to show cost of good living, not mere existence, for the twelve members. The sixth day shows a five pound aggregate gain as meals include steamed apricots cornmeal mush buttered toast macaronia gratin and beef cannelon with desserts.
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Chicago
Til
Chicago Health Department
John Dill Robertson
Harvard
Tuberculosis Reaps Usual Toll of Life in Texas
Texas October death toll from tuberculosis reached 284 as Dr. W A Davis state registrar reports. Accidental deaths totaled 102 with rail, firearms, falls, drowning, auto, and animal causes. homicides counted 35 with firearms in 23 cases. Births numbered 4014 including 42 sets of twins. deaths 2143.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
W. A. Davis
State Registrar of Vital Statistics
Bloody Italian faction war erupts in Chicago's Little Italy
Police linked a spate of crimes to a deadly feud in Little Italy. Joseph Diovardi, a grocer, was shot on a busy corner. three men and a woman were arrested. Casimir Fialkowski, a Chicago flour salesman recently out of work, was identified from a body found near the Des Plaines river. Kenneth Ault died after a head blow alleged to be from Chester J. Larson following a pool dispute.
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Chicago
Chicagd
Little
Italy
Joseph Diovardi
Diovardi
Des Plaines
Forest Park
Casimir Fialkowski
Chester J. Larson
Kenneth Ault
Ault
Larson
Vinci Advertises Restorative For Debilitated Women
A San Antonio testimonial from Mrs. Elmer Glidden claims Vinci restored her strength after a rundown nervous condition. The ad lists multiple Texas druggists and stores offering Vinci, emphasizing its use for weak, debilitated people and promising household capacity after treatment.
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Fort Edward
N. Y
Vinci
Elmer Glidden
A. M. Fischer
Meier
Sap Drug
Main Ave
George Keene
L. Wagner
Appmann Drug Store
F. Prossel
San Antonio
Texas
Manufacturers Discuss Liability Act at City Meet
San Antonio factory managers and owners will gather Tuesday night at the Gunter Hotel for a Manufacturers Club session on new employers liability act features. Leaders versed in law and practice will explain essential provisions as interest grows in safeguarding obligations beyond indemnity insurance. President G S McElroy will oversee the meeting, expected to draw a large attendance.
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Manufacturers’ Club
Gunter Hotel
San Antonio
G.S. McElroy
Marines Stay In Haiti As Equipment Ships From San Diego
Tentage and other Marine equipment from the Fourth Regiment, previously stationed in San Diego, will be shipped to Port Au Prince, Haiti this week. Officers believe Marines will remain on duty in Haiti for several more months.
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San Diego
Cal
Fourth Regiment of Marines
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Eczema Conquered with Zemo Salve
Zemo promises to remove eczema and stop itching when applied as directed. Available from druggists for 25 cents or one dollar for extra large size, Zemo is an antiseptic liquid claimed to heal skin troubles, sores, burns, wounds and chafing. The E W Rose Co Cleveland endorses it as clean and dependable.
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E. W. Rose Co
Cleveland
Embargo plan meets tepid support from Texas lawmakers
Representative Fitzgerald proposes a food embargo to curb living costs but Texas congressmen Rayburn and Young voice strong opposition. They question harming farmers and doubt enough support exists to force a roll call, while most Texas delegates may side with farmers.
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Washington, D. C
Fitzgerald
Congress
Europe
Texas
Rayburn
Young
Great Britain
Ingenious Mexican Thieves Pawn Ring After Ruse
In Mexico City two thieves posing as a civilian and an army captain rented a car and entered a jewelry shop to study a $1600 diamond ring. After a feigned close inspection the captain fled with the ring in the car and pawned it for $150 at a gambling den. Police arrested the pair. the ring was later returned to its owner.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
United States
Europe
H. A. Kinehan
Australians Deny Claims Of British Favoritism in France
Australian headquarters rejected wireless Berlin reports that British forces favored their own contingents over colonial troops including Australians in recent fighting. The denial asserts Australians were not disadvantaged and challenges the authenticity of the Berlin dispatch.
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Associated Press
France
London
Berlin
Texas Ice Cream Makers To Hold Ninth Convention In Houston
William P. Humason of Lufkin, secretary of the Texas Ice Cream Manufacturers Association, announced the ninth annual convention will be held in Houston from December 4 to 7 with an excellent program arranged for the meeting.
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Austin
Tex
William P. Humason
Lufkin
Texas Ice Cream Manufacturers’ Association
Houston
Contributions to Protestant Orp Home This Week
The past week donations to the Protestant Orphan Home include F E Miller and spouse with a bed costing 12 dollars 50 cents, Mrs L V E Moore giving 13 dollars, Central Christian Church 45 jars of jelly and preserves, Needle Work Guild, Mrs A W Houston president, 105 new garments, Joske Bros Company five turkeys, Ray Lambert two turkeys, a friend two footballs, J L Browne a carload of wood, Mrs White scrapbooks, Mrs Feffman Eagle Pass a clothing bread cakes from yellowtan bakers including Richter Welton Solcher Wolff Pfeiffer Deitzel Pflughhaupt Langsdorf and Adams.
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Orp
F. E. Miller
L. V. E. Moore
Central Christian Church
Needle Work Guild
A. W. Houston
Joske Bros, Company
Ray Lambert
J. L. Browne
White
Feffman
Eagle Pass
A. Oa
Ellowtan
Messrs. Richter
Welton
Solcher
Wolff
Pfeiffer
Deitzel
Pflughaupt
Langsdorf and
Adams
Women Delegates Converge for Maccabees Benefit Meet
Fort Worth Texas November 27 Two hundred delegates attend the convention of the Woman's Benefit Association of the Maccabees. Guests of honor include Mrs Laura Hart of San Antonio Mrs Mary E Mott supreme deputy of Oklahoma and Isabelle Vanslyke of Dallas.
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Woman's Benefit of Maccabees
Fort Worth
Tex
Woman's Benefit Association of the Maccabees
Laura Hart
San Antonio
Mary E. Mott
Supreme Deputy
Oklahoma
Isabelle Vanslyke
Dallas
Sugar Beet Pulp Drying Process Noted by French Inventors
French inventors have developed a drying method for sugar beet pulp to produce a sugar flour. The product is described as usable where high purity is not required.
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Levine
Kirschbaum
Young’s Hats
Alamo Plaza
U. S
Gunter Building
Qualset
Kote
Armour
Xes Company
J. E. Hoban
Crockett
Mexico
Uniform
Auto
Western Front
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