California Syrup of Figs Promotes Quick Inside Cleansing
A vintage advertisement urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs for cross or feverish children. It claims a teaspoonful clears foul waste and fermenting food in hours, promising a well, playful child after a gentle liver and bowel cleanse. The ad warns to buy the genuine 50 cent bottle from California Fig Syrup Company and to avoid cheaper copies.
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California
Californias Fig Syrup Company
Yom Kippur Observed Saturday With Services and Reflections
Yom Kippur falls on Saturday October 11 with services at Temple Beth El starting Friday 7 PM and Saturday 9 30 AM led by Rabbi Marks. The rabbi explains the day’s biblical meaning and its focus on confession, fasting, prayer, and introspection as the Day of Atonement and the Sabbath of Sabbaths.
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Temple Beth-El
Marks
Temple
Israel
Isaiah Sviil
Isaiah
Court denies rehearing in Daughters of the Confederacy case
The Third Court of Civil Appeals refused a rehearing in A B Conley v United Daughters of the Confederacy. The decision means the case will be appealed to the Supreme Court for a writ of error. The Daughters won the right to keep their quarters in the Capitol as lower courts upheld they could not be ousted without Legislative consent.
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Austin
Tex
Third Court of Civil Appeals
A. B. Conley
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Supreme Court
Capitol
Trial Court
Court of Civil Appeals
Legislaure
Warden Stephens Seeks Habeas Bail in 1913 Killing
W. C. Stephens state game warden from Hardin county had a habeas corpus application heard by the Court of Criminal Appeals after bail was denied in Liberty. He is charged with killing a man named Monihan in the July 19, 1913 incident.
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Austin
Tex
W. C. Stephens
Hardin County
Court of Criminal Appeals
Stephens
Monihan
Berlin Doctor Uses Brain Stimulation To Induce Sleep
A Berlin physician reports waking sleepless patients with electrical currents at the brain base. The method aims to ease chronic insomnia by targeting neural activity, offering a new approach to rest for those unable to sleep naturally.
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Berlin
Bankers Rally Against Federal Reserve Plan at Convention
Boston October 9 bankers from across the nation rejected the proposed federal reserve reform bill. The American Bankers Association endorsed amendments to the Glass Owen plan and praised authorities while opposing government control seen as socialist.
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Boston
Mass
United States
Federal Reserve Plan
American Bankers’ Association
Conference of Bankers
Congress
Currency Commission
Secretary of the Treasury
Miss Daffan Addresses Daughters in Austin
Albert Sidney Johnston Chapter Daughters of the Confederacy marked Judge John R. Reagan's birth anniversary in the statehouse quarters. Miss Katie Daffan superintendent of the Confederate Woman's Home delivered an address as Austin school children helped with the ceremony. Veterans from the Confederate Home attended.
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Miss Daffan
Austin
Tex
Albert Sydney Johnston
Daughters of the Confederacy
John R. Reagan
Statehouse
Katie Daffan
Confederate Woman's Home
Good Roads Bonds Approved in Matagorda County
R. R. Lewis Matagorda county attorney secured approval from the attorney general for a 60000 dollar Matagorda county drainage bond issue. The plan is to use the proceeds to build 30 miles of roads in the county.
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Austin
Tex
R. R. Lewis
Matagorda County
Attorney General's Department
Lewis
Schoch Declines Washington Chemistry Post
Dr. E P Schoch of the University of Texas chemistry school was offered as chief chemist in the Washington bureau of chemistry at a $4000 annual salary but declined the position. He is a UT grad and the offer was announced in Austin Texas.
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Schoch
Austin
Tex
E. P. Schoch
School of Chemistry
University of Texas
Bureau of Chemistry
Washington
Roller Towels Abolished in Government Buildings
Washington October 9 1913 President Wilson ordered the abolition of the long time roller towel in government buildings. Individual towels will replace the rollers in a move said to protect public health.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Itching Skin Leads to Cured Baby in Virginia
Mrs J R Greggs of Glenns P O Virginia reports a year of itching and painful sores in her baby. She tried medicines before using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, bathing and applying the products twice, which relieved symptoms and cured the child in two weeks. The ad touts Cuticura for skin and scalp issues and offers free samples.
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Glenns P. O
J. R Greggs
Cuticura
Dept. T
Boston
101 Ranch Wild West Show Promises Largest Western Gathering
The 101 Ranch Real Wild West Show comes Monday October 20 featuring Indians, cowboys, cowgirls and western people in a fully western program. The show stresses historical scenes, ranch daily life, western sports, expert shooting, rope tricks, and displays from Old Mexico with no eastern elements.
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101 Ranch
Big 101 Ranch
Bliss
Oklahoma
Far West
Old
Mexico
Secretary McAdoo Orders Arabic Numerals for Public Buildings
Secretary McAdoo told the supervising architect of the treasury to replace Roman numerals with Arabic numerals on all public buildings. The move aims to ease public understanding and was described as a revolutionary yet likely popular order.
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Washington, D. C
McAdoo
The
Treasury
Bottling Plant Collapses in Texas Town
A brick building housing a local bottling works in PLEASANT, Texas collapsed at 4 a.m. The site was unoccupied and damage is estimated at 2000 dollars.
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MT. Pleasant
Tex
Arouse Yourself From The Blues Warns Of Digestion Link
The text suggests relief from depression by addressing the liver, digestion, and clogged bowels, urging readers to take action to overcome a languid mood. It frames the issue as a medical condition tied to bodily function.
President reviews 2000 cavalrymen in DC parade
Twenty hundred khaki cavalrymen from Fort Myer and allied posts marched to Washington for a review before President Wilson and foreign attachés. The display contrasted modern drills with Civil War era maneuvers and showcased new, silent drill methods under Colonel C. H. Murray.
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Washington
D. C
Virginia Hills
Wilson
Fort Myer
Potomac Park
Garrison
Leonard Wood
War Department
Senate
House
Fort Ethan Allen
Fort Oglethorpe
Fort Sheridan
Ill
National
Shenandoah Valley
Europe
Germany
France
Italy
England
Uncle Sam
C. H. Murray
Police Recruits Hit New York Shake Up In West Side
New York faces a major police overhaul as all officers in the upper west side are to be replaced with 600 fresh graduates from the police school. The model district plan targets areas with hotels apartments and amusements as capt J B Kohler trained recruits emphasize clean efficient service free of any taint of corruption.
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New York
Upper West Side
J. B. Kohler
West Point
Waldo
City May Get Art Works From Altman Collection
The estate of Benjamin Altman may leave his art collection to the city under his will. Valued at about 10 million dollars the collection includes Rembrandts masters Chinese porcelain worth around 1 million and jewelry gold rugs bronze and marble now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Hope remains that objects stay in the museum.
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New York
Benjamin Altman
Rembrandts
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cuba to Be Represented at Panama Exposition
The Havana leg of the Panama-Pacific Exposition tour reports Cuba will be worthily represented at San Francisco in 1915. President Menocal received the commissioners yesterday.
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Havana
Cuba
San Francisco
Menocal
Lower Passenger Fares Refused
The Nevada railroad commission cannot cut main and branch line passenger fares from 4 and 5 cents to 8 cents per mile. Judge Farrington of the U S District Court in Carson City issued the restraining order yesterday halting the January fare reduction.
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San Francisco
Cal
Nevada
Nevada State Railroad Commission
Farrington
United States District Court
Carson City
Torchlight Parade to Honor German Liberation Centenary
In St. Louis on October 9, about 15,000 German-Americans from across the country will take part in a torchlight parade marking the liberation from Napoleon’s rule a century ago. All city military organizations will join the demonstration.
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ST. Louis
Russian youth on trial for murder in Kiev case
Mendel Beiliss faces trial before four judges over the March 26 1911 murder of 13 year old Andrew Yushinsky near Kiev. Prosecution upholds ritual murder theory. court crowded, police detachment present, jury largely peasant with officials in attendance.
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Kiev
Russia
Mendel Beiliss
Andrew Yushinsky
Boulderiew
Kinsky
Holy Synod
Beijliss
Charters Issued for Texas Firms in October
Austin reports charter actions for Campbell-Yerkes Grocery Company of Houston with $5000 capital. incorporators J W Campbell W A Yerkes and W W Burkett. Kathleen Oil & Gas Company of Crockett with $15000 capital. incorporators A F Haynie J C Worf ford and F J Lock. Delta Land & Timber Company of Dover Delaware granted Texas permit to do business. capital $500000. Texas headquarters in Houston.
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Austin
Tex
Campbell-Yerkes Grocery Company of
Houston
Capital Stock
J. W. Campbell W. A Yerkes
W. W. Burkett
Kathleen Oil & Gas Company of
Crockett
A. F. Haynie
J. C. Worfford
F. J Lock
Texas
Delta Land & Timber Company
Dover
Delaware
Dalhart Amarillo highway route revised to cut miles
The automobile highway route between Dalhart and Amarillo was revised today by Marcus Dodds rerouting via Channing instead of Dumas. Delinquent tax suits are noted alongside other tax due actions. In Austin Pure Food Commissioner Abbott announced Mrs Murphy of Denton as a pure food inspector with arrest authority, the second woman in the state to hold such post, after Gainesville.
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Dalhart
Tex
Here
Amarillo
Marcus Dodds
Channing
Dumas
Austin
Abbott
Www. Murphy
Denton
Gainesville
Three hundred twenty two tax suits filed in district court
Austin Texas October 9 Three hundred twenty two tax suits have been filed in the Fifty third District Court by the county attorney. Local officials indicate the action targets delinquent properties and involves substantial sums. The docket shows suits across multiple precincts with hearings expected this month.
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Austin, Tex
Fifty-third District
Attor
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