Suggestions for Sick Women and Lydia E Pinkham’s Remedy
Four points touting female illness symptoms and remedies. The Pinkham Compound is promoted as regulating the body, aiding backache nervousness irregularities and childbirth prep. Readers are invited to write for confidential advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham Laboratory
Lynn, Mass
Lydia E. Pinkam
United States
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Feast Day At Fifth Mission San Francisco de la Espada
Sunday ceremony at the oldest St. Francis church in the country began with solemn high mass and included a procession. A Jamaica fundraiser supported the mission school as booths and bazaars drew large crowds from San Antonio. An exchange note commented on likening wealth to appetite.
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St. Francis of Assisi
San Francisco de la Espada
Jamaica
San Antonio
Texas Alumni Rally and Luncheon Precede San Antonio Game
Ex-students of the University of Texas plan a 1000 plate luncheon at the Gunter Hotel in San Antonio on Friday before the Texas University vs Oklahoma A. and M. game. A student band from Austin will play, and thousands of UT supporters will travel from Austin. Tickets go on sale at 9 am, with half price for soldiers and children. A 5:30 pm rally at the Travis Club will finalize arrangements for visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunter Hotel
Texas University
Oklahoma A
University of Texas
San Antonio
W. W. Holden
Austin
League Park
Southern Pacific Ticket Office
The
Travis Club
Lions Club Plans Austin Branch Formation
E A Hicks, state director of the International Association of Lions Clubs, arrived from San Antonio to organize a local Lions Club in Austin. He notes Texas cities over 20,000 will gain clubs once Austin is established, with meetings planned later this fall to form a coalition.
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Austin
Tex
E. A. Hicks
International Association of Lions’ Clubs
San Antonio
Rotarians
Hicks
Texas
Begin Hot Water Bathing with Limestone Phosphate Remedy
A health warning urges morning internal bathing with hot water and limestone phosphate to flush toxins from stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims benefits for biliousness headaches and constipation and promotes regular use before breakfast as a simple cure.
Q Ban Hair Dye Claim Promises Entire Head Darkening
An ad copy touts Q Ban as a ready to use liquid shampoo that revives hair color glands and gradually turns gray hair to a natural dark shade. It claims all hair becomes soft, thick, and healthy with even darkening, without any remaining gray appearance.
Cone Johnson to campaign in key swing states
Cone Johnson of Tyler, solicitor for the State Department, is drafted as a Democratic spellbinder for campaigns in Wisconsin Indiana and Missouri. He begins with four Indiana speeches then tours Wisconsin Missouri to aid Democratic efforts while expressing confidence in Wilson's re election and plans to resign and return to Tyler to resume law practice.
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Washington, D. C
Cone Johnson
Tyler
State Department
Wisconsin
Indiana
Missouri
Johnson
Robert M. LaFollette
Old Guard
Texan
Commonwealth
Washington
Wilson
Hughes
Dodson's Liver Tone Offers Harmless Liver Relief
An advertisement attacks calomel for bilious symptoms and promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable remedy. It claims the product cleanses the liver and bowels, prevents salivation, and guarantees improvement by morning with a pleasant taste for children.
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Dodson
Wolfson's Semi-Annual Sale of Household Linens
The sale highlights dramatic cotton market rises from ten to twenty cents, urging liberal six month purchases. National prices drive wholesale to retail costs, with mail orders and free delivery across Texas. Numerous linens and towels priced below regular values, including damasks, napkins, table covers, sheets, pillow cases, and crochet spreads.
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Wolfson
Texas
Harvard
Pope Urges Repeal of Adamson Statute
H. N. Pope president of the Association of State Farmers' Union Presidents calls farmers to urge Congress to repeal the Adamson law. He says labor issues rest with farm workers and that the law harms farmers who must finance it. A pamphlet contrasts trainmen and farmer conditions.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Congress
H. N. Pope
Association of State Farmers’ Union
Besieged by Lions in German East Africa
Private E. T. Baker recalls a harrowing march of over 220 miles to join his company in German East Africa. During one night guarding thirteen oxen, six men built a thorn-branch boma and fires to deter lions, waking to furious roars near their camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capetown
German East Africa
E. T. Baker
Baker
Lions Attack at Dawn Drives Cattle From Boma
In the early hours lions repeatedly surged the boma after cattle, flames and rifles driving them back temporarily. By 5:16 a.m. the lions charged from three sides, the cattle jumped the fence, and the herd was hunted into the bush where roars and wails followed. The natives credit the fires with saving the group.
Henry Stevens Dies in Corpus Christi After 1915 Election Conviction
Henry Stevens aged about 45 died in Corpus Christi Texas last night. He had been convicted in September 1915 for alleged conspiracy linked to irregularities in the 1914 general election and was serving a sentence of one year and a day at Leavenworth pending appeal to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Henry Stevens
Stevens
Leavenworth
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Rack to Represent Austin at Odd Fellows Grand Encampment
A. Rack left Austin for Bonham to attend the grand encampment as representative of the local Odd Fellows. He points to two propositions on the agenda: moving the annual encampment to a quieter season and proposing a Texas city as a permanent gathering site.
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Austin
Tex
Rack
Bonham
Odd Fellows
Texas
Building trades group to co operate at San Antonio luncheon
Members of the San Antonio Builders' Exchange plan a luncheon at the Gunter Hotel on Thursday October 19 to promote closer cooperation among contractors architects and engineers. The exchange seeks larger quarters and has appointed a committee led by President Robert L Bourney. Secretary Ed Oeceffin ger handles reservations. Also noted is a reward for three government horses and six government mules strayed from Fort Sam Houston with hoof numbers provided.
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San Antonio
Gunter Hotel
San Antonio Builders’ Exchange
Alamo Bank
Builders’ Exchange
Robert L. Bourney
Ed Oeceffin
Fort Sam Houston Reservation
Quartermasah
Fort Sam Houston, Texas
The Anticlimax at the Revival Meeting
Two youths on the front seat rise as the sermon peaks with the question What’s the matter. One boy confesses a nosebleed and both depart, while the crowd remains absorbed in the preacher’s admonitions of lax church conduct and present evils.
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The
Christian Herald
Gardener and Doctors Trade Quips on Wounds and Luck
In a lighthearted exchange a gardener, volunteering with wounded soldiers, asks permission to keep cracked eggs or crack them himself if short. A young doctor brags he has not lost a patient since starting practice, while another echoes the sentiment wishing for similar luck.
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Puck
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Pepperell
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Pope
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Crockett
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