Mexican Editor Testifies On Brownsville Shooting
Paulino S. Preciado, editor of a Brownsville Mexican newspaper and eye witness, testified before the Senate military affairs committee about the Brownsville incident. He described five to six uniformed black soldiers entering Tillman’s court gate, opening fire, fatally wounding Natous, and wounding him and himself. He identified the shooters as negro soldiers and recounted the chaotic aftermath.
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Washington
Paulino S. Preciado
Brownsville
Tex
Frank Natous
Senate Committee On
Preciado
Tillman’s
Natuous
Mrs McKinley Stricken in Canton Ohio
Doctors Portman and Eyman issued a statement admitting Mrs McKinley cannot survive the apoplexy attack. She remains comatose and doctors say dissolution may not come for a day or two.
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McKinley
Canton
E. O. Portman
J. E.eyman
Massillon’ State Hospital
Aidaiater
Presbyterian assembly endorses Anti-Saloon League in temperance push
After a two hour debate the Presbyterian general assembly adopted unopposed resolutions saying the permanent temperance committee should not engage in political work and endorsing the American Anti-Saloon League as a safe sane effective organization for advancing temperance. The assembly pledged full cooperation consistent with church constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Presbyterian ‘General Assembly
Permanent Committee On Temperance
American Anti-Saloon League
Diplomats Halted by Maryland Suburb Marshal
Washington reports a question of procedure as state department officials with diplomatic immunity face delays and possible halts by Glen Echo town marshal during excursions into Maryland. Several diplomats were stopped and avoided arrest after explanations of their status.
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Washington
State Department
Diplomatic Corps
Maryland
Tmharshal
Glen ‘Echo
Gates Inspects Tulsa Pipeline Interests in Texas venture
In Tulsa Friday night Gates and son Charles L. Gates with about ten New Yorkers visited the Texas company interests en route to Beaumont Texas for its annual meeting on May 29. The Texas company, led by Gates as principal owner, plans a pipeline from Tulsa to the gulf. Gates denied links to the Standard Oil company.
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Tulsa
John W. Gates
Wall Street
Charles L. Gates
Beaumont
Texas
Texas Company
Gates
Gulf
Stattdard Oil Company
Baptist Convention of North America Reunites in Norfolk
The Baptist convention of North America unites after decades of split over antebellum and race issues. The first annual session gathers 4 000 to 5 000 delegates in Norfolk amid national scale reunification.
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Norfolk
Baptist Convention of North America
The
Baptist
North
United
National ‘Assembly
New York law reshapes life insurance sales
The new insurance law standardizes NY policies and bans rebating, letting the agent keep commissions. It shifts sales from easier tactics to trained professionals, including women, teachers, and lawyers. Paul Morton leads Equitable Life in building a vigorous, honest agency nationwide.
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State of New York
Paul Morton
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Morton
Sahara Growing Dryer Says French Explorer
C F Gautier argues the Sahara is drying persistently with oases shrinking and may vanish soon. He cites historic records showing more vegetation 50 to 100 years ago and attributes the change to mechanical causes from advancing sand masses blocking watershed from the Atlas mountains.
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Cc. F. Gautier
Sahara
Atlas Mountains
His Favorite Descent
A dialogue between a flat hunter and a janitor centers on apartment living. The janitor complains children clog the elevator while the mother suggests her son will avoid the elevator yet still cause trouble by scratching stairs and sliding on banisters.
Misfortune in Farm Folklore Joke
A farmer and his son discuss the saying misfortunes never come singly. The boy asks about its meaning and the farmer explains a sequence of weather spells that spoil crops and other things. The dialogue mixes humor with weather woes.
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Farmer Kerntop
Farmer” Kerntop
Doctor touts Grape-Nuts as a perfect food
A physician writes that much disease stems from poor diet and credits Grape-Nuts and cow’s milk with curing malnutrition heart strain and sleeplessness. He endorses the product as scientifically sound and urges readers to read The Road to Wellville in the packages Projecting strong belief in the food’s value.
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Wellville
Prodigal Umbrella Saga and Starch Advertisement
A humorous tale features a penniless girl admitting luck in tough times and recounting a rainy night when she grabbed an umbrella from friends then hid it in a closet. The piece shifts to an ad-like note praising Defiance Starch for omitting harmful chemicals and adding a new strength and smoothness.
Squaring Accounts and a Garfield Tea Pitch
A brief vignette contrasts a starving man appealing to the world to settle his debt of nature with the world’s reply to pay the debt first. Garfield Tea from Brooklyn markets itself as a blood purifier and remedy for rheumatism under federal law, promising general health benefits.
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Nature
Kansas City Times
Garfield Tea Co
Brooklyn
N.Y
Matrimonial Bureau Promiscuity and Breakage Jibe
A witty exchange questions guarantees of intact hearts at a matrimony bureau. The response admits flaws are possible, noting breakages are allowed, reflecting comic skepticism about matching services.
Defiance Starch Promises Fair Trial for Starching
The ad urges trying Defiance Starch for both hot and cold starching with a promise of better work in less time and lower cost. If dissatisfied, customers should return it and their grocer receipts for a refund.
Home Machine Inquiry Sparks Domestic Confusion
A reader quotes a sales pitch asking if a home machine is desired while claiming a wife at home counters the prompt. The fragment hints at a personal domestic dilemma tied to a newspaper ad or notice.
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Herald
Great Nerve Restorer Promises Cure and Trial Bottle
An advertised note promotes Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer as a permanent cure for fits, St Vitus dance, and nervous diseases. It offers a free trial bottle and a treatise from Dr. R H Kline, 931 Arch St Philadelphia Pa. Also mentions a wedding widow pondering men and a cigar teaser, with Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething and a generic aphorism about judging knowledge.
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St. Vitus
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Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Ill
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Bellows Falls
Auburn
Buffalo
Toledo
Ely
Thompson
Lipper
Great Northern Mfg. & Supply Co
Catalar
Rand
Atchison
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