Woman’s simple home remedy ends decades of drinking
A lengthily written testimony describes a wife helping her hard drinking husband quit after twenty years with a home remedy. Readers are urged to write to Mrs Margaret Anderson at 21 Park Ave Hillburn NY for confidential guidance and to share the story with others seeking help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iiquor
Anné
P. W. Cowe
Athens
Penna
W. D. Blac
Peery
Margaret Anderson
Park Ave
Hillburn
N. Y
Title Insurance and the Myth of Perfect Title Guarantees
A reflective exploration questions the limits of title insurance and the idea that warranty deeds can be flawless. It weighs the ideal of always capable and willing grantors, infallible opinions, and perfect public records against the real world of claims, errors, and evolving facts over fifty years.
Taft critics accuse industrial commission of dummies
Protests flood the Senate committee against Taft's industrial commission picks. Critics claim the nine member panel favors capital and labor, with Sutherland leading the public faction, while Julia Lathrop Jane Addams and Louis Branders are cited as opposed voices.
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Senate
New York
Chicago
Stephen Wise
BE FL Devine
Samuel McCune Lindsay
Jeremiah Jenks Schieff_in
Graham Taylor
Taft
Hull House
Jane Addama
George Sutherland
Utah
Congress
Sutherland
George EB. Chandler
Connecticut
Charles Simon Harrett
Georgia
Chandler
Julia Lathrop
Children’s Bureau
Jane Addams
Louis Hranders
Barrett
Roosevelt
Country Life Com
May Impeach Judges Who Jailed Trio
Rumor in Hoise Ida says two or three justices of the supreme court may face impeachment. Progressive legislators visited prisoners R S Sheridan C C O Broxon and A R Crusen jailed for contempt, with reports of lawmakers discussing the matter. A Circuit Judge McIlhan of Portland donated ten dollars toward each man’s $500 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ctrcuit
McOlian
Portland, Or
Odd News Briefs From Across The West Coast
A jumble of quirky items reports misrouted floor varnish causing delays in Gold Hill Oregon. In Centralia Washington police accuse ALSERT BECK of stealing 180 pounds of butter from a freight car and trying to resell it locally. Oakland and Los Angeles items hint at personal misdeeds and marital trouble while Hillsborough imagines a future “Tramps' Heaven” with a French chef.
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Gold Hill
Centralia
Wash
Alsert Beck
Tacoma
Oakland
Willie
Lawyer faces tough choice over dog collar and tags
In Portland Oregon on January 11 a lawyer named Hennessy kept his dog untagged due to a goitre concern. The dog was picked up by the pound master, and Hennessy fears the humane society will seize it if he later attaches a collar.
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Portland, Or
Hennessy
Humane Society
Limitations in a Humorous Exchange
A brief quoted exchange shows a wife and husband in light banter. Judge interjects with a quip about not quarreling, noting he is a husband rather than a lion tamer. The humor hinges on marital dynamics and self deprecating pomp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henny
Beck
Markets Report Prices Paid and Received by Local Dealers
The market summary lists buying prices from farmers and selling prices from retailers. It covers apples pears vegetables and meats with figures showing haying prices and selling prices, noting variations by freshness and grade across regions and items.
Award damages for false arrest in Salem court
Mrs. Lilian Walling Williams was awarded 1470 dollars against A. M. La Follette and wife for false imprisonment. The incident occurred after police arrested Miss Walling at a military ball on accusations of theft from Mrs. La Follette, who later recovered the pocket book.
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Salem, Or
Lilian Walling Williams
A. M. la Follette
Salem
Mise Walling
Thirteen record marks San Bernardino class of 1913
In San Bernardino California the class of 1913 at the high school will graduate Friday June 13. The class currently uses thirteen lecture rooms and thirteen members have attended school thirteen years.
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San Bernardino
San Bernardino High School
Will Investigate Fatal Hotel Fire
Coroner T B W Leland promised the broadest possible inquiry into the San Pedro and Maritime hotel blaze that killed three and seriously burned about a dozen others. The fall explanatory probe targets all city officials connected with conditions at the hotel. The article notes the January 11 incident and mentions the coroner's intent to uncover any accountability.
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United Press
San Francisco
San Pedro and Maritime Hotel
T. B. W. Leland
Garment Workers Strike for Higher Pay and Better Conditions
New York on January 10 reports about one hundred thousand garment workers on strike, demanding higher wages, humane treatment, and cleaner workshops. Workers describe long hours, poverty, and unsafe factory conditions including shared unsanitary facilities, while bosses call the strike cries sentimental and unfounded.
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New York
Garment Workers Demand Major Reforms and Pay Increases
The demands call for abolishing subcontracting and foot-power machines, ending tenement house work, a 48 hour week, and a 20 percent wage rise for all general workers. Overtime pay at time and a half with double time on holidays, weekly wages by class for operators and finishers, and minimum weekly earnings for women and child workers.
Woman testifies she followed Bible call after strike by husband
Mrs F W Clark accused her husband of writing worthless checks and said she obeyed biblical instruction by taking a punch and turning the other cheek. She fought back with coffee and Clark was jailed.
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Los Angeles
F. W. Clark
Clark
Evangelical Gospel Meetings at Effers Music Hall
Weekly Sunday gatherings at 3 PM in Effers Music Hall Dodge City feature a pure gospel focus with healing and second coming themes. Regular pastor Dodge leads, with ministers from across the countrySpeaking schedule to vary. Dreamland dance tonight in Cincinnati Enquirer notice.
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Effers Music Hall
University St
Dodge
Gooding Withdraws From Idaho Senate Race
Former Idaho governor Frank Gooding announced his withdrawal from the contest for the U S Senate seat left by the death of Senator Heyburn and now filled by Governor Hawley's appointee K I Perky.
Congress urged to probe Kansas judges Pollock and Vanvieckenburg
Congressman Harland of Missouri introduced a resolution in the House demanding a congressional investigation into United States Judges Pollock of Kansas and Vanvieckenburg, accused of conspiracy and fraudulent practices. He cited allegations from Kansas City mayor and council that both judges acted in the interest of the Kansas Natural Gas Company.
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United Prece
Washington
Harland
Missouri
House
United States
Pollock
Kansas
Vanvieckenburg
Borland
Kansas City
Kansas Natural Gas Company
Cobbler James Corkles Helps Superintendent in Rockpile Escape
Portland report says cobbler James Corkles repaired Supt. Ross's shoes and, after wearing them himself, escaped danger at the rockpile. The superintendent mourns the loss of a pair of storm shoes.
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Portland, Or
James Corkles
Rockpile
Ross
Corkles
Frost Nips Nat's Orange Orchard
Riverside California January 11 1929 no orange blossoms from Nat Goodwins own groves will grace his wedding if he marries again in six months. His orange orchard at Saboba Springs suffered from killing frosts destroying many young trees.
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Riverside
Cal
Nat Goodwin
Goodwin
Saboba Springs
Tallest Woman in World Dies in Quincy
Ella Ewing, 8 feet 4 inches tall and once famed as the world’s tallest woman, died in Quincy. She toured with a circus years ago and later retired to a grand country home with furniture scaled to her dimensions.
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Quincy
Ella Ewing
Anatomical truss promotion by Arthur F. Bull in Seattle
Mr Arthur F Bull of Dickson Hull Co San Francisco and Oakland will be at Washington Hotel Seattle Monday Tuesday and Wednesday to explain a new anatomical truss for rupture sufferers. The device has no springs belts or leg straps and uses 78 pad styles tailored to the wearer. It claims to avoid pressure on the pulse bone and spine and to fit without chafing or soaking with perspiration. Examinations and fitting are offered free.
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Arthur F. Bull
Dickson-Hull Co
San Francisco
Oakland
Calif
Washington Hotel
Seattle
Bull
Thieves Use Cinematograph Ruse to Rob Paris Worker
In Paris on Payday a band of thieves lured workman Pierre Boulard with a phony film shoot in Rue Goutte d Or. While posing for a supposed cinematograph subject, he was knocked to the ground and robbed of $14 before a bystanding crowd. The operator and accomplices vanished with his money.
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Paris
Pierre Boulard
Boulard
Houlard
National electors to cast ballots for president and vice president
National electors will meet Monday in state capitals to cast ballots for president and vice president. Governors will sign two sets of electoral votes and mail one set while sending the other by messenger to Washington. A joint session of Congress will canvass the vote on February 12 and announce the winners.
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Washington
United States
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Thos. R. Marshall
Indiana
Senate
House
New Combination Door Knob Could Eliminate Keyholes
A foreign inventor introduces a door knob lock operated by knobs or buttons on the rim. The combination can be set so only those who know it can open the door, risking the fate of traditional door keys.
Humphrey's Homeopathic Medicine Advertises in New York
An old advertisement notes GiP and Co's Humphrey's Homeopathic Medicine at 166 William Street in New York, signaling a mid century drug trade presence.
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Humphrey's Homeo. Medicine Co
William St
New York
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Schwedtman
Labor
John B. Lennon
American Federation of Labor
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Order of Railway Conductors
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Pratt
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Ibenne
Malaga
Puget Sound
Modern Furnniture Co
Mary
Harry Burton
Gita Rosenthal
East Side
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Sud
Denly
Adalave
Eva Feldstein
Wollomee Aed
Cagayan
Philippine Islands
Stara and Stripes
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Philippines
Gabe—Smith
Steve
Cincinnas Enquirer
Dreamland
Gooding
Nat
U.S
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Pire
Morglar
Weon Steel
Weon Broet
Marbie
Purcell Safe CO
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L. W. Minor
Jason Stanley
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