Famous Buffalo sanitarium founder's medical legacy
A well known institution in Buffalo runs a modern sanitarium with updated facilities for diagnosis and treatment. Dr. Pierce, founder of the Invalids Hotel, promoted a stomach tonic and a non alcoholic remedy for women. He published the Medical Adviser and established a free medical correspondence bureau with affordable home remedies.
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America
Doctor Pierce
Invalids
Buffalo
Dr. Pierce
M Who
N. Y
Pierce
Dr King’s New Discovery Promises Quick Cold Relief
Vintage medicine ad touts Dr. King’s New Discovery for grippe and chest congestion. Claims soothe throat, ease cough and croup with “standard half a century” safety and no after effects. Price 60 cents or $1.20 per bottle at druggists.
Dr King’s New Life Pills Aid Regular Bowels
An old advertisement promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills to ease bilious symptoms and indigestion by moving the bowels smoothly. It urges trying one tonight and notes the price at 25 cents with all druggists carrying the product.
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Dr. King
Sloan's Liniment for nerve pains and aches
An ad touts Sloan's Liniment for neuralgia and external pains. It claims quick penetration without rubbing to soothe nerves and relieve strains bruises stiff joints sore muscles lum bago neuritis sciatica and rheumatic twinges. Available in 35c and 1.40 sizes.
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Sloan
Oklahoma bounds fixed in Burk Divide oil land case
Federal Judge Yeomans ruled the disputed 160 acre Burk Divide tract lies within Oklahoma and not Texas, basing his decision on treaties, the Texas admission act, and the Greer County ruling. He found the south line of the Metes and Bounds tract north of the Red River and barred Texas receivers from seizing the land.
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Enid
Yoemans
Cottrell
Burk Divide
Judsonia Development Association
Sam Sparks
United States
Spain
Mexico
Republic of Texas
Congress
Texas
Greer County
United States Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Red River
Yeomans
Yeemans
Travis County
United States Marshals
Settlement obtained on disposal of East Texas road
Assistant Attorneys General Clifford Stone and W W Caves secured a settlement with Federal District Judge Estes over the Marshall and East Texas Railroad disposal. The sale will proceed as a single entity, with citizens near the line and the Texas and Pacific terminals at Marshall involved, possibly resuming operations on most of the line.
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Austin
Tex
Clifford Stone
W. W. Caves
Jefferson
Federal
Estes
Marshall & East Texas Railroad
Railroad Commission
Texas & Pacific
Marshall
No Further Loans to Allies Is Announced
Washington announces that no additional loans will be made to allied nations. Secretary Houston says remaining credits under a $10 billion authorization are not to be drawn, with three years’ deferment of interest viewed as advisable given postwar finance and unsettled European conditions.
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Washington
Houston
Treasury
Congress
Son of Sam Houston Dies in Oklahoma Incident
The Dallas Tex news reports the sudden death of William Rogers Houston, the second youngest son of Sam Houston, at Hugo Oklahoma. He served as a special officer in the Indian service within the interior department.
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Dallas
Tex
William Rogers Houston
Sam Houston
Hugo
Okla
Indian Service
Department of the Interior
Tick Eradication Measure Defeated in Waller County
Hempstead Texas returns from Saturday’s election show tick eradication measure defeated throughout Waller County.
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Hempstead
Tex
California Fig Syrup Ad Claims Safe Laxative
Vintage advertisement promoting California Fig Syrup as a child’s laxative with the taste praised and instructions to confirm the name California on the package. Encourages giving the product to mothers with assurances of safety and full dosing directions on each bottle.
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California
Never the Same After That
A short exchange recounts a Monday morning visit that altered a friendship. The narrator explains how a friend walked in, asked if she was at home, and left the narrator embarrassed by the remark. Subsequent interactions lost their usual warmth.
Timely advice on Vacher-Balm for colds and flu
An advertisement urges readers to use Vacher-Balm as a preventive or relief for colds and flu, claiming it is the best remedy. It offers jars or tubes at 80 cents and suggests mailing 80 cent stamps to BE. W. Vacher, Inc. of New Orleans, Louisiana, with a warning to avoid imitations.
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W. Vacher, Inc
New Orleans
Adv
Sacramento
Calif
Lydia
Pinkham
Beattn J. Panwis
Spohn
Srohn Medical Company
Pallbearer Offer Ends in a Stiff Rebuff
A shabby visitor asks a favor of Mr Gramps onlookers report the exchange in Birmingham. The visitor declines to lend help unless money is involved and jokes about acting as pallbearer with his own white gloves, provoking a sharp reply from Gramps.
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Mr. Grampson
Birmingham Age-Herald
Why Drugless Recommend Swamp-Root Advert
Druggists highlight Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a kidney liver and bladder medicine that strengthens organs and supports natural function. It has long held a strong following and is sold by druggists on merit. A sample offer of ten cents is available by writing to Dr Kilmer Co. in Binghamton NY.
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Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
United States Leads World in Cocoa Consumption
The United States, largest crude cocoa consumer, took about 50 percent of global output in 1918 from a world total of 886000 tons. For the year ending June 20, 1919 imports reached 813037419 pounds valued at 35958900 dollars, down 21.6 percent in quantity and 12.9 percent in value from 1918 peak.
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United States
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Claims Cure
An 19th century advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a constitutional remedy. It asserts internal action through the blood to mucous surfaces, promises improved health, and offers a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure, with testimonials and contact via F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
Nature
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Little Things That Hurt
A humorous note from the Houston Post on a bachelor with a million income groaning over school tax rises, illustrating how even the wealthy feel the bite of taxes. The item uses light social commentary to contrast affluence with public levies.
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Houston Post
He Rose and the Tin Tack Essay Error
A pupil’s classroom joke yields a miswritten essay about heroes. The boy claims he placed a tin tack on a chair and his father sat on it, producing the harmless pun that reads as a child’s humorous miswriting.
Cavalry Division Plans Announced in Texas
After a Texas National Guard conference Governor Hobby and Adjutant General Cope announce the formation of a cavalry division under War Department authorization. General John A. Hulen of Houston is named major general to command with headquarters in Houston and an executive staff to organize the division.
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Austin
Tex
Texas National Guard
W. P. Hobby
W. D. Cope
Texas
War Department
John A. Hulen
Houston
Hulen
Adjutant General’s Department
Cope
Division of Cavalry
Arsenal
el Paso
U S Dead in France to Be Moved
Secretary Baker told Senator Wadsworth that about fifty thousand American bodies in France will be returned to the United States while 20 000 to 25 000 remain buried overseas. He estimated a 30 million dollar cost for repatriation and cemetery consolidation amid transport and coffin material shortages. He noted 111 bodies remain in Archangel and one year may pass before removal. evacuation in England continues and Italy’s remains are prepared for return.
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Washington
France
United States
Baker
Wadsworth
Senate Military Committee
Senate
Archangel
Russia
England
Italy
Milks Emulsion Adverts Warn of Climate Change Benefit
A testimonial from W F Bourland of Wolf City Texas claims severe illness in 1911 led to relocation for health. After using Milks Emulsion since April 1912 he gained 22 pounds by August and asserts permanent cure. Ad promotes the product as a palatable nutrient and digestive aid with a money back guarantee and prices 60c and 1 20.
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W. F. Bourland
Wolf City
Texas
Bourland
Terre Haute
Ind
Arkansas imposes cotton product quarantine over pink boll worm
Alarmed by reports of pink boll worm in Louisiana and Texas, the Arkansas state plant board established a strict quarantine. No cotton products may be shipped into Arkansas from infested areas, and shipments from non infested areas require permit by the board's chief inspector.
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Little Rock
Ark
Louisiana
Texas
State Plant Board
Arkansas
Ranch Near Placedo Sells in Victoria County
The West ranch near Placedo covering 5200 acres was sold by Mrs. J. O. West of Refugio to E. B. Pickering and J. W. Henderson in Victoria County Texas.
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Victoria
Tex
Placedo
J. O. West
Refugio
Eb, Pickering
J. W. Henderson
Butter on Mrs Bump's Table Draws Banter
A humorous quip centers on Mrs Bump with a sharp line about her table and the butter she uses, reflecting lighthearted newspaper wordplay. The exchange plays on kitchen etiquette and etiquette humor without broader context.
Cuticura Toilet Trio Ad Emphasizes Daily Use
The ad markets Cuticura Soap Ointment and Talcum as essential daily toilet preparations. Soap cleanses and purifies Ointment soothes and heals Talcum powders and perfumes No toilet table is complete without them. 25¢c everywhere.
Scientist Estimates Global Mean Rainfall Around 36 Inches
A renowned scientist puts the earth’s average annual rainfall at roughly 36 inches. The estimate reflects a global mean across oceans and land, highlighting wide regional variation but a consistent overall total.
Joyce Nominated to Federal Farm Loan Board
Washington Berkeley resident William N Joyce was nominated by President Wilson on Thursday to join the federal farm loan board, to succeed the resigned George W Norrin.
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Washington
William N. Joyce
Berkeley
Cal
Wilson
Federal Farm Loan Board
George W. Norrin
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