Towns the Dramatist of the Drug Cure Movemen t
A long profile of Charles B Towns born 1862 in La Grange Georgia, New York based reformer who treats drug habit through a system he developed. He founded the Towns Hospital at Central Park West New York and claims thousands cured, with Ford and Chinese officials praising his methods and a forthcoming book Habits That Handicap.
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New York
Grogey
Charles B. Town
Charles B
Prac
Bowne
Henry Ford
Detroit
Towns
Ford
Elena Hosei Towns
la Grange
Far East
Pekin
Tien Tain
Shanghai
Towna
America
Far’ East
Charles B. Towns
Central Park West
Central Park
Richard G. Cabot
Boston
Alexander Lambert
New England Railroads sue for over ten million in mail costs
The U S Supreme Court rulings on North Dakota and West Virginia rate cases spur New England railroads to sue the government for more than 10 million dollars for carrying mail. They claim underpayment for annual mail increases and for post mail service, with losses in mail compensation to be offset by freight and passenger revenue. Also noted is the American Red Cross plan to establish the Mabel Grouitch Baby Hospital in Serbia honoring West Virginia’s Mabel Dunlap Grouitch for her relief work.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
North Dakota
West Virginia
New England
Court of Claims
Gauss
Serbia
Reid
American Red Cross
Mabel Grouitch
Red Cross
Mile
Slavko Grouitch
United States
Cholera Survivor Recalls Near Death In 1888
In the summer of 1888 a severe cholera attack left the narrator near death after two physicians gave up hope. A hotel bill and a trip to obtain Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy led to a recovery by the next morning. The narrative also notes relatives and contemporaries, including doctors in New York and Britain, sailing to Serbia, and a social scene at Great Falls with dancing styles banned.
West Virginia Society Picnic Spirit and Splendor in Potomac Grounds
Governor Atkinson’s unit and the Og ures lead a West Virginia gathering of eight hundred at the Dickey farm for a day of dances speeches and panoramic photo. Major Stone recalls old boot and wood ash sounds as Col Livingstone departs for a Hudson yacht tour then Glen Lyon plans with his family. A new Wyco post office opens with Wallace L. Sampson as head.
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Thable Picnic
West Virginian Society
Great Falls
Quedrifie
Colby Wiljate Grangv
West ‘Virginis Society
Ble Dickey Farm House
George Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Mountain
Hunter Moss
D. W. Gall
Society
George H. Laird
West
Colin H. Livingstone
New York
Speedway
Hudson
Lakes George
Cham— Plain
St. Lawrence
Montreal
Ottawa
Quebec
Glen Lyon
New Brunswick
Col. Livingstone
S. B. Elkins
White
Davernor Dawson
Washington
West Virginia Society
Wyco
Wyoming County
Wallace L.sampson
Grodno Fortress in Polish Russian War Lines
National Geographic Society notes Grodno as a key fortress on the Warsaw Petrograd rail corridor. It lies near the German border, thirty miles from East Prussia, and guards the Moskowit rail artery toward Warsaw. Brest Litowsk lies 110 miles south guarding the Warsaw Moscow line, a principal Austro German objective in Russian Poland.
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Petrograd
Vilna
Warsaw
Grodno
Brest Litewaki
Moscow
Russian Poland
Biallstock
Skiernieswice
Germany
Thorn
Nalisz
Liss
Czechatochowa
Cracow
Koenigshuette
Niemen
Husain
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy touted by Ohio woman
Ohio woman Mrs. W. Perkins of Point Place Toledo reports long stomach troubles improving after taking Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. She credits relief from gas pressure and digestion issues, praising the product and promising satisfaction guaranteed or money back. Grodno Polish history noted as background.
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W. Perkins
Point Place
Toledo
Mayr
Resignation and dubious medical claim headline
James A Albright resigns as Elks Club manager and seeks new posting at Bruns EE Deafness Cannot Be Cured ad makes dubious medical claims about ear problems. It touts Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Filma for constipation, with promotion by F J Chenex Co Toledo Ohio druggists.
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Rataerb
F. J. Chenex & CO
Toledo
Oboldty
Draggists
Hall
Club announces successor at wick pool parlors
The board of governors named Patrick L. Riggins as the new manager at the wick pool and billiard parlors succeeding Albright who resigned at his own request after more than a year of faithful service.
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Board of Governors
Patrick L. Riggins
Albright
Kiggins
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Washington News
The
V. Constantine
Louise Taylor Jones
Catharine H. Travis
Britain
Ohio
Rm Perkins
Poland
Lantislaus Poniatowski
Stephen Bethory
Elks’ Club
James A. Albright
James A.albright
Hes
Bruns- EE
R. T. Lowndes Department Store
A. B. Gas
Carl S. Langon
F. L. Burdette
Circuit Court
Harrison County
Court House
Hardgan
Mach ‘Meye-Am
Saba
W. Ogden
Wade Coffman
Accuit
Darrison
Ras Execu
Romem
Sam
Thompson Garage
West Main Street
Cupper Bros
Weat Pike Street
Clarksburg Tire Company
South Second Street
G. & J. Brend
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