California Fig Syrup Co. laxative touted in ad text
An advertisement extols California Fig Syrup Co laxative as a pleasant tasting, gentle yet effective remedy that cleanses the system, aids the kidneys liver and bowels, and helps chronic constipation. It claims benefits from senna and aromatic plants, warns against imitations, and lists distribution through San Francisco Louisville and New York with price per bottle.
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California “1A Syrup Co
California
Fie Syrup Co
California Fig Syrup CO
San Francisco
Cal
Louisville
New York
N. Y
Price Inc
Filipinos Fail To Move Otis On Peace Request
Manila dispatch reports Colonel Manuel Arguelez and Lieutenant Jose Bernal, acting for General Luna per Aguinaldo, sought a halt to hostilities via a truce with General Otis. Otis refused to recognize a Filipino government, signaling no progress and awaiting further conference. The officers returned to Manila after brief discussions with General MacArthur and the Philippine commission.
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Manila
Manuel Arguelez
Jose Bernal
MacArthur
Luna
Aguinaldo
Otis
Filipino Congress
Kansas Regiment
Kansas
General Otis
Sladen
Jacob G. Schurman
Philippine Commission
Charles Denby
Mallony
South Dakota Republican Convention Held in Huron Note
The Republican state central committee met in Huron South Dakota on April 9 to arrange the June convention. Redfield was selected as a site for the state gathering and a judge was named to oversee the proceedings.
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South Dakota
Huron
S. D
Republican State Central Committee
Redfield
Prairie fires in South Dakota cause heavy damage
Special reports from South Dakota say prairie fires have done extensive damage. About one third of Brule county burned with many buildings lost and stock burned. Near Parker and White Lake damages were reported, including 2000 sheep burned on M. W. Russell’s ranch at White Lake. Rain has fallen in most threatened sections and the danger eased.
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Sioux City
South Dakota
Journal
Brule County
Parker
White Lake
M. W. Russell
Neras Ga Change Proposition in Filipino Prisoner Exchange
Manila May 3 General MacArthur sends officers to General Luna with money and provisions for American prisoners in Filipino hands and requests prisoner exchange and names of captives. Insurgents hold two officers and sixteen others likely including Lieutenant Gilmore and 11 Yorktown crewmen. Major Bell’s scouts captured Macabebe. bells rang and cheers as locals welcomed advancing General Lawton and his 40 scout band under Major Young.
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Manila
MacArthur
Antonio Luna
Gilmore
United States
Yorktown
Baler
Luzon
Bell
Macabebe
Calumpit
Vivas
Lawton
Young
Central Office Burns in Duluth Fire
In Duluth on May 3 the entire Duluth Telephone company plant was destroyed by fire at the First National bank building. The blaze started in the roof and reached the seventh floor housing the central exchange, ruining the plant and damaging equipment including a switchboard valued at 25 000 dollars.
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Doulouth
Duluth
Duluth Telephone Company
First National Bank
Telephone Central
Menominee River Flooding Worsens In Wisconsin
A Journal dispatch from Marinette reports the Menominee river and its tributaries at high water mark and rising. Four Eagle Nest river dams were washed out causing $30,000 damage to the Peshtigo Lumber company. Streams widened about 20 feet and banks torn away with serious damage feared along the Menominee.
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Milwaukee
Marinette
Wis
Menominee River
Eagle Nest River
Peshtigo
Menominee
Storm Tragedy Hits Summit Area. Farmer Hurt
Wind rain and hail battered a small area near Summit Illinois injuring farmer Albert Lindstrom seriously. Several buildings were destroyed and substantial livestock losses were reported in the same disturbance.
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CuHiscaGo
Summit
Ill
Albert Lindstrom
Promoted for Valor In Philippines Names for Second Lieutenants
In response to the president’s request to select gallant volunteers in the Philippines, General Otis forwards ten names for commissions in the regular army. The list includes J B Morse California heavy artillery and George T Ballinger First Colorado among others, with several officers from Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon and Pennsylvania. TheChicago Dollar Dinner May 4: May 20 banquet under Carter Harrison Unionist League in Chicago, with Col William Jennings Bryan and Mayor Harrison invited to speak.
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Washington
Philippines
Otis
J. B. Morse
California Heavy Artillery
George T. Ballinger
Colorado
William B. Gibson
Iowa
Chris A. Boch
Minnesota
E. V. D. Murphy
Chicago
New York
Carter H. Harrison
Prospects for Peace in the Philippines Reported
Washington May 3 A message from Commissioner Schurman in the Philippines, not public, is said to concern peace negotiations and may carry important news for a cabinet review. There is growing belief that undisclosed cables about Filipino emissaries visiting General Otis hint at an early end to hostilities. No fresh public dispatch from General Otis altered conditions as reported.
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Washington
War Department
Schurman
Philippines
Otis
Private Boudewyne Reported Alive in Insurgent Hands
Des Moines May 3 reports from Manila indicate Private Fred Boudewyne of Company A Fifty-first Iowa, previously thought killed, is alive and a prisoner of insurgents three weeks after the initial dispatch.
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Des Moines
Manila
Fred Boudewyne
Fifty-first
Iowa
No New Concessions Proclamation in Manila Reveals Limits
The United States state department states the Philippine commission proclamation before the last campaign offers maximum concessions to insurgents. It notes Filipinos’ capacity for self government is undetermined and promises almost full local control with US military supervision to guard against early governance errors.
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Washington
State Department
Philippine Commission
United States
Rebels abandon forts along Vaiiima coast in Samoa
Reports from Apis Samoa dated April 22 to May 3 say rebels have retired from their Vaiiima fortifications and demolished other coastal forts. No major fighting since April 11, though skirmishes with friendly natives near Apia continue. British sloop Torch arrives with ammunition from Sydney to reinforce forces.
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Apis
Samoan Islands
Auckland
N. Z
Vaiiima
Apia
Torch
Sydney
N.S. W
Wreck on Rochester Line Kills Three in Excursion Train
Three killed and more than a dozen seriously injured when three excursion coaches derailed on the Rochester and Lake Ontario railroad half a mile north of Rochester. The 2:41 p m departure from the city was late. crowd aboard exceeded seats with many on platforms. The engine stayed on the rails as the first coach jackknifed and overturned on the grade.
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Rochester
N. Y
Rochester and Lake Ontario
John Helberg
J. Tierney
Stormy Nebraskan Weather Causes Wide Damage
Severe storms sweep Nebraska with heavy rainfall and high winds. Omaha reports record rainfall for the season and sewer damage. Western counties endure dust storms and prairie fires while the Union Pacific line suffers substantial wind damage.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Union Pacific
Governor Tunnell Rules Out US Senate Appointment
In Dover on April 2 1927 Governor Tunnell said he has given no consideration to appointing a United States senator to succeed Senator Gray and that there is no probability of his making such an appointment. He noted the legislature adjourned without electing a successor and referenced Governor Stoe of Pennsylvania as a comparison.
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Dover
Del
Tunnell
Stoe
Pennsylvania
United States
Delaware
Gray
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