Will Curtail Liquor Sales and Cabinet Complete
New Texas liquor law took effect Monday. Huerta cabinet organization is complete. In Washington, agreement between administration and anti administration on currency bill drafts aims for Senate submission by Thursday. Talks Hint at Thanksgiving adjournment, with the president's views pending. Senate may seek a brief recess if emergencies arise in the Mexican situation.
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Washington
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Senate
Congress
Huerta Will Resist Intervention in Mexico City
Huerta vows to resist any U S intervention as the new congress meets in Mexico City to form a quorum in the Senate and begin credentials work. General Princes is named temporary Senate chair with a credentials committee in place while deputies’ credentials are likewise reviewed.
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Huerta
Mexico City
Congress
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
United States
CURTAILS LIQUOR SALES IN TEXAS BLUE LAW EFFORTS
Austin reports new Texas liquor statutes effective at midnight curbing sales in dry areas. Provisions ban state liquor shipments into dry districts and prohibit liquor dealers from soliciting via letters or advertisements in incorporated communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Lquor
Texas
Aged convict released from Nebraska prison
Andrew Hawkins, 70, after fifteen years confinement, was released by reprieve from Governor Morehead. He plans to live with his son at the latter's home for the remainder of his days.
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Lincoln
Andrew Hawkins
Morehead
Plea for Intelligent Giving in 1913 Christmas Drive
Mrs. August Belmont, president of the Spngs, opened the 1913 campaign urging abolition of useless Christmas gifts and calling for intelligent and thoughtful giving to curb insincerity and waste in holiday giving.
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New York
August Belmont
Spngs
Earthquake Shakes Mensina Sicily Sunday Afternoon
An earthquake struck Mensina in Sicily around 2 o clock on Sunday causing considerable alarm among residents and authorities assess damage and casualties.
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Sicily
Mensina
Pioneer Knight of Pythias Founder Dies in Port Arkasas
W. Shaker aged 74 a pioneer of the Knights of Pythias died at his Port Arthur home. He belonged to Excelsior Lodge No. 1 and served as a delegate to the supreme lodge of the world.
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Pythias
Port Arkansas
Tex
OC. W. Sho @aker
The
Knights of Pythias
Excelsior Lodge No. 1
Supreme Lodge of the World
Senator Pomerene Forecasts Iceage Loss at 60.6 Million
Washington Senator Pomerene said this year’s loss from the iceage would total about 60 600 000 dollars. The remark framed the economic impact as a major national concern.
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Washington
Pomerene
Icease
Ciudad Juarez Falls to Villa Rebels in Surprise Attack
In El Paso Texas the town of Ciudad Juarez changed hands for the sixth time in three years as 2004 rebels led by General Pancho Villa captured the city. Federal troops numbering about 400 offered weak resistance with a provisional death toll around 30 on the government side and about five killed among the rebels. Civilians also suffered non combat losses estimated at four or five.
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el Paso
Tex
Ciudad Juarez
Pancho Villa
Villa executes prisoners in Juarez vengeance plot
General Pancho Villa and 2,500 constitutionalists seized Ciudad Juarez on Saturday. Villa ordered mass executions of prisoners of war to avenge the deaths of President Madero and Chihuahua Governor Gonzales, fulfilling his threat from months earlier.
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el Paso
Tex
Pancho” Villa
Ciudad Juarez
Huerta
Francisco “Madero
Abram Gonzales
Chihuahua
Suffragists Rally in Washington Before Daylight
In Washington suffragists swarmed near Lafayette Park and the White House area before daylight armed with chalk and chalked sidewalks with votes for women. A large sign near the White House urged attendance at Sunday meeting by speaker Innen Mulholland, marking the closest approach to militancy seen in the capital's suffrage campaign.
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White House
Washington
Lafayette
War and Navy
White_ house
iIner Mulholland
Suffragists Attack Irish Leader in Durham Train Incident
John Redmond the Irish leader and his wife were assaulted on a Durham train by a suffragist who complained he had not done enough for Irish women. The assailant struck Redmond, hit Mrs Redmond, and scattered a bag of flour on them before a railway attendant ejected her and the police took custody.
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Newcastle
England
John Redmond
Durham
A Plan of Cooperation Conference At Agriculture Department
Washington officials from forty states the District of Columbia and Porto Rico will attend a conference at the Department of Agriculture to discuss cooperation between federal and state food dairy and drug authorities. The meeting aims to harmonize conflicting laws and possibly place federal experts with states unable to hire them for law enforcement.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
District of Columbia
Porto Rico
Houseton
Houston
Omaha Wins Bid to Host Next Baseball Leagues Convention
Columbus Ohio to Omaha Nebraska selected as next meeting place at the final session of the annual convention of the national association of professional baseball leagues. Omaha won the bid in a close contest with Nashville Tennessee, receiving seventeen of thirty two votes cast.
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Columbus
Omaha
Neb
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues
Nashville
Tenn
Huerta aides seek concessions to reopen negotiations
In Mexico City officials close to President Huerta press for renewed talks and say they have General Huerta's consent to offer concessions aimed at satisfying the United States.
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Mexico City
Mex
Huerta
United States
Supreme Court Sets Aside Summers Prison Sentence
Washington reports the Supreme Court has set aside the 280 year prison term imposed on C. M. Summers, president of the First National Bank of Juneau Alaska, for misapplication of funds.
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Washington, D. C
C. M. Summers
First National Bank of
Juneau
Alaska
Supreme Court
Appoints New County Superintendent
Miss Mabel E. Kirk, currently superintendent of schools at Trumbull, Neb, has been named to the position of county superintendent in Clay Center, Neb.
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Clay Center
Neb
Mabel E. Kirk
Trumbull
Indians Bring Salt for Land at Lakefront Fight
The Pokagon band of the Potawatomi sues Chicago and others over a lakefront land claim from Evanston to South Chicago valued in the millions The suit rests on a 1777 treaty at Greenville Ohio and seeks rights to a salt parcel along the lakefront.
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Chicago
Pokagon Bank
Pottawatomie Nation of Indians
Lake
Evanston
United States
United Tribes
Greenville
Ohio
Automobile collision after street car fall results in death
A man died minutes after being struck by an automobile as he alighted from a street car in this locality. The incident occurred at the curb and rescue attempts were unsuccessful. Police are investigating the sequence of events and identifying the victim.
Lincoln group hones funds plan for October tornado relief
Lincoln Neb where members Arthur Mull en and Dr. P L Hall of the state tornado relief commission conferred on distributing remaining funds in Custer and Holt counties from the October twisters. The panel will apply general principles from the Oraha Yatan and Ber Tim storms to the current relief effort.
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Lincoln, Neb
Arthur Mullen
P. L. Hall
State Tornado Relief Commission
Custer
Holt
Oraha
Yatan
Ber- Tim
Doings in Congress and Legislative Notes
The report covers congressional activity with the Senate not in session and currency bill work continuing by the Banking committee. The House adjourned until Thursday after a brief session as Murdock's anti trust measures are introduced. A Senate bill to relieve Seward peninsula miners from assessment due to a storm passes. Peace society resolutions urging passage of a naval holiday resolution are presented by George and Mitchell.
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Senate
Winston Churchill
Thomas
Banking Committee
House
Murdock
Brockson
Delaware
Seward Peninsula
Massachusetts
New York
Eress
George
Mitchell
Senate panels split on currency bill and miner relief
The Senate Banking committee split into two groups to draft the administration currency bill. Senator Pittman proposed relief for Seward peninsula miners destitute after floods and fires. Senator Chamberlain offered a bill to promote grade advancement for long serving Panamanian canal service officers. The House adjourned to noon Monday after Representative Hensley argued for a naval holiday. A WCTU protest delayed reprinting funeral oration notes for Adolphus Busch in the Congressional Record as the chamber adjourned to Friday.
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Senate—Banking Committee
Pittman
Seward Peninsula
Chamberlain
Army
Navy
Public Health
Panama Canal
House
Hensley
Missouri
United States
Clark
Adolphus Busch
Congressional
Carranza Says No Peace Unless Huerta Is Eliminated
Nogales Sonora reports that Venustiano Carranza will not seek peace in Mexico through any path that does not include the absolute removal of Huerta. The constitutionalists announce they will recognize no successor to Huerta's power.
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Nogales
Sonora
Ger
Venustiano Carranza
Mexico
Huerta
First Governor's Wife Seriously Ill in Pawnee City
Mrs. Lydia Butler widow of Nebraska's first governor David Butler is seriously ill at her brother A B Story's home in Pawnee City. She was brought from an Indiana sanitarium where she had treatment for cancer.
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Pawnee City
Daughters of the Confederacy Reject Greetings at Conference
In New Orleans the Daughters of the Confederacy refused to receive greetings from the Southern States Woman's Suffrage Conference after the latter body was organized. They argued that the Daughters must eschew politics of all kinds.
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New Orleans
Daughters of the Confederacy
Southern States Woman's Suffrage Conference
Whisky seized at railroad station in Drums
Seven hundred sixty eight half pints of whisky were seized at the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul station in town. The liquor was found packed in five large boxes labeled Drums and Holiday Goods.
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Mason City
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Public School Hygiene Lectures Kept From Mail
Chicago authorities ban sending hygiene lectures to public school pupils through the mails under a new rule. Officials say the measure targets material deemed inappropriate for home delivery and directs all communications to remain within school channels.
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Chicago
Cornhuskers Triumph in Muddy Kansas Clash
Nebraska and Kansas met in a muddy battle for the 1913 campaign with the Cornhuskers maintaining an undefeated record. The Kansas team hoped to defeat Nebraska but were outplayed as Nebraska dominated the play and momentum.
Cascarets Claim Quick Relief for Liver and Bowel Distress
A vintage advertisement touts Cascarets as a 10 cent remedy for bilious liver, constipation, indigestion, and headaches. It promises quick cleansing of internal bile and gases, relief from dizziness and nervousness, and suggests giving children Cascarets as well.
First Aid for Love Tales From Lillian Russell
A witty Paris bound tale features Lillian Russell praised as a first aid expert. At a Pittsburgh dinner a young architect asks for remedies for a broken heart. She jokes that the cure is binding the fracture with gold, bathing with orange blossom water, and applying raw rice for guaranteed results.
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Lillian Russel
Paris
Theodore P. Shonts
Face Itched Burns Prompt Cure With Cuticura
George Miller reports a skin ailment starting as a small itchy pimple that worsened to sores covering his face and eyes. After two salves failed, he used Cuticura Soap and Ointment as directed for twenty six days and was cured. The ad promotes Cuticura products with free samples and a Skin Book from Boston.
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Union St. Aurora
George Miller
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
He Didn’t Show Up
A fragment notes public chatter about marriage and expectations, contrasting fairy tale princes with ordinary, reliable partners. The piece hints at social pressure on singles to wed and suggests practical, steadier qualities in a potential spouse.
A Clergyman's Testimony on Kidney Pills
The Rev Edmund Heslop of Wigton Pennsylvania suffered dropsy for a year with swollen limbs, heart strain, and exhaustion. After using 56 boxes of Dodde Kidney Pills the swelling reduced and he affirmed continued faith in the remedy. Correspondence offered with Heslop about the remedy and related dishes.
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Edmund Heslop
Wigton
H Heslop
Frea
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