Wilson Favours Underwood As Unbiased Policy Advisor
Hamilton Bermuda December 6 1912 President elect Wilson says he will consult broadly for framing his administration and praises House leader Oscar Underwood for national rather than sectional aims. He plans no single adviser and notes his light humor as he travels back toward Washington after Princeton departure.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Der
Wilson
William J. Bryan
Princeton
Bryan
Miami
United States
Congress
Oscar Underwood
House
Underwood
Cleveland
Flayes
Pary
Queen Elizabeth at Royal Theatre Ad Announces Dec 5 6
The four reel feature Queen Elizabeth starring Sarah Bernhardt plays at the Royal Theatre on Thursday and Friday December 5 and 6. Admission ten cents, children five cents.
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Queen Elizabeth
Sarah Bernhardt
Royal Theatre
Tona Vita Tonic Advertised As National Remedy
An old newspaper advert praises Tona Vita the National Tonic for fatigue nervousness and low spirits. It claims doctors recommend it and that users feel stronger after one week, with Van Ant erps Drug Corp Inc as the seller.
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Yau
Eav
van Anterps Drug Corp. Inc
Most Peculiar Death of Women in Milwaukee Case
Milwaukee reports the death of Mrs. Anna Nestrour of Kenosha after weeks of shock from nursing her husband who died of hydrophobia. Her husband was bitten by a pet dog a year earlier and developed rabies, while she tended him at his bedside and later fell ill with similar symptoms, dying in agony amid delusions of his bite.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Anna Nestrour
Kenosha
Prominent Nashville Man Commits Suicide
H W Adams a noted business and society figure in Nashville killed himself last night by taking carbolic acid. His mouth was badly burned from the drug. He was found seated in a downtown office chair by men who entered two hours later and thought he slept. No motive is known.
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Nashville
Tenn
H. W. Adams
Tragedy as Three Children Die in Burning Barn
In Universal Pennsylvania a barn fire killed Elizabeth Sophan five John Chasley four and Mary Randa eight after doors were sealed. Mothers heard their screams and fought to break free from the burning structure as firefighters cut a hole to reach the victims.
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Pittsburg
Universal
Elizabeth Sophan
John Chasley
Mary Randa
Dock Commissioner Seeks Mobile Waterfront Maps
Clavin Tomkins of New York docks asks Commissioner Harry Pillans to bring maps and data on Mobile waterfront improvements for the upcoming United States dock commissioners convention December 9 in the city. He cites Mobile as a progressive Southern port and urges better facilities for current traffic and future Panama Canal growth. City Clerk McMahon to forward information after Pillans left for the convention.
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Clavin Tomkins
New York City
Harry Pillans
Mobile
Convention of
Dock Commissioners of
United States
Metropolis
Tomkins
Pillans
McMahon
Sugar Supply in Grave Danger Preface for Quarantine Hearing
The nations principal sugar supply faces danger from plant diseases and insect pests. A Department of Agriculture bulletin cites risk and will hold a January 7 hearing to consider a quarantine. If adopted, the quarantine could extend to Porto Rico and Hawaii.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Senator Wagner probes New York canneries conditions
Senator R F Wagner as committee chair reports shocking conditions in New York canneries. He cites exploitation of very young children and women, saying the findings reveal unconscionable and inexcusable practices across the industry.
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New York State
Wagner
Montgomery Ann Der 5 Peonage Charge Against Local Citizen
Charles Warner of Lowndes county is under arrest on peonage charges. A warrant from Special Agent S. N. Allred of the justice department alleges he holds five enslaved workers on his plantation, named Felix Harris J N Harris Pleas Harris Kagiah Davie and Dugar Harris. Warner is held on $1000 bail by Federal Commissioner Elmore ahead of a preliminary hearing set for December 9.
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Montgomery, Ann
Charles Warner
Lowrdes
S. N. Allred
Department of Justice
Felix Harris
J. N. Harris
Pleas Harris
Kagiah Davie
Dugar Harris
Warner
Elmore
Oyster Loaves Ad at Schimpf's Bakery
Local bakery Schimpf's advertises fresh bread and oyster loaves described as "oysters are plants" for 35 cents. Promo notes a 12 1 Tt date and invites customers to try one.
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Schimpf’s
Sugar Refiners Escape the Law in Federal Case
Judge Hough quashed the July 1 1909 indictment against American Sugar Refining Company and officials over alleged conspiracy to close the Philadelphia refinery in 1908. The jury previously disagreed after a sixteen day trial and the move was sought by United States Attorney Wise.
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New York
Hough
United States District Court
Federal Grand Jury
American Sugar Refining Company
John B. Tarsons
Washington B. Thomas
Philadelphia
Phildelphia Sugar Refining Company
United States District Attorney
Wise
Jacobs' Liver Salt advertisement claims cure for constipation
An ad explains constipation as caused by a torpid liver and promotes Jacobs' Liver Salt as the quick gentle remedy. It highlights that the product dissolves uric acid, cleanses the digestive tract, and avoids calomel’s griping. Sold by Van Antwerp Drug Corp and made in Atlanta, Ga.
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Jacobs’ Pharmacy
Atlanta
van Antwerp Drug Corp
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R F. Wagner
Ondon Woolen Mills
Dauphin Street
Windsor Cafe
Albert E. Reynolds
Proprietors—Colden A Brown
Spira & Pincus
Fom
Dauphin and
Spira
Pincus
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