Pellagra Spreads Across United States With High Fatality
Public health report shows Pellagra affecting about 30 000 people since its known six year span with a death rate above 40 percent. Data detail Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Kentucky Alabama Mississippi Louisiana cases and deaths with high regional impact, especially in the South.
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Washington
United States
Public Health Service
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Kentucky
Alabama
Louisiana
United
South
Aged Couple Fleeced of Their Savings in Wisner Stock
Witnesses testify in federal court about losses by Urbane Derby and his wife from buying mining and oil stocks issued by A L Wisner Co. A L Wisner and John J Meyers charged with fraudulently using the mails. The Derbys say they paid $10 000 and faced loan rejection when trying to secure funds with the stock.
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New York
A. L. Wisner & Co
A. L. Wisner
John J. Meyers
Urbane Derby
Concord
Mass
Derby
A. A. Butterfied
Wisner Securities
J R Wilson Honored At Hoodoo Banquet In Nashville
Joseph R Wilson brother of President elect Woodrow Wilson was guest of honor at a Nashville Hoodoo banquet hosted by the Nashville Press Club. The event held on Friday the 13th used thirteen as a lucky motif with thirteen tables.
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Nashville
Tenn
Joseph R. Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Nashville Press Club
Wilson
Wilson banquet echoes Gridiron style in Bermuda cable
Guests at each table heard 13 selections with thirteen speakers allowed exactly 13 minutes each under a warning alarm. The event, modeled after the Gridiron Club, featured Lee Douglass as toastmaster. Messages from editors and politicians poured in while Governor Wilson, then in Bermuda, sent a brief affectionate cablegram. Joseph R. Wilson, city editor, served in the publicity bureau of the Democratic party.
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Gridiron Club
Washington
Lee Douglass
Wilson
Tennessee
Bermuda
Joseph R. Wilson
National Democratic Party
Parrot Speech Leads to Fine for Chicago Man
John Fujak told Municipal Judge Court ney that a Polish speaking parrot urged him to take a canary from a bird store. The judge noted the parrot does not speak Polish and fined Fujak after the incident on Thursday night.
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Chicago
John Fujak
Courtney
Fujak
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Stomach Relief
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as the fastest safe remedy for sour stomach indigestion gas and dyspepsia. It claims rapid relief within minutes and guarantees satisfaction with a money back offer on a fifty cent case.
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Pape
Cotton experiment proves satisfactory in Mississippi
In Anguilla three test acres yielded one thousand pounds of three sixteenths inch cotton per acre under proper cultivation, says J P Hearst of the U S Department of Agriculture. He notes higher yields despite weevil presence and plans additional demonstration meetings.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Anguilla
J. P. Hearst
United States Department of Agriculture
Sharkey, Warren
Nsgssaquenna
Hearst
Horrible confession to babe's mother shocks Delaware
John Morrow confessed to smothering his landlady Mrs Frank Piatt's two year old daughter, saying he hoped she would elope with him after freeing the child. He made the statement to Mrs Piatt and Sheriff Chilcote while jailed in Delaware. The infant's death was discovered on Thanksgiving Day. Mrs Piatt, 40, is in serious condition after hearing the confession.
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Delaware
John Morrow
Frank Piatt
Chilcote
Morrow County
Morrow
Piatt
Man Confesses to Wife Killing Before Atlanta Hanging
Robert L. Clay, executed in Atlanta, testified minutes before execution that he killed his wife last May after she shunned a kiss from their baby. He claimed no drinking and said the fatal shot followed an upset reaction to the infant. He asked his father in law for burial beside his wife. permission was refused.
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Atlanta
Robert L. Clay
Clay
Deaths and Funerals in Whistler and Convent Notice
Mrs. Della Swan died Friday at 3 PM at the family home in Whistler after a lingering illness. Survived by her husband W. T. Swann two children two sisters one brother and her Whistler parents. Burial of Mrs. Annie Loftus held Friday from the Convent chapel with Rev Father Guyol of Spring Hill College officiating. Remains laid to Catholic Cemetery. pallbearers listed as James McPhillips M J Vickers G W Costello J B McHugh J A Hughes T J Burne.
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Della Swan
Della Barry Swan
W. T. Swann
Whistler
Annie Loftus
Convent of Visitation
Father Guyol
Spring Hill College
James McPhillips
M. J. Vickers
G. W. Costello
J. B. McHugh
J. A. Hughes
T. J. Burne
Coburns Progressive Minstrels Impress Mobile Audiences
Coburns Progressive Minstrels led by J A Coburn wowed Friday performances at the Mobile Theatre with sweet voiced singers Allen Settle Louis Van Trees Charley Gano and a strong supporting cast The act features The University Four and a black face farce Managerial Difficulties and The Real Thing are noted highlights Miss Crosmans engagement for Monday night only
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Coburn
Charley Gano
Allen Settle
Nicodemus Glynn
Sweer
Mobile Theatre
J. A. Coburn
Louis van Trees
University Four
Maurice Campbell
Henriette Crosman
Charminnz
Miss Crosman
Atlantic City
New York
Maxine Elliott
Mobile residents praise Dean's Kidney Pills for relief
A Mobile resident Mrs J R Brown shares a testimonial praising Dean's Kidney Pills for curing her serious kidney and bladder inflammation. She describes back and hip pain and frequent attacks, noting rapid improvement after using the remedy from Van Antwerp's Drug Store. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY is cited as US sole agent. Remember the name Dean's.
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Dean
J. R. Brown
St. Emanuel St
Mobile
Ala
van Antwerp
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Great Grain Fleet Anchors at Buffalo Harbor
Three miles of freighters fill Buffalo's outer harbor with 125 million bushels of export grain, mostly wheat, valued at 20.6 million dollars. Fifty three ships block the breakwater while twenty more lie in the inner harbor awaiting ice-free sailing. upper lake ports to add more vessels before spring transshipments.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Fireproof Santa Claus Rule Sparks City Inspections
New York officials will bar Santa Claus from the city unless he is fireproof. Fire Commissioner Johnson ordered inspectors to visit every store with a Santa to ensure wigs and costumes are non inflammable and safe.
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Johnson
Santa Claus
New York
Artesian Well Formed in San Francisco Bay
San Francisco bay shows a fresh water basin beneath it as a 116 foot pile at Mission Street taps a pressure vein. A four foot rise of salt water was followed by a ten inch diameter jet that continued at high spouts. A chemical analysis and divers will inspect the flow source.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
Bay
Mission Street
Remarkable circular used by promoters in federal case
In New York on December 14 the jury heard the high profile case against Julian Hawthorne Josiah Quincey Dr William J Morten and Albert Freeman pursing charges of fraudulent use of the mails The court examined the core circulars and literature tied to their mining stock venture with prosecutors highlighting quotes about folly and self deception as evidence of promoter manipulation The day largely focused on how the Hawthorne companies were organized and operated by the defendants.
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New York
Solomon
Julian Hawthorne
Josiah Quincey
William J. Morten
Albert Freeman
United States
Thompson
Hawe Thorne Companies
Famous Stage Beauties Eruptions Blotches Vanish With Arnica Salve
A vintage advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a cure for facial blemishes eczema salt rheum and chapped hands. It claims quick healing of cuts bruises and rashes and notes the product costs 25 cents at druggists.
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Tom
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