Starvation Threat grows in Galicia amid food shortage
Thousands in Galicia face hunger as a bad harvest tightens food supplies in rural areas while wartime slowdown shuts factories and leaves towns with unemployment. Cities like Lemberg Cracow Stanislau distribute bread and potatoes as municipal funds run low, prompting appeals to Vienna for aid. the government pledges support.
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Vienna
Galicia
Austria
Lemberg
Cracow
Stanislau
Council of Ministers
Four Weeks of Dr King's New Life Pills Promised
Advertisement urges four weeks of use for liver stimulation digestion aid and clearing skin. Claims pimples eruptions disappear and overall feeling improves. Advises starting at once and to buy at all druggists.
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Dr. King
Fifteen Dealers Plead Guilty in Portland Sherman Case
Fifteen wholesale produce dealers pleaded guilty in the Portland Oregon superior court to Sherman antitrust violations and pledged to dissolve the Produce Merchants Association. They were fined an aggregate of 8450 dollars for conspiring with brokers to ship produce out of town the association did not wish to buy.
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Associated Press
Portland
Ore
Produce Merchants’ Association
Running for Congress musical revue featured by Vic LeRoy
Mr. Jake Wells and Miss Minnie Palmer lead a bright musical program titled Running for Congress with Vic LeRoy and Mae Cahill, supported by an excellent company and chorus in a vaudeville show listed for Week Com. Mon., Feb. 24.
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Jake Wells
Minnie Palmer
Vic LeRoy
Mae Cahill
Congress
Sulzer Denies Accusation Over Thaw Release Plot
Dr John W Russell superintendent of Mattewan hospital testified before Governor Sulzer's inquiry that a lawyer offered him 20000 to release Harry Thaw in a New York hotel. He refused and could not name the lawyer. James V May corroborated similar approaches. Governor Sulzer denied any authorization of such influence.
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Associated Press
Albany
N. Y
Sulzer
John W. Russell
Mattewan Hospital
Harry K. Thaw
Russell
New York
Thaw
William F. Clark
James V. May
State Hospital Commission
Clark
Four States Accept Gift From Melzer For Dumb Animals
Four states Mississippi New York Illinois and Indiana accepted $1000 gifts to be held in trust for 20 years and three months with semi annual 4 percent compounding for dumb animals. Missouri declined fearing banking risk. The fund will total about 20 million per state and be used by governors for animal relief.
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Evansville
Ind
Mississippi
New York
Illinois
Indiana
Adolph Melzer
Missouri
California
Colorado
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Melzer
Waldo Ends Italian Detective Squad Says Vachris Testimony
Anthony F. Vachris testified before an aldermanic committee that a secret code was set up to signal the Italian government when criminals fled to the United States. He said Police Commissioner Waldo dissolved the Italian detective squad after taking office, hindering deportations of Italians tied to the underworld.
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Associated Press
New York
Italy
America
Anthony F. Vachris
Vachris
Aldermanic Committee
Vacharis
Petrosino
Waldo
Cleveland Birthplace Memorial Association Formed
The Grover Cleveland Birthplace Memorial Association was incorporated in Trenton New Jersey and has raised 18000 to buy the Old Manse in Caldwell New Jersey where Cleveland was born. It aims to raise 25000 more for care of the memorial with celebrations planned March 16 and March 18. Prominent attendees are expected including President-elect Wilson. Incorporators include Oscar S Straus Secretary Knox George W Perkins Mortimer L Schiff Abraham Brittin Thomas De Witt Cuyler Henry C Frick Robert J Lowry and J G Schmidlapp.
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Associated Press
Trenton
N. J
Grover Cleveland
Caldwell
Wilson
Oscar S. Straus
Turkey
Knox
George W. Perkins
Mortimer L. Schiff
New York
Abraham Brittin
New Orleans
Thomas de Witt Cuyler
Philadelphia
Henry C. Frick
Pittsburg
Robert J. Lowry
Atlanta
J. G. Schmidlapp
Cincinnati
No Need to Stop Work Electric Bitters Ad
Advertises Electric Bitters claiming to restore tone and vigor for workers unable to stop. Promises health benefits from the first dose and guarantees satisfaction. Priced at 50 cents per bottle available at all druggists.
Doan's Kidney Pills Featured by Mobile Reader
Mobile resident J D Patterson endorses Doan's Kidney Pills after three years of relief from back pains and kidney issues. He recalls scalding urination and irregular secretions, bought at Van Antwerp's drug store, with Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo as U S sole agents. Price 50 cents.
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Dean
J. D. Patterson
Canal Street
Mobile
Ala
van Antwerp
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
Loan Officers Convicted in Oklahoma Mail Fraud Case
F H Ward president and H F Crister secretary treasurer of Jackson Miss Loan and Trust Company and R O Bounds Oklahoma City manager convicted on five counts each in federal court for using the mails to defraud. Government says contracts promised 5 percent loans on farm land but not all promises fulfilled. Company operated in fifteen states with 1772 Oklahoma customers who paid 66000 on contracts. Convictions carry up to five years imprisonment and 5000 fine per count.
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Associated Press
Guthrie
Okla
F. H. Ward
H. F. Crister
Jackson, Miss
Olahoma
Settlement Ends Suit of Mrs Babcock Hunt
New York reports a $250,000 settlement accepted by Mrs Bessie Babcock W Hunt, ex wife of turpentine king John Wright Hunt, as she withdraws her petition to reopen the divorce proceedings. The case followed a 1910 divorce and a posthumous revocation bid after Hunt died in Dallas. The move came after a higher court reversed an earlier Brook- lyn ruling. Mrs Hunt, a Detroit native, married Hunt in 1901 and spent eight years abroad.
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Associated Press
New York
Bessie Babcock
W. Hunt
John Wright Hunt
Dallas
Texas
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Hunt
Detroit
Europe
Millicent Fawcett denounces militant suffragists in London
Mrs Millicent Fawcett president of the National Board of Women s Suffrage Societies denounces militant suffragists describing their tactics as detestable outrages harmful to their aims. She says such crimes would be excusable only among savages and threaten civilization.
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Associated Press
London
Millicent Fawcett
National Board of Women’s Suffrage Societies
Porto Rican citizenship bill advances in Senate committee
A senate committee approved the Porto Rican citizenship measure which would grant permanent U.S. citizenship to Porto Ricans and certain natives residing on the island. The bill has passed the House and moves to the Senate for passage. It allows individuals to retain their current political status by swearing they do not intend to become U.S. citizens.
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Washington
Porto Rico
United States
Senate
House
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Fast Stomach Relief
Claims fast action to cure upset stomachs including indigestion gas and heartburn. Promotes a fifty cent bottle as a safe, universal remedy for dyspepsia gastritis and other stomach derangements and urges keeping it on hand for family use.
Digestit reliefs indigestion says Springfield reader
A Springfield Ohio man describes a severe attack of acute indigestion last January and rapid recovery after using Brown's Digestit. He notes weight gain, improved appetite, and full recovery after three bottles. The ad claims Digestit relieves indigestion, prevents fermentation and gas, aids digestion, and convinces doctors and druggists to guarantee a refund.
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H. Pelton
Springfield
Ohio
Then
Sands
Brown
van Antwerp
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