World convention of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union opens
Delegates from thirty foreign countries and the United States arrive to participate in the world convention of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union opening Friday in Brooklyn. Lady Aurea Howard heads a delegation of forty, with Birmingham and the West South sending additional contingents.
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New York
United States
We- Christian Temperance Union
Brooklyn
Birmingham
South
Aurea Howard
Beauvoir Veterans Drug Habit案 Inmates Under Study
A Legislative committee report from Beauvoir Mississippi details that many inmates at the Veterans Home are victims of drug habit. The investigation found the institution costs the state between 6500 and 609 a year and that the legislature funds the home, while inspecting grounds and buildings and noting concerns about the old soldiers and their wives.
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Sociated Press
Ufport
Miss
Beauvoir
Sol
Cardui touted as remedy for womanly weakness
Letter from a town extols Cardui as the best medicine for womanly troubles after childbirth, recounting relief from weak spells and headaches. It urges suffering women to write Chattanooga Medical Co. for a 64 page home treatment booklet and personalized instructions.
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Cardus
J. B
Chattanooga Medic Co
Ladies’ Advisory Dept
Chatga
Tenn
Fresh Air For Babies Guides Open Ventilation Care
An old article urges constant fresh air and proper room ventilation for babies. It contrasts city and country homes, warns against overheated rooms and direct drafts, and recommends outdoor naps, open fireplaces, and daily carriage airing to foster healthy development. It cautions against forcing early movement and stresses natural growth with minimal artificial exercise.
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Better Babies Bureau
Wven
Better
Reyes
Nature
Miners and Mule Rescued After Five Days Entombment
Seven Mexican miners and a mule were brought alive from the Vogel and Lawrence lignite workings in Rockdale Texas after a 90 foot shaft was drilled to reach them. Two other miners believed dead. Rescue crews aired the mine as air flooded passages and the trapped men regained consciousness. Jose Angel Mirales, 16, first to surface, recalled dwindling food and lamps, but hope never faded.
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Associated Press
Rockdale
Tex
Jose Angel Mirales
Mirales
General Tonic Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Ad
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic touted as a general tonic with quinine and tron, claimed to drive out malaria enrich blood and build up the system in an ad style disclaimer.
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Grove
Alleged Telegraph Failure Brings suit in Equity Court
Mrs. J B Johnson sues Western Union for non delivery of a telegram stating her mother was dying in Ocean Springs Mississippi. The suit seeks damages for failure to notify and bring timely information to the plaintiff at 716 Monroe Street in this city.
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J.B. Johnson
Monroe Street
Ocean Springs
Miss
Western Union Telegraph Company
Law
Equity
Johnson
Miss Margaret Owen Sets New Typewriter Speed Record
Miss Margaret E Owen of New York writes 125 words a minute during an hour's dictation at the National Business Show, breaking the previous 117 words per minute record. She receives a silver trophy valued at $1000. There is a dry forecast note from Pine Bluff Graphic mentioning no rain in 1914 in Arkansas.
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Associated Press
New York
Margaret E. Owen
Owen
Arkansas
Pine Bluff
Body of Michael Voyle Sent to Chicago for Interment
The body of Michael Voyle a private of the 170th company who drowned in Mobile day last Thursday was sent to Chicago Illinois Wednesday morning by the Roche and Burke Undertaking Company for interment. The remains arrived in Mobile Tuesday afternoon on the steamer Holabird and were escorted by a troop detachment. Voyle recently transferred here from Jefferson Barracks Missouri and resided at 1719 West 16th Street Chicago.
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Michael Voyle
170Th Company
Mobile
Chicago
Hls
Roche and Burke Undertaking Company
Holabird
Voyle
Jefferson Barracks
West 16Th
Street
Elkins Estate Owes West Virginia 120000 Assessment Omission
Judge Kittle in Randolph county court ruled the estate of the late Senator Stephen B. Elkins owed the state 120000 as one tenth of 120000 after excluding most items from the probate list. The state had claimed 3270434.04 omitted and forfeiture of 370043.40, while bonds of Morgantown and Kingswood railroad were excluded from the estate.
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Elkins
W. Va
Kittle
Randolph County
United States
Stephen B. Elkins
West Virginia
Morgantown and
Kingswood
Captain and Crew Escape Steamer After Lake Erie Gale
Captain Collins steered the El Phicke ashore off Long Point after a gale tore the Buckeye Steamship Company vessel. The ship split in two just as the 18 crewmen were saved. The steamer carried 160,000 bushels of wheat.
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Associated Press
London
Ontario
Lake Erie
Buckeye Steamship Company
Duluth
Collins
Long Point
Weather note on October temperatures in Jackson, Mississippi
A terse weather department note states that mean October temperatures need not be calculated for Jackson Mississippi and mentions no specific figures or dates.
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Weather Department
Jackson
Jackison
Miss. News
Dr Philip R Uhler Dies In Baltimore At 78
Dr Philip R Uhler longtime provost of the Peabody Institute died at his Baltimore home aged 78 after two years of invalidism. He authored numerous scientific papers and his cicada collection, gifted to the National government, was regarded as the finest ever made.
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Baltimore
Philip’ R. Uhler
Peabody Institute of
Abler
United States
England
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Eritae
M. Voyle
Mark
F. M. Hoyt Shoe CO
Vester, New Hampshire
Beacon Shoe Store
Ala
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the Peoples Bank
Alabama
Elkins Estate
Philip R. Uhler
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Mobile, Alabama
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