Change at Pioneer Drugstore with Sherman Brothers take over
Longtime Washington merchant Wm A Cook retires after forty six years as Cook & Sherman becomes Sherman Brothers Fort Sherman takes over the store. Don Sherman has been with the firm since 1900 and Fort Sherman since 1900. The new partnership inherits a storied 1848 origin and local Chilcote era roots.
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Sherman Brothers Fort Sherman
California
Texas
Ieona
Fort Sherman
Washington
Don
Fort
J. H. Stewart
Ill health prompts hope for Mr. Cook at milder southern climate
The passage notes Mr. Cook leaving his post after six years to seek improved health in a milder southern climate. It expresses hope that his condition will improve and that he may return to enjoy rest and the fruits of his earlier labors in his later, more active years.
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Cook
South
Suiming
Pioneer Drug Store retires after four decades of service
William A. Cook of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound announces retirement from the Pioneer Drug Store in San Antonio Texas after forty six years at the old corner. He expresses thanks to patrons and confidence in successors. The notice promotes Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a reliable family medicine for colds coughs and bronchitis with druggists carrying it.
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Pioneer Drug Store
Foley
Mahatea versus Burkett in Court
The case Mahaffa vs Burkett was taken up in court yesterday in the Nira area. It concerns a landlord tenant dispute with non jury proceedings and representation by Elcher and Livingston for the plaintiff.
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Mahaffa
John
Joseph Rogers
C. Elston
Rogers
Elston
Helen Galloway Writes From China in War-Torn River Journey
Letter from missionary Helen Galloway describes a perilous Yangtze voyage with six boats under consular escort, obstructions, a German gunboat, and a tense crossing of the ten mile gorge. She reports battles near Nanking, safety of the convoy, and plans to reach Shanghai with her party.
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Helen Galloway
China
Miss Galloway
Chungking
Kuifuh
Ichang
Inter
Meat eating trends among French working classes
The article reports share of meat consumption by item across France with horse meat notably rising. Beet 25.0 percent veal 13.6 and mutton 12.1. horse meat 11.2 nationally but up to 24 at Brest and 23 at Bourges. Paris per capita about five pounds, Roubaix about seven. Horse butchers in Paris fall from 700 in 1907 to 491.
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France
Nancy
Brest
Bourges
Paris
Roubaix
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NIRA
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Shanghai
Vanetsi
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W. M. Galloway
Chuangking
Wusang
Baotong
Sichuan
Hofish
U.S
Protector
I'ehang
Chang
Pontius
Miss Tyler
Szechuan
Nanking
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