Hickman-Bessey Company Delivers Crowd Pleasing Show
The Hickman-Bessey troupe led by W. Al White opened with Thorns and Orange Blossoms to a full house at the opera house. Guy Hickman as Tommy Swift drew laughs, Miss Westerly impressed as Violet Lady, and a strong supporting cast plus noted specialties kept audiences entertained through the week with plans for daily performances and a Saturday matinee.
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W. al White
Brighton
W. al
Guy Hickman
Acors
Ringling Brother
Hickman-Bessey Company
Opera
Tommy Swift
Me Westerly
Violet Lady
Baby Irene Spooner
Pauline Westerly
Alfred Bruce
Alice B. Hamilton
Papes Diapepsin Promises Quick Indigestion Relief
A 50 cent case of Pape's Diapepsin is advertised to cure indigestion in five minutes. The ad claims relief for sour stomach fullness nausea and heartburn and says it cleanses the stomach making meals agreeable with no need for laxatives. It also promotes the product for gastritis and general stomach misery.
Chamberlains Liniment Promises Fast Relief
A notice claims a sprained ankle can heal in less than a week using Chamberlains Liniment, with many cases cured in three days. It also promotes relief for tonic and muscular rheumatism and advertises fifty cent bottles by D. J. Ross and Lemmon's Co.
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Chamberlain
D. J. Ross
Lemmon
Senator Gordon Finds Wrong Barber Shop in Capitol
Mississippi Senator Colonel James Gordon tries to get a trim in the Senate barber shop but ends up in the employees shop. A chance conversation reveals he paid a silver dollar to the wrong barber and quips that he was in the right church but the wrong pew.
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Mississippi
James Gordon
Senate
Capitol
Washington
House
Senator Gordon
Gordon
Colonel Gordon
McGowan Calls for War Over Japanese Labor Invasion
California State Senator Frank McGowan warned Monterey convention delegates that the Pacific coast faced a flood of cheap Japanese labor and morals. He urged stronger exclusion laws and said it would be better to wage war with Japan than allow nonwhite competition to drive out white workers.
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Frank McGowan
California
Convention of Building Trades of
Monterey
Cal
Pacific Coast
Japan
McGowan
America
Comfort for Near-Old Maid Declares 28 Is No Bar
Mrs Henry Jaffray of Chicago told the West Side Co educational club that an unmarried woman aged twenty eight is an important factor in social and business life. She said she need not marry but can pursue business or a profession. A large audience of women applauded.
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Henry Jaffray
Chicago
West Side Co-educational Club
Washington Boulevard
Ion
Guinea Pigs to Aid Health in Illinois Lab
A room in the soon to be established Illinois biological laboratory will be devoted to guinea pig experiments to test if cows milk contains tuberculosis bacilli. Hog cholera serum production will take priority, delaying guinea pig work. Injections will involve blood from infected hogs and milk when full operations begin. Hog cholera serum is produced from immune pigs via diseased blood infusions.
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Iinois Biological Laboratory
Governor Harmon Observes White House View During Visit
During a White House visit with thirty governors, Ohio Governor Harmon admired the Potomac view from a south window. He joked about renting the house every four years and consulting his wife on a lease, as Secretary Innox teased about the upstairs rooms.
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Harmon
White House
Ohio
Potomac
Brady
Slaho
Governor Harmon
Public Farm Sale Advertisement With Livestock and Farm Assets
A public sale will be held at the seller's farm nine miles northeast of Washington and nearby references on Friday February 1 at 10 a.m. The auction lists eighteen horses, twenty two cattle, twenty eight hogs plus 1000 bushels of corn and the 105 acre farm. Terms include 500 dollars cash, rest due March 1 1910 with options on site, and cash discount of six percent. Lunch provided by Rolla Meeks. Auctioneers W Busby and Charles Brown. Clerk Frank Critz.
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Washington
Avis
Haskins
Bethel Church
Rolla Meeks
W. Busby
Chamberlain’s Remedy for Colic Diarrhoea Cures
Quick relief advertised for colic cholera and diarrhoea with many years of use and wide reputation. Sold by D. J. Ross and Lemmon’s Pharmacy.
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Chamberlain
D. J. Ross and
Lemmon
Microbe Theory Of Baldness Promoted By Rexall Hair Tonic
A Hamburg professor and a French dermatologist claim a microbe causes baldness and dandruff. They promote Rexall 93 Hair Tonic with a money back guarantee, saying it cleanses the scalp, restores color, and strengthens hair roots. Available in Washington at Cook & Sherman, S. W. Cor. Square, for 50 cents or $1.00.
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Anna
Hamburg
Germany
Sabourand
Rexall
Washington
Cook & Sherman
S. W. Cor. Square
Feast of the King and the Invitation to Heaven
A church afternoon and evening gathering centered on the parable of the king's marriage feast. The speaker warns against ridiculing faith and prioritizing worldly work over the kingdom, urging listeners to accept God’s invitation and seek the heavenly banquet.
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Kingdom of Heaven
Jesus Christ
Christ
God
Dictionary Lore on Poison and Human From 19th Century Notes
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle cites Lowell on doublets poison and potion from Latin potare and historic sense of drink. It notes human as a humorous form and references Bartlett Chapman Homer and The Hog Hath Lost His Pearl in discussion of Americanisms.
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Lowell
Bigion
Bartlett
Chapman
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Royal Market Advertises Canned Goods and Sausage
Local ad promotes North Window offerings at the Royal Market with bottom prices on pork sausage from Iowa. Full line of canned goods and pickles, butterine priced at 20 and 25 cents per pound, Shell Oyster Crackers 1.00 per bushel, and fine coast sealed oysters 40 cents per quart.
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Iowa
Call of His Mate headline at Graham tonight
Amusements note that The Call of His Mate a top play by Guy Hickman leads tonight at the Graham with Irene Spooner and the Spooner clan in the cast. The troupe promises two shows tonight and tomorrow with popular prices and a money back guarantee for unsatisfied patrons.
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Guy Hickman
the Graham
Irene Spooner
Spooner
Spooners
Irene
Future Living Conditions
Futurist M Jules Bois envisions Europe’s great cities becoming largely empty by 2000 with daytime business districts remaining. People move to country homes or garden cities served by cheap rapid transit and flying vehicles. The motor car fades while a flying bicycle enables air travel for individuals.
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M. Jules Bois
Europe
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
A Baltimore woman testimonial claims four years of misery with irregularities and nervous distress ended after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad cites widespread cures of female complaints and offers free advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Baltimore
Lydia E. Pinham
W. S. Ford
W. Franklin St
Balt'more
Lydia E. Pinkham
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