Old Time Minstrel Billy Williams Dies in New Jersey
Newspaper reports in Elizabeth New Jersey this week announce the death of Billy Williams once a famed minstrel and later an evangelist after his conversion. Once addicted to liquor and drugs he was treated in a St. Louis hospital then revived spiritually and began revival work. His career waned amid discouragement and disappearances affecting his wife and children.
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Elizabeth
New Jersey
Billy” Williams
Williams
St. Louis
Indispensable Remedies Endorsed by Years of Use
The experience of years ensures these simple remedies belong in every family. We record Perry Davis Painkiller as indispensable for internal and external use. It is valuable for colds, aches, or fresh wounds and recommended by Christian re.
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Perry Davis
Foley's Honey and Tar Advertised by Lemmon's Pharmacy
The note touts Foley's Honey and Tar as relief for head and throat discomfort and soothing healing. It claims no genuine product but emphasizes the yellow package sold by Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co.
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Foley
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
McElhinney Drug Co
Iowa Republicans Meet and Global Political Week Ahead
A digest of upcoming events across nations and states. Key items include a Chicago packers civil suit, a New York mail fraud hearing for George H. Parker, regulatory law on automobiles, bribery probes, Alsop claim mediation by King George, and encampments or conventions in Saratoga Springs Quebec Peoria Milwaukee and other hubs. Primaries sweep Oklahoma while sessions in New York focus on graft probes and the cotton crop report.
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New York
Chicago Packers
National Packing Company
George H. Parker
United Wireless
Callan
Senate
House
Gore
Oklahoma
United States
Chile
Alsop
King George of England
New York State Department
United Spanish War Veterans
Saratoga Springs
Eugene Schmitz
San Francisco
Republican Congressional
Chicago
Democratic
International
Knights of Columbus
Quebec
Canada
International Brotherhood of Team- Sters
Peoria
Knights of Pythias
Milwaukee
Order
United States Department of Agriculture
Arion Singing Society
Famous New York Musical Organization
Yellowstone Park
Society For the Protection of
New Hampshire
Bretton Woods
N. H
National Association of Organists
Ocean Grove
N. J
The
Photographers’ Association of the
Pacific Northwest
Vancouver
B.C
Borrowed Smiles and Bolts of Wit from a 19th Century Trial
A court scene features a clever defense attorney poking holes in witness memory over a moonlit burglary. A bald husband joke and a hat shelter pun trail the dialogue, with quips about romantic intent and a weighable metaphor.
Census Talk Sparks Birthday Bit in The Household
A humorous exchange unfolds as a census taker questions a woman about her age while she laments a birthday absent of chocolate from her husband. The husband replies that nothing signals she is a day older, prompting lighthearted banter.
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Ida
John
Wild Man Rumors Stir Cedar River Area
In New Hartford on July 30 farmers report a wild man in Cedar river woods. Sheriff Hill led a large pursuit with sightings sporadically, and the stranger asked a farmer for two revolvers and 500 rounds, offering 50 dollars. The killer, nude and head crushed, was found nearby last week.
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New Hartford
Here
Cedar River
Sheriff Hill
Those Pies of Boyhood and Electric Bitters Claim
An advertisement extols the joys of boyhood and blames digestion on aging. It promotes Electric Bitters as a complete toning up of stomach, liver, kidneys, and bowels to restore appetite, health, and vigor, with Lemmon's Pharmacy listing.
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J. E. Lemmon
Lemmon
Wider, Russo-Chinese Bank Clerk, Arrested for $80,000 Bond Theft
Erwin Johann Wider, cashier at the Russo-Chinese bank agency in New York, confessed to stealing about $80,000 in bank bonds. He surrendered with attorney Sawyer Ginsburg present, was arrested by detectives Hyams and Hughes, arraigned in Judge Foster's chambers, and held on $25,000 bail with general sessions arraignment set for Monday.
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New York
Erwin Johann Wider
Tombs
Wider
Leon B. Ginsburg
Charles C. Nott Jr
Sawyer Ginsburg
Mr. Ginsburg
Ginnburg
Hyams and Hughes
Fulton Street
Broadway
Germany
Mount Hope Place
Bronx
Criminal Courts
Whitman
Nott
Foster
Roosevelt nephew vies for 27th district seat in Herkimer Oneida
In Utica on July 30 the Herkimer county convention opened with a heated battle for the Congressional nomination in the Twenty seventh district. Theodore Douglas Robinson, nephew of ex President Roosevelt, faces Charles S. Millington, the incumbent, in a contest described as the warmest yet.
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Utica
New York
Herkimer County
Twentyseventh
Herkimer
Oneida
Theodore Douglas Robinson
Roosevelt
Charles S. Millington
Millington and Robinson Face Nominating Battle in Herkimer
In a charged Republican scene Millington and supporters led by State Committeeman Strobel claim easy renomination. Robinson, though hopeful, fights a tough race amid Herkimer and Oneida county influences as Roosevelt endorses only if Robinson wins the nomination and may campaign if that happens.
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Oneida County
Robinson
Herkimer County
Oneida
Millington
Roosevelt Robinson
T. R
Iowa Hog Industry Dominates U.S. Swine Holdings
The Chicago Tribune reports Iowa leads national hog production with 6.48 million swine valued at about 73 million dollars on the year’s start, far outpacing Illinois and other states. It notes Iowa’s hogs exceed total counts of several countries and comprise roughly 82 percent of the nation’s hog value among nineteen leading states.
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Chicago Tribune
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