21 Mar 1900
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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1900
Page
1
The largest exclusive shoe dealer in the four counties cleans out stock to make room for spring goods arriving daily. Leather goods have risen over 50 percent in the last sixty days, yet bargains in footwear are offered to astonish customers.
London dispatch reports Isaac Gordon the notorious moneylender dead. A 35 year old man is said to hold his fortune, with $20,000 on the body and $835,000 in his office. The obit notes extortion, a brutal career, and that Jewish widows and orphans suffered under his claims. We also see Russia’s alarm at American Siberian trade expansion and a Wisconsin political update including General Henry Harnden’s death.
London dispatches and Cape Town updates describe ongoing British pressure near Mafeking amid reports the siege is not yet raised. Garrison notes quarter rations, occasional enemy shelling, and fevered speculation of relief while Boers torture allegations and desertions widen.
The report details brigandage and murder by insurgents across Zambales Nueva Ecija and Albay, with rebels collecting funds from towns including Manila. Civilians face taxation, looting, and food shortages while American forces deploy governors and ports open to stimulate trade. Travel becomes dangerous, with guards needed for wagon trains and sporadic attacks.
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