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Newspaper
Algona Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1900
Page
6
The ad warns that kidneys filter all blood every three minutes and neglect harms health, causing pains and heart strain. It touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a proven remedy, claiming cures for distressing cases and offering free sample bottle and pamphlet by mail.
The dispatches detail Boer forces of about 600 men near Pretoria and movements toward Buffels Hook. Reports of plots to capture Lord Roberts and kill British officers surface from Pretoria, with arrested ringleaders. Kruger denies surrender rumors as battles and retreats unfold, while MacArthur and Aguinaldo-related negotiations in the Philippines and Luzon surface amid shifting fronts and evacuations.
The Wisconsin Republican convention nominated by acclamation Governor Ranert M. Lafollette and a slate including Hammett R. Gicks for attorney general and Lorenzo D. Hervey as state superintendent. The platform backs McKinley, endorses the national party program, and calls for a primary election system via Australian ballot to replace caucuses and conventions. Gen. George D. Bryant of Madison was elected state central committee chairman.
Aug 11 Goodland New Mexico two attackers who robbed a Union Pacific train near Hugo Colorado last Sunday morning killed passenger W. J. Pay and plundered travelers. A sheriff's posse cornered the robbers Friday at Bartholomew ranch east of town after a siege and gunfire. One robber tried to escape and was shot dead. the other remained in a house where the posse set it ablaze. Names of the assailants were not identified.
In Columbus Charles R. J. Ferrell, a 22 year old ex employee of Adams Express, confessed to killing Messenger Charles Lane and robbing the Pennsylvania eastbound train. About $1,060,381 in cash was recovered or believed recovered, with $150 spent. Ferrell claimed the money was to fund his upcoming marriage to Lillian Costlow. He was arrested after associates alerted authorities and was later found with his fiancée, who was shocked by the disclosures.
The National League standings show clubs up to date amid a strike affecting East St. Louis and streetcar operations. Reports indicate a citywide, unanimous vote in favor of labor action against the transit company, halting service as the strike entered its early days.
A chaotic mix of events is reported including plans for the 1904 Seattle world’s fair, labor unrest in Paris and rail strike fallout, Turkish massacres in Spagbank, and German troop movements to China. Other items note crop prospects, a fatal train wreck, and political shifts in Wisconsin and Alabama.
An Arizona DJ relates a garbled restaurant anecdote about lamb chops and potatoes priced to imply cattle raised for meat rather than dairy. The speaker mocks bread and butter costs while referencing milk cows as scarce, then veers into distorted phrases and unclear musings about Chinese beef and branding.
After Spion Kop a British soldier lay dead with a finger on the trigger. A Boer who tried to seize the rifle was shot by the dead man's finger as it fired.
A fragment discusses the vegetarian diet versus meat eaters as gout and medical men argue over fruit safety for gouty patients. It notes some claim fruits are dangerous for gout and even claim fruit intake may engender boils, reflecting period health debates.
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