Boer Alarm and Ladysmith Garrison Tactics Report
From Ladysmith comes wartime briefing on the garrison facing bombardment and supply strain. Observers note Boer shelling, movement toward Drakensberg, and uncertainty over a potential retreat while locals discuss possible cover for losses. A Philadelphia man recounts a medical remedy ad and wartime fears flood the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Groerat Walters
Ladsota
Jar
Tun Evere
Drakensverg
Free Siatera
Ladysmith
Transvaal
Market Tumbles as Cotton Prices Slip
The cotton market opened weak with January contracts at 7.33 and March at 7.43, marking a bearish session despite generally buoyant tones earlier in the week. Port receipts this week ran somewhat heavier than expected, contributing to the temporary decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almod
Lowe
Henas
One Minute Cough Cure Endorsed by Local Druggists
A local advertisement touts One Minute Cough Cure as a universal remedy for coughs croup grippe pneumonia bronchitis and throat and lung trouble. It claims rapid relief and safety for all ages with endorsements from W A Rembert and J B Clark among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Sheer
Sedala
W. A. Rembert
HLN
Williams
Gentryville
Quality Store Promise and Fresh Goods Emphasized
The store pledges to keep only desired items, take personal interest in every transaction, and ensure safety and freshness in all products. It asserts quality as the top priority and promotes self-serve reliability and trust.
Perfumes and Extracts Offerings in Varying Fragrances
A list advertises perfumes and extracts with prices and sizes. Violet Waterpint at 75c per pint 1 35. Crab Apple Extract 85 10c. Trailing Arbutus Extract New odor and very faint 50c. Dodeon's Fragrant Cologne combinations described as most fragrant. Includes Violet, White Rose, Lilac and Lily of the Valley extracts by ounce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodeon
Asia
Lezell
Pocket Books Ad Offers Leather and Silver Pocket-Books
An advertisement lists pocket-books and card cases priced at 100 dollars for a black grain leather combined item with seal taps sachet bottom and sterling silver mountings and 150 dollars for a real seal lining pocket-book and card case with heavy sterling silver fittings.
Stationery advertisement from West Point gray blue or white embossed
Embossed writing paper in gold blue or red letters West Point Gray Blue or White, handsome work, one quire paper with envelopes packed in neat box 40¢ Our Leader contains 48 sheets of linen paper and 48 envelopes Price per box 25¢ Visiting Cards package Writing Tablets
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Americas
Soap Brands Mentioned in Brief Listing
A compact listing highlights soaps including Caticara Soap Parker's Tar Soap Rogers and Galett's Soap with a 20 cent discount note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caticara
Parker's
Rogers & Gallet
Daisy Sims and George Henderson wed in Leslie church
Miss Daisy Sims and Mr George Henderson were married yesterday at the Baptist church in Leslie. Rev J Shab officiated as the sanctuary thronged with friends and the wedding party entered to Mendelssohn. Annie Allen played the organ while Ernest Wilson and Marion Sima led the orchestra. Attendants included Nettie Lockett Ruth Sims May Young Kate Whidden and Walter Ware page Stella Sims flower girl. The couple left for their home in Sycamore.
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E Wupiiais
Misa Annie Allen
Strond
Mendelsabon
Messrs
Ernest Wilson
Marion Sima
Merare Ruese Sime
Eugene Lockett
W. B. Smith
Clarence Dodson
Misses Nettie Lockett
Bobbie Sims
May Young
Kate Whidden
Valdosta
Walter Ware Ax Page
Little Stella Sims
Leslie Mr
Mia
Henderson
Sycamore
Frightful Blunder Advertises Salve for Sores
An old drugstore advertises Buckien’s Aratoa Salve claiming to heal burns cuts sores and skin eruptions. The text promises quick relief for fever sores ulcers boils and corns and lists a price and authorizer as E. J. Blaidge pharmacist.
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Buckien
Tee
E. J. Blaidge
Lengthy Liverpool firm case ends in court delay
The case of A. A. Patton and Co of Liverpool and verana Littleton and Lamar occupied the entire day in superior court yesterday. The trial began Tuesday at noon and the jury retired last night. A verdict is expected this morning as Judge Little may begin criminal business or continue with the civil docket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Patton & Co
Liverpool
Verana Littleton & Lamar
A Sure Cure for Croup Twenty Five Years of Use
A description of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a reliable early treatment for croup in children. The advert claims it prevents attacks if given at first signs of hoarseness and asserts twenty five years of flawless use in thousands of homes. Sold by J B Hodenson and Dodson's Pharmacy. Bigamy is simply an over 1800 of matrimonial bonds.
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Chamberlain
J. B Hodeson
Dodson
Hall's Great Discovery touted for kidney and bladder cures
An 1898 advertisement promotes Hall's Great Discovery as a cure for kidney and bladder troubles, gravel, diabetes, and other ailments with testimonials. It lists W. A. Kembert in Americus, Ga and a note about Waco and St. Louis manufacturers, plus other health quackery claims and a farm for sale note.
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Hall
W. Hall
St. Louis
Ace
Texas
W. A. Kembert
Americus
Dallas
Bright
Waco
W. Brown
Bt. George Hotel
Hathaway Promises New Cure For Men’s Ailments
Dr. J Newton Hathaway promotes a long practiced line of remedies for male health issues including varicocele and stricture. He claims to have refined treatments over twenty years, using his own preparations and insisting on personal supervision. The ad urges readers to visit Hathaway and Co at 22 South Broad Street in Atlanta, noting to mention the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Hathaway
Hathaway
Lt See
Negroes May Emigrate to Island Labor Markets
J C Leftwich federal receiver for Pacific coast interests travels to Hawaii and Samoa to study conditions for possible anti labor emigration of southern African Americans. He represents a large sugar syndicate that has already tested native, Chinese, and Japanese labor, and plans removal of thousands of black workers. A political note interrupts with a stray line about evaluating opponents post defeat.
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Taye
MosTaomery
Ala
J. C. Leftwich
Pucific Mou Sgain
Alabama
Samoan
Laftwich
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers Advertised Pills
An old advertisement touts DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as purifying the blood aiding liver health and relieving constipation. It presents the product as a famous simple remedy advertised by W A Bembert.
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DeWitt
W. A. Bembert
Americans Killed and Wounded at Vigan
General Otis reports from the war department that General Young is missing since December 29 near Vigan after an engagement with insurgents. Lieutenant Colonel Parker confirms heavy fighting, 40 insurgent dead and 84 rifles captured, with Parker able to hold and reinforce as needed.
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Vigan
Wasaixatos
Otis
War Department
Young
Aguinaldo
Oris
Parker
Wigan
Bin
Thirty Third Infantry
Hi Force
Thirty-third Infantry
Hin
San Fabian
Young m
Larga
NAVAL STORE DAILY MARKET REPORTS AND A MISC WARNING
Dec notes show Spirit turpentine firmness around 45 percent, rosin prices near 1.05, and receipts around 41 percent. Export sales and inland receipts listed for Baltimore and nearby markets. A Berlin Virginia reader warns of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve curing a baby’s skin sores, urging beware of counterfeits.
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WraimaTox
Dec
Reveinia
Mia. B. Churchill
Berlin
DeWitt
W. A. Rembert
Youth Held for Murder in Madison Square Garden
Edward Burns, a 10 year old from Scarsdale, is arrested after the fatal shooting of station agent and postmaster Herbert Fellows. Detectives traced Burns to Madison Square Garden where he was watching a bicycle race with Ella Smith. Sheriff Molloy and Detective Wilson pursued him from Scarsdale, and Burns was taken into custody after denying knowledge of the crime.
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Edward Bucng
Madlsei Square
New York
New Yoak
Edward Barna
Es Pollos
Herbert B. Fallows
Scarsdale
N. Y
Boros
Madison
Ella Smith
Bureat
William V. Molloy
Westchester County
Wilson
New York Ceniral Railroad Company
Karna
Burne
Burns
Madson Square Garden
Garden
Molloy
Baras
Fellows
Burax
Burnz
Scarsdalsay
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Geo
D. Wheatley
Clothing Department
Nobby Saque
Saque
Washington Cheviot” Saqua Suits
B.k
Cassimeres
Dorable
Tressrs
Peck & Haudhaus
Bobbel Tha
Aderling
J. Eliridae
Andrea
Eric Eldridge
J. B. Clark
Peoria
Rembert
Ne&t
Geo. D. Wheatley
Lamar Street
Cotton Avenue
Georgia
Pharmacy
Jockey Club
Pocket-Books
Stationery
Soaps
Henri Rochean
Paris
Sterling
Pes Sey
Tomada
J. Eldridge
M. Callaway
Nunnally's
Rombert’s
Puat
Baw
the Kid
Daily Market Reports
Bano
Rtine
John W. L. Daniel
Empire Shoe Store
Lamar St
E. D. Sheffield Co
Stacey Adams
Sheffield
Company
D. B. Johnson
Richmond
Ind
Thomas
Bowen
Glea
J. R. Hudson
Annie E. Gaming
Tyre
Mick
Rembert's Drug Store
Forsyth Street
Cas
ORIA
Sherlock &Co
Butcbers and
Siusavke
Albert T. Ansley
Pas
Terwritie
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