16 Jun 1900
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1900
Page
1
A new large store opens offering plain white basics and a fresh lineup of season colors and shades described as cool and neat for summer wear. The headline emphasizes expanded stock and the opening event.
A trade style notice urges buyers to choose durable economical paint over bargain options. It promotes a single brand as the best choice for longevity in any climate and invites homeowners to view a new spring color card with 45 tint options.
Russian and Japanese forces are reported advancing toward Peking without consulting other powers. The action aims to counter British naval dominance while concerns grow over foreign troops operating under foreign officers and possible requests for more British reinforcements. Paris reports telegraph lines to Peking cut as China resists foreign detachments. Japan plans a naval buildup with 5 million yen funding and six torpedo boat destroyers.
In St Louis on January 15 the transit strike appears peaceful with guards at depots and powerhouses. Transit officers report hundreds applied for reinstatement in two weeks and 100 new motormen and conductors arrived from out of town. Regular schedules to be maintained. one attempted mail car explosion at Broadway and at Schaefer was thwarted by special officers who arrested a suspect. Strike leaders convened striking workers at West End Catsoum.
Admiral Dewey, in an interview, discusses China policy favoring open ports on equal terms with other nations. He credits Spanish-American War outcomes for U S naval strength and asserts retention of the Philippines to project force and access near China, arguing it enables American influence in Far East affairs.
Mrs Mattie Hughes the widow by shooting her husband has skipped town leaving behind a running restaurant on Main Street Financial troubles and mortgage loss pushed her to flee Her murder trial lapsed with bond set three times and pending cases for keeping liquor in violation Five months after the November killing in Greers her departure shocks the town and cements her as a local sensational figure
Augusta GA June 15 Jacob Phinizy president of the Georgia railroad and a prominent citizen has been urged to run for mayor. A petition signed by 25 representatives from each of five wards asks him to enter the race. His reply will appear in the morning paper.
Prominent professors from University of Pennsylvania Yale and state chemists warn alum in baking powders harms digestion and stomach health. They urge cream of tartar based powders like Royal Baking Powder as a safer alternative.
Washington June 15. In response to requests from wives of officers in the Philippines the secretary of war decided that wives of regular officers and volunteer staff officers may ride government transports when space allows with permission from the quartermaster general. Wives of volunteer regiments will not be allowed to accompany their husbands to the Philippines on transports as these officers return home.
Reports from San Francisco state H B Huntington is named fourth vice president of Southern Pacific, with imminent changes planned. In Alabama Tony Stewart is jailed for allegedly killing his wife as his daughter sought protection. In Washington Elias Lowry, a Black woman, was dragged from bed, beaten, and shot in the face by unknown assailants. An official protest is filed in Paris over municipal council actions regarding the Ancien regime.
A crowded five story tenement at 34 Jackson Street Lower East Side caught fire in the early hours. Nine bodies recovered including eight members of Louis Marion's cigarmaker family. Infant believed dead. Bodies transported to Gouverneur Hospital for identification.
A subcommittee of the national Democratic committee met in Kansas City on June 15 to set arrangements for the July 4 convention. They heard local ostentation matters and discussed hotel space and room rates, aiming to finish tasks promptly. James see presided as chair, with Tommittes stepping in on action.
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