20 Jun 1902
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1902
Page
1
An ad extols Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic as harmless and quick for malaria fever. It claims rapid relief within 90 minutes, promises universal cure, and warns against other remedies while urging use of Johnson's Tonic exclusively to spare families from lengthy illness.
Our store holds a reputation among good dressers for latest novelties and fashionable facts of the season. Since opening we have aimed to offer the best values for the least money and provide top choices in hats suits trousers shirts underwear neckwear collars handkerchiefs suspenders and more.
Havana dispatch reports a surge in piracy and smuggling along Cuba's coast following US forces' withdrawal. Custody of ports burdens revenue cutters. only two cutters guard 2000 miles as six vessels are out of commission. Cuban smacks from Jamaica Nassau and Barbados among violators. piracy cases rise with foreigners accused of plundering fish catches and supplies.
London June 18 Sunny weather drew large crowds to Ascot Heath despite the absence of King Edward and Queen Alexandra. The king has practically recovered from his indisposition and is expected to attend the races in state tomorrow. the Prince of Wales stood in for the royal family.
Mark Speyers once of Atlanta died in New York hospital from morphine opium poisoning after being found unconscious on Twenty third Street near Seventh Avenue. He was 22, nephew of ex Marshal Mark Tolbert, moved from Atlanta to Charleston then New York. He had worked for American Tobacco and studied at Young Harris Institute.
Moses and Caesar Cone announce purchase of 1600 acres near Greensboro NC to build the world’s largest blue denim mill with 20000 spindles 3000 looms and 2500 horsepower power. A 15 million brick contract is awarded with one year for completion. 3000 workers will be employed and the plant will be fed by the neighboring dam.
McSweeney publicly announced he will retire from politics and not run for governor again or for the U.S. Senate to succeed McLaurin. The Columbus Ga article notes prior speculation about his political plans and confirms his intention to devote time to private interests amid political retirement.
Campaigning for United States senator congressman and state officers has begun in Columbia. Under primary rules all entries had to be filed Monday and entrants were required to deposit their entrance fees.
Reports from Willemstadt say 1 000 revolutionists led by Generals Riera Penaloza and Sierralta captured La Vela de Coro after five hours of fighting. Coro, capital of Falcon, is besieged with Ayala commanding government troops. surrenders expected soon. Government forces retreated toward Ciudad Bolivar with 600 troops from Portublar. Foreign cruisers Suchet Alertie Kronixen Regentes are in Venezuelan waters.
Salvador officials denounce the arbitration decision as a scandal and a crime. They accuse judges of bribery and MPs of mistreatment while blaming Dr Zaldivar for breaching trust. In New Orleans reports tie the matter to regional tensions and political drama.
During Penns hundred and forty eighth commencement Provost Harrison announced Josh Wharton founder of the Wharton School increased its endowment from two hundred thousand to five hundred thousand dollars. The surprise announcement drew cheers from the large audience. Marietta Electric Light Plant Sold in Marietta Georgia on June seventeenth as Moultrie Sions, of the place, closed the deal with Marietta Electric to operate and enlarge the plant at once. Master Car Builders In Session at Saratoga June fifteenth began the annual meeting with President J Hennecy of Milwaukee Wisconsin attending.
A cloudburst near Middlesex Vermont washes out a Central Vermont line wrecking a freight train. A locomotive and twelve cars leaped into a ditch killing five crew members the conductor engineer front brakeman. Bridges and a nearby mill were swept away logs carried downstream.
Ei Paso reports L G Wright describes a cave in the Montezuma district where an American dweller’s bones lay on a pallet. No identification found, only clippings about a murdered wife and a fleeing husband. Two bags of gold were discovered nearby.
Knoxville reports a divorce filing after a short marriage. John Nelson, wealthy, alleges wife Lillian Henderson Menderson deserted him within six weeks, later living with a former sweetheart. The case centers on money and fidelity amid a bitter split. A separate item notes Mrs Julia Davidson of Chicago dies at 87, with a Washington lineage mentioned.
Cleveland travels from Jones President and Mrs Grover to Villa Nova for a fifth address before the graduating class at Elm Street Thomas College where he will receive the degree of jurisprudence.
Jacob Smith, cycling along the Tailroad near Linden, fell after a locomotive whistle caused a fire to engulf his meal. He plunged into the river to escape the flames, surfacing on the far bank as onlookers learned of his dramatic escape.
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