28 Jun 1900
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1900
Page
1
The store offers triped flannel suits at 7 dollars to move stock, ubie breasted serge coats from 500 to 400, double breasted serge coats from 50 to 325, black serge coats and vests at 4 50, and undergarments from 25c to 9c per garment with Muslin and Nainsook items. A large Barbriggan underwear line is priced 25c to 1.00 per garment.
A local paint retailer promotes Pure House Colors with a new spring color card listing 45 durable economical tints and combinations for homeowners seeking attractive finishes.
An entry notice lists Kate Baldwin and Miss Martha at 204 Huntington Street East seeking admission to kindergarten in October. The readable text notes a request to enter the train and addresses the obstacle of an incomplete form.
Advices from Victoria B C dated June 27 recount a perilous Peking Tientsin escape by foreign engineers including Americans French and Belgians. Surrounded by Boxers at Phuang Tai they faced heavy fire from rifles and knives while 80 men held a hill. Several were killed and wounded. On arrival in Peking some marines were left destitute.
A Shanghai Mercury account describes the killing of Rev. Mr. Ellis of a London mission and a Chinese missionary at Kungian. The witness cites a Boxers society member detailing the event while a crowd dispersed, amid repeated references to brutal violence and ongoing investigations.
In Omecapo on June 27 the backbone of the Building Trades strike appears broken as Bricklayers and Stonemasons union withdraw from the Building Trades Council. An arbitration plan aims to restore 50,000 idle workers. Other trades hesitate but may follow. settlement prospects remain uncertain.
In Macon county near La Place J O Pinkston, his son, and a companion exchanged fifteen shots with the Boyd brothers after Pinkston failed to stop. Pinkston was wounded in the hand and hip, his horse slain, and Seaton Hood was also hurt but not seriously. The feud traces back to an earlier incident when Pinkston whipped Bone Boyd.
Haxtax Cocntiovar Ky June 27 Captain J H Powers of Barbours Hills released after a pardon issued by Taylor and honored by Judge Cornett The pardon prevents his arrest on the murder charge involving Governor Goebel Powers remains jailed in Georgetown on the same charge and the shooting affray at Baton Rouge is noted with three injured.
British and foreign legations report safety as Seymour-led column pushes through Tiensin and into Peking. Dispatches note heavy losses with 63 killed, and relief forces of about 2,000 men moving toward the capital amid Boxer resistance and Chinese hesitations.
June 27 dispatches report American troops among 2,000 international forces pressing toward Tien Tsun. Heavy shelling silenced the arsenal as the fight ended by noon. Rivalry to be first into Tien Tsin placed on Americans with nearby forces close behind.
The piece explains careful buyers examine lining sewing eyelets and leather quality to ensure shoes are affordable comfortable and keep their appearance for weeks. It urges choosing durable value footwear.
A man released after serving 11 years of a sentence for a crime now believed not to have been committed. Details are unclear in the fragment but the case involves wrongful conviction and exoneration following lengthy confinement.
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