10 May 1901
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1901
Page
1
A 50 year old medical practitioner with 25 years in active practice cautiously endorses Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic as a top combination remedy for chill and fever. He asserts it corrects vitiated liver secretions relieves costiveness and promotes absorption and assimilation of food.
The text extols Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic as superior for fever and general health, claiming it brightens eyes, clears skin, boosts appetite, and improves liver condition. It condemns imitators and counterfeiters, urging fever sufferers to use the tonic exclusively and well people to stay well with it.
The roll of American service members who died in China on May 7 is printed. Names span the Sixth Cavalry, Ninth Infantry, Marines, and other units, including officers such as Captain Rich Braddock and Private Daniel Mall, with many others listed alongside ranks and affiliations.
The Tradesman lists new ventures in the week ending May 4 with assets ranging from a $25,000 coal oil mining venture in Oliver Springs Tennessee to a $109,000 fertilizer factory in DeLand Florida and a $50,600 lumber company in Atlanta Georgia. Other entries include textile and manufacturing firms, breweries, ice and fur niture factories, mills, and tobacco operations across several states. Jamieson & Co of Chicago issue reports on a stock brokerage failure on LaSalle Street, noting inability to meet obligations and creditor pressures in New York Stock Exchange trading.
The Commercial Gazette reports United States Steel plans to centralize operations by abandoning smaller or uneconomical plants and transferring work to more efficient sites. If enacted, about 60,000 mill workers may move to Pittsburgh within a year as plants in Connellsville, Vandergrift, and others are expanded or closed.
The archbishop of Ephesus and cardinal-elect Sebastian Mar jebetti Martinelli received the red beretta from Cardinal Gibbons in a grand ceremony at the cathedral in Baltimore. Bishops, priests, monks, and dignitaries witnessed the rite, which marked the second step in his elevation to cardinal.
Ex Cuba treasurer Major E F Ladd arrived from Havana and claimed he turned over 1 800 000 dollars to General Roloff who he said was qualified as island treasurer. Ladd spoke of Cuba politics and alleged intrigue, asserting stability under the amendment and distancing the country from foreign entanglements.
Rateiau May 6 The saloon men sue the city for 12000 claiming tax privilege and license taxes beyond the corporate boundary collected over 25 years. The case heads to the sanitary court. Fire breaks out in Augusta cotton district 1 p m May 8. Union Compress Phinizy Whitney Tip orl bone Nove r Disorders in Spaig part broken text.
Street car crews in Albany Troy Cohoes Watervliet and Rensselaer walked out demanding union recognition and the discharge of seven non union workers. They seek equal pay for extra men and a duty registration change for conductors. About 1000 workers participate as other transit methods operate.
R R B Dyer, matures of Orr Co in Anniston Alabama, was knocked unconscious by drops in whisky and the cash drawer robbed at Mallory Plowman building. A man named Moon supplied the liquor. Police handle the case as a large sum vanished. In London coal miners oppose work stoppage. another conference may be held to address possible wage reductions.
The May 3 blaze in Jacksonville, Florida, wiped out the oldest and most populous district, leaving 10,000 to 15,000 homeless and causing 12 to 16 million dollars in losses. Officials report no more bodies found, relief efforts distribute supplies as rebuilding plans begin and an order drives idle workers to work.
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