27 Sep 1901
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1901
Page
1
The ad claims malaria poisoning lasts until fall unless treated with Johnson's Tonic. It attacks blood medicines as ineffective, argues the tonic cures malaria in one day, and urges customers to buy locally even at higher dealer profits while stressing health and productivity as reasons to choose this remedy.
A brief ad declares bets cost 50 cents each and encourages readers to get theirs today. It emphasizes the price and prompt action without additional details.
The Kron Prinz Wilhelm reached New York after a rough crossing from Bremen via Southampton and Cherbourg. Heavy seas damaged forward sections and forced reduced speed for three and a half days. Despite the weather, the ship logged 6 days 10 hours 15 minutes for 8045 knots at an average 19.74 knots. Separately, Leopoldo Batres, Mexican gov ernment scientist, in Durango reports Asiatic origins for cliff dwellers and Toltecs based on artifacts and inscriptions.
Colorado forest fires threaten settlements as a high wind continues. John Joyce and M O Brien have begun talks with Washington to obtain interior department help to control the blazes on Tennessee Mountain and surrounding timber country. No town danger reported at the moment.
A news summary reports a serious state of affairs in Cape Colony from the Orange River to the sea as open rebellion and pillaging banditry grow. British gains in South Africa bring some relief to war costs, while Botha loses cattle and Kitchener clarifies waterworks gun captures near Bloemfontein, with armored trains patrolling further south.
In Mapisoxville Kentucky guards clash with coal mine strikers. Judge J Nunn telegraphs Governor Beck requesting troops to protect the Reinecke mines as armed men arrive by train to assist the sheriff. No reply yet from the governor regarding dispatch.
Will reopen the first 10 stakes after a Sept 10 close date, with a new closing date of Oct 10. All horse entries may declare out and receive a refund of the entrance fee. Tank explosion at a sods fountain and drugstore in Estenville, Indiana, kills two. Gas cylinder incident under investigation.
Nome reports show starving natives after trading furs for supplies and liquor. Whisky peddlers exploited them as 800 visitors sold goods, then bought liquor. Miners destitute arrive, Bear ship brought 18 men penniless from Kotzebue. Nome banks estimate district gold output at about 5 million dollars, slightly up from last year.
The Times editorial notes tentative but potentially lasting improvement in East Asia. It cites sincere exchanges between Chinese and Japanese leaders, crediting Japan with guiding China toward reform and peaceful coexistence, contrasting Japan’s proactive stance with the slower response of other great powers.
Ed Sastig, arrested in St Louis on petty larceny charges, confessed to details of the McKinley assassination plot. He implicated Frank Harrigan of the Dewey Hotel Philadelphia and Emme Goldman, saying Harrigan met him in a local saloon to arrange the murder. Sastig claimed he was in Buffalo at the time and tied the handkerchief around the assassin’s hand.
Emma Goldman anarchist lecturer freed in Otmtaco after two weeks in custody following the assassination of President Owens. Magistrate Prondiville cites lack of evidence and orders dismissal for want of prosecutions. Goldman plans to write for magazines and journals and leaves with Abram Isaak’s wife. crowd watches without notable protest.
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