Army supervision eyed for Isthmian Canal project
The New York Tribune says the isthmian canal will be built under direct army officers, with a military Canal commission. The piece warns of contractor corruption if politicians control contracts and notes a notable officer misuse of funds, urging cautious selections by President Roosevelt to avoid excessive costs. It also cites Ballard products for cold and croup remedies from J. J. Wikles and J. B. Privett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New York Tribune
New York
Canal Commission
O. M. Carter
Engineer Corps
Roosevelt
Congress
Baltimore
San
Ballard
J. B. Privett
Anniston Link Works Promotes Building Lime and Supplies
Contractor notice promotes high grade building lime from Anniston Link Works run by Tom Cooper Manager. Offers bulk sales with 25 percent savings and portable boxes for 10 to 15 barrels. Contact at 19 East Tenth Street office, West End warehouse, Phone 75. Also discusses paper hunting as a horse game with trails and rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Tenth Street
Warehouse West End
Anniston Link Works
Tom Cooper
America
Fragmentary Local Ad Claims Cure by Liniment
A damaged ad claims Lan Corter for the Oriental Hotel and a testimonial about Snow Liniment curing neuralgia. The text references prices 439 and 1.00 at J. L. Wikle’s and Privett’s Oxord Ala with unclear names and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lan
The
Oriental Hotel
Kan
J. L. Wikle’s
Privett's
Ox Ord
Fragmentary OCR Note With Place Names and Dates
A damaged text fragment mentions Oklahoma Todian Territory rotary Arguat Sth and 19th Hept 2nd sed 55 and Get 7th and 23 percent. It references Iron Mountain Gou Vickers gaol 21 days and names L. H. Rebleader J. P. A. Chatt yoroos Tenn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Rotary
Iron Mountain
Vickers Gaol
L. H. Rebleader
Chinese Boxers Kill Converts Riot Reports From Pekin
A Pekin dispatch says Boxers have renewed attacks in Sze-Chuen province slaying 300 to 1,000 converts and torturing others. Fears of a general uprising rise as outrages spread among Catholics and religious circles report widespread violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pekin
Sze-Choen
Not Doomed for Life Bucklen's Arnica Salve Cures Piles
It was treated three years by good doctors for Piles and Fistula. Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured me in two weeks. Cures Burns Cuts Corns sores Eruptions Salt Rheum Piles or no pay. 25 cents at Miller Drug Co.
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W A. Greer
McConnellsville
Bucklen
Miller Drug Co
Special Southern Railway Low Fares to National Encampment
For the National Encampment of the G A R in Washington D C from October 6 to 11 Southern railway offers very low round trip rates. Tickets to Washington and return may be purchased October 3 4 5 and 6 with return by October 15 1902. Extension to November 3 1902 available by depositing ticket before noon October 15 and paying a 50 cent fee. Inquiries at any Southern railway ticket agent.
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Washington
D. C
Southern Railway
Picks from fiction ironically forewarns future crimes
Excerpts from fiction pivot on repentance and judgment with quips about love and motives. The collection surveys men and women, marriage, and social insight through lines from titles such as Abroad With the Jimmies and The Thrall of Leif the Lucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Longstreth
Myra of
the Pines
Leif the Lucky
Dorothy Vernon
Haddon Hall
Graystone
Doctor's remedy hailed as cure for swollen feet
A Valley View Kentucky man J J Cox says kidney trouble left his feet swollen and bedbound until Foley's Kidney Cure relieved him and returned him to health. The Miller Drag Co endorses the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Cox
Valley View
Foley
Miller Drag Co
Notice To Creditors Letters Testamentary Estate Tebbetts
Notice is given that Wy. F. Tepes is executor of the estate of Harriet M. Tebbetts deceased. Letters testamentary were granted by Judge Emmett F. Crook of Calhoun County Alabama on August 21 1902. Creditors must present claims within the legal time, or be barred. August 21 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet M. Tebbetts
Emmett F. Crook
Calhoun County
Alabama
Wy. F. Tepes
Warter's Hand Made Cigars Advertised as Fresh
An ad claims Warter's Hand Made cigars stay fresh by being wrapped in tin foil, highlighting product freshness and packaging.
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Warter
Full size comforts with varied silkim and cotton fillings
Describes full size comforts with top fabrics like silkaline and sateen. One version has corded edges filled with carded cotton worth up to eight, another has silkaline sides with lambs wool fill priced at two fifty.
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Prom the Dead
Texas
Jackson, Miss
Shelton White
Jackson
Hayter
Nashville
Tenn
R. H. Foster
Salt Lake City
J. L. Wikle
Oxford
Ala
Washington, D. C
Noble Street Theater
Murray
Mack
Merry-Tiaking School
Broadway
California
Uricsot Chemical Co
Los Angeles
Cal, Lamar & Rankin Drug Co
Atlanta, Ga
Kohn's Daily Store News
Berkshire
Lamb's Wool
Kohn Brothers
Postel
Anniston Mercantile CO
City National Bank
Anniston
Alabans
W.P
Turers
Ree
Onej Dollar
Anl
Awhiston Banking & Loan
M B
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railway
Atlanta and
West Point
Western Railway
Atlantic Coast Line
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Louisville Henderson and St. Louis
Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis
Northwestern Railway
South Carolina
Baltimore Steam Packet Company
Hrunswick & Birmingham Railroad
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Rail
Charleston and Western Carolina Railway
Washington Southern Railway
Chesapeake Steamship Company
Seaboard Rhine Railway
Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad
George Railroad
Western and Atlantic Railroad
Harry E. Krouse
T. P
T. A
Kimball Home
Oela
B. Clementa
Kimball House
Atlanta
Union Reation
A. Fulton
Equitable Bidz
Atlante
Istiaa
A. Ui
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