Opening China to Foreign Trade Meets Broad Support
Reports from Wasihxtatox May 7 indicate strong backing for expanding China’s foreign trade. Officials in China, the United States, and other powers endorse the plan, while the empress dowager unsettles by creating a state council. Negotiations aim to unite Chinese authorities against potential Russian objections, focusing on Manchuria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasittxatox
China
United States
Russia
Manchuria
Freedom For Youngsters Paroled by Board of Managers
St Paul May 7 At a regular meeting of the board of managers of the state prison at Stillwater unanimous action was taken in favor of paroling the Younger boys serving life terms. Parole requires approval from the state pardon board before taking effect and follows the new law allowing parole after about 24 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Stillwater
State Pardon Board
Ole
Five Men Injured in Powder Explosion at Henry Colliery
Five men were badly injured in a powder explosion at the Henry colliery of the Lehigh Valley Coal Co. A trip of me entered the slope causing a collapse and the powder to detonate as the cars reached the bottom. Injured: Patrick Sharpe, John and James Burke, David Morgan, Thomas Duffy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Witxisparne
Henry
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Mee
Patrick Sharpe
John
James Burke
David Morgan
Thomas Duffy
Japanese Pile Treatment Ad With Promised Relief
Fragmentary ad touts a pile treatment, promising relief through a versatile ointment. It mentions a painful knife procedure and offers a boxed guarantee to buy the product, with prices listed in unclear terms.
Relieve a Cold Fast with Scott's Emulsion
Quick relief from colds is claimed with Scott's emulsion of cod liver oil. The ad promises edge taken off overnight and full improvement in a few days if started early, noting no miracle cures and offering a sample from Scott & Bowne of New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Peal Street
New Yorks
Oil Is Found in Alabama Rich Negotiations Begin
Captain Joseph A. Rose of New York inspected Bladon Springs Choctaw County lands for oil potential. Owner Mrs Dahlberg has not signed transfers, reportedly offered 25000 but seeks royalty. Local firms organized to work the oil field, with leaders Robert Hunter and ex Sheriff Charles E McLean. A 30 year old well yielded salt water and gas, drawing 16 20 northern capitalists to the district. Also brief ad for Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets by H B Palmer Sona and Smith Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Rose
Royal Eating Powder Company
New York
Bladon Springs
Choctaw County
Captain Rose
Mra. Dahlberg
Robert Hunter
Charles E. McLean
Washington
Bladon
Dead American Soldiers Bodies of Soys In Blue Who Died In the Orient
The transport Egbart now in quarantine carries remains of many soldiers who died in China. Names include Michael Bowler Frank D. Thompson Corporal Charles Cooper Henry B Sheppard Elmer Ingam Captain Richard B. Paddock and Charles Erricason of the Sixth cavalry along with numerous others from the Ninth Infantry the Fourteenth Infantry and the quartermaster's department. Most died of gunshot wounds with dysentery killing others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orient
San Francisco
Egbart
China
Michael Bowler
Frank D. Thompson
Charles Cooper
Henry B Sheppard
Elmer Ingam
Richard B. Paddock
Charles Erricason
Sixth Cavalry
James H. Burke
Frank Clappen
Michael Mevins
Rovert T. Walsh
James L Hall
Ambrose
Edward J. Jennings
A. Britt
William Owens
Quartermaster’s Department
Henry J. Gilley
Fitch Artillery
John H. Ring
Hospital Corpe
Thomas
Karl
United States Navy
Jacksonville's Great Calamity Described in Official Statement
Jacksonville Fla May 7 The relief committee issued an official statement detailing the May 3 fire that devastated the western city area driven by a strong east wind. Estimates place 10 000 to 16 000 homeless, 12 000 15 000 000 in property losses and a vast burn area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonvile
Fla
Jacksonville
United States
Relief Committee
A. M. Ives
Jacksonville Relief Association
O. E. Garner
Edwin G. Weed
Florida
J. E T. Bowden
Telfair Stockton
North Side Bay Street
South Side Bay Street
Forsyth Street
Main Street
St. Johns
Windsor Hotel
Gardner Building
Baldwin Building
Opera House
Street Car Strike In Albany and Labor Settlements
Albany and surrounding cities face a total street car shutdown as 1,000 United Traction employees strike for recognition of the Amalgamated Association and discharge of seven non union workers. They demand equal pay for extra workers and revised conductor duties. In Boston a new labor settlement method yields wage gains for bricklayers from 45 to 47 cents per hour, effective May 16, while Louisville and St Louis report smaller strike actions affecting trades and wage demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
United Traction Company
Troy
Cohoes
Watervliet
Ransselaer
Amalgamated Association of Street Railway
Boston
Mason Builders’ Association
Charles Francis Adams II
Bricklayers Union No. 3
Builders’ Association
Adams
Louisville
Lemon Elixir Promises Relief for Ailments and Nervous Distress
Historical advertisements tout Mozley and Morley Lemon Elixir as cures for liver stomach bowels kidneys biliousness indigestion fevers and nervous headaches. Letters praise cures for dyspepsia ulcers and chronic headaches. The text references a shipbuilding federation news brief and a medical remedy for throat tickling.
Outlook for Wheat Crop Improves Across Belt
May 1 conditions for winter wheat show 1.5 index with strong roots and stools, above five year average. Spring wheat sowing is favorable and acreage matches last year, with broad moisture except in South Dakota. States report high conditions from Ohio to California, indicating a robust belt-wide outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yong
Texas
Oklahoma
Michigan
South Dakota
Ohio
Kentucky
Missouri
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Kansas
Nebraska
California
People are back numbers in Flor ence Dairy Bulletin closes
Flor ence Ala May 7 The Flor ence Dairy Bulletin suspends after four months. Editor Major W F Palmer moves his plant to Arizona to start a new paper. Farewell address blames city for lack of enterprise and merchants for not supporting the daily. Ends with satire on subscriptions and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florenco
Ala
Florence
W. F. Palmer
Arizona
Bulletin
Welbore
Two Drawn Games By Pillsbury Exhibition at Athenium Club
The American chess champion Harry M Pillsbury headlined an Athenium Club exhibition drawing two chess and two checkers games. Thirty players and about two hundred spectators watched Pillsbury call moves and study positions, with several draws declared for Hodgson, McPherson, and Upson while others yielded decisive results in the long evening session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry M. Pillabary
Athenium
Mr. Pillebary
Bees
Mr. Pillsbury
Racker
A. Ryder
G. Hunter
J. A. Rabenstein
E. G. Turner
W. W. Turner
Upson
Fred Beusse
Fred Bousse
Rubenstein
Fleming
Ryder
Hassell
Flatow
Thomas
Cobb
Cleveland
Linton
Hanter
Tison
Messrs
A. H. Hodgson
J. H. T. McPherson
Texas Wonder Great Discovery Cure Bottle Claim
An 1808 Covington Georgia ad proclaims Dr E W Hall's Great Discovery cures for kidney and bladder ailments, rheumatism and diabetes with a one dollar mail order bottle option. A testimonial from H I Horton ex Marshal endorses its efficacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt
Hall
E. W. Hall
P. O. Box
St Louis
Drageists
Covington
The Shotgun in Carolina Grave and Jail Cell
Henry Trammell was shot and killed by John Allen in Green ville County. Allen, enraged by rumors of slander about his wife, shot Trammell with a double barrel shotgun near Dell then surrendered to the sheriff and was jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville County
Gaeaxvillz
Henry Trammell
John Allen
Allen
Trammell
Dell
Gilreath
Cash Drawer Robbed After Knockout Drop in Armistox
R. R. Dyer, manager of Orr & Co money lending, was knocked unconscious in Armistox as a robber robbed the office drawer. A man named Moon allegedly drugged his whisky. Dyer recovered later but the thief took a large sum. J A Moore, the other manager, found him in distress after returning to the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armistox
Ala
R. R. Dyer
Orr & Co
Mallory Prowman
J. A. Moore
Dyeria
Moon
Alligator Attack in South Carolina Stream Fight
Eugene Walker was bitten by a six foot alligator while swimming in Coosawatchie River near Appleton. The creature seized his right arm, tearing flesh and nearly severing bone. Friends freed him after an ax severed the gator’s head. Walker, though badly injured, is expected to recover barring complications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Cuanneston
Coosawatchie River
Appleton
Eugene Walker
Walker
Boers Sail for Bermuda Prisoners of War
A number of Boer prisoners were reported to have sailed for Bermuda on April 99 under guard by a white regiment. Darrel's area is being cleared for new buildings, water scarcity on the island raises concerns with only rainwater and stone tanks supplying drinking water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Bermuda
Darrel's
Industrial Investigation Opens With P. J. McGovern Testimony
The May meeting of the industrial commission opened with P. J. McGovern of Atlanta, chairman of the southern classification committee, first witness. He stated the commission includes 42 rail and steamship lines covering the south of the Potomac and Ohio rivers to east of the Mississippi. He said the organization was formed in 1800 and argued that the Cuban Convention in Havana will not make recommendations to Washington after returning May 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. McGovern
Atlanta
Wasmotox
The
Industrial Commission Today
Southern Classification Committee
Havana
Washington
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Standard Oi
New Orteans
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Memphis
Mernis
Scorpion
Mississippi River
Lonxpoy
Reginald Beauchamp
Violet
Earl of Roden
Hugh Watt
England
Lonpos
Devonshire
Dartmoor
New Orleans
Wasminoto
Treasury Department
Roberts
Californts
Senor Hoye
H. H. North
Alabama
Chamberlain
H. B., Palmer & Sona
Smith Bros
Mil
Seltzer
West Pot
Bealab
Turner
T. B Sherman
BY Relief Association
Ile Negroes
New York Cities
St. Louis
Lion Coffee
LION
Woolson Spice CO
Toledo
Mozley
H. Mozley
Etta W. Jones
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Morley
Harry Adams
First Avenue
Birmingham
Als
E. A. Beville
Woodstock, Als
J.P. Sawtell
Griffin, Ga
Morning Call
Great Shipbuilding Combine
Union Works
Bath
Ron Works
Newport News Shipbuilding Dry Dock Company
Newport
Lewis Nizen
Elizabethport
H. W. Poor & Co
Pyay-Balaam
Dr. McPherson
S.C. Upson
Checksers
Putpare Pak F Sond Dlimats Wit Core
Atexas
Carolina
McKinley
Cononea
A. T
Phenix
Ae Wal
Congress Mine
Ottawa
House of Commons
Manitoba
Ae Pueodmestio
Rare
Couxci
Bluffs
W. & Dimmock
Omaha and
Council Bluffs
Bridgecom
Hase
Richmond
Street Railway
Hamilton, C
Fletcher
Heath
Seventh National Bank of New York
Equitable National Bank of Cincinnati
Perry Davin
Perry Davis
Industrial Investigation
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