The Vacant Chair and A Mother's Struggle for Health
A plea on family loss urges timely care for mothers sisters and wives. An Ohio woman touts Dr Pierce's medicines as curing a tumor and restoring health without surgery. The letter promotes Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a remedy for female weakness and constipation.
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Ohio
Stopesheving
Ralls, Co
RV. Sacl
Suelo
N. Ys
Pierce
Shea
Chibres
R. Pierce
Ghastly find of two boys on Florida lake
Two boys fishing at Stance Florida found a hat a lunch basket and the decomposed body of CB Berkencant, who had disappeared weeks earlier, lying head down with a severed forefoot near the lake shore. The discovery occurred about 60 feet from the hat near a residence where water was sought.
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Stance
Fla
CB. Berkencant
Dead numbers exceed five thousand in Galveston now
Galveston October 4. The body count climbs as corpses are recovered at about 25 daily. The dead in the city may surpass 5,000 with additional losses on the mainland and offshore. Police order 40 arrests to curb idle labor and prevent unrest as medical dangers rise.
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Galveston
Fen
Favorable Action Reported on Punishing Chinese Criminals
The United States through Secretary Hay tells Germany that it favors the latest German suggestion on punishing Chinese criminals. Instructions to Minister Conger require naming offenders, assessing adequacy of penalties, and confirming actual punishment, signaling closer U.S.-Germany cooperation in China.
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Conger
United States
Hay
Baron Speck von Sternberg
Germany
Minos Indi
Governmenta
Berlin
Wilauhingson
Baron Sternberg
Peking
China
Germany notes possible penalties for China outrages
An official reports Germany issuing a second note to the powers over punishing those blamed for the Boxer outrages in China. The document questions the edict dated Sept 25 and asks how penalties are to be applied and controlled. Also added are notices of common summer illnesses and cures from Perry Davis and One Minute Cough Cure.
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Germany
China
Denis
Foreign Office
Tuan
Pamu
Perry Davis
Roundlap bale promoters argue savings favor farmer profits
The piece defends roundlap bale use by farmers, ginners, and the American Cotton Company, claiming shared interests and profits. It explains buyers pay premiums for roundlap bales, assure salability, and offer flexible options from holding to leasing presses, with the American Cotton Company guaranteeing market-based value. It also touts Kodol Dyspepsia Care as a medical remedy with endorsements from Dr. W. H. Lewis and Palmer & Sons.
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South
American Cotton Company
W. H. Lewis
Lawrenceville
Palmer & Sons
Railroads Planned General Freight Rate Increase
A general advance in rates on all freight classes is to be made by the railroads between Chicago and the Atlantic seaboard. The notice outlines an initial increase on one class as part of the broader plan to raise rates across routes. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is recommended for skin eruptions, burns, and sores.
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Omcavo
Vcc
Chicago
Atlantic Seaboard
Atart
DeWitt
Palmer & Sons
Tien Tain
Vis
Stancnat
Tien Tsin
United States
Prs
Tan Ted
Witt
DeWitts Little Early Risers Praised by Palmer & Sons
No other pills can equal DeWitts Little Early Risers for promptness, certainty and efficiency. Palmer & Sons.
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DeWitt
Palmer & Sons
Riots Erupt Over Bogus Edicts Near Canton
Telegrams report riots spreading between Canton and West River driven by fake edicts claiming allied defeat. Villages looted, converts’ homes targeted while British and French gunboats patrol waterways.
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Hona-Kona
Canton
West River
Mystery Death of Martin Cook Buried at Midnight
Rochester reports a man believed to be Martin Cook, secretary and treasurer of the East India Remedy Co. of Cincinnati, died mysteriously after visiting his mother in Rochester. He left a substantial sum, was buried at night without a burial certificate, and authorities seek clarity.
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Martin Cook
Rochester
The
East India Remedy Company of
Cincinnati
Captain Aldred Arrested in Georgia Regiment Scandal
Atlanta Oct. 4 Captain B. E Aldred of Company A Atlanta Zonaves faces military arrest and trial on charges including conduct unbecoming and misappropriation of lands with orders for a new inquiry and potential changes in command. Major Nash filed the charges as a sensational development for the Fifth Georgia regiment amid mayoralty election tensions.
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Mim
Nash
Atlanta
Fifth Georgia Regiment
B. E Aldred
Atlanta Zonaves
Pete Ane
Candler
Aldredas
Gety
Strikers Stand Firm After Wage Offer Rejected
In Broomsboro and nearby areas workers assess the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron offer as inadequate for restoration of work. A canvass shows miners intend to stay out until ordered to return by the mine convention or President, despite the 25 percent cut proposed.
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Gsmexanxvoan
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Eollaeee & Ferstgn
Angebe
Mina Wo
Broomssona
Reading Iron Company
Exley to Jail Over Alimony Refusal
Oct 4 Holly Exley a white man will go to jail for refusing to pay alimony as ordered by the superior court Judge Fulli gast directed monthly payments to his wife Bavaswan Campaign conditions report municipal election campaign closing Attaxta Oct 4 and awaited result Mruger found Guilty Omattanovas Oct 4 Henry Era fer claims kinship to Paul Kruger president of the Transvaal
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Bavaswan
Holly Exley
Superior Court
Exley
Fulligast
Attaxta
Mruger
Omattanovas
Henry Erafer
Paul Kruger
Transvaal
Dead Robber Identified in Kanans City Train Robbery
Oman Oct 4 identification confirms the dead robber as a male working for a gang linked to a Kanans City train robbery. Police continue to investigate accomplices and motives as officials release few new details.
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Oman
Kanans City
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