California Stage Robbery Mirrors Bret Harte Era
A daylight stage holdup within 20 miles of San Francisco near San Mateo and Halfmoon Bay nets $4.30. The lone bandit, masked and armed, escapes as an Italian fruit peddler arrives. The incident echoes Bret Harte stories and marks California’s third such robbery in a week, prompting speculation on a revival of old frontier tactics.
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San Francisco
San Mateo
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Black Bart
Halfmoon Bay
Ed Campbell
An’ Olsen
Wells-Fargo
Cussin
Sammy
Bucko
Phi
California
Yosemite Valley
New York Evening Post
Finding Health Through New Discovery for Coughs
Sandy Level VA resident W C Darber credits Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds with curing a severe chest trouble caused by smoke and coal dust after other remedies failed. Great catalog sale of cough and lung medicines at local drug stores with free trial bottle present.
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W. C. Darber
Sandy Level
H.R. Palmer & Sons
W. J. Smith & Bro
Candid Exchanges and Remedies in a Turbulent Year
A reported quip by Senator DeGraft about dodging prison bars surfaces amid a public note on Chamberlain's Cough Remedy touting nature aiding health. Advertisements claim relief from colds and pneumonia risk with price points and local sellers. The piece ends with a stray line about the cotton season and Athens.
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Chamberlain
H. R. Palmer & Sons
W. J. Smith & Bro
Not Yet Out of the Woods on Portsmouth Treaty
President Roosevelt voices cautious optimism on the Portsmouth negotiations. He warns peace is near but not assured and notes many obstacles remain in finalizing the treaty. Signing location debates center on Sagamore Hill versus Washington as the treaty’s official name.
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Osyter Bay
Roosevelt
Portsmouth
Washington
Congress
John V. Foster
Sagamore Hill
Lenghstana
Engaged couples urged to care for health with bitters
An assortment of snippets urges married couples to protect harmony with Electric Bitters, cites a Bennettsville anecdote of dyspepsia and liver trouble cured by the remedy, and notes local druggists H. Palmer & Sone and W. Holt sell it for 60 cents a bottle. Additional items include light social quips and a medical testimonial from Midland, Michigan praising Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for a sick boy, with directions and sales notes.
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A. Brown
Bennettsville
D. C
Sue
H.R. Palmer & Song
W. J. Smith & Bro
Chamberlain
Maya Maggie Hickox
Midland
Mich
H. FR. Palmer
WF Holt
New Invention of the Telephone by Two Sioux City Electricians
Sioux City electricians M. L. Garrett and E. W. Preston claim a new telephonic device that lets two people converse over long distances by combining two receivers with a Eureka transmitter. They say the invention enables worldwide communication by wire and even cross-continental trade of cattle. Details of how the currents stay separate are not being disclosed.
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Sioux City
M. L. Garrett
E. W. Preston
Europe
Florida
Patagonia
Garrett
Preston
Entertainments at Saratoga Show Casual Society Verses
The schedule lists a day of various amusements at Saratoga including cock fighting with top birds from across the country, bulldog fight, horse races, a Millionaires slugging bout, betting at the grand stand, and late gambling games from roulette to bridge with society folk invited to attend.
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N. B
Boston Bantam
Pittsburg
Bowery Bruiser
Chamberlain Pain Balm Offers Quick Rheumatism Relief
A noted liniment promises rapid relief from rheumatic pains and rest for sufferers. Sold by H. R. Palmer & Irons, W. J. Brith & Bro, and others.
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Chamberlain
H. RB. Palmer & Irons
W. J. Brith & Bro
Jules Verne Predicted Air and Ocean Frontiers Revisited
A phantasmic Verne returns to comment on modern tech showing airships plowing above New York and submarines beneath waters as predicted in his novels. The spirit notes later advances will include ocean depths, underwater exploration, and new industries tied to the sea.
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Jules Verne
New York
India
Hen builds tree nest hatches 13 chicks in New York
Mrs George Earle of Parliaman's corners owned a hen that built a nest high in a tree, laid 13 eggs and hatched 13 chickens. The cross between a Leghorn and a Dominick fed a grass and stick nest and carried supplies to the nest on its bill.
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George Earle
Parliaman's Corners
New York World
Governor may sue to abate Ducktown copper smelters
Governor Terrll will likely direct the attorney general to sue Tennessee and the Tennessee Copper Company in U S Supreme Court to abate smelter fumes harming property across Murray, Fannin, Rabun, Gilmore, Union and Towns counties. A 1909 commission urged immediate action and cited plans for new furnaces worsening damage to vegetation and timber.
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Atlanta
New York
Terrell
Hart
United States Supreme Court
States of Tennessee
Tennessee Copner Company
Ducktown
Isabella
Tenn
Murray
Fannin
Rabun
Gilmore
Union
Towns
Special Commission
Copper Company
Thomas Hudson
J. M. MacCandleas
W.S. Yeates
Starnes
The
Georgia Experiment Station
Commonwealth
T. G. Hudson
North Georgia
Royal Thanks to Roosevelt From World Leaders
News from Oyster Bay details global congratulations to President Roosevelt after the Russia Japan peace conference. Messages pour in from King Edward, Emperor William, Baron Komura, Count Cassini, and French President Loubet praising his role and magnanimity in securing an honorable peace, with Bryan and others sending acknowledgments.
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Oyster Bay
America
Europe
Russia
Japan
Roosevelt
Germany
Nevis Palace
William
J. R
Mortimer Drand
Jusserand
France
Mayor Des Planches
Italy
Chen Tung Liang Cheng
Cassini
Count Cassini
Baron Rosen
United States
Paris
William J. Bryan
Janesville
Wis
Baron Komura
Washington
LeBgade
French Republic
Cotton Market Decline Amid Liquidation Amid Weather Cautions
The New York cotton session saw continued liquidation despite private opinion pushing for a long side. Prices fell about one third cent from the open as offerings rose and stop loss orders appeared. today’s estimated port receipts were 17 000 bales versus 8 656 last year. The piece notes weather outlooks and pending agricultural bureau reports, urging caution but suggesting further price declines before major marketing occurs. Also includes a testimonial for Chamberlain's Pain Balm and a formal thank you from the Citizens' Band for a charity supper.
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New York
Opinon
Liverpool
Agricultural Bureau
Thhem
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Porter
Senator DeGraft
Chicagoa Daily News
Fouthly
New York Sun
Athens
Osevelt
Johnney
Brooklyn
Sengsby
Lfeguard
Mr. Staylate
Miss Subbube
Jock
Philadelphia Press
Saratoga
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Begum
Castoria
Gieorgia
State of Tennessee
Glasgow University Club
Sunderland
William Macewen
Glasgow
Detroit Free Press
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
FP. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Him
England
Mareinbach
Edward Rex
Theodore Roosevelt
Loubet
Emile Loubet
Edward
James N. Nichols
Vernon, Conn
Michael Strauss
Strauss
H. R. _Palmer & Sons
Citizens’ Band
Citizens
Yonesboro
Ark
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