Insured Bride to Win a Fee sparks wedding plot
Terre Haute Indiana December 15 A life insurance solicitor Mark Smith and Miss Bessie Chartrand of St Louis joked about each other taking policies. Smith would lose commission since wives of agents did not earn pay. Miss Chartrand insisted marriage wait until policy written and they wed after examination of her as a risk in the physician's office.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Mark Smith
Bessie Chartrand
St. Louis
Bad Weather to Continue in Atlanta
The city faces several days of unfavorable weather with high winds and drizzle. A brisk north wind eased only slightly yesterday while rain persists and colder conditions are forecast for this afternoon and night.
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Mississippi Valley
Old Boreas
Jack Frost
Atlanta
Texas Wonder Hall’s Great Discovery Claims Cures
An old advertisement touts Texas Wonder Hall’s Great Discovery as a universal kidney and bladder remedy. It promises to treat gravel diabetes urinary issues back pain and other kidney irregularities for men women and children. It claims one bottle months treatment cures the listed ailments and notes Dr H W Hall as the sole manufacturer with testimonials.
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Hall
Matt On
H.W. Hall
P. O
St. Louis
Wothen
Ala
W. Hal
Sin
Texas
Florida fertilizer oath filing and labeling rules issued
Florida agriculture commissioner issues two orders effective January 1 1903 and January 1 1908. Orders require all manufacturers and dealers to file annual oath of analysis between January 1 and 15, with void prior filings, and mandate detailed labeling of commercial fertilizers including net weight, brand, manufacturer, analysis of ammonia potash phosphoric acids moisture and chlorine, and prohibit equivalents or guaranteed ranges. The move aims to curb fraud as fertilizer sales grow in fruit and truck farming areas.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Commissioner of Agriculture
B. E. McLine
Florida
Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations
Association of Official Agricultural Chemists
Three Lives Lost In Tenement Fire On First Avenue
New York December 1 three lives died in a tenement fire at First Avenue and One Hundred Twenty sixth Street. Victims were Mrs Mary Bond 32 Raymond Bond 7 and Rosy Bond 5. Edward Bond severely burned while saving family and Helen Bond 2 also hurt. Building and contents valued at 8000 dollars. Sixteen families resided in the five story house. all but the Bonds escaped. Vanderbilt condition unchanged as of December 15 reports no improvement.
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New York
First Avenue
Mary Bond
Raymond Bond
Rosy Bond
Edward Bond
Helen Bond
Jail confronts these fellows
In Charlotte Minnesota December 15 state-law figures show the remaining sum in the Amos Owens cherry tree swindle case. Defendants have paid $6,000 to Colonel H C Cowles but $7,500 more remains. Judge Boyd may grant more time. Senator Pritchard may plead for leniency as Christmas nears.
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Boyd
Senator Pritchard
Large Blaze Destroys Horsley House at Arlington
Arlington Ga December 15 Special The Horsley house was found burning at 4 am and within an hour was a heap of ashes. The blaze, blamed on a stove flue and windy conditions, left only a piano bedding and personal effects. Loss estimated at 5800 with 4300 insured. Proprieteress Mrs Georgia Henley ill and carried from the scene to the Arlington hotel.
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Arlington
Horsley
The
Central Railroad
Ww. J. Horsley
Georgia Henley
Arlington Hotel
Fought liquor with morphine in Kansas City victim at hotel
Leslie Cree, 38, attempted suicide at the Metropolitan hotel by morphine sulphate. He was found unconscious at 3 am and rushed to police headquarters for treatment. The note on his pillow stated he was driven to drink to escape whisky. His father reported the failure to pass a navy medical exam due to weak eyes. Police and doctors expect possible recovery.
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Kansas City
Leslie Cree
Metropolitan
West Fifthatreet
Castelan
Cree
Maésgenger Caitiié
Crea Wis
Navy
Hoe
Leslie
Cheap Student and Holiday Ticket Rates by Southern Railway
The Southern railway offers round trip fares at one and one third the regular price for travel to points south of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi. Tickets are valid for travel December 28 24 25, and January 1 with return by January 3. Student tickets at the same rates are available December 16 to 22, returning by January 9. J Beam Jr D P A Atlanta.
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Southern Railway
Ohio
Mississippi
Beam, Jr
Atlanta
Judge Newman to Decide Coca Cola Case Today
In Richmond Virginia Judge Newman will render a decision in Coca Cola Company versus H A Rucker regarding a tax refund claim of about 33000 dollars. The dispute centers on whether Coca Cola is a beverage or medicine and whether res judicata applies to tax matters. The government argues the product changes and legal grounds differ from a prior suit. Parties include Amaia & Arnold for Coca Cola and Angler with Bell for the government. The document also notes a separate Virginia tax appropriation bill for the St Louis exposition.
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Ion
United States
Newman
Coca-Cola Company
H. A. Rucker
Indians Scorn Free Rations In Roosevelt Plan
E D Warner Indian agent on Cheyenne river reports the Roosevelt self support plan works. Indians surrender ration tickets to seek work earning $1.25 daily. A son of Crazy Horse works among employees. Roads and dams built on Cheyenne and Rosebud agencies. 100 Indians on Cheyenne, 500 on Rosebud.
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Bronx Falls
E. D. Warner
Cheyenne River
Roosevelt
Indiana
Bitting ‘Bull
Cheyenne Agency
Rosebud Agency
Rosebud
Knife in Brain for 22 Years in Chicago Patient Recovers
Chicago reports that P J Kent, stabbed in 1880, lived with a knife blade lodged in his brain for twenty two years. Surgeons removed a one and a half inch fragment after decades of epilepsy and accidents. Kent recovered sufficiently to work on the Rock Island railroad and has since had no further phenomena.
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Chicago
P. J
Kent
Rock Island
A. A. O'Neill
Quigley Named as Archbishop in Rome
Rome reports the Propaganda recommends Archbishop James B. H. Quigley of Buffalo as successor to the late Archbishop Feehan in Chicago. Cardinal Martinelli also proposes Rev. J. F. Regia Canevin of St. Pauls Cathedral Pittsburgh as coadjutor bishop of Pittsburgh. A large cardinal gathering met at the college presided by Cardinal Gotti.
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Rome
Congregation of the Propaganda
James BH. Quigley
Buffalo
Chicago
Feehan
The
Propaganda Today
Martinelli
J. F. Regia Canevin
St. Paul's Cathedral
Pittsburg
College of the Propaganda
Cardinal Gotti
In Memory of Mrs Maria Hulburt in Atlanta
Obituary notes Mrs Maria Hulburt born January 8 183? in New Haven Conn died December 1902 in Atlanta at 96 longtime member of First Presbyterian Church Atlanta and a model of piety and charity. Her family and friends recall a gentle devoted life, steadfast neighbor and patient caregiver while a safe deposit box ad from Empire Building, Title Guarantee and Trust Co. appears at end.
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Maria Hulburt
Atlanta
Martha Hulburt
E&g
New Haven
Conn
Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
Trust Co
Empire Building
Atlanta physician offers private sexual health cure ads
Dr Leatherman claims rapid lasting care for sexual debility and related diseases. He presents himself as the only surgical specialist in Atlanta treating cases personally. Mail consultation offered free, with address in Austell Ga and hours listed.
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Leatherman Io
Atlanta
Hia Casey
Ana Torcelve
Return
J. R. Peetereane
J. R. Peetereane Personas Giapnosta of F Aug Fisen
Austell
Janta
Gas and electric fixtures lead in the city
Sheet metal work skylights steel ceilings furnaces. We are fitting the Piedmont hotel and Century building with gas and electric fixtures. Competing with New York Chicago and Philadelphia factories we offer lower prices. We claim over 80 percent of the gas fixtures in the city. Get our prices and save money.
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Piedmont
Century
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Tourists get cheap Florida round trip tickets available now
The Southern railway offers discounted round trip tourist tickets to Florida Cuba and Nassau with return valid until May 31 2003. For fares schedules and sleeper car reservations contact J. C. Beam Jr D P A Atlanta Ga.
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Florida
Southern Railway
Cuba
Nassau
J. C. Beam, Jr
Atlanta
SCARED BY SNAKE SHOWER AND FEARS OF ERUPTION
In San Francisco on December 15 Captain Russell of the steamer Acapulco reports Guat mal City in great distress as snakes descend from surrounding heights. Residents fear a volcanic eruption while President Cabrera is blamed for not easing public fear and continues news suppression.
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San Francisco
Cal
Russell
Acapulco
Panama
Guatemala City
Cabrera
President urges US payment for killings of two Italians
The president sent to the Senate a state department report on the July 21 1901 mob killing of two Italians at Erwin Mississippi and urges congress to grant a grace act paying the Italian heirs and the wounded survivor, to be distributed by the Italian government. The victims were Giovanni and Serio with Liberia as the injured man.
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United States
Washington
Senate
Erwin
Mise
Congress
Hallan
Giovanni
Serio
Liberia
British anxious over Cuba reciprocity rights
London December 15. In the house of commons question four on negotiations for a reciprocity treaty between the United States and Cuba, and protection of British rights under most favored nation treatment in Cuba. Foreign Secretary Cranborne said representations had been made to Washington, but no reply received.
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Great Britain
London
House of Commons
United States
Cuba
Cranborne
Washington
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