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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1899
Page
2
July 1 report states Captain Dreyfus landed at Quiberon then travelled by train to Bruz and a landau to Rennes. He entered the prison under guard as 26 gendarmes accompanied him and a large crowd watched in silence. ten gendarmes followed in a wagon and the rest on foot.
Manus July 1 insurgents surround San Fernando as preparations for an assault intensify. About 3,000 soldiers observed marching north of the town while Americans fortify defenses. Spanish officers seeking prisoners remain missing, fueling alarm amid ongoing clashes and night shifts.
A complete lockout cripples Pingree Smiths shoe factory in Dermort with 608 workers idle except for cleaning up machines. The strike by the turning and west departments follows replacement of men by boys on new turning department machines. The company warned a walkout would close the entire plant.
Chicago July 1 Leaders of the stockyards strike organize forces for a mass meeting tomorrow afternoon to form unions among discontented workers. If well attended, they claim a general tie up could close all packing houses in the district and force higher wages. Supervisors report no material effect as hog slaughter continues with fewer workers. Armour & Co. slaughters 6,000 hogs daily. capacity about 9,000. Chicago Packing and Provision uses no hogs and won’t resume until disputes settle.
Heavy rains across Texas cause rail traffic suspensions and high water. At Calvert the flood drowned several negroes with five bodies recovered. Brazos rivers join at Navasota flooding cotton and corn land. one family of six perished. Estimated property losses exceed two million dollars, with cotton and corn losses near one million and railroad property losses about another million.
Omaha July 1 The Greater America exposition opened with gates swung for visitors and a military procession through the streets. Exhibits are mostly set. In Nebraska females face a 60 hour week limit under the new labor law affecting mercantile manufacturing and hospitality sectors. Harvison not a candidate for re election says Chief Justice Harrison.
Briefs report diverse items from 1901 including facts on a Saengerbund festival in Buffalo, a mayoral presidency decline, a Toledo mill outside trust, women permitted to practice in French chamber, a Sloan assault settlement, a soldier’s death from yellow fever, Missouri river rate talks, a Seattle steamer arrival with gold dust, appeals for marines in the Transvaal, a Minneapolis lumber fire, a New Jersey asphalt company with 30 million capital, Anglo French naval note, a peanut trade venture, hospital stock, and surge of army commissions for the Philippines.
Charles M Murphy of Kings County wheelmen rode a bicycle mounted on a Long Island railroad engine and day coach for 57 45 seconds in a two mile board track near Maywood New Jersey? The stunt drew about 8000 spectators as the rider kept close to a hooded windshield and was saved by two crewmen at finish.
A chaotic session in the Italian chamber of deputies erupted into a fierce free-for-all injuring more than 20, including Baron Sonnenino. The chamber will stay closed until November as Socialists attacked votes. Sonnenino and Bissolati clashed as Conservatives and others fought in the galleries.
An Atlantic citizen asserts reliability of locals over outsiders, citing Mr. G T Marsh of Poplar Street as a trusted buyer who found relief with Donn's Kidney Pills from Palmer Findley’s drugstore. The ad urges remember the name Donn's and to seek no substitute. The text also notes a Cleveland incident with a non union conductor firing at a crowd and a medical sales pitch for Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 promise.
June 30 Muskegon Mich mayor James Balbirnie assassinated by office seeker J W Taylor in his store doorway. Balbirnie died 15 minutes after, Taylor killed himself with carbolic acid. Also reports ouster of 73 foreign fire insurers in Missouri and boxing draw in New York.
June 80 Pirrsnyra. Tinplate mills nationwide prepare to close at midnight after failed Chicago wage scale talks. About 50 000 workers expected idle. duration uncertain. Circulars sent to lodges, local officials to decide Monday. Also ad notes Berlin Discovery remedies offer refunds or watches if cures fail. Cattle theft report from Beatrice Nebraska: 80 head valued at 1200 stolen from pasture, likely shipped by rail car. Oscar Bowman of Lebanon Kentucky endorses Foley's Kidney Cure, claiming permanent kidney cure. Berlin Discovery program cited.
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