Maine Disaster Dominates Congress Reports
Key West and Washington dispatches recount the Maine explosion near Havana with 251 dead and 99 wounded. Congress debates cause, with officers and senators split over accident versus treachery and a naval board of inquiry ordered by Rear Admiral Sicard.
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Key West
United States
Maine
Havana
Espana
Spain
Montgomery
San Domingo
Admiral Sicard
Washington
Navy Department
New York
Sicard
Sampson
Towa
Tortugas
Chadwick
The Dangers of Spring and Hood's Sarsaparilla Ad
An 1880s style advert proclaims spring impurities and depleted fluids pose dangers. Hood's Sarsaparilla is said to purify the blood and enrich vitality, curing humors boils eruptions and sores. Hood's Pills are listed for headaches biliousness and liver ills. Price 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Hoop’s
Free pills and tonics offer from Bucklen and Company
An advertisement promotes Dr. King's New Life Pills with a free sample by mail from H. BE Bucklen & Co. It claims relief for constipation and headaches and notes they are vegetable and non-deleterious. Also pitched are Cascarets at ten cents and discounted hats at Mrs. Stevenson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. BE. Bucklen & Co
Chicago
Dr. King
H. N. White’s
First US corn convention meets in Chicago
A historic corn convention convenes in Chicago as elections show Republican gains across Pennsylvania. A windstorm harms western Maryland while the Maine schooner wrecks at Maurice River NJ. Madam Bernhardt undergoes Paris surgery. oil prices fall as Standard Oil fights independents.
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United States
Chicago
Maryland
Maine
Maurice River
N.J
Merrill
Senate
Pennsylvania
Lord Salisbury
Hatfield House
Martin
De Lome Sails After Spanish Delegation Farewell
Senor Dupuy De Lome former Spanish Minister to Washington sailed on the Britannic for Liverpool. A delegation of Spaniards presented complimentary resolutions on board. he was accompanied by his wife and two boys. Miss Pauncefote attended and presented a bouquet. An album of sympathy resolutions was given to De Lome, who thanked the group and hoped for continued goodwill of New York's Spanish colony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
de Lomes Farwell
Pauncefote
Senora de Lome
Bourquet
Senor Ve Lome
Citizens League Urges Voters Not to Pledge in Upcoming Primary
The Citizens League of Bluefield asks members and supporters of Good Municipal Government not to pledge to any candidate in the city officers primary election. Further notices with full details will follow.
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Key West
Maine
Navy Department
Citizens League
Bluefield
B.A. Marks
Various Visitors and Local Notices From Bluefield Area
Visitors include Dr W R Tawer of lager and Senator W M Mahood en route to Charleston. Residents and guests such as Mr and Mrs Harry Chariton Pearisburg and Editor H B Kitts Princeton stopovers noted. Train dispatcher D T Hardy resigns. Junior Order meeting. several illnesses improved. Courts, secret society events, and presbytery meetings reported with moves to install Rev H H Hawes at Bedford City.
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W.M. Mahood
Charleston
Harry Chariton
Pearlrsburg
A. C. Pack
Blacksburg
J. W. Easley
Rogers Street
D. T. Hardy
A Loter
East End
Willie Browning
Poxa Ontas
Pearisburg
Montgomery
Dr. King's New Discovery Praised by Local Doctor
Dr James Jones of Jones and Son Cowden Illinois says his wife suffered La Grippe which worsened to Hasty Consumption. After using Dr King's New Discovery from H N White's Drug Store she recovered after the first dose and a few dollar bottles. The medicine is sold with a money back guarantee and free trial bottles are offered.
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James Jones
Jones & Son
Cowden
Inl
Dr. King
Pana
H. N. White
Local Upholsterer Offers Custom Buckets for Railroad Men
Win Hicks and Company advertise an expert upholsterer ready to complete all work while you can. They invite railroad workers to drop by postal 217 in plumber and tinner, promising custom sized buckets. Phone 12.
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M. G. Whitlow
Raleigh Street
Win Hicks & Company
Upholstery Services Offered by Hicks and Company
Have your lounges and plush rockers upholstered at Wm Hicks & Company. This local ad invites customers to bring in furniture for reupholstery work at the shop located at 217.
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Wm. Hicks & Company
Every lady in town to try Samuels high grade teas and coffees
A brief town notice inviting women to sample Samuels high grade teas and coffees at the 211 lm location, urging patrons to taste the quality.
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Samuels
Smallpox scare prompts West Virginia health warning
The executive officer of the State Board of Health warns of smallpox cases near the Virginia border with several counties affected. A general quarantine may be declared along the West Virginia border to curb the epidemic, urging vaccination and cooperation from railroad officials and local authorities.
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State Board of Health
Virginia
West Virginia
Wise County
W. Va
A R. Barnes
Point Pleasant
West
W. P. Ewing
Charleston
Hon. Alexander & Co
Marietta
Lancaster County
Penn
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Offer Refund Policy
Advertises Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a refund if they fail to cure. Price listed as 25 cents. Claims the genuine product bears L. B. Q. on each tablet.
Mrs Stevenson Millinery Dominates Bluefield Area
Mrs Stevenson runs a premier millinery shop serving Bluefield and surrounding districts. The store is described as the headquarters for fine hats and accessories, attracting customers from the entire section.
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Congress
Havans
Schroeder
Massachsetts
Marix
Vere
Washington, D.C
State Department
Lee
Jenkins and
Merritt
Joseph Wheeler
House
Alabama
War Department
Josefh Wheeler
Perkins
California
Sigsbee
Kent
Mills
Committee On Foreign Relations
Lodge
Ick
The
Ward of the
Alger
Bureau of Ordnance
Sigs
McKinley Thes
Whittlesy
Wilmington
Del
Cuba
Waile
Gray
Daniel
Hale
Hoar
Hitt, Dingley
Dalzell
Bailey
Cullom
Hillborn
House Naval Committee
Cunmaings
Hilborn
Adolph Marr
G. B. Stevenson
Madame Sarah Bernhardt
Paris
Pozzi
Standard Oil Company
Atkinson
Berkley Springs
New Castle
Hazleton
Altoona
Board of Heath of
Philadelphia
DE Lome Sails
al Bland
T. B. Deinkakp
SND
Genera Interest & Telegraph Reauers
Fay Hreietly
Perathfatty
K Munsey
Vivian
WR. Tawer
Lager
H B Kitts
Tnterstates Advertiser
Princeton
Robert Linkous
Narrows
Jno
O'Leary
Welb
J. J. Francisco
Wm. Seymour Edwards
G. J. Thompson
M. McGuilin
Knights Templar
Bramwell
Secret Society
Mercer
Border Counties
Card
Border
Clinch Valley
Cleveland
Russell County
D. R. Barnes, M. D
Point Pleassnt
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