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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1908
Page
7
An ethical family laxative praised by health authorities and the Well-Informed of the World. The California Fig Syrup Co. manufactures the genuine product, widely sold by leading druggists.
Prof Alexander Bell unveils the Red Wing before the Aerial Experience Association committee. The aeroplane covered 318 feet 11 inches with altitude between 10 and 20 feet. The craft features an eight inch cylinder motor and the distance is claimed as a national record.
A wireless message from Liverpool reports the Lusitania, sailing from here to New York, made a record run of 627 knots in 24 hours. The 627 knots establishes a new world record, surpassing the previous westward run of 618 knots set the day before.
Indianapolis reports United Mine Workers of America move to avert strike by giving operators another chance to discuss wage scale before the April 1 suspension of work, acknowledging the risk millions of men would lose work.
Workmen remodeling the Rome city hall found Floyd county tax books and registration lists stolen eighteen years ago during a contested 1870 prohibition election. The volume was missing since 1890 and hidden between the roof and the ceiling.
Anaconda Mont furnaces began at the Washoe copper smelters of the Amalgamated Copper Company and smelting will commence. The Washoe smelters are described as the largest in the world. Mrs Ida M Hensoldt asks police to search for her husband Prof Henry Hensoldt former Columbia University faculty member. She claims he abandoned her and took a fortune of 35000 dollars.
A small fire broke out in the McAdoo tunnel near Twenty third Street and Sixth Avenue. Two score workmen were employed underground. all escaped safely as flames were extinguished.
San Jose report says Charles Schaberg, pursued for a decade, was arrested in Santa Clara while attempting to pass a worthless check. He is wanted across the East and along the coast, according to detectives. Pay As You Enter plan adds 155 new type cars on Fourth and Madison avenues to ease rides for women and children in New York's northeast residence district later this month.
Two slot machines will be installed in the corridors of the general post office to test stamp vending. A coin drop will dispense a stamp of the selected denomination to determine if the system is practicable for widespread use.
Dispatches report a massive blaze wiping out the entire business section of Big Timber Montana. Losses are estimated between 1 million and 1.2 million dollars. No fatalities reported to date.
The German torpedo boat 8-12 was rammed and sunk by an unknown steamer at the Elbe mouth. The chief engineer drowned, while the rest of the crew were rescued.
Willie Maule shot and killed Ed J. O Connor in Lake Village Arkansas. O Connor had just been released from the penitentiary after a one year term for assault. Congressman Perkins of New York has deserted Hughes and joined the Taft forces.
Charles J. Glidden and Mrs Glidden arrived in a Boston built motor car from Haifa Syria, the first car seen in Jerusalem and causing a sensation. Senator Bourne of Oregon believes Roosevelt will be renominated for a third term.
A dense editorial argues Peruna is a top catarrh remedy citing Hydrastis Canadensis Golden Seal Corydalis Formosa Cedron Seeds and Oil of Copaiba. It quotes US Dispensatory authorities Bartholow Scudder Millspaugh and Dr Scudder to support Peruna’s efficacy across mucous membrane diseases stomach dyspepsia and chronic catarrh cases.
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