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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1898
Page
2
The article surveys prohibition efforts led by Alisha and recalls the Fort Wrangel movement. It notes shipbuilding momentum with USS Atlantis and USS Guatemala routes, discusses gold yields near Dawson, labor shifts among cigarmakers, and social scenes from New York to Washington. It mentions Behring Strait ancestry debates, Orange Indian lands, and a political anecdote about Mrance and Lincoln.
A sweeping weekly review from the Press Dispatches spans the fifty fifth congress. Debates on Cuba independence and war measures mix with pensions, Alaska governance, and Sundry Civil appropriations. Maine disaster relief, Spain's replies, and forthcoming action in congress frame a tense national outlook.
Reports from Indiana Wisconsin Illinois and Missouri describe high water and levee breaks flooding farmland and damaging infrastructures. A dynamite blast in Tendestown Wisconsin killed Mrs Aver and two daughters. Earthquakes in Upper Sandusky and a San Franciso se quake are noted along with a Capitol gathering in Springfield May 17 and a Minneapolis Democrats convention.
A weekly packet of terse items covers a deadly Kentucky shooting, a Plaquemine murder verdict, a Bayou Goula case, a Mississippi memory plea, rising rivers at Cairo and Memphis, a rejected marriage, a Tennessee election contest ruling, Treasury cash and gold reserves, Senate spending, a Texas murder suicide, cotton-planting shifts, war fears with Spain, pension shortfalls, and a Lone Star case in New Orleans.
Bonner of Australia earns praise as the hardest hitting cricket figure. Klebedanz shows peak form, Yousouf drums up challenges under Billy Brady. English cricketers to visit America next summer sailing August 27 for New York. Fred Draper of Newton A A to play for Chicago A A next season with his brother Phil. Sullivan dominates athletics interviews. Alster Boatelub of Hamburg declined a race invitation at Mainburg regatta. Football rules committee to become Intercollegiate Football Union with jurisdiction over football. Northwestern and Michigan agree to renew a football game next fall after five-year split. Chris Fitzgerald named starter at New York Jockey Club with power to discipline riders. Archibald Weight to coach Pennsylvania freshmen crew. Wright’s student years noted. minor errors in text remain.
Washington reports warn of danger from torpedo boats near US shores and question Spain's naval strength. Cuban resistance to central rule continues as Spain suspends hazardous acts debated by insurgents. Frisco tremor prompts Vallejo navy yard shutdown with $150,000 damage estimate and Mare Island largely spared.
Murtrid Apell 2 reports the Spanish force reaching Porto Rico aboard three torpedo boats and three torpedo boat destroyers with a troop ship, sailing nine days across the Atlantic in better weather than expected. Naval officers noted quick movements and favorable conditions for the task.
Washington dispatch reports an official statement from Minister Wood describing Spain's reply to the Allied proposal. Spain will accept aid sent from the United States under the agreed plan and asks the regular parliament to handle preparations, warning that without restraint the Spanish government cannot reach a final settlement.
A scrambled foreign brief compiles items from Madrid cartoons to U S and European events. It notes Cuban appeals to the U S, McKinley and Hanna effigies in Richmond, a Paris court ruling on Emile Zola, Zanzibar clashes, a San Francisco biscuit plant fire, a Waco duel, and historic birthdays and executions.
Lincoln Neb April 1 Jonathan W J Bryan argues intervention in Cuba is a plain duty and necessary for humanity. He contends Spain governs badly, incites revolt, disturbs U S shores, and that the United States must act to stop war, protect interests, and aid Cubans facing Spanish rule. He cites moral justifications and the risk of inaction.
New York April 1 R G Din Co in weekly trade review notes high level of defaults remains lowest in years. imports of gold rise. wheat declines slight while corn advances. cotton up on potential reduced production. iron and steel steady with full employment. weekly US bankruptcies 29 vs 20 last year. Canada 7 vs 42. Troop transfer to Dry Tortugas highlights use of colored regiments near Cuba. Funeral for Lieut Jenkins in Pittsburgh marked by elaborate honors. Divorce canon revision discussed in Episcopal church. reconcentration ends in western Cuba. Gen Miles tours US praising patriotism. Chilean government may not sell new warships to US.
In a Wichita narrative fragment, a troubled pair discuss tampering with goods and a looming conspiracy while a late 19th century social visit reveals class tension. A separate Wichita Eagle note recalls a sharp exchange at a lawn party where a traveling salesman jokes about regional differences in behavior.
A historical womanhood health notice extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as relief for uterine disorders and chronic fatigue. It recounts letters from Mrs Warren S Banta of Sparkill NY and Mrs P Hl Hutencoort Kellerton Town praising the medicine and free expert advice from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts, claiming life changing benefits.
An advertisement offers photographs for $1.00 under Proposition 1 claiming Squaw Wine Wine certificates and mentions Dr. Himmons and McBhee's Wine Cardus. It requests names of those cured by the product and promises a free zone bottle upon return of a photograph and better enclosing.
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