Inherited Scrofula and Swift's Specific Claims
A letter from Monticello Georgia extols inherited scrofula as a deep rooted blood disease and credits Swift's Specific with curing a daughter's infant illness Dorotala. The author asserts scrofula’s dangers, cites impure air and poor ventilation as causes, and promotes S S S as the only mineral free remedy for blood taint with free literature from Swift Specific Co. Atlanta Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift
I. Brooks
Monticello
S. S
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta
Dewey Contends With Insurgents Over Flag at Sea
Manila dispatch reports naval clashes between American ships and Filipino insurgents after Admiral Dewey forbade hoisting the Philippine flag. Losses reported on both sides with Americans said to have captured insurgent vessels.
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Madrid
Amon
Marine
Manila
Dewey
Manila Bay
Paris
Admiral Dewey
Washington
Navy Department
Otis
United States
War Department
Crazy Negro Stabs Self Seven Times in Texas
In Weatherford, Texas, Frank Blackwell, an independent Black man with property and an express wagon business, stabbed himself seven times after claiming seven men were after him. Dr. W Simmons treated wounds and warned recovery is unlikely.
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Weatherford
Tex
W. Simmons
South Main Fook
Frank Blackwell
Litt Wins Eight Thousand Against Wabash Over Scenic Loss
New York Oct 20 Jacob Litt theatrical manager obtained a verdict for 8000 against the Wabash railway in Long Island City for scenery property baggage and horses used in In Old Kentucky destroyed by a baggage car fire on a special train near Kansas City in 1897 The railway claimed no liability as a common carrier but the judge ruled the railroad was liable under the circumstances.
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New York
Jacob Litt
Wabash Railway
Second Judicial District Court
Long Island City
Litt
Old Kentucky
Kansas City
Kansas
Railway
St. Louis
Garrettson
Beaumont lodging house death prompts inquiry
An unknown man died in a Beaumont lodging house. Other notes report Terrell Methodists planning a $10,000 church, Denton county apple crop losses from millers, Lathrop Missouri’s first licensed saloon in 15 years, James Hillis born 1814 in Clinton County Indiana, farmers in Scott County Arkansas shifting to wheat, a Chinaman in Hiawatha Kansas advertising, a Kansas City plan for a pear orchard near Alvin Texas, Texas convict death rate 17.7 per 1000 and 24.0 treated per 1000, Marlin city council anti hot drink stance, and a tax on water from a hot artesian well.
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Beaumont
Tex
Terrell
Denton County
Lathrop
James Hillis
Clinton County
Indiana
Scott County
Arkansas
Hiawatha
Kan
Kansas City
Alvin
Texas
Marlin
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W. A. Clayton
Addie
N. C
Bay of Manila
Ohio
Youngstown
William H. Branton
John Jenkins
Bryan
Secretary of War
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
Billy Smith
el Paso
Charles E. M. Smith
Anna May McDavitt
Smith
Sporting
Sherman
Ethel
Grayson County
Gene Williams
Walker, Minn
Martal
William Lang
San Angelo
Ed Hauk
Wabash
Brown
San Francisco
J. Franklin Brown
Seventh Army Corps
Havana
Cuba
Neal
Texarkana, Tex
Bowie County
J. W. Neal
Long
Dallas
Governor Bushnell
Knoxville
Bushnell
Camp Poland
R. M. Wilson
Andy
Kreuen
Berwick Bay
Lowney
of Brazos
Madison
Grimes
Robertson
Burleson
Frank W. McConnico
Equitable Life Assurance Society of
Pacific Mutual Life
Am. Union Life
Fidelity and Casualty of
A. D. McConnico
WU. P. Franklin & Son
Butchers
Academy of Music and Next
John Mike’s
Ars
B. S. Read
John M. Caldwell
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