Missouri Hero Figures In Senator Stone's Pension Plea
A long, fragmented notice profiles Missouri figures in Washington lobbying for increased veterans pensions. It cites Phillip Carmann of Willow Springs, a 50 year veteran with a Mexican War pension, seeking $12 monthly raise, and includes remarks about Harlan, Warner, and a tall tale of a 101 year old Hanlon seen campaigning nearby.
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Washington
Savannah
Harlan
Senator Stone
Phillip Carmann
Missouri
Willow Springe
Ita
Roosevelt
Carmann
Stone
Warner
Clark County
Kehoka
Hanlon
Willow Springs
Patrick's Resentence Sentenced to Death in New York
Ossining N Y Dec 11 Albert T Patrick the lawyer convicted of murdering Wm Marsh Rice the aged millionaire was today taken from Sing Sing prison to New York to be resentenced to death Patrick left Sing Sing about noon as cheerful and self contained as he has appeared at any time in the three which he has spent at Sing Sing fighting his death sentence through nearly every known legal procedure.
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Ossining
N. Y
Albert T. Patrick
Marsh Rice
Sing Sing
New York
Patrick
Electric Bitters touted as malaria cure in Tex ad
An ad claims Electric Bitters relieve ague and malaria, a tonic with curative effect eliminating disease from the system. A Marion County testimonial reports a brother saved from fever and jaundice after taking the remedy at Frank T. Clay's drug store, price 50 cents.
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Hoorietta
Tex
Frank T. Clay
Boston Patriots are Shocked by Bonaparte's Warship View
Boston mourns Secretary Bonaparte's annual report suggesting the Constitution might be burned as a target. Figures like John D. Long and President Eliot of Harvard condemn the idea as disrespectful to Old Ironsides. Charles Francia Adama calls the report brutal and astonishing.
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Boston
Bonaparte
New England
John D. Long
Navy
Eliot
Harvard
Charles Francia Adama
Missourian to Get $5,000,000 Heir Estate in Scotland
Jefferson City Missouri December 11 John H Rodeman an agriculturist and dealer in farming implements has received a telegram from a New York firm stating he is heir to an estate in Scotland valued at 5 000 000 and interest for nine years Through the firm with which he transacted business he was located after years spent to find him.
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Jefferson City
John H. Rodeman
New York
Scotland
Fim
Fat babies need Scott's Emulsion for growth
A vintage ad extols fat babies as happier and healthier, claiming fat stores aid bones and nerves. It promotes Scott's Emulsion as a comforting, nourishing product and offers a free sample with a wrapper image.
Senator Clay Collapses From Acute Indigestion
Washington December 11 Senator Alex Anders Clay of Georgia staggered into a hallway on Fifteenth Street at about 10 PM Sunday and fell in agony. An occupant summoned Dr Charley Davis who treated him for acute indigestion. Clay improved slowly after two cars’ work and was taken to his apartments without fatal outcome. family absent.
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Washington
Senator Alexanders Clay
Georgia
Fifteenth Street
Charley Davis
Clay
Senator Clay
National Home for Disabled Veterans considers Yountville branch
The National Home board presented its annual report to Congress and asked whether to accept California’s Yountville state home as a branch. The report notes all branches in good condition and that 53,730 veterans were cared for in the last fiscal year, up from 51,851.
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Washington
Board of Managers
National Home of Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
Congress
California
Yountville
Explosion Damages Washington Gas Plant in Southeast
An explosion at the Washington Gas Light company plant in Southeast Washington caused about 150000 dollars in damages. The six inch by-pass gas main blew out, destroying the engine room building and machinery. Night engineer Thomas Woods was blown through a wall into the street but unharmed.
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Washington
Washington Gas Light Company
Thomas Woods
Jefferson City Daily Republican Sold in State-Oriented Plan
The Jefferson City Daily Republican was sold to W. E. Crow, editor of the Daily Review of St. Louis. Crow will run the paper as a Republican state organ, enlarge it, and make other improvements.
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Jeffrson City
Jefferson City
Daily Republican
W. E. Crow
Daily Review of
St. Louis
Electric Bitters Promised To Aid Health In Trouble Times
An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a remedy for nervousness and digestive woes amid unrest. It claims to regulate Kidugye and Bowels, stimulate the liver, and clarify the blood, with a 50 cent price and a return guarantee if not satisfied.
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Clay
Local Gun Shop Offer Near Powers Mill Bryan London
A notice states Bryan London on South Main near Powers Mill will handle gun work of all kinds. The shop offers to stock firearms with Eaglehor American walnut and cover shop rent for customers.
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Bryan London
South Main
Powers Mill
Windsor Woman Hanged in Vermont Prison
Mary Mable Rogers aged 22, mother of a 3 year old, was hanged at Windsor state prison at 1 18 PM for the murder of her husband Marcus Rogers in Bennington on August 18 1902. She died at 1 37 PM after two reprieves and appeals, with few witnesses present.
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Windsor
Mary Mable Rogers
Vermont State
Marcus Rogers
Bennington
Spafford
United States Supreme Court
To Cure a Cold in One Day Ad Claim
An old advertisement hawks a remedy promising a single day cure for a cold. It urges readers to take LAXATIVE BROMO QUI MINE Tableta and asserts all druggists refund the money if it fails. Grove’s signature appears on the box.
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Bew Grove
Tit-Bita Too Long in a Gospel Admonition
An old parishioner visits Doctor Gill with a grievance about his neckbands being too long. After she trims hers to her liking, the doctor counters with a dare to shorten something of hers. He asks her to stick out her tongue as part of a cheeky exchange.
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Gill
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