08 May 1897
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Newspaper
Cape Girardeau Democrat
Location
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1897
Page
1
The first Sunday under the Raines Law saw sixty excise arrests in New York City with mixed handling and lax enforcement in Brooklyn and Island Beach amid many released after hearings. The piece also notes Cuba news and widespread atrocities in Villa Clara and Santa Spiritus, urging Christian nations to act.
In a Monday afternoon baseball clash at Norn Campus the Cape City nine defeated the Normal team in a closely contested game. The city lineup included Veith, Conter, and Grenaan with steady pitching by Veith before Wood relieved. Burke and Gorman from St. Vincent's College aided Cape City, while Stearns paced the Normal lineup. Final scoring surged late as both sides traded blows, but Cape City prevailed 9 to 7 amid a chaotic ninth inning and strong performances from Frenzell and Klages for the locals.
Tev Silas Moyers of Simpson County Mississippi visits Wasmixatos to push a pension bill for freed slaves. The measure, once introduced by Senator Thorton, arouses strong debate among ex-slaves in Mississippi and Louisiana amid concerns of exploitation by sharpers. Moyers is described as a cultured, elderly man, advocating justice while Cape Girardeau touts its healthful climate and scenic beauty.
When weak weary and wasted from kidney diseases why not try Foley's Kidney cure guaranteed medicine. W H Coerver Druggist.
Mr G Vailouette of Beaversville recalls a life threatening bout with La Grippe and the failure of local physicians. After obtaining Dr King's New Discovery from Ha mans drugstore and starting treatment, he recovered from the first dose and was up and about again, declaring it worth its weight in gold and insisting stores keep it. A free trial is offered.
A garbled dispatch reports an Austrian gardener’s alleged hail-reduction experiments using explosive mortars on mountain summits and a separate notice about moving Internal Revenue offices from Cairo to East St. Louis. It cites Consul Mephon and Congressmen Smith and Murphy with unclear dates and places.
New York Mayor Strong has stockpiled 1000 bricks from the old Grant tomb in City Hall basement. A letter from a G A R post asked for a brick, and the mayor arranged with a contractor to spare bricks for posts nationwide. Each post may seek one, raising questions of logistics and cost.
Fragmented OCR notes discuss a proverb collection attributed to Solomon and ancient prophets, dating volumes centuries before Christ. Mentions identify Methuselah and the oldest man on record, with claims about dating and historical context. Also includes an advertisement offering skin cure salve for 25 cents per box.
The article describes the immense Siberian Railway from Teheliabinsk to Vindivostok, length 4744 miles, as the world’s longest. It notes the route across Russia’s Far East, Ob and Irkutsk regions, Lake Baikal, the Amoor River, Manchuria, Vladivostok, and the Ventsel River, with costs high in the Tartary mountains and three great bridges.
A vintage advertisement touts Electric Gitters as a permanent cure for all headaches and a remedy for habitual constipation. It claims relief for chronic sufferers and urges trial with large bottles priced at fifty cents at Haman's drug store.
Haydock, son of J G Haydock of Bloomfield, brakeman on the St Louis Cape Girardeau Fort Smith line, fell from a box car near Elsinore Thursday and broke his right arm and two ribs. An amusing court incident featured Jim Wilson and prosecutor Joe Moore with a verdict of not guilty.
Cape Lodge No. 15 AU O We held a rousing meeting in the Masonic building last night as they conferred the J W Degree on one candidate. The lodge with over a hundred members debated by law amendments reducing the initiation fee amid talk of a beneficiary certificate’s value.
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