Atlanta Considers City Takeover of Power and Street Railways
An 1899 Atlanta proposal suggests the city acquire a share of the earnings from the Atlanta Railway and Power Company and possibly purchase the street railway system. Joel Hart outlines bonds, dividends, and a plan to fund a new lighting station with city gains and stockholder returns. The move would keep assets under local control and shield them from foreign investors.
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Atlanta Dispatch
Joel Hart
Atlanta
Atlanta Railway and Power Company
Electric Railway Committee
Gad
Committee On Electric and
Atlanta Ailway and Power Company
Atlanta Railway Company
Old
Atlanta Street Railroad Company
Tam
Jorn Hurt
Industrial League Meets in Atlanta Delegates Attend
Three hundred delegates filled Atlanta halls for the Southern Industrial League convention. Merchants and manufacturers from across Georgia gathered to revive the industrial lines of the region and advance southern business interests.
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Atlanta
Southern Industrial League
South
Georgia
Prussian Town Marienburg Destroyed by Fire
A great fire swept Marienburg in west Prussia on Wednesday. Forty houses were razed to the ground as flames raged. Fire brigades from Dantzio and El were called to assist in subduing the blaze.
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Marienburg
West Prussia
Dantzio
Dreyfus Ill With Fever Serious Condition Reported
The Petit Journal from Paris reports Captain Dreyfus is ill with fever and in a serious condition. The article notes the illness as a fever and provides no further medical details.
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Petit Journal
Paris
Privy Manila War Censorship Restricts Dispatches
A London letter from a Manila war correspondent dated June 17 reports increasing censorship by General Otis. News of naval events, ship losses, and troop morale is blocked or delayed, forcing reporters to withhold facts and risk danger to publish only Otis approved perspectives.
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London
Manila
Otis
Nichols
Rockefeller
Tilley
Signal Corps
Cleveland Well Guarded by 20 Companies of Soldiers
Twenty companies of soldiers patrol Cleveland streets under Adjutant General N A Axline as rain dampens crowds and prevents rioting. About 1,200 troops are in the city, with 400 arriving from Columbus, Newark and Chillicothe to areas deemed likely trouble spots.
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Cleveand
Ohio
N. A. Axline
Columbus
Newark
Chillicothe
Combination in Texas forms Continental Oil Company
An Austin dispatch says six large cotton seed oil mills in Texas organize into a Continental Oil Company with New York headquarters and capital stock of 1,000,000. The plan aims to control Texas cotton seed oil output. the attorney general will act under state antitrust law to dissolve the trust if formed.
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Austin
Texas
Continental Oil Company
New York
Virginia Dentists Open 30th State Meeting at Old Point Comfort
The thirtieth annual session of the Virginia State Dental Association opened at Old Point Comfort Tuesday with President Charles L. Steele of Richmond in the chair and a good attendance.
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Virginia State Dental Association
Old Point Comfort
Charles L. Steele
Richmond
Sprikers Losing Ground on Brooklyn Strike Action
A New York dispatch reports the Brooklyn strike Friday shows 80 percent of Rapid Transit cars running on most lines, with Hicks Street line shut for days. Four policemen ride the cars while many residents avoid surface lines due to delays as the elevated lines gain riders.
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New York
Brooklyn
Rapid Transit
Hicks Street
L” Roads
Elders House hotel destroyed by fire at Indian Spring
About seven o clock Monday night the Elder House, a leading hotel at Indian Spring, Ga, was destroyed by fire. Roughly one thousand guests fled as the blaze gutted the building. only two suffered minor injuries as they escaped with little time to reach their rooms.
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Indian Spring
Fie
Hood's Sarsaparilla Reputation Grows Abroad
In Lowell Massachusetts Hood s Sarsaparilla is described as a tower of strength at home and the best blood medicine money can buy with wide fame, cures, and sales spreading abroad. Hels Sue.
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Lowell
Mass
Hood
Bull Ran Russell Mistake at the Paris Siege
Dr W J Russell the war correspondent for the London Times faced Bismarck amid Paris siege chatter. Russell claimed discretion in his reports, prompting Bismarck to erupt that he never spoke a word before him that he did not intend to print. The Argonaut.
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Paris
W. Ji. Russell
Times
Bismarck
The
Argonaut
Beauty and medical ads mix on 19th century page
A collage of ads touts Setteline for skin cures, Cascarets for cleansing blood and beauty, Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething, and Piso’s Cure for grippe. Personal testimonials claim cures and relief, with prices and locations like J T Shuptrine Savannah Ga and Brooklyn NY.
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J.T. Shuptrine
Savannah
Wills of Presidents Highlight Rich and Poor Lineage
The article notes wills of Washington Madison Monroe John Quincy Adams and Franklin Pierce. Washington held vast real estate in the capital, Madison left property to his wife, Monroe faced bankruptcy, and Jackson admitted poverty. Chase and Tilden wills faced legal issues with self drafted documents. Rawlins estate details are in Grant's handwriting. A Cincinnati judge fines a clock thief.
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Washington
Madison
Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Franklin Pierce
United States
General Grant
Shepherd Board of Public Works
McKinley
Charles Francis Adams
James Monroe
Congress
Samuel L. Gouverneur
Jackson
Andrew Jackson
Salmon P. Chase
Secretary of the Treasury
Mr. Tilden
Charles O‘connor
Chase
Grant
John A. Rawlins
Dog Stolen by Foxes Roams With Forest Sly-creatures
In Cascade township Lycoming County a farmer N. J. Maloney lost chickens to foxes. After unsuccessfully awaiting help with shotguns he kept a six month old pup by the coop. The pup vanished and was later seen with two foxes near the mountains, behaving like a fox and fleeing. Maloney sets a trap to recover the dog.
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Cascade Township
Lycoming County
N. J. Maloney
Mr. Maloney
Band of the Twentieth Kansas Plans State Tour After War
The Kansas City Journal reports the Twentieth Kansas band will tour the state with martial airs and Philippine pieces after returning from the war. The unit has seen front line service, with one killed and three wounded, the most notable casualties among its company. The proposed tour is described as a promising and likely successful enterprise.
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Kansas
Kansas City Journal
The Trained Nurse's Baby Exemplar Of Modern Care
A ten month old child of a doctor and a trained nurse is described as unusually sturdy and healthy, never having worn flannel, shoes, or hats, and seldom clothed on hot days. The observer notes minimal clothing and absence of illness in this experimental age.
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Atchison Globe
Woman recovers after Lydia E Pinkham remedy
Mars J F Siperon of Campen New Jersey writes that after suffering monthly pains from uterine and ovarian issues including leucorrhea and a flooding episode she was nearly dead. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash with her recovery and renewed health.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mars
J. F. Siperon
Mrcuanio Jr
Campen
N. J
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound testimonial
Mrs Macory A Brown of West Pr Prasant New Jersey reports irregular menstruation resolved after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She says after two bottles she has been regular every month and recommends the medicine.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Another Club Invite Sparks Quiet Tension
In a brief exchange a husband plans to join another club tonight while the wife predicts she will scarcely see him after this. The husband counters with a light remark about a “hin dies” day, suggesting a playful misprint or misunderstanding.
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Puck
Counterfeiters Unearthed and Wide Range of Ads Noted
The Secret Service exposes another gang of counterfeiters with a large batch of bogus bills. Advertisements push patent medicines like Hostetter's Stomach, No-To-Bac, Mulberry Pills, and other quack cures. Also mentioned are wheat acreage in Victoria and a young Irish golf prodigy.
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Secret Service
Hostetter
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