Excitement in Transvaal Arrests of Alleged British Officers
Johannesburg woke to tension after eight alleged former British officers were arrested on treason charges. Detected while enlisting for rebellion, the group reportedly planned to raise 2000 men and coordinate a move between the Rand and Natal. Officials in Pretoria and London weighed the implications as Kruger and British authorities commented.
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Pretoria
Transvaal
South Africa
Johannesburg
Patterson
The
Lancers
R. F. Nicholls
E. Tremlett
C. A. Ellis
John Allen
Horse Artillery
Quartermaster Mitchell
J. Fries
R. P. Hooper
Rand
British South Africa Chartered Company
Beatty
Natal
Orange Free State
Indian Ocean
Ohio Attorney General Testifies on Standard Oil Trust
Ohio Attorney General Frank H. Monnett appeared before the Industrial Commission in Washington as a witness in the trust investigation. He described suits against Standard Oil and explained how companies within the trust control oil production transport refining and delivery operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Industrial Commission
Frank 8. Monnett
Washington
Trust
Standard Oil Trust
Standard Company
Monnett
Wheeler episode explained in Charleston parade incident
General Wheeler did not appear in the parade because a horse carrier misdirected the horse to the wrong number and waited with the animal until the procession ended. Rear Admiral John C. Watson sailed from Vallejo for Manila to relieve Admiral Dewey, traveling with his personal staff from Mare Island.
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Joseph Wheeler
Charleston
Robinson
Adjutant General's Staff
Wheeler
Watson
Manila
John C. Watson
Admiral Dewey
Vallejo
Cal
Orient
Peking
Mare Island Navy Yard
Fatal Iowa Cyclone Tops Statewide Storm Record
A Manchester dispatch reports a cyclone in northern Iowa causing four deaths and three fatal injuries. The storm struck about 8:30 pm starting near Greely, moving east then northeast, destroying farms along a forty rod wide path.
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Manchester
Greely
Virginia Town Demolished by Tuesday Storm
Colsburg in Delaware county Virginia was practically destroyed by a Tuesday night storm. Two men and a child were killed, names unknown. Major damage feared in surrounding farming districts as the storm affected a large area with many towns reporting severe damage north of Colsburg.
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Colsburg
Delaware County
Supposed Murderer Caught in Atlanta
Will Lucas, a Black man believed to be the killer of J. T. Davis near Decatur, was arrested by detectives in Atlanta Monday night. He denies guilt and claims an alibi while in Davis’s employ until last Thursday. Governor Candler had offered a $300 reward.
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Will Lucas
Atlanta
J. T. Davis
Decatur
Lucas
Mr. Davis
Candler
Mississippi Supreme Court rules foreign loan contracts usurious
In Jackson, Associate Justice Terrallas held that all foreign building and loan associations charging fixed premiums in Mississippi violate the state constitution. The ruling hits four firms with about five million dollars invested in the state.
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Jackson
Miss
Terrallas
Supreme Court
Mississippi
What's In a Name Mme X and Two Brothers
A woman known as Mme X had married two brothers. After the elder died she wed the younger. The portrait of the first husband hangs in the public gallery. Weeping, she says the man before her is her “poor, dead brother-in-law.”
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Mme. X
No. 1
Public Art Gallery
Misunderstood milk query from Detroit Free Press snippet
A reader questions buying condensed milk, noting an assumption about quantity. The note cites a habit of ordering two quarts and finding it never equals more than three pints.
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Detroit Free Press
Allen's Foot-Ease Ad Sample
Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease powder for feet relieves tight new shoes and treats corns bunions swelling hot callouses aching and sweating feet. Sold by Druggists grocers and shoe stores for 25 cents sample sent free address Allen 8 Olmsted LeRoy. It is better to do one thing well than two half done.
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Allen
Allen 8
Olmsted
LeRoy
Beauty and health claims lure readers with patent tonics
An advertising brief touts Cascarets as a beauty aid claiming cleaner blood and skin, promising pimples boils and blemishes vanish with ten cent to fifty cent packages. It also notes a cold cure pill and promises refunds if ineffective while mentioning advances in aluminum wire for electric traction outpacing copper.
Patently persuasive patent medicine ads across the page
A collage of medical patent ads tout various tonics tonifying nerves asthma cures bowel remedies and tonics. Claims include No-To-Bac and Cure for consumption from Sterling Remedy Co Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer Cascarets and Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials from individuals in Illinois Virginia and Georgia.
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Kline
R. A
St Louis singer found guilty of imitation label fraud
In St Louis on Tuesday Samuel Es a singer was adjudged guilty of imitating a Centaur company label of New York and fined 250 dollars in the court of criminal correction.
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St. Louis
Samuel Essinger
Centaur Company
New York
Admiral Dewey Sword Presentation in Washington
President McKinley will present Admiral Dewey with a jeweled sword made by congressional authority as a government testimonial. The sword, completed long ago, was kept in a safe deposit vault due to its delicacy and value awaiting the admiral’s arrival. A presentation of medals authorized by Congress to the flagship officers and men is expected to occur at the same time.
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Admiral Dewey
Washington
Congress
Three New Admirals Born in Norfolk Trio of Sons Named
Mrs John O Keefe gave birth to three sons on a Wednesday night in Norfolk Virginia The babies were named Dewey Sampson and Schley in honor of naval heroes of the late war The mother and the three rear admirals were doing well.
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John O'Keefe
Norfolk
Dewey
Sampson
Schley
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Boston Globe
France
Loubet
Rance
Asia
Barbary
Morocco
Malaga
Hood
Mas
H. O. Wueartry
Port Chester
N. Y
J. A Siva
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Panurw
Bicking Remedy Company
Chicago
Montreal
Beauty
Sterling Remedy Co
Piso
W.R. William8
Antioch, Ills
Hi. Il
Green's Sons
Atlanta, Ga
Mars
C.O. O
Kere
J. C. Simpson
Marquess
Ww, Va
UC. C. C
Liniment
Dr. Earl &. Sloan
Boston
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ees
Eve
Fylete
Walter Camp
Tha Rae
Cone
Joyce Champion
Fend
A. GC
Spalding
Carter's
Carter's Ink CO
Flushing Avenue
Brooklyn
DR. Moffett's Peethings
BUS. College
Macon
Ae Agin Ee
Pope Mfg. CO
Hartford, Conn
H. H. Green
Box D
Kali Works
Nassau St
Allegheny, Pa
Malsby & Company
Broad St
Nee
Imitated Castoria
McKinley
P. B. Louden
Acure
Tizakure CO
Tarpon Springs
Fla
Ripsas Chemical Co
Jagleigh
Shay
New York Evening Post
Jonesby
Jones
Bones
Bull
Stock Exchange
Bear
CME
Patton Bros
Franklin St
Farquhar Rake
Farquhar
A.B. Farquhar Co.,Ltd
York, PA
B.M. Woolley
B.D
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Winchester
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