Vast stream of 19th century headlines on finance and politics
A condensed digest reports Atlana Inds tinplate factory change of control, a large European gold shipment en route, St Louis corn prices at a record low in 45 years, Virginia Populist convention, Charles Somos fnerly news editor of the New York World, Kansas wheat forecast dropping, assignee accounts showing Poster & Co. overdraft, New York currency strain, Ellery Anderson named Pacific Railroad Commissioner, Memphis lynching indictment, Pension Bureau deadline extension, Sarah Bolton death, World's Fair Midway concerns, weekly business failures, postal card contract saving, Kansas euro trade push, Geary act deportation appeal, Dr Frederick Brown arrest, Populist anti silver mobilization, Iowa Governor candidacy rejection.
Pension Revision and Post Office Money Orders
Commissioner Lootren of the Pension Bureau discusses the disability act revisions and defends against partisan claims, noting examinations by a Revision Board before any pension suspension. Government money orders are to be issued soon, with a new one cent to three cent range that can be torn off, allowing the purchaser to endorse it like a check. postmasters will have minimal writing duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lootren
Poursion Bureau
Board of Revision
Peruna Cure Promoted For Malaria Ills
An advertisement claims Peruna cures malaria and related summer ills after other tonics fail. It denounces quinine arsenic and strychnine, touts Peruna as a nerve tonic blood purifier and system invigator, and offers a free Aurora treatise from The Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company in Columbus Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company
Columbus
Ohio
Pension Office News Names Pension Applicants in Bulletin
The Commissioner of Pensions agrees to publish post office addresses of recipients in the daily bulletin, following correspondents' requests. Secretary Hoke Smith has under consideration the publication of applicants' names for pensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioner of Pensions
Daily Bulletin
Post Office
Hoke Smith
Wullman Vestibuled Sleepers to Louisville via 8 A and L N
Travel ad promoting Bristol to Louisville rail service with connections to Monon route. Tickets and sleeping space at depot. Also notices on debt collections by Seaver and Summers and a birth with a six finger baby in Little Doe. Local signs warn of enforcement of collections. customers urged to settle promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wullman
Louisville
Bristol
Monon
Union
Chicago
C.H Lowe
Doe
Tomahask
Local notes from Watauga area events and school openings
From Watauga the week brings school openings with teachers Jonathan Ebikin and Porter Little starting Monday. Local wagons bring apples and peaches from Elizabethton area as Mrs. George Shaner moves into Campbell addition. Reports include a horse stolen from George Sypes, church services by Rev M D Mitchell and Rev Thomas Jackson, and visitors Will Hendrix and wife in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Shaner
Our
Campbell Addition
Fire destroys judge’s Pan residence with heavy losses
On Friday afternoon between four and five, the home of Judge A. J. Brown near Home, Pan, burned completely. Most household goods, clothing, and his extensive law library and papers were lost. Estimated value exceeds $10,000 with no insurance. Cause attributed to rats or mice dragging a watch into the roof area during the southern porch. The judge had moved his family to Greenville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Brown
Pan
Hin Ls
Greenesville
Quick time to Chicago on E T V& G Ry trains
The E T V & G Ry announces inaugural service to Chicago on May 14, offering the fastest and finest trains from southern points. Tickets should read via E T VO & G and Q & GC, with Iowa cited as the recognized route to the World's Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. TV. &G Ry
Chicago
E.T VO & G
Q & GC
Iowa
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Atlana
Ind
Tt Ia
Europe
St. Louis
Virginia
Lynchburg
Charles W. Somos Fnerly
The
St. Louis Republic
Shy
New York World
Kansas
Charles Foster
Poster & Co
New York
Ellery Anderson
Pacific Railroad
Memphis
Lee Walker
Sarah T. Bolton
Indianapolis
Newport
Council of Administration
United States
Postmaster General
Bissell
Calvin O. Woolworth
Castleton
N. Y
Gov
Lewelling
Gulf of Mexico
California
Supreme Court
Frederick Brown
Jackson, Tenn
United States Postoffice
Boles
Democratic State Central Committee
Ale
Luptle
Pension Office News
Lyle Lines
Seaver & Summers
Tinans Tahvio Fersone
Stemaoh
Watauga
Harley King
Texas
Levision
Cear Chan Canal
Robert Luskis
Barnes
Roy
W Ky McNeere
Range’s Academy
Elizabethton
Manda
Jonathan Ebikinw
Sullivan County
Porter Little
Turkeytown
Patterson
N. J
Cara
Will Hendrix
Greeneville
Kane
Joe Dyer
Bluff City
Joe Shell
George Sypes
M. D. Mitchell
Thomas Jackson
Senttsville
Lacy Rucker
Murfeeston
Minnie Reese
I B McCollum
Tom Carrier Weite
Met
Amounnti
Lide
Olls
Varnisiles
Oliver Chilled
J. H. Preas
Johnson
Summers & Lyle
Wofford
Watauea Lighting
King
Stu
P Electric Street Railroad
Bosiuen
B¢Han
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