A Knight of the Grip Testifies and Pearson Weytel Ad
The piece references Mr. Pearson and Mr. Weytel importing Queenware. It notes P. R. Clark promoting a syrup of pepsin cure via newspaper ads and challenges pricing claims about 10c bottles, asserting only 5c bottles are stocked as sufficient for a cure.
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Pearson
Mr. Weytel
House of Pearson & Weytel
P. R. Clark
Indianapolis Pearson-Weytel P. R. Clark
Assassination in Texas Sparks Confederate Vengeance Threats
In Bra zos county Texas Henson Williams and his son William both colored were slain by ambush while plowing. A white nun is sought as the suspected shooter. The elder Williams a Civil War veteran was praised as a Confederate veteran’s camp member prompting anger among old Confederate soldiers who vow vengeance upon capture. Costa Rica moves to circulate US and other foreign currency boosting its money value.
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Dallas
Tex
Henson Williams
William
Brazos County
Williams
Confederate Veterans
Millleam
United States at Paris World Fair Eyes Exhibit Inspections
The American honorary commissioners met last week to authorize a start of inspections of exhibits at the Paris exposition. Beginning next Monday the mining section will be reviewed first and a thorough examination will follow. The group plans further work to engage with the American display. In San Francisco Judge Belcher ruled that marriages of divorced individuals within 12 months of a divorce decree are invalid and that such persons are still considered unmarried.
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Paris
United States
General Peck
Initon
San Francisco
Belcher
Hawk on Train Detour Prompts Local Stop in Lexington
John Spar hawk en route from Louisville to Philadelphia to lecture at the Academy of Moxie took a Chesapeake and Ohio train with engine and coach to cater to the regular schedule. He left the train in Lexington to answer letters, prompting a brief local stop for the unusual derailment of the chartered Spe ech train.
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John Sparhawk
Louisyville
Philadelphia
Academy of Moxie
Chesapeake and Oto
Trouble Ahead Empress Equivocal Water on Both Shoulders
A European dispatch reports heightened tension in China with the Dowager Empress viewed as equivocal amid rising international clashes near Pekin. Military reinforcement from Britain Germany Italy Russia and Japan scales to about 14 000 combined troops as the international relief column advances toward the capital.
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Toseler
Dacpanese Legation
Yung ‘Mme
Dekin
Admiral Seymour
Pekin
Tsim
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Great Britain
Gao
Hong Rau
Italy
Russia
St. Petersburg
Tiensin Ape
Dado
Tein Tsin
House of Commons
Foreign Office
Merc Broderick
Amd
Enstt
British and French clash over engine amid Boxer relief efforts
French marines tried to seize a front engine. Loco motive Inspector Weir blocked a bayonet attack and held the locomotive. The British consul and naval officers, with American consul and railway officials, averted a collision and kept British control. Another dispatch from Admiral Seymour reports international troops advancing toward Pekin with three miles covered in 24 hours and warns of tougher 25 mile stretch ahead.
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Ccomsul
Washington
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Tien Tsin
Peklu
Pekin
Roosevelt Voices Opposition to Nomination
Governor Roosevelt again refused to accept the nomination in New York addressing reporters on June 15. He reiterated his position against the nomination and signaled he does not want the nomination.
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Roosevelt
New York
Roosevelt Maps Path to Vice Presidency and Philadelphia Plans
Governor Roosevelt states his stance on the vice presidency is clear and that his term will not end before the convention. Flo plans to depart for Philadelphia Saturday afternoon.
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Snd
Flo
Philadelphia
Baptist moonlight voyage ends in drowning on steamer Vincennes
During a night excursion on the steamship Vincennes a passenger named Bapdise Bacuesionista fell overboard and drowned. The incident occurred while the group paused for a moonlit sail. Efforts to recover the body were unsuccessful.
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Bapdise Bacuesionista
Vincennes
Bert
Guillon
Republican convention in Philadelphia eyes vice presidential field
Philadelphia reports a few avowed candidates Woodruff Long and Deliver while many favorite sons may receive symbolic votes. Delegates arrive tomorrow as city hones hospitality plans with banquets trips and smokers arranged to impress visiting Republicans.
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National Republican
Pea
Jov. Woodruff
New York
Bho
Long
Por
John D. Long
Delliver Oof Tawa
Patrbanks
Endlana
Washburn
Minnegotta
Gov
Schofield
Wisconsin
Bartlett Trippo
South Dhakota
Pritchard
Nert Carolina
Irving Scott
California
Col
Jay L. Torrey
Wyoming
British Arms in London Stand Against Lord Roberts
Reported actions describe the British forces under Lord Roberts facing a two day stand by Dutch commander Louis Botha and retreat without loss of guns. The text notes fear of a strong Boer force and mentions tactical positions away from railways. Officials claim communications and stock moves affect Boer government funds and salaries.
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Louis Botha
Lord Roberts
Aris
Bratlerion
Miarehadedorp
Advanena Et
Wretons
Mulen
Kru Berdis
Croton Press
Did not make a sale unfolds in odd tobacco pitch
A humorous door to door pitch unfolds with a traveling salesman trying to sell tobacco to a woman and her sister as he rails against the trust and seeks a trial order while expanding into family life and domestic setting in a Detroit Free Press item. A separate brief reports a Chicago tragedy: William Lants shoots his sweetheart Robbie Edwards then dies from a self inflicted wound.
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Marden
Detroit Free Press
Chicago
Robbie Edwards
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