21 Aug 1900
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Newspaper
Conway Log Cabin
Location
Conway, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1900
Page
1
A survey of local politics discusses the road tax and upcoming September election while previewing a syn opsis of the road tax law. Other items cover the Pekin crisis, Remmel and Matthews political clash, Castellane’s financial woes, and a New York race riot with racial violence.
Conway dispatch reports Col. K A Bolton urging a road tax to benefit farmers and merchants alike as public highways improve. County judge W H Duncan also backs the tax with strong arguments. Also includes a testimonial from Q C P M Holliday praising Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for a baby’s teething sickness.
The article notes vast numbers of Chinese cannot read or write while a small literate class studies Chinese literature. Exam systems in provincial cities grant lower degrees to a few. higher degrees require further tests. A College of Foreign Knowledge exists in Pekin with European and American instructors, plus Christian mission schools, and government naval and military colleges train youth in modern warfare.
Arkansas railroad commission rules it has power to regulate freight rates within the state even when a line crosses into another state. The Fort Smith Chair Company accuses Kansas City Southern Railroad of an excess 1.81 rate for the Fort Smith to Grannis leg, claiming the distance includes Indiana Territory. Commissioner Felix M. Hanley wrote the opinion.
The Conway Printing Company proclaims its long standing distinction as the best country printing office outside cities and notes a new outfit improves readiness for work. Prices are claimed as lower and customers are urged to compare before printing.
Report from Little Rock details a supper at the State penitentiary with Col. Bud McConnell. It highlights Harve Bruce, a long time mountaineer turned guard, his past shooting of deputy marshals, and his views on whiskey making and local life in the mountains.
J Bewens, an artist, announces a photograph gallery in Greenbrier starting August 7 for one week. He invites locals to visit early to avoid the rush, noting cloudy weather won’t affect plans and reminding them to remember the date. Pure cider vinegar is advertised at Paine's.
San Antonio socialite Miss Benedette Brady reported jewelry valued at 5000 dollars stolen on Frisco passenger train No 1 southbound after leaving St Louis. A stocking hidden in a berth contained the pieces, with a 2500 dollar earnings set among the missing items. Police along the line coordinate efforts to trace the valuables.
Rev A A Power of Emporia Kan recounts a severe bilious colic attack cured after taking two doses of Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy He credits the medicine for his recovery and notes a neighbor also found relief after using it The product is sold by W H Martin & Co Druggists with the familiar advertising claim The Kind You Have Always Been Seeing
World events include U S debt figures and government costs in 1900, planned capital relocation to Columbia, commemorative ceremonies in a presidential context, and a New Jeans club stance following Boston unrest. Riots lead to indictments, Billy Taylor captured in Mexico, Persia’s Shah aborts Paris visit, anarchist congress plans in France, Canada bars pauper immigrants, Italian consul seeks protection, and New York immigration reaches a peak since 1893 with 341 771 arrivals. war reports describe allied forces at Pekin and casualties near Tien Tain.
An advertisement touts Green's August Flower as a remedy for nervousness, heart fatigue, indigestion, and stagnant liver action. It claims few doses restore health, reducing fear that a serious illness is present. Sold by all druggists.
Public notices advertise round trip tickets priced at 16.40 with sale Aug 24 27 and extension to Sept 30. A separate Hot Springs return train 232 on Aug 31 costs 2.00 good to Sept 3. J W James Agent. Also aCatarrh cure advertisement promises cure with a $100 guarantee and lists Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills for sale.
A historical notice records the signature related to a purchase of a work or item labeled WIA The Kind You Have Bought. The brief item notes the transaction and involved parties in a concise public notice style.
The Western jewelry factory, claimed as the largest in the world, is under construction in East Iowa City Iowa on Friendship and Eddy Streets Providence K. The project features over 520000 square feet of floor space.
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