Grippe, politics, and the Arkansas redistricting talk
The piece notes prominent figures suffering from grippe including McKinley and Hay. It discusses Cape Colony, a Louisiana medical dispute, and upcoming celebrity visits to Little Rock. It covers Arkansas politics with Burleigh’s resolution, state capitol work, and Faulkner White counties’ district alignment amid possible redistricting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burleigh
House
Senate
Arkansas
Faulkner County
Faulkner
White County
Grower and Spinner Criticizes Cotton Handling Failures
A Cotton Ginners Journal letter criticizes farmers, ginners, and transporters for careless picking, handling, and ginning from harvest to sale. The author cites dirty gin houses, exposed bale losses, and calls for a new system and round lap bale to improve quality and prices. He praises careful practices by J. B. Allen of Port Gibson and argues better handling benefits both farmers and spinners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evilon
New England
J. B. Allen
Port Gibson
Allen
Cure Your Cold with Gregory Antiseptic Healing Oil
Advertises Gregory's Antiseptic Healing Oil for colds and grippe with internal drops and external application. Claims no alcohol or opiate content and a satisfaction guarantee. Sold by C. H. Gregory and Hamilton and City Drug Stores. Also notes W. M. Courtney moving to Little Rock and selling his West End home to Mrs. Lyda Smith. subscription plea follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregory
C. H. Gregory
Hamilton and City Drug Stores
W. M. Courtney
Little Rock
West End
World News Items from 1900s Era Chronicle
A wide roundup notes quakes in Missouri, price uniformity by sugar refiners, Maxim knighted by the Queen, mob executions in Florida, Western clashes in Kentucky, census trends, Pat Crowe case shifts, Cudahy kidnapping reward, and financials in the United States and Britain. It cites Omaha rewards, Danish trade, and British casualties, plus disasters in Mississippi and Minnesota and a prairie fire tragedy near Oklahoma-Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appleton Mo
United States
Hiram Maxim
Maxim
England
Congress
Olmstead
Census Committee
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
North Carolina
Pat Crowe
Cudahy
Nebraska
Mr. Cudahy
Getting Thin and Scott's Emulsion Aid
An advertisement discusses thinness and overwork, promoting Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil as a remedy for under digestion and lack of appetite. It urges balance with activity, warns against excessive reliance, and notes a price of one dollar at drugstores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Bargain Store Closes Stock with Deep Discounts
The New Bargain Store advertises a large selection of ladies capes and cloaks being closed out at cheap prices. It promotes special reduced prices on all men's and boys clothing and states it is overstocked and must sell.
Record of 1900 United States lynchings and political notes
Summary of 1900 lynching counts by state with Georgia and Mississippi leading. Pennsylvania Republicans nominate Lon Quay for U.S. senator. funds for McKinley inauguration nearly raised. Chinese demands to Berlin over Baron von Ketteler murder. incidents of hazing in Indiana. Indian Territory court citizenship school status ruling. postmaster general bans transfer of subscription lists under specific conditions.
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Geo. M. Pullman
Schley
Kautz
Navy
United States
War Department
Cuba
Naval Register of the
Crowninshield
Oklahoma
Texas
Stacker
Mexico
Quitman
Pennsylvania
Lon. Mat Quay
Quay
Alabama
Arkansas
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
Li Tung Chang
Prince Ching
Europe
Japan
China
Berlin
Werman
Baron von Ketteler
Wesley Dugan
Petersburg
Ind
Hitchcock
Indian Territory
Dawes Commission
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lowney
Caspar Dum
City Bakery
McKinley
Gov. Jones
Grippe
Cape Colony
Hay
Frost
Terry McGovern
President McKinley
Fitzhugh Lee
Morriston
Plummerville
Robert Lawrence
Pope County
Memphis
Atlanta
Albert D. Shaw
Lee
Jackson
Jefferson Davis
The
Cotton Ginner's Journal
Cardu
News OF the World
Jim Denson
Madison
Fla
Clay County
Omaha
Denmrk
Kitchener
Nelvetia
Globe Financial Corporation
London Stock Exchange
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Road
Milton
Miss
Sparta
Minn
Minnesota
Ignatius Dennedhy
Minneapolis
B. B. Odell
New York
Tutt
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