19 Apr 1901
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Newspaper
Decatur Weekly News
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1901
Page
1
A rambling Texan column mocks patent medicines notes faith healers and foot baths. It recalls a Madison County Alabama tale of a doctor asking about foot bathing before a patient began plowing again. The piece closes with local chatter on crime immigration and a marriage tied to family fortune.
The report from Allegheny notes eighteen year old Marie Waters marries Albert O. Rood aged 100 of Binghamton New York. Dispatches suggest he sought the match for inheritance rather than affection, while Rood is described as hale and hearty and capable of making a prudent match.
A Chicago Chronicle opinion denounces the Fifteenth Amendment as unjust and against white Southerners. The piece argues the amendment arose from vengeance not demand, criminalizing black suffrage as a crime against both races and the republic, and claims the war did not aim to empower freedmen.
Probate court decree orders sale of listed properties in Decatur and New Decatur to pay taxes and costs. Public sale runs May 7, 1901, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with daily bidding until all lands sold. Names include Milton Humes, Mrs. M. A. Collier, T. J. Gartle, E Parker, Thos S. Clyce, Fred Douglass, K. O. & N. H. Freeman, H. D. Key, I. L. George heirs, J. J. Hartwell, Nettie Morris, and others under tax collector G. C. Hardwick.
Record shows total American cost of the Philippines in 1900s terms. Lives: 3043 total deaths including 892 deaths by wounds and disease among officers and enlisted men. Money: 262 million dollars spent on military operations, payments to Spain and loan interest.
The piece argues Maryland's new educational qualification law, pushed by Democrats, may aid the black population by driving literacy gains. It cites 44 923 illiterates in the state split 26 610 colored and 18 307 white, with one voter in six illiterate and many blacks pursuing schooling. It warns whites see danger in reforms and notes partisan views on voting access and literacy.
The author argues for conciliatory handling of Aguinaldo to pacify the Philippines without war. He warns harsh treatment could spark extended guerrilla warfare and suggests presenting terms in Washington with the president.
An 1901 advertises Johnsons Tonic as a superb grip cure that neutralizes poison within an hour and restores health within a week. It claims rapid blood effects, asks buyers to send 50 cents to A Ti Gierdean in Savannah, dated April 1, 1901.
The Switchmen's Union of North America has expanded from near zero to 133 local bodies in a few years, with about 13,000 members. The record highlights extraordinary growth in organized labor.
Near Burkville Illinois and under 25 miles from St Louis a cavern has been explored fourteen miles in one direction and six miles in the other. The depths reveal a complex system with extensive passages and ongoing exploration.
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