Day-Old Happenings Briefly Summarized
Rumors of a naval clash between Russia and Japan swirl around St. Petersburg. London plans an underground line opening Feb. 1. An English steam motor may double train and liner speeds. Japan guards the Russian minister in Tokyo amid security warnings. The Iroquois theater inquest links Klaw & Erlanger to city officials. Several legal and political moves unfold including factory and theater regulations, indictments, and a national convention call.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Joseph Chamberlain
Ising Joseph
Free Trade
London
Japan
Tokio
Iroquois Theater Inquest
Klaw & Erlanger
James Tilbery
H. M. Thurston
Franklin Union of Pressfeeders
Brentano
Lake Carriers’ Association
Foley's Honey and Tar Promoted for Pneumonia Prevention
The ad extols Foley's Honey and Tar as essential for preventing pneumonia and la grippe. It claims early, proper treatment can ward off lung troubles and even save lives, urging readers to obtain it at Fenton's drugstore.
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Foley
Fenton
Relief in six hours by New Great South American Kidney Cure
Distressing kidney and bladder disease relieved in six hours by the New Great South American Kidney Cure. It relieves bladder and back pain and urinary retention almost immediately. Sold by C. H. Leonard, druggist.
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C. H .Leonard
Chicago Trade Review Sees Slow Country Business and Brighter Factory Outlook
Dun's Weekly Review reports cautious country merchants delaying textile orders while factory activity gains momentum. Iron, rail, and machinery demand rise. retail trade hampered by bad weather. Grain shipments fall vs 1903, while pork and lard prices rise and hog weights tighten market supply.
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Chicago
Dun’s Weekly Review of
R. G. Dun & Co
Remarkable Blemish Cure for Horses Offered for $59
An advertisement touts a single bottle cure for all manner of equine blemishes including hard and soft lumps blood spavins curbs spents sweeney ring bone stifles sprains swollen throats and coughs. Sold by C H Leonard druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Leonard Drugbist
Lippincott Plans Second Marriage to Miss Armstrong
J Dundee Lippincott of the Philadelphia publishing house announces his intention to marry for the second time. He is to wed Belle Armstrong, daughter of a prominent lawyer of the Quar city, who has offices in that town and in the national capital. Mrs Wapin te has been a widow since a certain time.
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J. D. Lippincott
Merry
J. Dundee Lippincott
Philadelphia
Belle ‘Armstrong
Mrv
Ais
Key’s Parole Concealed Forgery Indictment Arising
The article recounts that Key faced an anticipated parole with opposition from authorities. Prosecuting counsel claimed lack of notice on the contemplated release. Citizens were surprised by prison authorities actions. Allegations pursued that Key benefited from outside influence. An indictment for forgery loomed. his arrest on release was expected. He is currently thought to be in St Louis.
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Wilson
Thomas Lipton
Chicago
England
J. J. Blair
St. Louis
Eustis
Fla
Hanna
Washington
Lant K. Salsbury
Zrand Rapids
Mich
Key
Beauty Claim For Rocky Mountain Tea Pills
An advertisement notes internal use of Rocky Mountain Tea as the key to real beauty rather than external applications. Sold in tenor tablets for 35 cents by Houseworth Bros to promote complexions.
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Rocky Mountain
Hollister
Houseworth Bros
Iowa Bank Closes Doors After Assignment to Creditors
Mount Ayr Iowa January 18 The Citizens bank has assigned its assets to John S Patterson for creditors. Creditors named John E Scott Alexander Shrimplin and Charles Robinson to help schedule assets liabilities. The bank founded twenty three years ago by Day Dunning reports deposits over 400000 with total liabilities about 450000 while assets run lower. Dunning a Mount Ayr founder remains involved as a principal.
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Mount Ayr
Iowa
Citizens’ Bank
John S. Patterson
John E., Scott
Alexander Shrimplin
Charles Robinson
Day Dunning
Dunning
Youth Chain Rescues Boy From Ice On Harrisburg Creek
In Harrisburg on January 18 Val Williford, son of S P Williford, fell through the creek ice east of the city. Companions Arthur Burns, Harry Woolcott, Clifford Whitley and Cecil McKinney formed a human chain from shore to reach him. They pulled him to safety before he froze, taking him to a nearby farm house for care and dry clothes.
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Harrisburg
Val Williford
P. Willford
Arthur Burns
Harry Woolcott
Clifford Whitley
Cecil McKinney
Willford
Beauty seekers praise Hollister’s Mountain Tea sales pitch
An advertisement touts Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea as a cure for beauty ills, promising sensible women a solution for 35 cents.
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National Association of Beauty Seekers
Hollister
Houseworth Bros
Chicago Great North Announces Reduced Fares to Western Points
Tickets priced two dollars above half fare from Chicago via Chicago Great North to Colorado Kansas Missouri and New Mexico go on sale January 5 and 19 February 2 and 16 March 1 and 15 and April 5 and 19. For details contact J. P. Elmer G P A Chicago Illinois. apridd&w
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Chicago
One Minute Cough Cure Promises Quick Cough Relief
A brief medical advertisement touts One Minute Cough Cure as effective in one minute by killing the microbe that causes cough, clearing phlegm, reducing inflammation, and healing the mucous membranes. It claims lung strengthening and pneumonia prevention, suitable for all ages, and notes sales by Houseworth Bros.
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Houseworth. Bros
One Fare Plus Two Dollars From Chicago Round Trip Rate
Tickets on sale dates January 5 and 19 February 2 and 16 April 6 to points in New Mexico Missouri Kansas and Nebraska via Chicago Great Western Railway. Ample return limits and further information available from P Elmer G P A Chicago IL.
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Chicago
Chicago Great Western, Railway
New Mexico
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
P. Elmer
G.P.A
Isd&w
Defective Spanish-American War Ammo Recalled Nationwide
Washington reports more than 3,000,000 rounds bought by the War Department during the war with Spain were found defective. An immediate order directs all ball cartridges marked W. R. A. 30 U. S. C. to be returned to arsenals for shipment to Frankfort, with sound substitutes issued to troops. No individual blamed. fault attributed to inadequate ordnance facilities.
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Washington
War Department
Spain
Philippines
United States
Frankfort Arsenal
Meat inspectors to work Sunday in Chicago
Washington reports that USDA meat inspectors will work Sunday in Chicago after a revived order. Representatives Mann and Boutell argued the delay would bar meat supply and hurt export trade as rabbis refuse Saturday prep, making Sunday inspection essential for kosher meat.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Chicago
Mann
Boutell
Secretary of Agriculture
Use of American Ships Draws War Dept Favorable View
Senator Frye received Secretary Root’s communication on a Senate bill to require American bottoms for army and navy supply transport. Root supports a preference for American shipping but opposes a mandatory requirement now to avoid unwarranted transportation costs.
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Washington
Jan
Frye
Senate Committee On Commerce
War Root
Senate
Army
Navy
Root
United States
Pension Bill Extends Civil War Pensions Nationwide
Senator Dol liver introduced a bill to pension all Civil War veterans with ninety days or more service and widows married before June 27 1895. Pensions would be 12 dollars monthly starting from the application date after passage. The measure follows endorsement by the Grand Army national encampment in San Francisco.
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Washington
Jan
Dolliver
Grand Army
San Francisco
Postmaster General Seeks Pay Increases for Carriers
Postmaster General Payne asks House Post Offices and Post Roads Committee to consider pay raises for city and rural free delivery carriers. He notes a 1902 order forbidding employee pay solicitations and forwards the increases with favorable departmental recommendation.
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Washington
Payne
Overstreet
House Committee On
Naval Militia Officers Elected by National Association
The Naval Militia Association of the United States adjourned sine die after electing officers. Edwin Geer of Baltimore was chosen president and Lieut. Commander Et. C. Darby of Illinois was named vice president. Lieut. Sidney Bieber of Washington was elected another vice president.
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Naval
Washington
Naval Militia Association of the United States
Edwin
Geer
Baltimore
C. Darby
Illinois
Idney Bieber
Washington Aims to Preserve Calaveras Groves
A petition to Congress from the Calaveras Big Tree Committee asks for national park status to protect the Calaveras groves. The president transmitted the request in January, urging action to preserve the iconic trees.
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Washington
Jan
Congress
Calaveras Big
Committee of
California
Calaveras Groves
Representative Boutell Seeks Naval Officer at Port of Chicago
Washington January 16 Representative Boutell expects a favorable report on the Mann bill for appointing a naval officer at the Port of Chicago. The measure has passed the Senate and goes to the House Ways and Means Committee for action.
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Washington
Boutell
Chicago
Ways and Means
Senate
Mysterious Woman Terrorizes a Town
In Miller S D on January 15 two robberies and a string of chloroform episodes sparked a town panic. A woman dressed as a man is blamed for assaults including an ether overdose on clerk Wilber Quirk at O H Collins drugstore and a shooting and chloroforming of Miss Hatie Pilcher, who identified the attacker by a coil of hair.
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Hatie Pilcher
Henshaw House
Miss Pilcher
Quirk
Involuntary Bankruptcy Filed Against Dayton Firm
Three creditors filed in the U S district court to declare Stillwell Bierce and Smith Vaile Company of Dayton involuntary bankrupt. The firm, a large manufacturing establishment, was adjudged bankrupt with temporary co receivers Harry B Talbott and William B Earnshaw of Dayton to manage the property until a trustee is elected. Talbott formerly served as company president before resigning to become a receiver.
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Cincinnati
United States District Court
Stillwell Bierce and Smith Vaile Company
Dayton
Harry
B. Talbott
William B. Earnshaw
Talbott
Bank Receiver Is Dismissed in Connecticut
Judge Ga ger in Hartford superior court discharged State Receiver Tuttle of the Windham County National Bank at Danielson. Mrs. Ella Russell, widow of ex Congressmen, had petitioned for the receivership. the court heard the old directors were removed, capital restored, and $17000 of speculative paper retired by the makers.
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Hartford, Cann
Gager
Tuttle
Windham County National Bank
Danielson
Ella Russell
Russell
Dean's Kidney Pills Backed for Work Comfort
An advertisement claims Dean's Kidney Pills ease backaches and kidney ailments, making work easier by addressing chronic illness. It presents the pills as a cure for kidney disorders and associated discomfort.
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Dean
Lydia Pinkham Medicine Praised by Detroit Woman
A Detroit woman Miss Guina Gannon testifies that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured months of general weakness and misery. She reports restoration began after one dose and urges other women to try it, noting numerous similar letters published as proof.
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Pinkham
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FUR’ ‘Company
Mill Street
Rochester
N.Y
Chisago Board of Trade
Board of Trade
Rene
Ali
Ed Seaee
Merial Burdock
Iowa Bank
Mt. Ayr
Lad
Ern Railway
Colorado
J. P
Elmer
Ills
Apridd&w
Queen Lil
South Dakota
Ohio Concern
Elkhart
Free Homestead
Western
Canada
Star Attractions
Canadian Atlas
Ottawa
G. Duncan
Big Four
Indianapolis
Ind
Lakeside Medicine Co
Fenton's
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