Colombia War Rumors Claim Large Armies and Vessels
Washington June 13. Reports place 25 000 to 30 000 forces opposing each other in Colombia with heavy weapons including Mauser rifles Remington smokeless powder Maxim guns and Creusot field pieces. Government forces boast 70 000 troops with four gun boats while revolutionists possess a gunboat and a transport vessel and abroad support ties are cited amid canal negotiation tensions. Regional neighbors Venezuela Ecuador and Nicaragua are said to aid the revolution.
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Colombia
Luis Cuervo-Marquez
Navy Department
Panama
Atlantic
Pacific
Panama Canal
Cuervo-Marquez
Bogota
Venezuela
Ecuador
Nicaragua
DeWitt’s Little Harry Risers Liver Pills
Small in size and great in results are DeWitt’s Little Harry Risers the famous little pills that cleanse the liver and bowels They do not gripe at Houseworth Bros.
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DeWitt
Houseworth Bros
Eye injuries from washing face claim two eyes lost
The New York Press notes a London grocer's assistant who jabbed a finger into his eye while washing his face in 1896, lost the eye, then four years later damaged the other eye in the same way. Surgeons delayed removing the second eye to attempt saving any sight, with insurance paying the claim.
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New York Press
London
Doan's Kidney Pills Advertised By Credible Testimony
A reader cites relief from kidney trouble after using Doan's Kidney Pills showing back pain reduction and other kidney symptoms. The ad claims Doan's ointment treats skin diseases and offers free samples from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York.
Squire Carle Weds Himself During Bill of Marriage
Kingston justice Ira Carle, age advanced, married a 65 year old widow himself after consulting state law and finding no prohibition. The ceremony, performed by Carle with no witnesses, is challenged as cruel separation suit proceeds to higher court amid conflicting testimony and letters.
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Ira Carle
Kingston
Keystone
Squire Carle
Pennsylvania
Biggla Poultry Book Promises Comprehensive Guide
The advertisement touts Biggla Poultry Book as the most comprehensive poultry reference with seventeen chapters and sixteen color plates. It claims twenty three chicken duck turkey and goose varieties shown accurately with plumage count beak and shanks, plus forty two halftone engravings and sixty one illustrations of houses nets and drinking vessels. The price is 50 cents and free by mail from Wilmer Atkinson Co Philadelphia.
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Wilmer Atkinson Co
Philadelphia
Escaped Deserters Trigger Fatal Guardhouse Shootout
News from Sturgis South Dakota reports Privates Cole and Ripley who were serving long desertion terms escaped Fort Mead by breaking floor boards. An hour later Private Jack O Donnel was ordered to halt and shot dead by sentries as he neared the road. Lieutenant Fitz Hugh Lee Jr. led the guard.
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Ripley
Fort Mead
Jack O’donnel
Troop I
O'Donnel
Cuba
Fitzhugh Lee, Jr
Fitzhugh Lee
The Biggle Boss Practical Guide for Farmers
A practical manual for farmers detailing disease remedies and stock care. It promises concise, useful facts for busy readers and notes a price of 50 cents with mail free from Wilme Atkinson Co Philadelphia publishers.
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Wilme
Atkinson Co
Philadelphia
Collapse of reserve seat section injures fourteen at Da vis circus
In Chicago on June 13 a section of reserve seating in Ed F. Davis circus at Fifty-fifth Street and Kimbark Avenue collapsed. Fourteen people were seriously hurt, causing panic among about 700 spectators. Miss Nettie Cooper suffered a forehead cut and fainted. several had sprains and broken bones. No deaths reported.
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Chicago
Ed F. Davis
Fifty-fifth Street
Kimbark Avenue
Nettie Cooper
Bardock Blood Bitters Regulates Stomach Quick relief
Readers learn Bardock Blood Bitters and Lovels ease stomach issues. The claim highlights natural quick regulation of digestion without discomfort.
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Bardock
Wages Board Bill Introduced in House of Commons
Sir Charles Dilke and Mr John Burns lead a bill in the House of Commons to establish a wages board. The measure aims to fix wage rates for workers across specified trades and assigns authority to determine fair pay levels.
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House of Commons
Charles Dilke
John Burns
First Class Optician in Elkhart and A C Keen Supplies
The people of Elkhart should consider themselves fortunate in having a first class optician located in the city. W. Brung is thoroughly equipped, A. C. Keen invites you to call on him when in need of flour seed baled hay and straw lawn and field seeds lawn and plant fertilizers all grades of salt.
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Elkhart
W. Brung
A. C. Keen
Elkhart Shops Advertise Goods And Lodging
Early 20th century notice promotes Knevels book store with kodak line and a hotel offering $1.00 daily. It also touts Elkhart Steam Laundry and M A Tompkins millinery shop with a fresh line of goods for ladies.
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Elkhart
M. A. Tompkins’ Millinery Store
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