Taylor's Nervous Flight Amid Goebel Case Calamity
Morgantown rumors say W S Taylor the pretender governor is distraught and seen crying as a Morgantown militia drills for a possible return to Frankfort. He fears arrest for accessory before the Goebel murder and may not survive the strain while Franklin circuit court opens with the grand jury to probe the assassins case.
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Riverside
Morgantown
Taylor
Goebel
Franklin County
Grand Jury
Frankfort
McClelland Taylor
W. S. Taylor
Franklin Circuit Court
Cantrill
Prosecution Prep in Powers Case Expands with Subpoenas
Commonwealth Attorney Franklin leads state prosecution with subpoenas for numerous key witnesses as cases move toward grand jury. Arrested suspects named include Caleb Powers W L Hazelip Henry Youtsey J L Sutton Harland Whitaker Silas Jones and John Davis. Warrants out for Charles Finley John L Powers and Tallow Dick Combs, all but Combs未 arrested.
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Commonwealth
Franklin
Grand Jury
Caleb Powers
W. L. Hazelip
Lakeland
Henry Youtsey
Frankfort
J. L. Sutton
Williamsburg
Harland Whitaker
Butler County
Silas Jones
Whitely County
John Davis
Charles Finley
John L. Powers
Knox County
Electric Bitters Proclaimed Best Selling By Bellville Druggist
Abraham Hare of Bellville Ohio declares Electric Bitters the best selling tonic in twenty years. He cites stomach and liver disorders as origins of many diseases and says the remedy tones the stomach purifies the blood and strengthens nerves to restore vigor. Price fifty cents. Sold by Geo. D. Clarke.
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Abraham Hare
Bellville, O
Geo. D. Clarke
Republicans Seek $30 Million to Reelect McKinley in Campaign Drive
Washington dispatch reports the Republican machine plans a massive funding push to support McKinley, led by Henry C. Payne and national leaders. The drive targets trusts as the main financial backbone, aiming for unprecedented spending to shape the 1896 campaign amid tariff battles over Porto Rico and other policy fights.
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McKinley
Porto Rico
Washington
New York
Henry C. Payne
Republican Executive Committee
Hanna
Presidential tour plans after the June convention
The president will travel by special train to San Francisco then return by another route, speaking from car platforms and at population centers. He will stay in Canton to promote the 1896 pilgrimages, with billions of documents issued and millions of copies of Senator Lodge's Philippines speech printed for every voter.
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San Francisco
Washington
Canton
Senator Lodge
Philippines
World
United States
Grain O Grain O Try Grain O grocer prompt
Advertising copy touts Grain O as a coffee substitute made from grains. Claims it suits children and adults without stomach distress, resembling mocha or java in color. Priced at 15 and 25 cents per package and sold by all grocers.
Fall Sown Clover Prospects and Frost Risks
Geo Cochran in The Prairie Farmer advises fall sowing of clover with wheat or rye for best stands, warns spring sowing risks from frost, and prescribes oat and seed rates plus field finishing steps to establish a robust clover stand.
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Acre
Geo. Cochran
The
Prairie Farmer
Special Home Seeker Excursions on CRI&P Railway
Train specials advertised by the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway offer one fare plus $2.00 round trip to Arkansas Kansas Colorado Indian and Oklahoma Territories Northwestern Iowa Southwestern Missouri Nebraska and other states on select January February March and April 1900 dates. For details contact M O Gay agent.
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Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Arkansas
Kansas
Colorado
Oklahoma Territories
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
M. O. Gay
Dorks Rout the Foe to Cover six British guns captured
In March 31 dispatch from Bushman Kop, British force under Broadwood near Thaba ’Nchu is split as Boers attack. Six guns captured after a convoy walked into an ambush. casualties limited as troops were overwhelmed during retreat. General Colville’s division arrives to shell Boer positions.
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Broadwood
Colville
Bloemfontein
British convoy ambushed near Bloemfontein in South Africa
Dispatches report a Boer ambush about twenty miles from Bloemfontein. Six of twelve guns and wagons were captured, with many men believed taken. The retreating forces included Colonel Pilcher's garrison at Thaba Nchu and Colonel Broadwood's troops amid a difficult, waterlogged terrain as General Colville may attempt to retrieve the loss.
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War Office
Pilcher
Thaba ’Nchu
Bloemfontein
Broadwood
Colville
Fairfield Tailor Promises Handsomest Spring Suit Line
A local tailor touts a carefully curated Spring and Summer collection featuring cassimers chevriots and worsteds in stripes checks and plaids. He guarantees quality trimmings and materials and invites an early inspection by patrons and friends.
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Fairfield
Springtime Verses and a Comical Job Ad Letters
The piece blends spoof verses about commencement and a playful anecdote from Philadelphia about a typewriter job ad. It also recounts a Chicago infant name tale to amuse readers, and ends with an overinflated address example showing a secretary’s keenness to include every title.
Bailey's Laxative Tablets Ad Offers Constipation Cure
Medical claim touts Bailey's Laxative Tablets as a cure for constipation headache biliousness and liver troubles. Active Cascara Sagrada allegedly produces real cures with chocolate coating package sizes ten and twenty five cents.
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Bailey
W. J. Bailey
Chicago
Bradshaw & Thoma
Rock Island Wall Map Offered for Schools
The Rock Island Wall Map of the United States is the best offered to the public. It is very large and specially adapted to school purposes. Every teacher of geography and every business office should have one. It will be sent post paid to any address on receipt of fifteen cents in postage stamps or coin. Address, JOHN SEBASTIAN, G.P.A., Chicago, IM.
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John Sebastian
G.P.A
Chicago
No-To-Bac Advertises Quick Tobacco Cure
The Reminder promotes No To Bac as a wonder worker to quit tobacco easily and forever. It claims to make weak men strong and offers a booklet and sample free with purchase through the Strong Remedy Co. in Chicago or New York.
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Storng Remedy Co
Chicago
New York
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