Bribery accusations cloud judge in Toledo case
The Toledo dispute over glazed Arbuckle coffee led to bribery claims against Judge Meek. Arbuckle lawyers alleged attempts to buy jurors and influence verdicts, while Meek faced accusations of silence amid the bribery offer. The column labels the conduct as corruption and wonders at judicial integrity.
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Supreme Court of Montana
Toledo
Ohio
Pure Food Commissioner
Arbuckles
Meek
Arbuckle
Fort Worth
A Certain Cure for Dysentery and Diarrhoea
A testimonial from F. L. Taylor of New Albany Bradford County Pa praises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He recounts using two doses before a bicycle trip and one dose during a dysentery attack, claiming quick recovery. Product sold by Graham Drug Co.
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F. L. Taylor
New Albany
Bradford County
Ward
Laceyville
Chamberlain
Graham Drug Co
Plow Makers Meet in Chicago Seek National Consolidation
About 30 plow manufacturers met in Chicago to plan a nationwide consolidation. Officials announced the consolidation appears nearly certain and would involve about 50 million dollars in the new organization. They blamed higher material costs and a ruinous credit system for the current 10 percent price rise in plows.
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Chicago
Testimonial for Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy in Missouri
A resident from Bagnell Missouri, W R Brockman, claims three years of bronchitis relief after using Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. The Grahm Drug Co advertises the product as available for sale.
Pension fraud and merit system woes fuel public anger
The Dallas News attacks pension profiteering as the number of beneficiaries grows after the Civil War, noting swollen payments after 36 years. It cites potential fraud, laments official protection, and praises Chamberlain’s Pain Balm via Josh Westhafer of Loogootee Indiana. The piece criticizes spoilsmen and civil service laxity under the current administration, warning against a return to widespread patronage.
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The
Dallas News
Commissioners of Pension
Josh Westhafer
Loogootee
Ind
Chamberlain
Thas
Graham Drug Co
Indianapolis News
Water Cure for Chronic Constipation Propagates Home Remedy
The piece promotes a water based regimen for chronic constipation with two cups hot water before meals and another drink after meals, plus outdoor activity. It suggests using Cham berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablet if a laxative is needed and notes a drugstore sale by Graham Drug. It also includes a demographic contrast about urban density in the United States.
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Chamberlain
Graham Drug
High Society Immorality Scrutiny Cited by St Louis Priest
In St Louis on September 1 the Rev James T Coffey of St Johns Catholic Church denounced high society as im moral after investigating city slums and winerooms. He cited a business leader miscalled by a wrong number, a young woman from an immoral resort, and scenes at a downtown library hall with liquor and a boisterous crowd. He urged suppression of winerooms and condemned protective officials. In related notes the Chicago Drovers Journal reports rising corn crops and cattle feed prospects for 1901, noting resources to support cattle and urging farmers to stockpile feed as prices and returns improve.
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St. Louis
James T. Coffey
St. John’s Catholic Church
Hades
Ate
Father Coffey
Dante
Chicago Drovers’ Journal
Journal
United States
Department of Agriculture
Texas Cotton Growers urge slow selling as price forecast
Col E. 8 Peters president of the Texas Cotton Growers Protective Association urges Texas farmers to market cotton slowly, predicting middling prices around 10c as demand stays strong. He argues sales below 10c will undervalue the crop and calls for unity plus production cost based pricing. Secretary John Gurley notes the advisory.
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Col. E
Peters
Texas Cotton Growers’ Protective Association
Cotton Growers of
Texas
Calvert
Robertson County
Tex
Galveston
E. S. Peters
John Gurley
Rumor Links Noted Bandit Jim Younger to Miss Alix Mueller
Reports reach Pau Minnesota that Jim Younger recently paroled bandit may marry Alix J. Mueller once society reporter. Mueller confined by illness while Younger travels for a tombstone maker. Sister-in-law Mrs E J Shuermeir doubts the marriage claim.
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Pau
Minn
Jim
Advertisement in Your Paper Draws Trade
A witty adage notes that a free lunch, a pretty girl, and a clever notice draw crowds and business. The author Alvin Sun adds that an advertisement in the home paper effectively pulls in trade and audience.
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Alvin Sun
Rain Breaks Year-Long Droth in Zapata County Cotton
A prolonged drought in Zapata county lasting over a year was ended by a heavy rain Tuesday. Reports indicate the current cotton crop will be much shorter than forecasts a month ago.
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Zapata County
Corp
Ingenious Home Gold Cure Promises Drunkard Salvation
An advertised remedy claims to cure chronic drunkenness at home by neutralizing alcohol poison and craving. It sells for one dollar with full directions and optional physician advice. The mail order offer from Edwin B. Giles & Co. in Philadelphia guarantees confidentiality and worldwide delivery.
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C. F. Wells
Villa Ridge
Ill
Morris Wechsler
Cong
Boai Israel
New York
Taft Bros, Medicine Co
Hom
Edwin B. Giles & Co
Market St
Philadelphia
North Carolina Reed May Spark Chinese Matting Industry
A Washington Post report cites Eugene Nesmith of Atlanta predicting a major new industry in North Carolina. Reed beds in the Trent and Neuse rivers could replace imports of Chinese matting, with simple, low skill production and broad economic benefits for the region and workers.
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South
North Carolina
Eugene Nesmith
Atlanta
Washington Post
Cote Ton
China
Trent
Neuse
Newbern
N.C
United States
Arnica Salve Cures Railroad Worker in Arkansas
Dr. A Kellett of Wil liford Arkansas reports a railroad laborer had a severe foot crush. Bucklen's Arnica Salve quickly healed the injury and also treats burns boils piles and skin eruptions. Cure guaranteed at Handy Matthews store for 2 cents.
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A. Kellett
Williford, Ark
Bucklen
Handy Matthews
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