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Newspaper
Jefferson Jimplecute
Location
Jefferson, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1905
Page
7
The Pekin Tsing Rao is nearing its four hundredth year as a periodical. Old subscribers recall its first issue promising it had come to stay. The note reflects its long running presence in Indian apolis News.
A local notice promotes Chamberlain's Salve for chapped hands with warm water and nocturnal application claimed to cure skin diseases. The text also notes rising demand for wheat as a dietary staple and potential price increases in U S markets.
An old advertisement touts Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup as a universal cough cure not matter how long the cough has persisted. It is offered for sale by The J F Crow Drug Co.
A reader reports a severe bilious attack that prevented work for two days. After failing to improve with a family doctor, the editor took three Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and felt like a new man the next day. Tablets sold by all druggists. Also notes Bailey County land sale: 80,000 acres of the Couts ranch sold to Virginia parties at $2.25 per acre.
The Vladivostok outbreak after Sunday afternoon’s departure of the Russian squadron left seventy buildings burned including the Golden Horn hotel and Chinese blocks. Troops fired on rioters, killing many. Twenty four merchant vessels in the harbor were crowded with inhabitants as the American consul general relayed details.
In St. Petersburg on November 15 clergy and others pressed for clemency for Cronstadt mutineers. About 151 condemned to death reported. Metropolitan Antonius hosted a meeting where 100 orthodox priests sent an appeal for mercy to the emperor. In Tif tis 700 Armenians attacked the Tartar village of Gorn in Erivan governorate, killing villagers and looting.
President Roosevelt told five railroad labor union representatives that he aims for fair treatment for railroads shippers and employees. He said the proposed rate legislation should not automatically lower rates and cautioned against fears of wage cuts. The President urged correct understanding of the act and its impact on all parties.
Louis H. Rahn filed suit against Thomas W. Lawson of Boston for 3.75 million dollars over a contract to buy mining claims near Urique Mexico. Rahn formerly lived at EF Reno Olja where he ran a hotel before moving to Urique. Lawson filed a demurrer in the Massachusetts supreme court denying any legal obligation.
Cable advices from Singapore Strait report that the anti American boycott, once thought suppressed, has taken a serious turn. Anonymous letters to merchants dealing in American goods have paralyzed trade, with Singapore trade largely controlled by Chinese merchants.
Omaha banks have shipped more than $1,000,000 to New York to be invested in call loans. A banker described this as the first instance of western banks furnishing East with dash funds.
Disjointed items from Waco Moody Texas New York St Petersburg report deaths from heart disease a veteran funeral dispatches and ships events Captain Arnold and Lieutenant George of the West Virginia command a largely untried crew with busy days as rumors of decorations surface aboard a vessel at Coney Island and imperial actions unfold.
Lieutenant George known as Bulldog George among West Virginia sailors. A Massachusetts ship spotted a large white sign reading Arnold Sanitarium Bulldog George Keeper on the West Virginia as it hove before the fleet. The crew signaled the ship and repainted over the marking.
In Chicago on November 15, Mrs Benjamin Glest, driven to madness, hurled her five year old son from a third floor window. Landlady Mrs Barton chased the mother who wielded a revolver amid pleas for help. The boy survived a fall onto crockery on the pavement and was taken to county hospital with likely fatal injuries.
Dallas November 16 The twentieth annual meeting of the Baptist Women Mission Workers drew a large crowd. President Mrs J H Gambrell delivered an encouraging address and the organization conducted substantial business during the session.
Amarillo Tex Nov 15 A large colony of Germans comprising fourteen families completed a deal through the Will A Miller Land and Immigration company to purchase a large body of the LX pasture lands in Potter and Moore counties seeking settlement and farming prospects.
W. C. Burke, a director of the Pueblo Oklahoma City and New Orleans railway chartered ten days ago, says the 150 mile stretch from Oklahoma City to Fort Supply would be built at once.
Havana reports no new yellow fever cases on Tuesday November 15, noting continued stabilization and no hospital surge. Public health officials reiterate monitoring and preventive measures amid ongoing concerns about the disease in the region.
An advertisement touts kidney trouble as the source of many illnesses and claims Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root cures. It asserts modern science links most diseases to kidney issues, urges trying samples by mail, and provides the Binghamton New York address for Dr Kilmer and Co.
Beaumont reports a passenger conductor C. C. Davie lost nearly $300 and valuable papers to a pickpocket aboard the Sunset Express. Davie, who previously ran conductors on the Pennsylvania system, was en route to Lafayette, Louisiana, when the crime occurred on the train.
The Crown prince of Sweden plans a visit to Copenhagen as regional discussions unfold. Russia faces potential general strike action while industrial unrest grows elsewhere with workers in Toulon France and New Orleans striking.
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