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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1906
Page
7
The ad lauds Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best spring medicine for blood purification and digestion. It cites 40 306 testimonials in two years and features consumer endorsements from Mrs S L Carleton of Ayer Massachusetts and notes availability in liquid or tablets with 100 doses priced.
A collage of quotes and notices from old papers includes a quip about pity for animals, a school chat between Johnny and Tommy, a crooked line about a pile cure claiming a six to fourteen day guarantee, a sale notice for Glenmere the Hanna estate, a syrup remedy for teething children, Australia’s flour export rise, and a flippant line about girls and ribbons.
Senate committee on public lands favors a favorable report on the Hansborough bill repealing the stone and timber act and setting public auction sales of timber not in forest reserves at not less than appraised value. The panel also backs a Clark bill allowing settlers to take up homesteads in forest reserves where farming is more profitable than forestry.
A compendium lists notable historical events and figures from 1098 to 1900s, including executions in London, royal coronations, battles and treaties, political shifts in England and America, discoveries, inventions, and major disasters. It mentions Catherine Howard beheading, James Tyrrel, Queen Victoria's marriage, the Bank of the United States, and the Sierra Forest Reserve, among others.
A compilation of scheduled gatherings includes the Stockgrowers association and Eastern Montana Woolgrowers in Miles City on April 16-17, the AOUW Grand Lodge in Bellingham on April 4, Inland Empire Teachers in Spokane on April 5-6, the Montana State Sunday School convention in Dillon on May 22-24, and IORM great councils in Tacoma and Helena in May, plus other events from June through August in Spokane, Tacoma, Bellingham, Bozeman, and Pocatello.
Readable from farm market listing: vegetables and fruits with prices per cwt or lb, butter and eggs by case, cheese and honey, various grains and animal products, plus live stock rates for steers cows sheep hogs and poultry. Regional notes include Spokane Portland Tacoma markets and export prices for blue stem club red varieties.
Philadelphia machinist J J McCafferty fired two .32 caliber revolver shots through the parlor window of former Judge James Gay Gordon a private counsel to Mayor Weaver. He was arrested after a seven block chase and described as insane. A sharp quip ends the report.
Peoria special reports coal miner Mont Devries was shot and killed by 22 year old Harold Haaren who says he fired to save his mother and sister from an alleged hatchet attack inside the Haaren apartment in the lower part of town. Devries had been drinking with friends.
The executive council of the American Federation of Labor primes an aggressive campaign to prosecute propaganda favoring labor laws and to question candidates about their positions on proposed measures affecting labor.
The 1905 U S Canada trade totaled 202 949 213 dollars versus 39 429 096 in 1895. From 1875 to 1895 gains reached 67 million, then 114 million from 1895 to 1905. Exports rose from 34 547 219 in 1875 to 140 529 581 in 1905, while imports climbed to 62 494 432 in 1905. Industry notes and ad copy follow.
A health notice extols Cascaret as a safe laxative to relieve constipation and improve digestion. It claims weak bowel muscles cause buildup and poison spread, urging a careful one pill at a time with intervals to cleanse breath, prevent headaches, and boost vitality.
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