Choice of Waist Silks at 75c Yard in Show Window
Displayed selection covers our line of $1.00 and $1.95 waist silks offered at 75 cents per yard. Window display invites customers to view the fabric choices.
16 Jun 1899
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Newspaper
Lebanon Daily Reporter
Location
Lebanon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1899
Page
1
Displayed selection covers our line of $1.00 and $1.95 waist silks offered at 75 cents per yard. Window display invites customers to view the fabric choices.
General Brooke approves four extra days of pay rounds at Guanajay to settle arrears for Cuban troops in Pinara del Rio with Lt Col Bisbee coordinating funds and rations. Discontent grew as lists and arm inventories caused protests by troops, while a gang attacked a plantation store nearby. A July 4 Americans’ meeting planned a banquet for officers and civilians.
Chicago physicians and citizens announce plans to organize the Illinois Society for the Prevention of Consumption. The charter aims to prevent the spread of consumption and provide care to those already afflicted, including both human and domestic animals.
Pittsburg June 1. Professor Reginald A. Fessenden of the Western University of Pennsylvania has invented a telescope to locate the flash of smokeless powder in warfare by locating the flash when the powder is discharged. The war department has taken up the matter and a test will be made before an examining board at Washington.
A waterspout was sighted near Brackett Texas about 120 miles west of San Antonio, with reports noting 10 feet of debris or spray and warnings issued for the Beackett area as weather crews investigated the event.
A massive waterspout floods miles of land near Kline station washing away Southern Pacific tracks and wrecking bridges. Four people are missing believed drowned while Brackett stores suffer heavy losses. Fort Clark soldiers ration distressed towns as Lastmoras creek expands to five miles. Missouri congressman Richard P. Bland dies at his Lebanon farm. Bryan and fellow lawmakers expected at funeral.
In Chattanooga Marion Smith refused a small whisky to save his life after a revival meeting episode. He declared It would kill him if he drank. He died yesterday as doctors warned a sip could have saved him. The piece also notes Democratic nominations in Harrisburg and other brief items.
Carral M. Rice, wife murderer, was hanged at Alton. Swedish Lutheran Mission association of the United States in session at Des Moines. A mine landslide in Florence, Kentucky killed three Uhaboity residents. Abraham Horchberg of Dayton, Ohio, confined in Varscenner hospital at Columbus, leaped from a fourth story window and died. Navy department received 1,700 bronze medals for Manila duty. About 150 ore handlers on strike at Toledo returned to work.
Seattle reports first Dawson Alaska dispatch since the ice travel closure. Ice jam at Third street broke May 7 opening navigation May 25. Gold work on Bonanza Eldorado Dominion yields large nuggets and high returns. News of miners returning from Copper River and the death of Yukon pioneer Joe Muneau in Dawson from pneumonia. Limestone find near Sixty Mile excites Dawson residents.
The Hopkins will case, challenging undue influence, ended with a settlement of about 42500. Harriet E Calvert gains the Hopkins property and boardinghouse ties, while Thomas M Barr receives a share. Other relatives including Narotsaa Nelson Martha A Martin and Charles H Commtouls receive varied legacies totaling the $500,000 estate.
Peoria’s Great Western distillery works on a new warehouse as the American Spirits company pursues finished whiskies amid rising competition with Kentucky. Engineers report progress on a 24 by 24 foot warehouse, expected to be ready in weeks, while Nicaragua and Costa Rica engineers adjust regional margins and trade routes.
Count Cassini, the Russian ambassador, predicts the United States will reap great advantages from the Transsiberian railway once built. He notes current Russia China trade is small but will grow, and says American manufacturers already reach eastern Siberia and China. He also comments on American Philippines occupancy and General Orsic needs more troops.
Atlanta June 16 Governor Chandler condemns trusts urging antitrust action and a uniform law to crush trusts. He plans to attend the St Louis convention in September and has informed Governor Sayers of his intention. He argues trusts crush competition and enslave young businessmen, calling for measures to curb their influence.
Mrs Stanley Stanford transfers 1 700 acres in Lassen and 160 in Tehama counties to Stanford University to secure water rights and grazing for large flocks. She plans further gifts and a $11 million endowment, plus a 100 million clothing firm venture and a European tour. The report notes a pending Sacramento house and family ties. The item also cites a Rome dispatch on France facing Italian demands over an arrest.
Weather and astronomical notes report rising and setting times for the sun and moon with forecast of warmer trends. Market sections list grains, cattle, and provisions prices, with Chicago and Indianapolis price quotes for wheat corn oats rice and livestock, showing mixed to firm activity and regional figures.
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