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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1900
Page
4
A chaotic ad page touts stock-raising books from The International Food Co. of Minneapolis, cheap furniture, typewriters, and banking furniture. It promotes Magnetic Starch as laundry aid, Beeman's Gum for digestion, and Grain-O coffee substitute. Also includes catarrh cure pitch, hair dye, and various testimonials.
South Omaha yards report a light cattle run with strong prices and few fat cattle sold. Packers and traders bought briskly as demand remained adequate, leaving pens nearly empty for next week. Hogs sold modestly with builder prices around 4.70 to 4.74, while sheep and lambs showed steady to firm prices on light receipts. Kansas City followed with cattle receipts near 3,000 and hogs about 12,000, market steady with mixed price levels.
London dispatch says tomorrow the Statist will propose government talks with Commandant General Botha and General Dewet to end the war. It urges civil leaders in Capetown to initiate negotiations, arguing military harshness should be avoided and Boers conciliated.
A party of distinguished Japanese officials aboard the steamer Nippon Maru arrived in San Francisco to inspect modern vessels. Captain I Matsue and Commander K Yamada aim to negotiate for one or two gunboats or cruisers if terms are satisfactory, then travel east to England to study torpedo boat destroyers under construction for Japan.
REINBECK INDIANA December 1 A German farmer Peter Peters of this city was burned to death on a side track near Glad Brook while en route to settle his newly purchased South Dakota farm. Six cattle three horses and household goods were destroyed Peters leaves a widow and several young children.
Gothenburg Neb December 1 smallpox scare reaches the town as precautions are taken to prevent outbreak. No tickets from North Platte to Gothenburg are being sold and the school board urged all students to be vaccinated.
Washington report shows Montana at 243,329 residents, up 84.1 percent from 1890. Texas stands at 4,048,710, an increase of 813,187 since 1890, per official release.
Mrs. William McKinley and Mrs. Garrett Hobart, widow of the late vice president, arrived in New York for Christmas shopping and will stay several days at the Manhattan hotel.
Four persons injured in the glass works factory yesterday died this morning, bringing the death toll to eighteen. Several more of the injured are expected to die. Crowds gather at the morgue as relatives seek information. The dead have been identified, and no bodies will be moved until the corner's jury views them.
A broad piece promotes Peruna as the cure for chronic catarrh and related illnesses. It describes catarrh as a universal, lingering disease affecting all ages and stages, cites Mrs F J Lynch of Grand Rapids praising Peruna after persistent coughs, and argues Peruna’s discovery makes cure practical, offering free guides from The Peruna Medicine Co of Columbus Ohio.
The article details the Pullman built open top observation dining car for the American Tourist Association in Chicago. It traces the car’s evolution from a modified passenger coach to a top and side open pavilion with seating for 68 and dining capacity for 56, highlighting its use as an observation car and dining car on tropical trains.
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