Fatal strike riot in San Francisco reported with deaths
A frenzied clash on Turk street pitting strikebreakers against strikers and their supporters left eight shot, including a policeman, with one man dying later in hospital. Police were slow to use force as crowds hurled bricks and stones, while captains Scott and Duke employed clubs to disperse the mob.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Turk Street
Bell
United Railroads
Turk and
Fillmore Street
Buchanan Streets
van Ness Avenue
Golden Gate Avenue
Gough Street
Turk
Hyde
Market Street
Eddy Street
Central Station
Scott
Duke
Fillmore
Fires and deaths color tense world news roundup
A sweeping brief notes disasters and incidents: Bocas del Toro burned. three Dominique children die in Blind River. Reports of a Blanchard Press fire in New York. train derailment injures ten in Missouri. D Arcy Island leper colony sent back to China. notable deaths include painter George B Butler and Miss Harriett T Haskell. Also listed are political moves, crimes, and canal construction figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bocas del Toro
Panama
Dominique
Blind River
Mich
Illinois House
Chicago
Blanchard Press
New York
Santa Fe
Norborne
D’arcy Island
B. C
China
George B. Butler
Croton Falls
N. Y
Max Francis Klepper
Flatbush
Harriett T. Haskell
Monticello Seminary
Godfrey, Ill
Henry Bryant
Bridgeport
Grand Rapids
Texas
Colorado
Culebra
Panama Canal
Gatun Lock
Gite
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Wheeling
W. Va
Seeding Commenced Across Western Canada
St Paul reports widespread seeding in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with favorable ground conditions after winter snow. Farmers rush to plant spring wheat oats and barley. Early sowing aims for high yields between May 20 and 24 aided by low railway rates and government guidance for settlers aided by agents in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Western
Canada
Western Canada
United States
The Estimable Family and the Reluctant Offer
A millionaire authorizes a trusted servant to extend condolences and a $50 donation to a poor family after a fatal car incident. The father declines the money, preferring to handle the matter through his lawyer, prompting a judge to remark on the family’s estimable character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds
Banks
English society leader recalls riding astride fashion in New York tale
Mrs Hwifa Williams describes English equestriennes wearing riding breeches top boots and hunting coat to a dance in New York. She notes the style is handsome and not immodest though it draws attention. A London tale cited involves a girl testing riding dress with a craftsman who approves politely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hwifa Williams
New York
Mrs. Williams
London
Wareham
Friends Praise Postum Over Coffee In Health Letter
A health note quotes several women who quit coffee for Postum Food Coffee and report relief from heart and stomach issues, dyspepsia, and asthma. One former W C T U president says Postum is as tasty as coffee, with improved well being. The letter ends with a nudge to read The Road to Wellville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellville
A Fish Story at Odds Over Trout Protection
A local eminence disputes trout protection claims arguing that trout easily protect themselves. He cites a fanciful tale of a trout attacking a duck, dragging it underwater and consuming it before escaping jurisdiction, challenging fishermen and fish stories alike.
Family finds Cuticura cures eczema heat rash and hair loss
Mrs. Springmire reports eczema cleared for four years after using Cuticura Remedies originally for facial eczema. The speaker also notes improved hair growth after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment for falling hair. They treated their baby with the products to ease heat and promote hair and skin health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Springmire
Capitol Street
Iowa City
Importance of Sleep for Health and Wealth
The piece argues sleep is as essential as eating and equally vital for restoring the body. It warns against letting business or duties intrude on rest and urges parents to promote regular waking and sufficient slumber for both people and animals.
Haills Catarrh Cure Claim At-Home Cure
A newspaper ad proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. It notes internal use to reach blood and mucous surfaces, offers $100 to prove failure, and lists Toledo Ohio makers F J Cheney & Co. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haijl’sa
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
All Drugetsta
Hall
Relief Efforts Expand In China Famine Centers
Relief work to employ 3,000 men has been established in famine centers in China. The English American relief fund totals 250000 dollars to support the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
It Cures While You Walk Allen's Foot-Ease Cure Ad
Advertises Allen's Foot-Ease as a remedy for hot sweaty calloused and swollen feet sold by all druggists for 25 cents. Urges no substitutes and offers a trial package. Provides address for Allen S Olmsted, Ye Roy N. ? The way of the transgressor is a well beaten path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
Ye Roy
Lydia E. Pinkham
Adelaide Nichols
West 22Nd Street
New York City
Pinkham
Cruggists
Paxton C.O
Boston
Mass
Quotable Slogans and ads from a bygone store page
A collage of promotional lines touts cloth hats and dresses dyed with Putnam faceless dyes. It promotes Lewis’ Factory products from Peoria and Krause’s Cold Capsules with brief health claims and light political quips about fraud and pride, ending with a homeyard fruit tree maxim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam
Daily Fly Killer Ad Promises Fast Relief
An advertisement touts a product to kill flies quickly before they multiply. It claims the daily killer kills thousands and lasts the season, urging readers to contact a dealer or send 20 cents to H. Somers at 149 De Kalb Ave in Brooklyn, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Somers
de Kalb Ave
Brooklyn
N. Y
Inconsistent Neighboring Remarks After Death
A sharp quip about neighbors who praise a person only after the undertaker arrives, noting the contradiction between silence during life and praise at death. The remark underscores social hypocrisy and the fickleness of public opinion.
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Clara West
Springfield
Garland Moore
Ireland
House of Commons
Birrell
Charles Harris
Hayden Pearson
Dearing
Alex R. Chisolm
First National Bank of
Birmingham
Ala
Charles E. Halliwell
American Tobacco Company
Theodore Nemeyer
Chicago-New York Electric Air Line Railway Company
Illinois
Russia
Vladivostok
Shanghai
Mazatlan
Guaymas
San Diego
Cal
Shelby Steel Tube Company
Pittsburg
Birty
Kansas City
ST. Louis
Omaha
St. Paul Park
Cuticura
Dodds
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Krause
Tokio Nichi Nichi
National Lead Company
Buffalo
Cleveland
Cincinnati
St.Louis
Philadelphia
John T. Lewis & Bros. Co
Pittsburgh
National Lead & Oil Co
Miss Adelaide Nichols
Elkhart Carriage & Harnese Mig
Cogan
Elkhart
Indiana
Standard Oil Company Incorporated
Security Remedy CO
Minneapolis
Milo B. Stevens & CO
14Th St
Washington, D. C
Detroit
Etter
Erie
Mwa
Watson E. Coleman
Ney
Washington, D.C
Texmslow
The
Dominion
Ottawa
J. S. Crawford
Ninth Street
Missouri
C. J. Broughton
Quincy Building
Bonney Mining CO
Lordsburg
Grant Co
New Mexico
Arizona Line
Dearborn ST
Wick & Lawrence
Rana
Alexander & Dow Ey
N.aksannes
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