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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1900
Page
1
Mrs Mathilde Richter of Doniphan Nebraska says she suffered from catarrh for years but found strength and health after using Peruna. She urges others to try Peruna and Man-wlin during the change of life, claiming relief from many ills.
The article defends amendments to the election law and pledge to protect every honest citizen's right to vote. It argues changes fix previous ambiguities and remove clauses pushing poll tax penalties, while condemning fraud and ensuring access for those legally entitled to register and cast a ballot.
The San Francisco Call recounts a Tobacco Trust bluff that forced Los Angeles dealers to stop selling outside tobacco and exclusively handle American Tobacco Company products. Herman Heyneman reportedly set a 15 minute deadline, warning of 35 men and a carload of goods if dealers refused. The tactic is cited as a model of coercive monopolistic pressure.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve purports to cure skin eruptions and wounds with guaranteed results. A Supreme Court ruling favors the State Treasurer in a license case involving pianos and organs, imposing a $10 annual fee per coat in the field.
Amended amendment text proposes a single indivisible plan for suffrage establishing male universal voting rights for U S citizens, residency, literacy and poll tax conditions, registration, and ballot voting with a July 1902 effective date if approved, and submission to voters at the next general election.
The article highlights the harsh South African campaign conditions for British troops, noting the blazing sun, dust storms, and arid plains that torturously affect soldiers fresh from English winters. It contrasts wintery northern climates with the Transvaal theater and mentions Kipling style complaints amid dust and heat. It also briefly notes religious tensions in Cabarrus county and a minor clash in Monroe Journal.
Jotan Ralph in the London Daily Mail describes modern warfare as distant artillery with limited visible action. He notes guns three miles away, distant booms, minimal smoke, and the rifle fire dominating battles with near blasts heard by those at the front.
An ad extols Boschee's German Syrup as a universal remedy for coughs and colds. It claims the product heals tissue, reduces inflammation, eases expectoration, and aids sleep. Available from multiple druggists including Wat, Devggiet, Mowat Airy, N. U.
The Havana column lists seven alleged frauds tainting U S Cuba administration including a $100,000 postal theft by Neely, a $242,000 rail project waste and $300,000 potential overrun, $150,000 in War Department allowances, a $40,000 barracks project, $250,000 in excess exchange fees, the dual role of Ernest Lee Conant, and use of naval transports as passenger ships.
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as a universal cure for ulcers cancers skin eruptions and rheumatic symptoms. It claims the remedy purifies blood drains poisons and offers a free trial bottle with purchase options through Blood Balm Co Atlanta Georgia.
A Washington dispatch reports escalating rioting in Pekin targeting foreign legations. British officials and interpreters faced assault while Chinese mobs attacked the Beiganan legation and British quarters near Pekin were burned. The Japanese chancellor Sugiyama Akira was killed, marking the most serious development in the crisis.
Samuel Merrick, a Front Street market stall operator, reports a Saturday night theft at his residence 1018 Printese street. A iron safe with a key was forced open and $1600 stolen. Eli Waddell was arrested in connection but released for lack of evidence.
A New Jersey State Superintendent Flower Mission report recalls a jailed woman who refused visitors until flowers were placed by meal trays. Seeing the blooms softened her, she prayed, sobbed, and spoke of childhood posies, then converted and later served faithfully after release.
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