Doans Kidney Pills Endorsement From Muscatine Resident
A Muscatine reader promotes Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney pains and irregular secretions. John A. St. Clair of 2013 Mulberry St credits the remedy with curing his kidney troubles after trying the product, citing Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo as sole US agents and 50 cent price.
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Muscatine
Dean
John A. St. Clair
Mulberry Street
Mt. Forest
Ont
Havercamp’s
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
U. S
German American Savings Bank Officers and Directors
German American Savings Bank lists officers J L Giesler president J H Kaiser vice president S L Johnson cashier and directors F H Little S M Batt erson C A Mull Albert Baird Joh H Kaiser Gus Schmidt H Huttig J Scott Blackwell J L Giesler. The bank conducts general banking business offers loans on real estate or personal security and pays 4 percent interest on savings deposits.
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J. L. Giesler
J. H. Kaiser
S. L Johnson
F. H. Little
S. M. Batterson
C. A. Mull
Albert Baird
Joh. H. Kaiser
Gus Schmidt
H. Huttig
J. Scott Blackwell
J. L Giesler
House investigates Brigham H Roberts polygamy findings
A special House committee, after a party line vote, concludes Brigham H Roberts of Utah engaged in plural marriages. It details two wives and three children with dates around 1878 and 1885, noting Roberts testified but did not take the stand. The committee splits on seating versus expulsion, with minority reports possible.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Brigham H. Roberts
Utah
Mr. Roberts
Littlefield
Maine
de Armond
Missouri
Messrs
Roberts
Clark Case Stirs Senate Panel on Clark Bribery Charges
Washington January 15 Senate privileges and elections committee resumed probe into Clark Montana senatorial bribery claims. First witness William J Cook Helena bank treasurer testified 21800 dollars flowed through A J Davidson, J K Toole accounts. Rector accountant said about 100000 dollars paid to a Clark supporter. committee adjourned to Friday.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
W. A. Clark
Senate
Montana
William J. Cook
Thomas Cruse Savings Bank
Helena
A. J. Davidson
J. K. Toole
Davidson
Clarke
Cook
William A. Rector
Clark
Rector
Senate schedules vote on urgent deficiency bill and hears Hoar plan
Washington reports show the Senate set February 15 for a vote on the financial urgent deficiency bill. The same day the Foreign Relations Committee favored reporting the Hague treaty and related extradition and Mexican boundary commission pacts, with no action on reciprocity treaties. Senator Pettigrew urged passage of Hoar's inquiry into Philippine insurrection, asserting press censorship and administration fault. The House declared the census bill privileged and resumed work on the urgent deficiency bill as Sulzer criticized Secretary Gage graft charges.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Peru
Hoar
Mass
Lodge
Philippines
Pettigrew
S. D
South Dakota
McKinley
House
Hopkins
Barney
Wis
Committee On Appropriations
Tragedy Ends in Coroner Verdict for Colson Shooting
In Frankfort Kentucky three men were killed in a Tuesday shooting. Eyewitnesses testified Demaree was killed by Colson and a tall man with a long pistol began the shooting. The coroner's jury ruled Scott Julian and Demaree died from Colson's pistol shots.
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Frankfort
Ethelbert Scott
Luther W. Demaree
Colson
Lexington
Shelbyville
Julian
Demaree
Scott
David G. Colson
Kentucky contest witnesses testify on tissue ballots
Twenty one witnesses were examined by the gubernatorial boards of contest. Democrats introduced twenty witnesses who testified tissue ballots used in Pike Martin Johnson Knox and Magoffin counties showed voter marks clearly. Republicans on cross examination said district votes with thin ballots did not differ from prior elections.
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Frankfort
Boards of Contest
Pike, Martin, Johnson
Knox
Magoffin
Long-missing Alexander Savage Found Alive in Madrid
Alexander Savage, missing from Bloomsberg Pennsylvania for 35 years, reappears alive and well. His brother received a letter saying Savage is a high ranking officer in the Spanish army, living in Madrid, and has gained a large fortune.
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Bloomsberg
Alexander Savage
Madrid
Savage
Jailer killed by escaped inmates in Howell County jail
West Plains Mo Jan 18 County Jailer Alfred Henry was overpowered and killed while feeding prisoners at Howell County jail Two inmates Ben Richardson and Ed Grady carried out the attack Richardson already an escaped Tennessee penitentiary convict serving a burglary sentence Grady another inmate aided in the assault authorities investigate identified the suspects and search for them
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West Plains
Alfred Henry
Howell County
Ben Richardson
Ed Grady
Richardson
Tennessee
Rosebery Resigns Presidency of Eighty Club
A World dispatch from London reports Lord Rosebery has resigned the presidency of the Eighty club, which he followed Gladstone as head. The society, founded in 1880, aims to mobilize young liberals at universities and in the professions to train for Parliament.
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New York
London
Lord Rosebery
Eighty Club
Gladstone
Toledo Life Insurance Transfer to Cleveland Firm Winds Up Affairs
The Toledo Life Insurance company led by president Charles Foster former secretary of the treasury has transferred its business to the Cleveland Life Insurance company and will wind up its affairs.
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Toledo, O
Toledo Life Insurance Company
Charles Foster
Secretary of the Treasury
Cleveland Life Insurance Company
Broom Makers Boost Prices Again
Northwestern broom manufacturers met in Minneapolis and agreed to lift prices by 25 to 50 cents a dozen. This marks the second hike in three months as broom corn trades around 200 dollars a ton.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Northwestern
Milwaukee City Officials Held In Contempt
Judge Ludwig finds Mayor Rose City Clerk Schuengel and 24 aldermen in contempt of court over the street railway ordinance, based on the ruling issued January 18 in Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Rose
Schuengel
Ludwig
Object to Friars in Manila Stirs Catholic World
Archbishop Chapelle arrives stirring mixed Filipino Catholic views on reinstate friars. Locals fear friars could be backed by McKinley and the pope, risking conflicts if returned to parishes. General Otis releases a statement assuring personal liberty and noncoercion in appointing curates.
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Manila
Archbishop Chapelle
Philippines
Mgr. Chapelle
McKinley
Otis
Rebels Hard Pressed in Philippines Campaign Moves
Cablegrams from Gen. Otis report Schwan’s troops securing Batangas province and advancing toward Tayabas and Laguna while Wheaton advances on Lemerk and Taal with navy support. Kobbe sails for northern hemp ports as opposition losses rise and American casualties stay low.
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Washington
War Department
Otis
Schwan
Batangas
Tayabas
Laguna
Wheaton
Lemerk
Taal
Kobbe
Hughes
Pdnay
Negros
Byrne
Negros Mountains
Luzon
Fort Bayard Garrison Post Discontinued for Army Sanitarium
Fort Bayard New Mexico is discontinued as a garrison post and its buildings will be transferred to the surgeon general for use with a general hospital to treat army officers and enlisted men with pulmonary ailments.
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Washington
Fort Bayard
New Mexico
Surgeon-General of the Army
General Hospital
Congress to honor Haym Salomon heirs with medal
New York report says the present congress may award a medal to the heirs of Haym Salomon in acknowledgment of his financial aid during the American Revolution. The medal could settle a long standing $300,000 claim before Congress since 1848.
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New York
Congress
Haym Saloman
Wage boost eyed for B&O firemen engineers conductors
Pittsburgh January 18 firemen and possibly conductors and engineers across the Baltimore and Ohio system will receive a wage advance dating from January 1. The increase will be close to ten percent.
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Pittsburgh
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Aged Hero a Pauper in Chester At 95
Henry Hughes once hailed as a naval hero has been admitted to the county alms house in Chester Pennsylvania at the age of 95.
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Chester
Henry Hughes
County Almshouse
Portage Lake Canals Freight Up in 1899
Maj. Clinton B. Sears reports Portage Lake ship canals freight reached 1,582,569 tons in 1899, up from 1,367,685 tons in 1898. Commerce value fell to $54,944,483 from $59,254,415 a year earlier amid changing market conditions on Lake Superior.
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Duluth
Minn
Portage Lake
Clinton B. Sears
Lake Superior
Sampson Arrives in New York After Chi Detectives Capture Him
Michael Sampson reached New York aboard the Oceanic under guard of two Chicago detectives who captured him in a County Tipperary town after he allegedly obtained $25,000 using a forged check in the name of John D. May.
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New York
Michael Sampson
Oceanic
Chicago
County Tipperary
Ireland
John D. May
Bureau of Special Assessment
Trinville Tragedy Strikes Virden Woman
Mrs. George Sabal wife of a Virden resident was beheaded by a train in Trinville. She had just arrived from Germany and was dragged under the wheels when her clothes caught in the engine as she attempted to cross the tracks with her husband.
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Trinville, NL
George Sabal
Virden
Germany
Robbers Loot Tygart Valley Bank in Philippi
In Philippi West Virginia on January 18 robbers forced entry to the Tygart Valley Bank blowing the safe. They secured between five and six thousand dollars with early reports claiming as much as one hundred thousand. There were no robbers visible or captured at the scene.
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Philippi
W. Va
Tygart Valley Bank
Blondes Allegedly Suffer Sea Sickness Quicker
A remark states that blondes may become seasick faster than brunettes, reflecting a stereotype about hair color and motion sickness without presenting any scientific evidence.
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the Union
Fuller
Muscatine Savings Bank
Din First National Bank
Loney
J Carskaddan
J. B. Dougherty
Chas. Page
Hershey State Bank
Muscatine, Iowa
P. W. Francis
Henry Jayne
L. G. Burnett
Sara Hershey Eddy
Mira Hershey
First National Bank
Iowa
G. Stein
D. V. Jackson
S. M. Hughes
S. G. Stein
D. V Jackson
Chas Page
J. Carskaddan
F. P. Sawyer
Foreign Exchange
Cook, Musser & CO State Bank and Trust Co
Banking and Exchange
E. Atd Second St
B. H. Roberts
United States
Louisa Smith
Celia Dibble
Margaret C. Shipp
Taylor
Senate Committee
Bill
Philippine Information
Sulzer
Dem
N. Y
Gage
Republican Party
Sibley
Dem. Pa
Grosvenor
Committee On
Prankfort
Kentucky
Rosebery
Gail Borden
Kei
L. Cohn
Richardson’s
B.f.richandson & Co
Dubuque
C.f. Gels
Sampson
E. W. Grove
Acme of
Terrell
Mus. Lumber @ Box Co
East Second Street
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