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Newspaper
New Holland Clarion
Location
New Holland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1903
Page
2
The dispatch reports 71 known dead, 8000 homeless, and over $2 million in losses across Topeka and Argentine Kansas as floodwaters subside. Sheltering refugees face disease risk while looters are warned by armed guards. relief routes are limited and speculative meat and grain shortages loom.
A historic flood devastates Kansas City and surrounding areas. An estimated 20 000 people are left homeless as water lifts foundations. Rail yard box cars are swept away and Morndale suburb is submerged for days with only house tops visible. Damages reach millions.
Aroostook county fires destroy 14 miles of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad and ruin Sherman and Crystal. Sherman population 909 valued at 167,142 dollars. Crystal population 297 valued at 73,739 dollars. Every Sherman building burned.
The secretary of the treasury has rejected Tibugle's bid for the Maine project and will advertise again for bids.
Philadelphia flour and grain prices hold steady with No 2 yellow corn around 64 to 55 cents per bushel, rye dull at 56e, oats quiet, and eggs at 17 cents a dozen. In East Liberty cattle steady from 5.20 to 5.40, hogs 6.25 to 6.40, sheep 4.40 to 4.60, and veal calves 6.20 to 7.25.
The page lists cacao shade use in coffee plantations and notes on crop value. It claims Minutt Montana produced large sums in copper silver and gold. It advertises Hood's Pills for liver and digestion. A Hamburg dealer sold numerous wild animals including lions tigers and bears last year.
An old advertisement extols Allen's Footbase powder for foot care and promotes Zhe cereal and Ze grain product as healthful, tasty options. It claims foot relief at druggists and stores and describes Ze as a ready to eat cereal compatible with milk or cream.
The United States fish commission faces a major effort to stock U S waters. At the Susquehanna mouth fishing yields immense catches with barrels of fish, highlighting the scale of the operation and its daily haul.
Advertises Mother Gray's Sweet Powders claiming to cure colds feverishness headaches stomach troubles teething disorders and worm issues in children. Sells at druggists for 5 cents and offers free samples by mail to addresses in New York including Allen Olmsted LeRay and nearby areas.
The latest paraphernalia for preserving railroad ties involves transporting retorts to the storage site. Sap is forced from the wood and replaced with a saline solution to treat the ties in bulk.
An advertisement urges readers to use Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for stomach woes. It claims the remedy supports nourishment, strength, and mind by keeping the stomach healthy and sweet, listing symptoms it supposedly treats. The notice is sold by Wim Shaner.
The United States bought nearly all Cuba's sugar crop last year except 83 346 dollars sent to Colombia. Cuba imported vast U S goods, with Cienfuegos showing 2 3 million dollars of U S imports out of 26 6 million. Cuba's total sugar crop reached 35 472 000.
An advertisement touts Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as boosting digestion and nutrient absorption to nourish nerves and tissues. It claims to cure indigestion and stomach disorders and lists Wm. Stauffer as the seller.
British promoters applied for permission to build an eight mile overhead electric railway along the Thames. There is now an existing railway of this type. A reference notes a successful operation at Elberfeld in Germany.
An advertisement promotes DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as a gentle laxative option for ladies and children. It claims the pill does not purge the system and even a double dose won’t erode health, with testimonials from W. He Howell of Houston and Bob Moore of Lafayette praising its ease and gentle action. Sold by Wm Stauffer.
The article extols each day's start at the breakfast table and promotes a new cereal named 7e served with milk to invigorate the body and refresh the brain. It claims 7¢ and ze are cooked and ready to eat and targets both young and old readers.
The Pennsylvania Railroad offers round trip prices to Baltimore for the Northeastern Swengerbund event June 13 to 15 from most lines except Windberry and Harrisburg. Tickets valid for return through June 18 at a single fare plus one dollar. Side trips Baltimore to Washington priced at 1.60 round trip, valid within two days of sale on all trains except the Congressional Limited.
Drastic measures follow reports of ice cream poisoning in London as the board of health enacts the strictest rules yet on manufacture and sale of the popular dessert. Authorities vow tighter oversight to prevent contamination and protect consumers.
An advertisement asserts DeWitt and Co. produce the genuine Witch Hazel Salve. It claims the salve heals without leaving a scar and cures piles, burns, bruises, eczema, and other skin diseases. The product is sold by Way Stauffer.
The Roof Garden weekly bill features Waterbury Bros and Tepny the musical artist who encore nightly alongside Techow's trained cats. Next week promises more talent including Haines Vidacq Donahue choss comedy acrobatics the Livingstons Winona Banks Winter and Tommy Hayes with bone tricks.
The Pennsylvania railroads advertise round trip tickets from all stations on its lines at a reduced rate for the meeting of the Association of General Secretaries of the Y.M.C.A. in June. Travel is June 16 and 17 with return by June 23, at the single rate for round trips.
The Pennsylvania Railroad will offer excursion tickets to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and return due to a Prohibition State Convention. Tickets go from June 16 to June 18 for going and return until June 19, from all Pennsylvania stations at a single round trip fare.
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