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Newspaper
Newport Weekly Independent
Location
Newport, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1902
Page
5
A brief warning against substitutes for Peruna includes insistence on Peruna as the internal remedy for catarrh. Readers are urged to obtain prompt results or seek gratis advice from Dr. Hartman, president of The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus, Ohio.
Mrs Judge McAllister of Minneapolis writes that years of back and side pain disrupted her life until Peruna, taken seven weeks, cured her. She praises health regained and thanks Peruna, contrasting it with cheaper imitations sold by druggists.
An Alpena excursion train of over five hundred passengers and 42 coaches wrecked at Black River while traveling 40 mph. One man died instantly, three were probably fatally injured, and nearly fifty others suffered injuries of varying severity. The German Aid Society excursion halted, coaches piled, track torn, eight Alpena surgeons dispatched to treat the injured.
Meridan Mississippi June 9 Whites armed themselves to stop a planned negro revolt led by Green Johnson and Nate Moore. A letter signed by a negro Baptist preacher named Ruffin urged 50 negroes to march from Rio Kemper County to Green Johnsons house and attack whites. Whites quickly mobilized with Winchester rifles, intimidating the group, and the plot appears halted though residents remain alert. Local Marion residents who first heard of the threats are tense and ready for emergencies.
In Hattiesburg Mississippi a mob attacked the county jail where Walter Blankhead a Black man charged with attempting to assault a white woman Mrs Garner was held. Gov Longino sent troops who repulsed the mob and dispersed it. Further trouble expected and more troops ordered. A preliminary trial for Blankhead was set for today.
A Beatrice man attempted to plant a tree on Arbor Day but the wind knocked it over. He then steadied the sapling by hammering it into the ground with his spade to prevent a similar fate. The Nebraska Journal notes this humorous local incident and the broader chatter about names like Lopez among Spanish and Filipino communities.
A brief item notes a polite man subjected to teasing as a photographer took his portrait in a studio. The exchange referenced a local newspaper tone and described a man calmly attending to his sit for a portrait while others mocked him.
A Chicago Post note recounts a wife’s witty response to remarks about her husband’s policy. She quips about insured sums, saying “one for $5,000 and one for $10,000, not to mention the accident policy,” as the conversation turns to political finances.
A collage of humorous quotes and short exchanges from various papers including the Chicago Daily News the Philadelphia Press and the Detroit Free Press. Jokes about aging love advice moonlight misprints and courtroom quips fill the page with a breezy vaudeville tone.
Ad promotes Laxative Brome Quinine Tablets with a 25 cent price. The copy teases medical relief claims and asserts the product aids cold symptoms, framed in a period advertising voice.
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