Garden Tools Bargains The Hoes Rakes and Spades Sale
Garden hoses and tools offered with prices: hoes from 18 to 40 cents each, rakes 15 to 35 cents apiece, spades 60 cents and up to 70 cents. Limited quantities available.
24 Apr 1903
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1903
Page
1
Garden hoses and tools offered with prices: hoes from 18 to 40 cents each, rakes 15 to 35 cents apiece, spades 60 cents and up to 70 cents. Limited quantities available.
A listing mentions steel shovels priced at 60c and 70e and wooden wheelbars in sizes 1 2 and 3 at 1.40 2.75 and 3.50. The goods are described as made from the best materials.
New York April 24 Bob Witzsimmons once wealthy prizefighter is now poor after his wife Rose Julian’s death and no will. The Bath Beach house valued around 20000 remains his life interest and cannot be sold or mortgaged. Mrs Fitzsimmons managed finances and placed over 100000 in banks. now nothing remains.
American League results include Boston 4 Detroit 0 and New York 7 Washington 2. Cleveland blanked by s. Chicago 4 St Louis 3 in 10 innings. National League games: Pittsburgh 8 St Louis 4, Boston 2 New York 0, Brooklyn 4 Philadelphia 2, Chicago 5 Cincinnati 3.
An 19th century style advertisement promotes Dosa’s Kidney Pills for kidney and urinary ailments. It claims strong results, cites letters of praise, and promises relief for sufferers from various ages, asserting the remedy is superior to similar products and offers a free box.
Washington April 24 A sensational post office probe deepens as Postmaster General Payne dismisses James N Tyner assistant attorney general and alleges Mrs Tyner stole all papers and records from a department safe with others. Authorities consider arrests while papers linked to turf case swirl around the office. Prepared foods death follows mail package incident near Pensacola with unknown sender.
Riotous scenes erupted in the Illinois House over street railway franchises and municipal ownership bills. Speaker John H. Miller faced verbal attacks and threats as amendments passed amid desk smashing and shouts. Several lawmakers fought near the speaker's desk while chaos and confusion dominated the chamber.
Mest Stev. James Idwatit Quigley, a tall Buffalo bishop born in Ontario, rose to wider fame after settling the Buffalo dock strike. In Minneapolis a catastrophic oil plant explosion killed ten, with eight men and two women perishing as flames and debris engulfed the Northwestern Star Oil Company structure. The incident left a $60,000 financial loss. cause under study, possibly sparks from a switch engine igniting oil. Also reported is the death by carbolic acid of Col. Joseph Kyle Rickey, originator of the gin rickey, after being found in distress and later autopsy confirming poisoning.
Pekin April 24 Russia demands that China sign an agreement ceding sovereignty of Manchuria and excluding other nations. Plancon informs Prince Ching that no evacuation steps will occur until signed. Ching refuses, a choice likely meaning Chinese sovereignty over Manchuria would be relinquished either way. Japan braces for action as warships head to New Chiang and Ito meets leaders amid press calls for strong US and British support. An accord averts crisis, but naval reforms stay unchanged. Grave robber Rafas Candrill convicted in Indianapolis for tomb robbery and conspiracy with anatomy demonstrator Dr Joseph C Alexander. War department authorizes Spanish grammars for soldier instruction at Plattsburgh barracks.
London reports a British force led by Colonel Plunkett suffered a severe defeat near Gumburro, 40 miles from Galadi, with ten officers and 474 men killed or missing. Obble evacuated, Somali natives seized ammunition dumps, Britain blamed for inadequate force and a failing campaign.
Paris reports keep the Vanderbilt Rutherford ceremony hidden with no official time or venue known. intimate friends avoid disclosure as to whether the wedding will be private or public and rumors of a London ceremony lack authoritative sourcing. Meantime General Gomez accepts the chairmanship for Cuba at the St Louis Exposition and may travel soon.
President Roosevelt and party enjoyed a Yellowstone Park tour with no accidents despite playful mishaps. Burroughs and Roosevelt slipped on skis in Geyserland while Major Pitcher photographed the falls. The president also chased game, faced a rifle misfire, and hiked about 20 miles on Easter, appreciating elk, deer, goats, and sheep.
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