19 May 1904
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1904
Page
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A Victorian tale recounts a broken engagement due to the bride's irritability and blue mood, followed by a revival after a friend’s tip and two bottles of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. The ad claims cures for female weaknesses and offers $500 for any uncured case. Miss Luther Clark of Virginia praises the medicine after relief from illness.
An advertisement touts Dr. Chase's Blood and Nerve Food as a universal remedy for weakness nerve disorders and serious illnesses. It claims to nourish blood and brain cells restore function and offers a price of 60 cents per box or 2 60 for five boxes with a free book. Clinton E Mainagist Frederick Md ships and guarantees sales.
London May 19 Premier Balfour won by 55 votes against a motion to censure over fiscal reform. The debate featured heated exchanges, with Chamberlain publicly backing shelving the issue until next Parliament. Black of Banffshire proposed the censure, seeking to pressure the government and split the Unionist ranks.
Iowa delegates chosen for the national convention show 20 stand patters and 6 liberals. The platform rejects tariff revision sentiment, upholds the Dingley law, and cautions against reciprocity abroad. Secretary Shaw frames the campaign around the price of American goods abroad. Adjournment after a swift platform adoption. Thieves raid Swarthmore post office, stealing 900 dollars in stamps and 300 cash. Former War Secretary Root returns from Washington after talks with Roosevelt.
An excerpt promotes Blood Wine as a cure for two types of dyspepsia described as a leathery, inactive stomach and a tender nerve exposed gut. It claims a man from Buffalo, N Y, cured after four weeks and four bottles, with extra Liver Pills offered for constipation at 25 cents.
Russian refugees arriving from Port Daluy claim Japanese forces bombarded Port Arthur last Monday. They say two warships, a battleship and a cruiser, struck mines and sank near the harbor, with 146 Japanese killed or wounded during the attack as reported from Chefoo on May 19.
News from Paris and St. Petersburg reports Japanese forces advancing toward Newchwang and Hai Cheng while Russians plan withdrawals. Kuropatkin aims to fall back on Mukden and Harbin, with outpost fighting expected and potential for a sharp counter strike if Japanese flanks misstep. Kin Chou forts dismantled. Port Arthur docks come under renewed Russian focus.
Reported offensive actions describe Japanese forces trenching around Feng Wang Cheng and maintaining strong patrols to deter Siu Yen. Analysts believe Sin Yen could be occupied soon due to its strategic junction of three major roads, following a costly series of engagements and telegraph/railway destruction by detachments.
Breslau Zeitung reports authorities detected and thwarted a bomb plot aimed at the emperor during the spring parade in St Petersburg. Miss Merezhevsky, reportedly nervous near the pavilion, was arrested after a search uncovered a bomb concealed in her clothing.
The Society of the Army of the Potomac met in Hartford on May 19 at the state capitol. Major General John R. Brooke presided as officers and vice presidents were chosen. A resolution urged congressional action to set Fredericksburg battlefield as a park. The next meeting was set for Lanassas, Virginia, and a peace conference in Washington in May 1906 was endorsed.
In Los Angeles on May 19 the Methodist General Conference elected Joseph B. Berry editor of the Epworth Herald as bishop on a heavy first ballot. A total of 121 other candidates were nominated. Debate continued over conference size and a Sunday stay for delegates, with final adjournment moved to May 30. Controversy over alleged heresy in theological schools sparked further acrimonious discussion.
The 17-year-old Samuel Houlton, son of Burlington carriage maker Stokes Boulton, was found dead in a grove on South Woon Street with a head wound and a pistol in his hand. Onlookers swarmed the scene as police and the coroner took the body to the morgue. The father identified the lad, who left no clear motive. A dog’s actions helped reveal the body after the dog followed its master. In Albany, Governor Odell denied resigning amid rumors. Also, Samuel Hinesworth alias White was arrested on a ship for embezzlement in Queenstown on the Teutonic.
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