This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 23 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Portland Daily Press
Location
Portland, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1900
Page
3
The report indicates Helena and possibly Princeton may be ordered to Tien Tsin with a full marine battalion. It notes no plan to call General MacArthur for troops to form a landing party, aiming to avoid entangling the United States in European designs over China.
Shanghai dispatch reports bulk of British and other legation families leaving the city. Chinese residents also evacuate as rumors circulate of two Russian engineers killed at Yu Chow Fu. Boxers have caused about 5,000,000 in railroad damage across China.
Reports from Pekin and surrounding cities indicate worsening turmoil as Boxers threaten foreigners on June 10 while foreign ministers press for action without home-government delays. Reinforcements—131 Brits 31 Germans 50 French 45 Italians—reach the area as naval support is ordered to the Pei-ho front.
Kansas City reports that Congressman Dockery was nominated for governor by acclamation at the Democratic state convention held today.
A Civil War ball struck B. Steadman of Newark Miah causing lasting ulcers for 20 years until Hucklen a Arnica Salve cured him. The ad claims cures for cuts, bruises, burns, boils, felons, corns and skin eruptions with a pile cure on earth. Sold by H P Goold and H G Starr with a care guarantee.
The proprietors of Dr King s New Discovery claim to have given away over ten million bottles of the medicine. They state it cures consumption coughs colds and a wide range of throat chest and lung diseases and invite readers to call on H P Goold at 577 Con flts street and 72 Starr Cumberland Spheidi nes for the remedy.
Washington June 6 Congress struggles over naval appropriation as the House and Senate clash on ocean survey provisions. Speaker reshuffles conferees after a heated debate led by Mr Cannon. The bill stalls with amendments limiting cadet sea courses and requiring district appointments, while accusations of pressure from the navy and the secretary of the navy surface.
In Auburn a Second District Democratic convention nominates Halsey H. Monroe for Congress. Arthur Sewall is named a national delegate. Bangor endorses Sheriff Charles R. Brown. Fairfield selects Amos F. Gerald for Congress. Kennebec County Republicans nominate officers and back McKinley and the Philippine policy.
Washington June 6 Inability to reach a naval appropriation accord forced the Senate to abandon final adjournment after a clash over armor plate provisions. Penrose proposed a compromise authorizing armor contracts or a government armor factory with a 4 million appropriation. The debate featured accusations of corruption and strong party positions, ending with a 8 to 45 vote against the Penrose plan and continued Senate- House conference wrangling on ocean and lake survey provisions.
The Alaskan Democratic convention at Juneau endorsed Bryan. The platform denounces trusts, expansion, and unwarranted favoritism to Canadian shipping interests, claiming harm to American interests on the coast and ruin of Alaskan trade.
The Democratic state convention met here and chose eight delegates to the Kansas City convention. Delegates were instructed for Brown. Resolutions eulogizing Charles A. for Vice President and praising Senator Pettigrew in the Senate were adopted.
Officers Chase and Madden detained Eddie Cocheran and a youth suspected in a series of break ins on Commercial Street. They found a broken basement window at Ryan and Kelsey shop and recovered a shirt identified as belonging to the schooner Lizale May crewman. Hall, the other arrestee, may be connected to prior crimes on Commercial Street.
A Dittsbure News account quotes an old circusman on Southern crowds seeking free entry. He recalls Adam Forepaugh’s troupe facing organized schemes by canvasmen at Lexington Kentucky to lure Black patrons with cent to quarter bribes, causing clashes and losses to the show.
In Lewiston on June 6 the Steuenberg faction defeated the Shoshone county delegation, signaling support for his administration amid the Couet D Alene clash. Unions back Organ for President.
A delegation of prominent St. Louis businessmen has traveled to Jefferson City to urge Governor Stephens to call out the militia amid rising tensions. The move signals firm local backing for strong state action and reflects the urgency felt in Missouri politics.
The Democratic convention in Indianapolis on June 6 nominated John Wa for governor. Delegates were elected to the Kansas City convention instructed for Bryan.
Woman reports long lasting relief from female weakness after ten years of illness. She cites leucorrhea womb inflammation and pain, credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash with restoring health, weight, and vitality, and urges others to use the medicine. Mrs Anam Thompson, South Hot Springs Arkansas.
A veteran recalls a railroad accident on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe when a Louisville race horseman kept betting on outcomes. The car derailed but no one died. the gambler paid a hundred dollars for the near miss, noting he would back the other end next time.
The Haynesville Courier describes Shewbird Mountain four miles south of town as a strange weather signal. When it roars at dusk it signals incoming rain or snow, lasting five to ten hours, with roaring sounds heard despite winds on surrounding heights.
A brief mock dialogue from the Chicago Tribune notes a six week rainfall drought in a locality. Officials downplay the issue as an inconvenience rather than famine, contrasting with public complaints about water supply. The exchange uses humorous rhetoric to frame the scarcity.
An austere woman entered a farrier shop and asked for a muff to keep her hands warm, exploding at the clerk when asked why. The Buffalo Commercial notes the humorous exchange.
West Virginia delegates at Parkersburg nominated Joseph Holt for governor. The convention adopted a platform endorsing the Chicago program and urged support for the Kansas City ticket.
The fragment notes two seizures occurred last evening with vague locations described as near a street and another on a road or area near a street. No clear names, dates, or authorities are provided.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.