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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1902
Page
2
Howard House Tavern Closes After Revolutionary War Era Era
The Howard house in New York City, a tavern famed for its role in the revolutionary war and once a stopping place for Sir William Howe, has closed. It is noted that a free lunch was started there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard House
New York City
Sir William Howe
Lipton Ready to Build Shamrock III for 1903 Cup Bid
Sir Thomas Lipton, undeterred after two failures, plans a new Shamrock yacht as his third attempt to win the American Cup in 1903. He remains confident while stakes grow higher for the challenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Lipton
Mexico Earthquakes Severe Across Long-Standing Zone
Reports indicate recent Mexico earthquake shocks are more serious than any in years. Much of the country lies in the earthquake zone, with widespread potential impact on population and property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Railroad to Install Telephone System on Line
Announcement notes a railroad company will install a telephone network to replace the telegraph. The move reflects growing adaptability of the telephone and experiments in wireless telegraphy, signaling that a major invention of the previous century may soon be displaced by evolving technology.
Trolley road plan from Cairo to Mecca attracts hope
The proposed American scheme to build a trolley road from Cairo to Mount Sinai and to Mecca, with a branch to Damascus, has surprised Europe and Asia yet appears inviting. If Moslem pilgrims to Mecca patronize it, promoters may reap a fortune regardless of other use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Mount Sinai
Mecca
Damascus
Europe
Asia
General James H. Wilson Named for Coronation Role
Gen James H Wilson has been selected as one of our representatives at King Edward's coronation. A Civil War veteran, he rose from second lieutenant to major general of volunteers and brevet major general of regulars. He fought at Antietam Vicksburg Chattanooga and the Wilderness and in 1864 commanded the Third Brigade of Sheridan's cavalry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Wilson
King Edward
Antietam
Vicksburg
Chattanooga
Wilderness
Wilson
Sheridan
Smallpox Preventive Recipe Recommended by Health Officer
Dr. C. I. Howe of Atchison Kansas recommends a simple preventive mix of one tablespoon pure cider vinegar in half a cup of water four times daily. He adds that applying the mixture locally can ease itching and prevent pitting if the disease develops, potentially saving suffering and expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. I. Howe
Atchison, Kan
Railway rules praise American petroleum amid wartime lighting limits
In Cassel Germany the railway management restricts American petroleum to office lamps and signal lanterns and only if Russian oil fails to provide enough light. A recent London order bans American oil except when essential. The measures praise American petroleum for its brighter, cleaner illumination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassel
Germany
London
Transatlantic ships act as floating telegraphs
Passengers aboard a North German Lloyd liner and a Cunard liner traveling from New York to Europe used wireless telegraph to chat for three days, over half the Atlantic. The marvel hints at future mines and prompts anticipation of a large strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyd
New York
Europe
Atlantic
Liverpool
Insurance shock as fires force firms to suspend operations
The surge in fire losses cripples coverage as several long standing insurers exit the American market. A Philadelphia house with over six decades of service suspends, due to capital impairment from high fire losses, while a New York firm of 66 years withdraws from business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amercan
Philadelphia
New York
Doctor seeks young plump blond wife amid 14 marriages
Dr. James Nicholas Vann of Goshen New York seeks a young plump light blond handsome musically inclined partner. He has been married 14 times and has over 200 offers from women across the country, with many more awaiting reports from remote precincts. At 94 he plans a careful choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Nicholas Vann
Goshen
N. Y
Vann
Connecticut
Texas
Inn
A Weeks History From Washington East West South
A digest style summary notes actions in Fifty Seventh Congress with Senator Hanna opposing commerce department plans and Teller criticizing Britain over Echeepers. Mascon offers a joint resolution praising Admiral Schley for Santiago victory. Adjournment set for the 27th amid home affairs and a tax plan on colored oleo margarine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanna
Department of Commerce
United States
Senate
Teller
Echeepers
Mascon
Congress
Schley
Fondue
Santiago
Clark
Committee On Agriculture
United States Senate
Roosevelt refers Sechles appeal to navy for action
The article reports President Roosevelt sending Admiral Sechles appeal to the Navy Department by a 99 to 17 vote. Democratic congressmen in enuens decline to propose a new party policy, claiming paralysis ahead of the last national platform. It notes Roosevelt plans to ask Gov. Dole to resign Hawaii and to replace with Col. Sam Parker. Army and navy officers anticipate joint maneuvers near New York in August. The congress may approve Malinots civil war expenditures of 423,122 dollars, potentially setting a precedent for other states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Sechles
Navy
Enuens
Roosevelt Jins
Dole
Hawaii
Sam Parker
Army Aml Navy
New York
Congresse
United States Business and Trade in a Week
Ty Tuffalo New York notes a coroner's jury blames New York Central for a tunnel disaster. Fred Strong of Chicago wins the bowling championship of the United States. Seven day clearing house activity shows $2.43 billion, up 1.2 percent from a year ago, with 301 business failures, 66 a year earlier, and Duns review says retail trade expands sharply. Mr Schwab says foreign trade will shift to the United States eventually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ty Tuffalo
Fred Strong
Chicago
United States
Duns
New York
New York Central Railroad
Schwab
Steel Trust
Nationwide union leaders acquitted in mine charge
In Indianapolis the United Mine Workers acquitted their officials of attempting to conceal a shortage. President Mitchell and other national officers were reelected. Events also report political renomination, a Turkish claim, railroad merger testimony, a mine explosion killing 21, a doctor’s plans, memorial services, a murder confession, river enlargement plans, and Gen. Hobart Hobart’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers
Brownlow
Tennessee
Congress
Washington
Miss Stone
Chicago
James J. Wi
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
St. Louis
Missouri
Oskaloosa
Admiral Schley
Melhinslew
Necro Strother
Vista Bathhouse
Cooper
Root
Chicago Drainage Board
Harrison C. Hobart
Milwaukee
Libby
Savangoah Woman Acquitted in Husband Murder Trial
Mrs Richardson of Savangoah Missouri was found not guilty in the murder case against her husband after a trial cited by local press. The jury delivered a verdict of acquittal following testimony from both defense and prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T Savangoah
British Syndicate Buys 90 Percent Cuban Tobacco Market
British syndicate reportedly controls 90 percent of Cuba's tobacco industry. London reports remarkable electricity experiments in treating consumption. Parliament denies peace proposals from Boer representatives. Kitchener authorizes 1500 Boers to enlist in British ranks. Taft notes Philippine army cuts to 15000 may be risky. Monastery fire on Mount Athos kills 10, injures 20, and destroys rooms. Kruger to tour America in April possible. Canadian Pacific road upgrades worth 20000 approved. Gen Viljoen captured near Lydenburg. Ransom for Miss Stone believed paid. Emperor and German officials greet Prince of Wales. Berlin public cool toward British envoy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
London
Balfour
Lord Kitchener
Mavila
Gov. Taft
United States
St. Paul Monastery
Mount Athos
Brussels
Kruger
Viljoen
Lydenburg
Miss Stone
Prince of Wales
Berlin
Senate debate over army ulcers and Philippines conduct
A lively senate discussion on the 27th focused on army critics in the senate and elsewhere over Philippine conduct, with sharp party lines and acrimony but no resolution. In the house a resolution for Vernont ship documents was adopted, a deaf education bill failed, and tax debates dominated. The Supreme Court announced a recess to Feb 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Philippines
House
Ways and Menos Committee
United States Supreme Court
Gey. Cumnins
Louisiana Purchase Commission
Iowa
A. N. Hazlett
Colorado City
Cal
War Department
Japan
China
Wee Dama
J. J. Brooke
Woral
Brooke
Boston
Melnorne
Fuller
Minor News Items From Across the Nation
A jumble of short notes reports various public figures events and concerns. Items include Philadelphia and Chicago developments, Marconi honored by Enataniel, Mrs McKinley snubbing a hotel name, fears of Spanish coronation sparks revolution talk, library expansions, Britain’s trade worries, Minnesota entomologist appointment, a New York couple’s legal dispute over harassment, a 35 year old heir’s downfall, cod yields rising, Sunshine author Holmes dies, timber arrests in Oklahoma, a Brooklyn doctor disputing cholera origins, and Gen Grant’s daughter Vivian Sartoris retiring to arts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mice
Philadelphia
New York
Victor Enataniel
Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus
Marconi
McKinley
Mcrkinien
Canton
Herbert Wieknese
Fort Wine
Biel
Tie
Peter Qhiinn
Maine
New Jersey
Susan Porter
Mars
F. Holmes
Kentucky
Versailles City
M. Campbell
Noble County
Oklahoma
G. D. Barney
Brooklyn
Kocl
Vivian Sartoris
Wrancc
U.S. Grant
Durin
Missouri notes on commerce politics and fires across towns
Missouri items report a Poplar Bluff merger forming Juden Allison Mercantile Co with 20000 capital. Centralia city hall cost about 8000 and was dedicated. Pike County and Randolph County hold primaries with April 26 and March 22 dates. Attacks on trains, fires, road projects, and public works feature with local officials and candidates named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poplar Bluff
Juden-Allison Mercantile Company
Centralia
Morton Pemberton
Europe
Democratic Committee
Pike County
Champ Clark
Clark
Randolph
United States
Norman Chaffee
Marshall
Malden
Rock Road
Agricultural Department
Missouri Fruit Experiment Station
Mountain Grove
WL Cook
Missouri
St. Louis
Clinton Water & Light Company
Clinton
John Tl. Windsor
Leonville
Windsor
Washingtom
Kansas City
Fayette Council
Sedalia
Sedalia Electric & Railway Company
Missouri State Historical Society
Lodge of Sedalia
Democratic Committee of
Monror County
William U. Stone
Champ Chirk
Iron Mountain
Neeleyville
J.T. Chewning
Albany
Frank Miller
Thomas Miller
Benton City
Canton
Patrick Kern
Seneca
Noe Insurance
Sevier
Brookfield
Burlington
D. Swindel
Pettis County
Explosion at New York rapid transit shaft kills eight
A massive blast at the Park Avenue shaft of a rapid transit tunnel in New York injures about a hundred and destroys windows across blocks. J Roderick Robertson of Nelson British Columbia a Canadian gold fields executive is killed in a Murray Hill hotel room. Damaged areas include Grand Central station and Grand Union hotel with widespread debris and flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Park Avenue
Murray Hill Hotel
Manhattan Eye and
J. Roderick Robertson
Nelson
B. C
Canada
British Columbia Gold Fields Co., Limited
Madison Avenue
Park Avenues
East Forty-first Street
Rapid Transit
Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Station
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
GW. Wilson
Thiven
Foster
Connecticut
Missouri Notables Enter Louisville for Frankfort Mission
A Missouri party headed for Frankfort plans to lobby the general assembly for a state exhibit appropriation for the 1903 Louisiana Purchase Exposition. The delegation, including former Gov. Stone and Sim Price, was greeted by Kentucky officials and hosted at events in Louisville before continuing to Lexington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Kentucky
Frankfort
General Assembly
Union Depot
Commercial Club
Board of Trade
Pendennis Club
Gov. Stone
Wm. Bull
Estill McHenry
Sim T. Price
Wm. C. Jones
Scott Blewett
Wm. G. Boyd
Geo. T. Witzell
Robert H. Kern
H. J. Small
John Young Brown
Reducing War Taxes Dominates Ways and Means Hearing
WashingtonJan 28 The Ways and Means committee paused Cuban reciprocity to tackle reducing war revenue taxes. Tea interests urged removal of the ten cent a pound tea tax from the Spanish war revenue act arguing it harms consumers retailers grocers and importers while supporting tea quality and noting the war is over and treasury surplus exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Payne
Albert P. Sloan
New York
National Tea Duty Repeal Association
Release of Miss Stone in Roumania Spurs Expectation
In Djamata Roumania January 27 release of Miss Ellen M Stone and Mme Tsilka is now expected hourly. At the request of American negotiators the government has granted Miss Stone full freedom to cross and recross the frontier to aid liberation. A A Garvile Dr House and W W Peet will hand over the ransom and receive the captives. They undertake to bear all risks and travel without soldiers.
Ellen M Stone and Tsilka Freed After Ransom Paid
A Sofia dispatch reports the ransom for Ellen M Stone and her companion Tsilka has been paid to their captors, with release expected soon. In Indiana, Methodist leaders announce a new philanthropic hospital in Indianapolis costing 200000 dollars with a 500000 dollar endowment. Atlanta telegraphers decide the March 1 tournament will be national in scope, not just the Ohio Valley region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sofia
Ellen M. Stone
Tsilka
Atlanta
Ohio
Milwaukee general Hobart dies after Libby tunnel escape
Gen. Harrison C. Hobart, sole survivor of the B53 daring men who planned the Libby prison tunnel escape in Richmond, Va., died at the Milwaukee soldiers' home hospital Saturday night after a long illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Harrison C. Hobart
B53
Libby
Richmond
Prince Henry of Prussia to meet 100 U.S. business leaders
New York on January 28 reports that Prince Henry of Prussia has accepted an invitation to meet during his visit to New York. He will engage with a group of one hundred prominent American businessmen to discuss matters of mutual interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Prince Henry of Prussia
Our Duty to Cuba Peace and Trade Policy
Secretary Root urges a commercial arrangement to allow Cuba to live and prosper with the United States. President Roosevelt backs reducing tariff duties on Cuban imports to foster close, honorable relations and Cuba's material well being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
United States
Spain
Root
Roosevelt
The Healing Touch of Time in Detroit Story
In the Detroit Free Press excerpt, Mrs Dash faces society expectations while her father is labeled a huckster. The dialogue contrasts Mrs Cash with her forebears, suggesting she should restrain herself until public memory fades, reflecting social pressures of lineage and status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Dash
Mrs. Cash
Mr. Dash
Detroit Free Press
Letter from Saskatchewan settler praises land and crops
From Prince Albert Saskatchewan Henry Laughlin writes to Dr C T Field in Chase Michigan praising the land, crops, and stock. he reports a mild winter, log shanties, and plans to break more land while awaiting a wife to keep house. He says the area cannot be beat and that cattle and horses fare well there. Apply to any agent of the Canadian Government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Albert
Saskatchewan
Canada
Henry Laughlin
C. T. Field
Chase
Michigan
Reed City
Clarion
Lake County
Iever
Tlave
At Home and Abroad Exports and Birth Rates Data
Norway exports four fifths of its dried cod and enalted cod. Tea in England faces a per pound duty of 12 cents. Cod yield along the Maine to New Jersey coast rose about 50 percent in ten years due to artificial prep. Illegitimate birth rates in European cities ranged from Vienna 32 percent to Rome 18 percent. Three handcuffed convicts jumped from a moving mail train in Bengal at 40 mph. two Sikh warders joined the pursuit, two convicts were killed and one warder injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
England
Maine
New Jersey
Vienna
Prague
Stockholm
Paris
Munich
Copenhagen
St. Petersburg
Madrid
Dresden
Rome
Berlin
Is Diabetes Curable Halo Ind
In Halo Indiana January 27 a local resident L C Bowers recounts kidney trouble that progressed to diabetes. He describes extreme thirst urination weight loss and dental issues before using Dodd's Kidney Pill. After seven boxes he reports relief of symptoms he suffered from.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halo
Ind
L. C. Bowers
Dodd
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Foreign Intelligence
J. Hederick Roberts
San Francisco
Merchant Exchange
Oliver de Chison
Cayenne
San Franccisco
Les Adelphes
Madagasear
Portland
Ore
Ernest Legoure
Mauritius
Oregon
Alice McDonald
Prasenger
Omaha
Neb
E. Buckingham
Burlington & Missouri River Railroad
Arthur B. Smith
Buckingham
Burlington Road
Djamatia
Winc
Tailka
Methodist Philanthropic Hospital
The
Methodists of
Indiana
National Telegraphers
Tourn
H.C. Hobart
Western
St.Jacobs Oil
Allen
Ain Clowes
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