24 Dec 1897
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Newspaper
Reno Evening Gazette
Location
Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1897
Page
1
Cabinet meeting details show officials debating European power balance with no China territory plans. Secretary Alger absent. Also reported are a major Cleveland fire causing over a million dollars in damage, a deadly elevator incident, and a sequence of unrelated accidents and local notices from December 24.
Reports from Kingetown Ontario describe a hospital wing loss to fire. Paterson New Jersey suffers $50,000 in property damage from a blaze. A Nor’easter and gale sweep New England. Peter Coleman involved in a murder case at Old Church. An accident halts a Central Railroad of New Jersey train. Everett Massachusetts car house destroyed. A receiver appointed for Herring Hall-Marine. An oil painting of John P Altgeld damaged at the State House. Mrs Bullington Booth remains in critical condition. The schooner Samuel Hall went ashore near Chicamicomeco life saving station. crew saved. Judge Ewing grants a divorce to Jennie W Banke. Phoebe Connins, suffrage advocate, near recovery from a protest incident. Cuba’s belligerency debated but annexation opposed.
An ad describing dyspepsia as indigestion from fermentation and gas in the stomach. It promotes Starrs Dyspepsia Tablets from Stuart Co Marshall Michigan as a safe cure that restores digestion, boosts appetite, and claims to be harmless. Includes offer of a free book and notes a broad stock of goods from A Nuaox.
The Bay churches will be prettily decorated with Christmas trees and hold services Sunday with a 11 o clock morning and 7 o clock evening program. Sunday School begins at 12 50. An offer of One Hundred Dollars is advertised for a cure of diarrhoea. Hall's Catarra Cure is promoted as a remedy.
Sacramento dispatch notes ex governor John P. Altgeld delays in interviews and predicts growing silver sentiment by 1900. The report includes a New York explosion at United States Acetylene Liquifying Co. Jersey City losses, Herbert funeral details in Alabama, and Chicago market hog and cattle receipts with price ranges.
The December 14 1897 notice from Washington urges charitable contributions to aid Cuba relief. Funds, provisions, clothing and medicine can be sent to General Fitzhugh in Havana, with duty free entry and official reception coordinated by the Consul General. President Sherman endorses the appeal as a moral call to generosity.
Salt Lake holiday visiters include Hato and Mire Maude Wheeler from Berkeley. Barber shops plan Sunday hours until 1 PM. Hostetters Almanac, published by the Hostetter Company of Pillsburg, Pa, celebrates half a century of popular health notices and urges readers to obtain a free copy from dealers nationwide.
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