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Newspaper
Salem Times Register
Location
Salem, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1901
Page
2
The Senate adopted a joint resolution allocating 500000 dollars to pay pensions to Confederate veterans. The Auditor will disburse full pension amounts to those on the rolls, seen as a Christmas present to elderly veterans.
In a lively year end letter from Pure Apenenta Pa on December 18 1901 a columnist extols Christmas displays at Wanamaker's and Hershey's Chocolate store. He sketches toy counters housing engines dolls and novelty tricks as well as a Sportsman's Show with Hiawatha pageantry and animal cages.
Washington dispatch reports broad congressional anger over the Schley verdicts imposed by naval faction pressure. Dewey stands firm with his separate report endorsing the Navy’s findings, while Schley seeks action through counsel Rayner and channels. Debates over a steel trust bondholder plan with Carnegie gifts and a net $10 million donation also loom, alongside Senate ratification of the Hay Pauncefote treaty and canal control debates.
An advertisement touts Dr David’s Cough Syrup of Pure Pine Tar Horehound and Wild Cherry as the best cure for coughs colds croup consumption bronchitis and throat and lung trouble. Sold at Younger's drug store.
Judge Woods of the Hastings court grants a charter to Hanging Rock Orchard Company. Officers include J. Allen Waits president, M. G. McClung vice president, Jas. P B. Woods secretary treasurer, and eight directors. Capital stock 85000 with property in this county. J M Cigars sold at M F Huff's.
An advertisement promises men $75 monthly for selling territory in spring trade locks and hitching aids. It lists Virginia and Tennessee as sale targets and urges contact with W E Miller at Hotel Ponce de Leon Roanoke VA. The fragment mentions various goods and financial terms, indicating a bank or financial notice alongside sales pitches.
A catalog of handkerchiefs offers men and women items in hem stitched designs at 5 to 10 cents, 3 for 25c, plus fancier options in pure linen Esscolloped embroidery and lace-trimmed varieties. Silk kerchiefs priced at 50c feature hemmed hems and fancy borders.
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