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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1900
Page
2
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is promoted as the easiest health aid and is endorsed by the mayor and postmaster. The paper prints letters from grateful women and offers free advice to sufferers. Tips include using fresh lime to dry damp cupboards and salt under furniture to absorb moisture.
The article notes Coreans view the electric railway as strange and overhead wires pull trains. Funeral hats, worn by locals at about two feet high, obstruct travel and incur treble fares. The railway company disapproves of the hats.
Public health warning against using mercury containing catarrh ointments. Advises prescription use from reputable practitioners and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio as mercury free and effective. Includes sales note and a plug for Hall's Family Pills.
Ad copy promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets with a money back guarantee from druggists and the signature of E. W. Grove on each box. It then pivots to urging charitable giving, hints at Magnetic Starch longevity, and ends with a spring work prompt.
A seven story Bowery lodging house at 144 to 148 Bowery caught fire in the early hours. Five residents died on the fifth floor and Stephen Carney later died at the hospital. Officials report 132 rooms with 90 occupied and rescue crews detailing victims including Charles Buttie John Clark Edward Doyle Henry Jackson and Martha Gallagher. Dominico Milano ran the lodging house.
An appeal in any event was heard in Louisville as Judge Field took under advisement the case challenging the offices of governor and lieutenant governor. Former Governor Bradley spoke for Republicans and Zach Phelps for Democrats. An opinion is expected later. Democrats assert state court of appeals has final jurisdiction while Republicans plan to seek the U.S. Supreme Court if the ruling is unfavorable.
The Paris Courier du Soir says Emperor William may offer mediation in the Transvaal dispute. He is seen as a suitable peacemaker with broad recognition, and a telegram to the queen after a victory is believed to have been meant to pave the way for this step.
James Boggs, a deaf and dumb resident with his sister Mrs J A Linford near Smartville Nebraska, suffered chemical burns after a nitric acid bottle exploded while preparing Kodak pictures. His face was badly damaged by acid and glass particles.
Jack McCrystal was arrested in Sioux City Iowa on charges of murdering John Robson a prominent pioneer citizen and bridge contractor. Robson was attacked with a hatchet in his office on December 30 with robbery suspected as the motive. McCrystal is a well known police court character.
Lord Roberts dispatch dated Osfontein on March 4 says General Cronje and Wolmarans have freed 4000 prisoners who sent thanks to British kindness. General Clements says Achtertang held and Joubert’s siding to open. Norvalspont bridge still boomed by Boer forces. Gatacre notes Stormberg Boers diminishing. Baden-Powell reports Mafeking calm. Osfontein grazing improved for horses and transport.
At the close of business Saturday the Sheldon edition subscriptions topped 100 000 with many letters still unopened. An express wagon delivered a load to the Capital office, requiring extra clerks to prepare the mailing list. Subscriptions pour in from around the globe as the Topeka post office strains under the demand.
Mrs. Leland Stanford widow of the late California senator lies dangerously ill at a New York Fifth Avenue hotel after taking a cold during a drive. A trial for George H. Ray in the 1898 Brownville murder was postponed due to a snow blockade delaying a key attorney. a jury has been seated and testimony proceeds.
Charles Wenger and his wife were away at a dance when a blaze claimed the lives of their children John five Emma seven and Charles nine years old at their home eleven miles from Olympia Washington An older child twelve was badly burned attempting to rescue them.
An advertisement extols Peruna as the sole safeguard against catarrh arguing cold origins and universal susceptibility. It urges families to obtain Dr Hartman’s free book Winter Catarrh from The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio detailing lectures on catarrh and la grippe and treatment advances.
Experiments suggest bricks containing magnetic iron ore affect instruments. The text also advertises Magnetic Starch as a universal laundry aid and cites Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer with trial offers. Miscellaneous quips about March storms and hair loss cures accompany the catalog notes.
W. E. Morgan a Chadron Nebraska volunteer who served in the Philippines and went to Paris last fall on a European visit is back in Chadron after meeting Consul General Gowdy. He spurns France and the French people and acted as a special representative for a list of American papers during his European sojourn.
The Carterville union miners on trial in Vienna Illinois for the murder of five black miners have been acquitted. Four related charges remain, and Williamson County's prosecuting attorney says he will pursue all of them.
An advertisement urges regular maintenance of the body like machinery, promoting Cascarets Candy Cathartic as the preferred laxative. It claims inoffensive, candy-like tablets clean the bowels, boost liver activity, and kill disease germs, urging readers to buy, mail for samples, and beware imitations.
The State of Nebraska v Herbert Cochran ended with a guilty verdict after a Geneva trial. Jurors found Cochran responsible for a burglary at Fairmont though an alibi placing him in Table Rock that night was not convincing. Sentencing will occur before adjournment.
The Lt. Candee Rubber Company plant in New Haven Connecticut is shut down with no resume date before April 1. Over 1,250 employees are laid off as winter orders have been unusually light and the factory week shortened.
J. A. Gregory, charged with stealing a mule from B D Laughlin near Ashland on October 1, 1899, has been located in Iowa. A Saunders County Nebraska county court warrant for his arrest has been issued. Governor Poynter will be asked for requisition papers to bring Gregory back for trial.
Jean Payot one of the famed Alpine guides died at Chamonix in his 94th year. He guided many distinguished climbers and was the last survivor of Jacques Balmat's companions, Balmat the first to reach Mont Blanc, who perished in the Glaiciers de Sixt in 1834.
Stockholm boasts more telephones than any other European city with the central station handling about 100000 calls daily, roughly one for every three residents. Also featured is Mrs Winslows Soothing Syrup for teething, Magnetic Starch to keep clothes from cracking, and a quip about drugstore smells.
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