Doubly Sure of Death in Market Driven Tragedy
Richmond Virginia May 31 James M Covington a Danville tobacco trader known before the tobacco trust faced market curtailment killed himself in a private park by taking laudanum and severing his jugular after hiding until night his body found in a fountain. He had been driven from the market by the trusts and left letters to family expressing despair.
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Richmond
Jas. M. Covington
Danville
Tobacco Trust
North Carolina
Covington
Spring Fever and DeWitts Little Early Risers
Spring fever signals biliousness with torpid liver and in active bowels risking illness. DeWitt's Little Early Risers stimulate the liver open the bowels and cleanse impurities. Safe pills that never gripe. R M Everly Moundsville WV recommends them highly. Bard Drug company markets them.
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DeWitt
R. M. Everly
Moundsville
W. Va
W. FE
Bard Drug Company
Modern Venus Bride Abducts Suitor Then Weds Him
Miss Agnes Vance of Barren county Kentucky abducted her youth ful sweetheart Robert Marcum and forced a late license marriage in Gallatin after waking the license clerk. The episode occurred Tuesday night as she spirited the couple to Gallatin for the ceremony.
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Nashville
Tenn
Agnes Vance
Barren County
Robert Marcum
Gallatin
Kentucky couple elopes after parental opposition
A sary document recounts Tam of legal age and a young man as yet a boy running away from Kentucky to marry. The woman describes defying obstacles, entering the young man's home at night, and stealing him away while his parents slept before planning to wed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tam
Kentucky
How to Avoid Trouble with a Diarrhoea Remedy
A warning style ad urges buying Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy now for family use before summer. It claims high effectiveness for bowel complaints in children and adults and lists Mertz & Hale J L Kautzman Otis W Smith and all druggists as sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mertz & Hale
J. L. Kautzman
Otis W. Smith
Columbia Wins Small Federal Building Allocation
Five thousand dollars was appropriated to purchase a site for a federal building in Columbia. Congressman D W Shackleford announced the small grant and vowed the building would come next session after earlier efforts failed. The Senate approved a larger forty thousand dollar figure, but in conference both Columbia and Moberly’s sums were reduced to five thousand for site purchase.
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Columbia
Congress
D. W. Shackleford
E. W. Stephens
Shackleford
House
Senate
Moberly
Police respond to suspected break in at Heller home
A 9 45 PM police call from Matthias Hellers residence at 621 Wilkerson street reported a possible prowler. Chief Love and Officer Card responded but found no intruder.
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Matthias Heller
Wilkerson Street
Love
Officer Card
Kemper Military School Holds 58th Commencement Exercises
Moonville Mo May 31 The fifty eighth annual commencement exercises of Kemper Military School were held Thursday. Medals and honors awarded include Gmelich and Huber gold medal undergraduate scholarship to FEEF Browning Renvard Mo Victor medal for department R C Cromley damonte declamatory medal J E Jones Jonesboro Ark commandant's orderly James Child's Sibley scholarship in Washington and Lee University C M M Spadden Chelsea J T.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moonville
Kemper Military School
Gmelich and
Huber
Feef. Browning
Renvard
Victor
R. C. Cromley
da Monte
J. E. Jones
Jonesboro
Ark
James Child's
Sibley
Washington and Lee University
C. M. M.spadden
Chelsea
J. T
Classified Advertising Rates and Instructions
The notice lists rates for Help Wanted and other classifieds at 25 cents for 15 words or less, with 10 cents per line for funeral notices, obituary material limited to 30 lines, and 5 cents per extra line. It emphasizes envelope submission and proper addressing for all responses.
Rival Trolley Managers Debate in Cleveland
A Philadelphia Ledger editorial mocks Mark A. Hanna and Tom I. Johnson for clashing over rival trolley lines in Cleveland, suggesting the public might tolerate their dispute if left to manage competing networks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark A. Hanna
Tom I. Johnson
Cleveland
Philadelphia Ledger
Wellington Aims to Beat Tillman's Senate Record
It is believed that with one or two more efforts Hon. George L. Wellington will beat Mr. Tillman's record in emptying the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Wellington
Tillman
Senate
Denver
Rocky Mountain Tea Promises Youthful Jumping Feel
Ad copy for Rocky Mountain Tea from W. E. Bard Drug Co promotes a novel lifting sensation and youthful energy after use. Price listed as 35 cents.
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W. E. Bard Drug Company
Public sentiment questions Major Waller’s bravado
The Chicago News notes that before General Chaffee spoke the public already doubted Major Waller’s bully image, suggesting he may differ from General Funston’s assessment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Chaffee
Major Waller
General Funston
Chicago News
The World on Fire sales pitch by Murat Hal stead
An advertisement seeks agents for a 600 page illustrated book The World on Fire about burning mountains and world threatening phenomena. It promises earnings from $3 to $25 daily, an outfit free, and asks for ten cents postage to The Dominion Co Dept L Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murat Halstead
American Indies
Outfit
the Dominion Co
Dept. L
Chicago
Moler Barber College Ad Promises Quick Trade Training
Men learn barber trade with two months experience and guaranteed positions at top wages. Two years saved, tools donated, wages paid Saturdays. Write for catalog. Moler Barber College, St. Louis, Mo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moler Barber College
St. Louis
New Delivery Wagon Boosts Local Service in Queer City
The establishment adds a delivery wagon and offers free estimates and inspections. Dyeing cleaning and repairing are performed promptly and artistically. All orders delivered free. Office at 219 South Lamine Street in Queer City with telephone 316.
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Ema
South Lamine Street
Queer City
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Washington
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George B. Goodrich
Marvin
Bell Telephone
W. L. Jones
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J. H. Bothwell
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P. H. Sangree
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E. H. Chapman
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J. B. Holdner
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W. Main
A. J. Tucker
Algenfritz
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Sedalia
W. D. Steele
Attorney-at-Law
Katy Bidg
West Main Street
Dolph & Co
New Orleans
Japan
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Queen City Telephone Co
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Edgar S. Maclay
Memphis Commercial Appeal
RED Cross
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