Japan braces for financial crisis as trade slows
Washington reports from Yokohama say Japan faces a tight money market and dull trade. Consul General Bellows notes indemnity payments and large loans fueled lavish living, shrinking domestic capital and raising alarm among merchants, manufacturers and bankers about looming failures.
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Washington
Japan
State Department
United States
General Bellows
Yokohama
China
Senators Elect to Confer on Patronage Plans
Senators elect from Nebraska plan a Washington conference to settle patronage issues without outside aid. Millard travels today to join Dietrich, who arrives Wednesday, then they seek Senate annex or Capitol rooms. Millard stays a week. Dietrich returns around May 15 to stay near his Bryn Mawr daughter and wrap patronage matters.
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Washington
Nebraska
Millard
Conference
Dietrich
Senate
Capitol
Ranadel
Committee On Rules
Spooner
Bryn Mawr
Attacks the Secretary at Canningtown Meeting
At a Canningtown meeting Mrs Richard Chamberlain sharply attacked colonial secretary Joseph Chamberlain over the South African war. She questioned his knowledge of farming, mocked his background, and claimed the war serves Johannesburg capitalists rather than England. She noted Mr Richard Chamberlain traveled to South Africa late in the war and returned last summer.
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London
Canningtown
Richard Chamberlain
Joseph Chamberlain
Joe
England
Johannesburg
South Africa
Leavenworth Mobs Leader Warrants Discussed
County Attorney Michale declines to say plans for warrants against the mob leaders who lynched Fred Alexander. Alexander’s father demands warrants for W. G. Forbes father of the assaulted girl and who sparked the blaze, and A. M. Thomas a black lawyer is said to be gathering evidence against the lynchers.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Michale
Fred Alexander
Alexander
W. G. Forbes
A. M. Thomas
Changes of Light on Little Planet Era Attracts Attention
A Boston report notes Jéros the small planet near Earth shows notable light variations. Harvard observers report light intensity changing two or three times per hour, possibly from a dark and light side or from two revolving spheres. orbital period estimated around five hours.
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New York
the Times
Boston
Jéros
Sros
Earth
Harvard
Avatchers
Europe
Amalgamated Copper to Acquire Major Copper Mines
The Amalgamated Copper company plans to buy the Boston and Montana Copper and Silver company and the Butte and Boston Mining company. The deal signals a broader expansion to include northern Michigan and Arizona mines, with Senator W. A. Clark and his sons tied to the new agreement.
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Amalgamated Company
Michigan
Arizona
Montana
Heinze
Butte
W. A. Clark
Hill asserts Burlington purchase with St Paul feeder plan
Chicago April 17 Tribune will report James J Hill announced the Burlington railway purchase before leaving St Paul. He said no change in relations with the St Paul Chicago line and denied any transcontinental system with the Erie as eastern outlet. St Paul Pioneer Press says Hill may have sold Erie and Baltimore and Ohio holdings.
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Chicago
the Tribune
James J. Hill
St. Paul
West
Burlington Railway
Burlington
Erie
Pioneer Press
The
Great Northern
Baltimore & Ohio
Stamp Counterfeit Ring Cracked by Treasury Ink Study
The Philadelphia Record reports that over a year the treasury department was defrauded by washing canceled stamps. Repor ts say en gaged in the ring used washed stamps, regummed and sold them. New olive gray ink fades if washed, but blending it with color proved impossible, preserving safety at cost of appearance. The Maine design remains. Garfield Tea touted as a constipation remedy made from herbs.
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Philadelphia Record
Treasury Department
Treasury
Maine
Layout plans for Australian capital site emerge
Early next year the site for the Australian federal capital is likely to be chosen with plans to make the city among the world’s finest. Public buildings would be funded by the Commonwealth, while private enterprise would develop the rest, aiming for a salubrious climate and beautiful surroundings.
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Commonwealth
Spring Cleaning Advice From Eliza R Parker
Spring cleaning tips emphasize planning and preparation. Settled weather should be chosen for work and all necessities provided in advance. Ivory Soap is recommended for washing paints floors and windows as a harmless effective cleaner. Beware of friends who urge war or marriage.
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Eliza R. Parker
Rodenburg Begins Civil Service Commission Service
Ex Representative Rodenburg of Illinois starts his duties as a member of the civil service commission in Washington. He greets commission staff, attends a session, and pledges to uphold and enforce civil service reform laws to the best of his ability.
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Rodenburg
Washington, D. C
Illinois
Civil Service Commission
Commission
Defiance Starch and Other Everyday Remedies Featured
A collage of the era’s ads highlights Defiance Starch promising 16 oz packs for 10 cents and a Dublin peat textile claim. Also mentions Winslow’s Soothing Syrup Beeman Pepsin Garfield Yea remedies and moral quotes about religion and humility.
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Defiance
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement and Slogans
An early 20th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for incurable cases and endorsements from Toledo druggists. The copy promotes internal bloodstream action, offers testimonials, pricing, and distributor names while interleaving miscellaneous maxims.
Clergy Endorse Peruna For Catarrh And Tonic Value
Bishop James A Handy of Baltimore praises Peruna saying he used the remedy at a friend's request and recommends it to all seeking a tonic and safe cure for catarrh in the vocal organs and general debility from sedentary church life.
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James A. Handy
Baltimore
Notable cures advertised for catarrh and consumption
The advertisement touts Peruna as a universal cure for catarrh affecting any location including the lungs. It cites Mrs. Edward Stevens of Carthage New York and Mrs. Frederick Williams of Chicago praising full recoveries after six to four bottles. Admissions from Dr. Hartman offer free advice.
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Edward Stevens
Carthage
N. Y
Peruna
Frederick Williams
South Side Ladies’ Aid Society
Chicago
Cuylerave
Fred Wiliams
Frederick Wiliams
W. A. Alison
Sheffield Avenue
Susan People’s Hospital
W. A. Allison
Re-Elect Steyn President in Cape Town Meeting
A Capetown dispatch reports forty Boers at Boshoff solemnly re-electing Mr. Steyn as president of the Orange Free State. The vote was conducted under today’s date and reflects continued leadership in the region.
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London
Capetown
Boshoff
Steyn
Orange Lree
Amon Passenger A Chamberlain Plans Maine Raising
New York April 17 Amon the passengers aboard the Mexico from Navana include A Chamberlain who is undertaking the task of raising the Maine. Chamberslain says he will have all material on hand to begin within thirty days. He plans a brush cofferdam around the sunken craft and bulkheads across portions of the hull.
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New York
Amon
Mexico
Navana
A. Chamberlain
Maine
My. Chamberlain
Mississippi
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Hill
Burlington System
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Hamlin
Schmoller & Mueller
Farnam Street
Omaha
Allen
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Northwest
Newspaper Row
Minn
Piso
Third Ave
Minneapolis
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N.Y
Pheop
Putnam
Winslow
Shea Butte
Dublin
God
Hall
F J Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Prot
Cheney
West & Truax Wholesale Druggists
Walding
Iximan & Marvin
Phelps Brown
O. Phelps Brown
Broadway
Newburgh
Western
Canada
Land of Plenty
Speliensee
Department of Interior
Ottawa
Bennett
Life
Omaaha
Ned
Western Canada
Thompson’s
Jacob Berk
Denver, Cole
a, W. Schen @& Company
J. K. Comstock
Traders’ Bloc
L. Douglas
Goodyear West
W. I. Dongina
Douglas
L Douglas
Brockton
Mass
Os. Gillard
Elgin
Cove Ug
Cee
Tae Astavr
Mall
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