Roberts to Succeed Buller in South Africa War
London dispatch notes Lord Roberts of Kandahar to take supreme command in South Africa with Kitchener as chief of staff amid British plans to crush the two republics. Reports say volunteers rush to join, while rail actions near Modder river and currency bill passage in Washington headline a day of war and politics.
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London
Bobs
Lord Roberts
Kandahar
Great Britain
Lord Kitchener
South Africa
Buller
Supreme Command
Symons
White
Roberts
Kitchener
Lord Salisbury
War Office
New Edinburgh
Colenso
Modder
Methuen
Cairo
Omdurman
Cape Town
Light Engine Collides With Passenger Train Near New Albany
Light engine No. 15 of the Air Line road collided with a Pennsylvania suburban train near New Albany Indiana. The train from Louisville and New Albany carried 150 passengers. Ten injured, none seriously. Engineers claim they were given right of way by the flagman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver State
New Albany
Ind
Air Line Road
Louisville
Pennsylvania
Cure a Cold in One Day Sromo Quinine Tablets Ad
An advertisement touts Laxative Sromo Quinine Tablets that claim to cure a cold in one day with a money back guarantee. E W Grove signs each box, urging customers to purchase from druggists if the remedy fails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Grove
New York Trust Company Goes Under
The Produce Exchange Trust Company of New York City has closed its doors. A notice on the office reads that the board suspended payment to readjust its affairs. Capital was 2.5 million with reported surplus and profits over 2.5 million. It served merchants, tradesmen, corporations and possibly Standard Oil, and was designated by the State banking department as a legal depository for state and municipal funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Clayton
New York
Denny
Maryland
Driggs
Fitzgerald
Ruppert
Scudder
Thayer
Massachusetts
Wilson
Gaines
Tennessee
Overstreet
Indiana
Wells
State of
Nevada
Allen
Southern Pacific Railroad
Salt Lake
Great Salt Lake
Elko
Bishop Station
Elko County
Bishop Creek
Lucia
Utah
Great Desert
Pilot Peak
Ogden
Piequot Mountains
Hot Springs
White Plains
Wadsworth
Lovelock
Humboldt Lake
Mill City
Union Pacific
California
Evanston
Piedmont Hill
Produce Exchange Trust Company
Standard Oil Company
Banking Department of the State
Burning of a Passenger Steamer State of Kansas
A Tennessee River Packet Company steamboat named State of Kansas burned to the water line at New Madrid Missouri. Passengers all escaped though several hundred bales cotton and freight were destroyed. Estimated total loss five hundred thousand dollars. Some travelers awoke in nightclothes and without shoes or hats. Several passengers jumped into the river and waded to shore as flames consumed the vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Post-Dispatch
New Madrid
State of Kansas
Tennessee River Packet Company
Cotton Mills in New England Raise Wages Ten Percent
Widespread wage increases take effect in New England cotton mills with about seven to seventy thousand workers affected. Woolen mills also lift wages ten percent, while the American Woolen Company plans a January first general raise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New England
Massachusetts
American Woolen Company
Does This Strike You Muddy Complexions and Constipation Cure
An advertisement claims chronic constipation causes muddy complexions and bad breath. It touts Karl's Clover Rot Tea as an absolute cure sold for fifty years with an absolute guarantee at 25 cents and 50 cents. Eagle Drug Store markets the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl
Eagle Drug Store
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Runa
Dr. Pierce
Gelember
Pierce
Wumiln
Central Pacific
Eneisa
Seni
Pruser
Etter
Pines
C. W. Wickersham
Wateh Inspector Bal
Lake and Sacrament
Paradise, Nevada
Hollingsworth
Kentucky
Salforso Pasquale
J.H. Hoyt
Bridge Street
Winnemucca
B. Reinhart & Co
Felix Poulin
NEW York Trust Company
Widen
S.c. Wells
Colergy
N.Y
Silver State Mills
Paradise
Cyrus Noble
J. & F. Martell
Gornac
Cordelia Wine CO
P. Laverga JR
P. A. Pinson
Luis
Golconda, New
International
Saloon
Sridge Street
B. D. Santina & CO
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