Goebel Crisis and Kentucky Assembly Clash in Frankfort
Reports from Frankfort describe Gov Taylor's proclamation adjourning the General Assembly to meet in London Kentucky amid a siege atmosphere. Soldiers blockaded capitol access as legislators attempted to meet at the Capitol hotel then the opera house, with clashes and rapid troop movements reflecting a state of emergency. Mr Goebel's condition worsened with internal bleeding ceased, governor's proclamation and legislature confrontations mark a tense political crisis in Kentucky.
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Frankfort
Taylor
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Kentucky
General Assembly
A. J
W. 8. Taylor
Cale Powers
Capitol
Opera House
Weitzell
Capitol Hotel
Militi
London
Goebel
State House
Edward Lee
House
Kilday
Lewis
Tormen
Capitol Grounds
Capitol Building
Colonel Williams
Williams
Clerk Lee
Stone
Collier
St. Clair Street
General Collier
Gray
General Lyons
Thomas Heffner
Speaker Trimble
Coless Gray
Mr. Trimble
Trimble
T. L. Taliferro
Methodist Church
Wallace
Worse For a Woman Skin Disease Suffering
A health ad promotes Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for scrofula and skin diseases, claiming purification of blood and increased blood production. A testimonial from Mrs Jas Murphy credits long‑standing chronic scrofula and diarrhea relief, and offers the Common Sense Medical Adviser free with stamps.
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Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Jas. Murphy
Fonda, Pocahontas Co
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
Buller Will Try Again to Relieve Ladysmith
Reports from Ladysmith and Spearman s Camp suggest General Buller plans another attempt to lift the siege. The Daily Mail cites a hopeful forecast while the War Office and St James Gazette question the claim. A dispatch notes the retreat from Spion Kop and Buller praises Colonel Thornycroft for his defense under heavy losses.
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London
Ladysmith
War Office
General Buller
Cape Town
White
Associated Press
Spearman's Camp
Spion Kop
Kings Royal Rifles
Aldershot
Fourth Cavalry
Cape
Buller
Spearman
Thornycroft
Buller to Renew Attempt as Ladysmith Holds
Cape Town January 30 General Buller still holds the Tugela Drifts and will likely renew his effort to force a breach in the Boer defenses soon. Ladysmith is believed able to withstand a prolonged siege, with defense and time on its side.
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Cape Town
Buller
Tugela
Ladysmith
Ladysmith Garrison Holds Out Amid Siege Prolongation
Reports from Ladysmith dated Sunday January 28 state the garrison remains healthy and confident as Buller’s siege lengthens. News notes continued artillery activity, no horse sickness, and abundant grass from rains.
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Ladysmith
Swartzkop
Tugela
Boer laagers fortified as reinforcements flow in
Report says Boer positions near Colenso grow strong with fresh units arriving from the Transvaal. Large Boer forces seen between the town and Potgieter's Drift while advances continue along another line. Men returned from the Tugela line fill laagers.
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Tugela
Colenso
Transvaal
Potgieter
American scouts join British Army in Cape Town dispatch
A Cape Town dispatch reports 150 American scouts who arrived as muleteers have been enlisted into the British forces in London.
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London
Cape Town
Must Take Up Arms for the Boers Ordered
Cape Town reports Kimberley heliographed that on January 26 Boers ordered all British subjects in the Barklay West district to take up arms for the republic under penalty of 37 pounds or three months hard labor. About three hundred men affected.
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Cape Town
Kimberley
Modder
Barklay-West District
Steamer Australia Quarantined at San Francisco
The steamer Australia arrived from Honolulu with 41 deaths and 52 cases of plague, prompting quarantine. Further Honolulu details await thorough examination and fumigation, amid reports that Honolulu's Chinatown may have been burned.
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San Francisco
Australia
Honolulu
American force ambushed near Subig in Philippines
Monday near Subig a scouting party under Lieutenant Schenck of the twenty-fifth Infantry met a large insurgent force in a mountain pass. Schenck was killed by the first volley, two noncoms and three privates died, five were wounded. Americans withdrew and later reinforced. insurgents departed.
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Manila
Subig
Schenck
Twenty-Fifth Infantry
Singleton
To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxativ
An old ad promises a one day cure for colds using Quinine tablets with refunds if ineffective. Each box bears E. W. Grove’s signature and is priced at 25 cents, marketed through druggists.
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E. W. Grove
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Boosts Local Sales
Pierson drug store manager Martin reports strong runs of Chamberlains Cough Remedy. He notes high sales with five bottles to a customer, promising quick relief from coughs sore throat and lung irritation amid la grippe season. Brown Bros Druggists sell it locally in South Chicago Daily Calumet.
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Chamberlain
Martin
Pierson Drug Store
la Grippe
Calumet
Brown Bros
Does This Strike You Muddy Comprexions Cure Claim
An odd sales blurb touts Karl's Clover Rot Tea as an absolute cure for chronic constipation and mentions a fifty year sale history with an absolute guarantee. Price 26 cents and 0 cents, available at Eagle Drug Store.
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Karl
Eagle Drug Store
Karl's Clover Root Tea Advertisement Claims Cure for Indigestion
How Is Your Wife has beauty lost through constipation indigestion and sick headaches. Karl's Clover Root Tea promises cures for over half a century with money refunded if not satisfactory. Eagle Drug Store offers this remedy and straw mattings at reduced prices from F. C. Robins & Co.
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Karl
Eagle Drug Store
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Frankirt
Frankfirt
Capitol Yard
F. C. Robins & CO
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