24 Oct 1899
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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1899
Page
1
The text urges parents worried about a baby’s thinness to use Scotts Emulsion as a fat forming food. It claims it will increase weight, bring color to the cheeks, and strengthen resistance to illness, with thin children taking to it as naturally as they do milk.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions druggists and a name resembling Scutt Buwse with mint related terms. Hard to determine event, focus, or location. readable bits suggest a medical or pharmaceutical notice but details are unclear.
London reports sharp criticism of Lord Wolseley’s Natal summary and growing anxiety over Boer victories in South Africa. Dispatches detail movements near Ladysmith, Mafeking, and Washbank, with British hopes for a wireless link and casualty figures from armored train clashes. Canada proposes a new settlement framework for the Alaska boundary, demanding major concessions before arbitration. Manila reports Ilolio fears and Aguinaldo releasing Visayan leaders while insurgents reorganize in nearby towns.
Walter L. Farnsworth a Chicago candy broker was arrested on bigamy charges admitting forty two wives worldwide with four in Chicago. He used multiple aliases including Charles Bradford A J Hitting S L Thomas A L Kiefer and Bradshaw. He said he married many for various reasons and hardly lived with them.
Peoria reports Juan Garcia, a Cuban, killed his sweetheart Miss Bessie Mahoney, daughter of a prominent publisher, and then shot himself near the road. Parents opposed the union. the couple had gone for a walk the previous evening.
Claim asserts Hood's Sarsaparilla cures catarrh rheumatism and dyspepsia with thousands already healed. Presents testimonial style endorsement urging readers to try the remedy.
London report says Russia has agreed to arbitrate with the United States over claims from the seizure of three American sealing vessels in the Bering Sea. A protocol is drafted and formalities due next month. arbitration likely in a Venezuelan court. The claims total about 150000 dollars, largely for the suffering of officers and crew during detention.
Salt Lake report says No. 3 west bound passenger on Rio Grande Western collided with an eastbound freight near Colton Utah. Both engines damaged and trains delayed. Injured passengers include E. E. Benjamin Presidio slight head bruise Joseph Hatch bruised arm and leg and L. L. Baumgarten Salt Lake slight bruising.
Grand Chancellor Ziegler of the Knights of Pythias Nevada domain visited Ivanhoe Lodge No 18 last night. A large turnout attended the meeting, and after adjournment members dined at the Up-to-Date Cafe in honor of the visiting grand officer before he departed on the early morning train to Austin for a lodge visit tonight.
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