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Newspaper
Silverton Silvertonian
Location
Silverton, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jul 22, 1899
Page
3
A short aphorism opens with a half truth about wise men and speech. The ad notes Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best blood medicine, suggesting the product’s value hinges on visible promotion. The piece frames gentle branding within a classical maxim.
A 9000 signature Uitlander petition to the Boer government denies tyranny claims in the Transvaal. Milner says signatures were bought. diplomats doubt it. Howison kept at sea. no warship dispatched. Bridgeport reports an antiunion attack on nonunion glass makers. manager King injured. trains and cars damaged. Manhattan Elevated carries 525,000 daily riders.
Manila correspondents unite to press General Otis for freer cable of war news. They argue official dispatches misrepresent conditions in the Philippines, warning that censorship hides true dissension and demoralization among Filipino forces and exaggerates the hand of U S troops.
Meager details describe a gunfight near Cimarron between a sheriff posse and the Colorado and Southern train robbers. J W Farr was killed, deputies Love and Smith likely fatally wounded, W N Reno injured, robbers unhurt and fled to the hills as another Cimarron posse pursues the Obbens.
To Crow the Continent reports John D. Davis and his wife leaving New York in a gasoline automobile for San Francisco. The proposed voyage aims to be the longest automobile trip if completed, with potential milestones and travel challenges noted.
The body of Fred Harvey was found by his father on a farm about 11 miles from Spokane. He had been gored and bruised by a vicious bull, had crawled several feet away from the tethered animal, and appeared to be attempting to pull himself up from a kneeling position before dying.
Washington reports that intimate sources say Samoa has moved beyond provisional arrangements and that three governments have acquiesced to establishing abolition of kingship as part of permanent Samoan government structure.
Roy Sutton is under arrest for murdering his sweetheart Leona Elmore of Mason City. He allegedly shot her twice and then shot himself, a wound deemed likely fatal. Sutton, a former Spanish American War veteran, served in the army.
St Paul news reports the Germania State bank with $200000 capital was shut by State Bank Examiner Pope. The latest statement shows deposits on hand reaching about $500000.
A collage of old advertisements and claims for cure-alls and tonics. Hall's Catarrh Cure and other remedies promise cures and large testimonials. Product pitches include Allen's Foot-Ease, Cascarets, Jesse Moore whiskey, and Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup, among other notes on health, housekeeping, and moral advice.
Fragmented OCR text mentions a cure claim for fits and a Philadelphia address at 9 Arch Street. It also includes scattered commentary on conflicts and various nonsensical phrases about locations and institutions, with no coherent story or dates.
Work crews of twenty begin track laying on the three mile extension of the P V Y R R this week. Across Spokane a starch factory project is being pursued by the Chamber of Commerce.
In Cherbourg on July 18, Marines demanded the release of comrades and besieged the police station. Windows were broken as soldiers pursued rioters who tore lanterns after a national fete. Troops kept calm amid provoking cries.
In an 1899 treasury register notice Judson W Lyons is praised as a financial figure and friend of President McKinley. The Peruna ad extols its cure for cholera morbus summer complaint and other bowels catarrh, urging readers to request a free pamphlet titled Summer Catarrh from Dr Hartman of Columbus.
Che Lake Patrol Manila July 16 reports three Fourth Cavalry troops under Captain McGraw and gunboat Napidan commanded by Lieutenant Larsen patrolling Laguna de Bay. They held island headquarters in cascoes and twice visited towns to disrupt insurgent forces. At Mantilupa they engaged about 500 entrenched rebels. Napidan shelled, 135 American troops landed and forced retreat to hills. Two cavalrymen wounded. 10 insurgents bodies found. enemy loss estimated at 35.
A St Louis dispatch reports Louis W Holliday son of Jesse W Holliday a Chicago millionaire was shot by his wife at their home and lies fatally wounded at the Baptist Sanitarium Mrs Holliday Annie Brewster a bicycle rider has been arrested claiming self defense The couple met in Houston Texas in 1807 a date likely misrecorded.
The cup challenger Shamrock sailed from Calshot Castle with full sails and hoisted her topsail near Southampton. A brisk breeze carried her down the west channel toward the Isle of Wight before returning to moorings with a damaged mainsail.
The Herald's San Salvador correspondent says the government plans to declare the capital under a state of siege to investigate a recent revolutionary attempt. At present the country remains quiet.
General Wood imposes absolute quarantine in Santiago restricting entry to government personnel only. Hotels and saloons to close for Americans. all liquor sales forbidden to Americans. troops moved to Camp Morro with outside camps. rail and sea links barred. travelers detained five days. Death of Captain Woodruff reported. eight hour law void in Denver with Smelter Trust moving to re open facilities.
London July 18 The American University athletic combination Harvard Yale has begun practice at the Queens Club Ten members of the Cambridge Oxford team did desultory work The Englishmen seem not in as good condition as the Americans The Americans are younger lighter and in excellent form
A passerby recalls seeing several loaves of Limburger left cooling outside a grocery as a small boy comments on the delay, reflecting a moment of ordinary street life and appetite in a bustling neighborhood.
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