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Newspaper
Silverton Silvertonian
Location
Silverton, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Sep 16, 1899
Page
3
An advertisement extols workers' wages via vigorous health and blood purity. It promote Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a purifier that strengthens the weak by energizing the blood, urging readers that health boosts earning capacity.
Reports outline organized labor activity from Winnipeg to Denmark, including strikes in Indiana, dockyard workers in Gibraltar, and a Pueblo miners union bond. Noted are wage gains, out of work benefits, oil and gas disputes, and calls to unite, while immigration and union politics receive coverage.
The Windward arrives at NW with Peary noting all aboard well. Diana to follow. sledge journeys covered over 10 000 miles with extensive coast reconnoiters south of Allman bay. Fort Conger found undisturbed and Greely records recovered for the Peary Arctic Club.
Labor day across Hamilton ended with business closures while Helena to East Helena gains an electric railway. reports cover deaths, public notices, and notable local events. Jim Stevens builds a flat bottom boat to float toward New Orleans. Peter Harrington pleads guilty to liquor sale without license in Butte.
At the G A R national encampment Judge Roussier of St Louis withdrew as a candidate for commander in chief and Colonel Albert D Shaw of Watertown New York was elected to that office by acclamation Irvine Robins of Indianapolis was elected senior vice commander in chief H M Minto of Louisville junior vice commander William H Baker of Lynn Massachusetts surgeon general The king of the Belgians travels as Count Rivenstein and the Spokane Exposition seeks mining machinery exhibitors.
An advertisement extols California Fig Syrup Co with Syrup or Figs as an excellent laxative. It claims gentle, effective cleansing of kidneys, liver and bowels, relief from colds headaches fevers and habitual constipation, and notes the product is made from senna and aromatic plants. Mentions manufacturing process using fire, and lists distributors in San Francisco Louisville and New York with a 50 cent price.
The O BR N and Oregon Short Line add a buffet smoking and library car to the Portland Chicago through train with dining service. New chair cars day coaches and first class sleepers present. Direct Granger Union Pacific and Ogden Rio Grande connections from Oregon Washington Idaho to Eastern cities.
Lord Brassey plans a return to England before year’s end. His governorship of Victoria ends in October 1900, but he may not serve the full term. The note signals possible early departure from the colony.
Vintage health ads claim deafness cured by constitutional remedies and catarrh treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure offered with a money back guarantee. Other notices tout cures for fits and nerve restoration. Biographical quips mention Richard Mansfield and Governor Roosevelt’s tree felling hobby.
Charles E. Bessey, elected acting chancellor, has spent most time since college in botanical research. References to pension petitions for Nathan PENSION BICKFORD in Washington DC and organizations like PORTLAND WIRE & IRON WORKS are noted among varied items. Margaret Long and Mabel Austin studying medicine. Mrs Winslow’s Syrup touted for teething. Independent Labor party in New York enrolls voters across all sixty assembly districts with mass meetings planned.
An unconfirmed report from Manchester Kentucky claims four feudists were killed in a clash on Red Bird creek in Clay county Kentucky. The item notes the Battle occurred as reported in the Evening Post.
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