19 Apr 1902
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1902
Page
1
A testimonial from S.Y. of Wawarsing describes scrofula sores covering face and head. After one bottle the sores improved. after six bottles the face was smooth and scars did not return. The letter claims permanent removal across ages with Hood's Sarsaparilla.
A historical ad-style note urges readers to ask their druggist for Hood's Sarsaparilla to cure and warns against substitutes. The reminder emphasizes the product's promised effects and calls for immediate action.
For Rent or Sale notices list several properties on West Washington Street Milton Noler W. J. Kelvin occupancy and immediate possession. Other units include five store rooms on Potomac Street Bricks on Franklin Street and Mrs Facabl Beall Prospect Street search details and agents names Cushwa Mason Swartz Mall and others.
The debate centers on amending the differential duty on refined sugar and Cuba reciprocal relations. Democratic leaders push for tariff revision, arguing potential gains for consumers and reduced sugar costs, while critics claim limited impact and note internal party tensions and alleged maneuvering around Crumpacker resolutions.
Seed weather factors boosted business as retail and jobbing activity rose. Consumers and mills benefited from improved interior traffic and road conditions, while iron and steel markets followed a steady path despite some investor caution. Export demand strengthened grain and meat markets, with inland receipts and exports showing notable shifts.
Jefferson Wisconsin April 1 Willard Lanfare a seed county stout and his wife Catherine aged six have been divorced after fifty years of married life with no contest. The fragmentary text suggests a historic obituary or news notice with unclear details about the couple and the context of the divorce.
London April 14 The New York bound imperial yacht Meteor III faced dangerous seas and gale force winds. Lieutenant Commander Sarpf reported towline failures, a broken bowsprit, and a steadfast crew as the vessel rode heavy swells and kept steering under a northwest gale. The Meteor proved a resilient and handsome sailer amid perilous conditions.
Reports from famine regions of Russia describe severe suffering in the Altai highlands as scurvy and typhoid devastate the population. Seed grain is exhausted, spring crops unsown, and food prices soar. 100000 poods of government food have not arrived as relief efforts struggle to move forward. The state and local authorities seek to urgently locate and deliver supplies while public funds and charitable gifts assist the afflicted.
Washington April 1 cabinet discuss Istan canal situation New York citizens immigration services and second chess mathister matters. President approves understanding with Cuba on two cent postal rate and money order service. Havana April 19 Rathbone case writ of habeas corpus seeks access to appeal hearing. Charleroi train wreck on the Pittsburgh and Charleston line derails train 10 injuring several passengers. car wheels and brakes blamed. Graide suspended hours.
In Eindeen New York April 19 the first degree verdict against Van Wormer Burton Willis and Frederick was returned after overnight deliberations. Jurors considered the youths’ claim the killing of their uncle Peter Hallenbeck was accidental but the majority found murder in the first degree warranted by the evidence.
A crowded courtroom watched three young Van Wormer brothers hear their murder verdict read. Justice Chester immediately set sentencing for the week, ordering electrocution at Danville. The decision capped a tense night and day as observers and counsel weighed mercy versus punishment. Meanwhile workers at a local plant pushed for a minimum wage rise to 2 dollars a day.
Washington April 19 announces the appointment of fourth class postmasters in New Jersey Oakdale W R Stevens Sand Brook S F Pauls. Pennsylvania Buckhorn Roy Pursel Nantmeal Village C H Montgomery.
The Pretoria peace conference adjourned to allow delegates time to consider a proposed framework. Representatives from key national groups will reconvene later this month to discuss terms and potential timelines.
In London A J Balfour told the House of Commons that after two conferences between Lord Milner and Boer leaders, Lord Kitchener will provide sites for electing representatives to discuss peace. Boer leaders have left Pretoria. resumption of communication with British authorities is not expected for about three weeks. The move suggests a majority of delegates favor the peace terms, and a plebiscite of burghers is contemplated under proper law. Separately, public funding for a new Toan of £16,000,000 closed due to heavy oversubscription. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach said no duty rebate on re-exported flour from imported wheat taxed threepence per hundredweight.
The Philippine Senate committee did not hear testimony as witness Grover Bint of Cambridge Massachusetts failed to arrive. The adjournment to Monday followed a party vote of five to four led by Senator Beveridge, with Carmack pressing for Atkinson to testify. Brussels reports note a peaceful continuation of a Belgian general strike with unrest in multiple regions. A fatal accident near St Louis injures Miss Larue Sheapes and the Goother company president is killed after a derrick collapse at a cornerstone ceremony.
The Hague April 19. An official bulletin confirms Queen Wilhelmina has typhoid fever after a night of quiet. Doctors admit the illness has taken its expected course. Ministers discuss appointing Dowager Queen Emma as regent if needed to govern the kingdom. In Colombia, forces reach Colon as government troops reinforce isthmus positions following insurgent defeats.
OQ Kimball, a Boston Emerson Pinna Company member, died near Phenix of consumption just twenty hours after marrying Miss Lottie L Wells. The funeral will be in Boston.
A San Francisco report celebrates a pioneering operation removing the larynx and cancer from Aaron Johns. The procedure, never before performed on this coast, promises a major medical milestone. Meanwhile, Wilkes-Barre engineers strike ends with possible union expulsion for Woodward Poettehone and Avondale workers under United Mine Workers action.
Miss Sibyl Clifton, a flower girl in The Chaperones, becomes heiress to $100,000 in off lands left by her uncle Wyntington Hale who died near Heamont. Hale willed his estate to his niece, with the bequest reported April 19.
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