Nationalist Convention Rejects Birrell Irish Bill
The Nationalist Convention in Dublin unanimously adopts a resolution condemning Birrell’s Irish bill as utterly inadequate in scope and unsatisfactory in detail. John Redmond condemns the measure and calls for a native Irish parliament with responsible executive power. Delegates from across Ireland attend at Mansion House as Irish MPs and clergy witness the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
House of Commons
Ireland
Birrell
John Redmond
Redmond
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Family Pills Advertisement
An old advertisement notes Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally to affect the blood and mucous surfaces with testimonials available. It promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation and lists Toledo druggist wholesalers Walpine Kinnay Marvin as sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Star Ee
Walpine, Kinnay & Marvin
Toledo
Spring Tonic Cole's Bluebuilder Claims Quick Vitality
A lively pitch extols Cole's Bluebuilder as a non intoxifying spring tonic. It purports to boost nervous system strength, purify blood, and promote natural organ function while restoring vigor. guaranteed and urged for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole
Travel by rail to major destinations on North-Western line
Low rates daily via the North Western line until Oct 15 with liberal return limits and flexible routes. Visit New York, Washington, Niagara Falls and sea coast and mountain resorts. Direct connections in Chicago with all lines east. For details contact any Chicago and North Western agent.
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North-Western
New York
Washington
Niagara Falls
Chicago
Chicago & North-Western Line
Wonderful Eczema Cure Story from Henrietta Man Builds Health
A Pennsylvania family reports their five year eczema ordeal on a child. After two doctors deemed it hopeless and other medicines failed, Electric Bitters cured the boy after several bottles. Sold at H Wheeler's drug store for 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. A. Adams
Henrietta
H. Wheeler
Cole's Carboli salve advert claims purity and luxury scent
An advertisement promotes Cole's Carboli salve as a pure antiseptic healing soap for dainty people. It emphasizes lavender and grass-bleached linen aromas and a lasting sense of cleanliness as a luxury, urging readers to buy from all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole
Cole’s
Dr King’s New Discovery Praised by Fort Edward Resident
A Fort Edward New York man testifies that Dr King’s New Discovery cured his asthma and greatly helped his daughter in law’s incipient consumption. He says the remedy stopped the terrible cough and later other symptoms disappeared. The product is fully guaranteed by H Wheeler druggist with 50 cent and one dollar sizes and trial bottles free.
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Alexander Benton
Fort Edward
N. Y
H. Wheeler
Cole’s Veterinary Carbolisalve for Horse Skin Wounds
Advertises Cole’s Veterinary Carbolisalve as the best cure for horse skin sores and wounds. Claims quick healing without interfering with work, no scar, and hair color restoration. Guaranteed. available at all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole
Cole’s
No Pay Alimony Pills Promise Gentle Appendix Relief
An old advertisement touts Dr. King's New Life Pills to keep bowels regular and avoid alimony, claiming gentle action and no appendix complaints. It is guaranteed by H. Wheeler, druggist, with a 25 cent price and a call to try them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
H. Wheeler
Postal service reports first quarterly surplus in history
Washington May 21. For the first time receipts for a quarter exceed expenditures by 1 800 815 35 dollars. The department credits the gain to a strong financial condition and notes the prior year’s surplus was 309 704 68 dollars. Warrants totaling 22 359 120 39 dollars were countersigned by the postmaster general and assistants, with the largest quarter deposit of 6 933 815 35 dollars to the New York assistant treasurer.
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Washington
Postal Service
Department
United States
Post Office Department
Treasury
New York
Government renews fertilizer trust cases in Richmond
Washington May 21 The government renews indictments against fertilizer companies under the Sherman act and plans to try defendants in their home states. Virginia parties to the case receive preliminary hearings on evidence, with removal to Nashville previously ordered. Indictments involve 31 companies and 24 individuals originally. In Chicago Judge Landis fines Americana Seating and A H Andrews firms and others for anti trust conspiracy. he condemns methods of the church and school furniture trust and notes that small firms face bankruptcy to survive.
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Washington
United States District Court
Richmond
Nashville
Tennessee
Virginia
Curt
United States Supreme Court
Bft
Department of Justice
Chicago
Landis
F. A. Holbrook
Americana Seating Company
A. H. Andrews Company
Church
School Furniture Trust
Holbrook
Combine
Prudential Club
Andrews
American
Picketing Ban Expanded in Allis-Chalmers Case
Milwaukee May 21 Judge A L Sanborn issued a sweeping permanent injunction in the Allis-Chalmers strike case. The order bars concerted picketing and restrains union interference with non union workers and company business. Earlier orders had halted some union activity and suspended sentences for many defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
A. L. Sanborn
United States District Court
Allis-Chalmers Company
Quakes
Sanborn
Ensign Brisbin Wounds Self in Santiago Incident
The navy department reports Ensign Alfred T. Brisbin shot himself through the lung in Santiago Cuba after a dispute with police and drinking with sailors from the Tacoma. Brisbin, a 1903 Annapolis graduate born in Idaho, was believed to face court martial.
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Washington
Navy Department
Santiago
Cuba
Alfred T. Brisbin
Tacoma
Brisbin
Annapolis Naval Academy
Pennsylvania
Idaho
Italian workers strike over wage rise on NYNH&H lines
Nearly 5,000 Italian trackmen on all divisions of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad walked off the job in New Haven on May 21 after the company refused a 10 percent wage increase from $1.50. The walkout is expected to extend from New York to Boston.
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New Haven, Conn
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
New York
Boston
Schmitz Case Continues In San Francisco Court
Mayor Schmitz appeared for trial on five grand jury extortion charges from French restaurant keepers. Hearing delayed to prepare counter affidavits for a change of judge. State does not seek custody. bond set at 50 000. Judge Dunne extends other proceedings for thirty days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Schmitz
Rudolph Spreckels
Elisor Biggy
Burns
Dunne
Police
Dinan
Abraham Ruef
Jury pool for Haywood murder trial shrinks in Boise
In Boise Idaho on May 21 the pool of jurors for the Haywood murder case continues to shrink prompting expectation of a fresh special venire of fifty to one hundred talesmen. The Haywood family was absent while witnesses such as Bulkeley Wells of Colorado attended the resumed proceedings as Haywood consulted with his lawyers about the jurors being questioned.
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Boise, Ida
William D. Haywood
Frank Steunenberg
Haywood
Bulkeley Wells
Colorado
Talesmen
Mayor Busseic Board Shakeup Leaves Eight Fired
Chicago May 21 Mayor Busse removed eight school board members who refused to resign as requested. He had asked twelve to resign and four complied. The moves aim to secure E G Cooley the superintendent of schools position.
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Busse
Chicago School Board
Chicago
E. G. Cooley
Union Iron Works Fails to Complete Armored Cruiser California
San Francisco based Union Iron Works informs the government that due to labor troubles it cannot finish the armored cruiser California under the contract. The government is urged to complete the ship under the conditions of the entreaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Union Iron Works
San Francisco
California
Rescue Feats Save Six Firefighters From Inferno
Six firemen entered the hold to contain a blaze but a fierce flash of flame and smoke trapped them behind a partition. They collapsed unconscious as rescuers fought through fire and smoke to bring them to the hatch. The rescuers themselves nearly suffocated during the operation.
Culver Man Ends Life in St Marys Hospital
Joseph Richards aged 40 of Culver Minnesota died in St Marys hospital after a self inflicted throat wound. He had been hospitalized a week for a general breakdown and broke a glass to sever his throat while in care.
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Duluth
Joseph Richards
Culver
Minn
St. Mary’s Hospital
Richards
Fire destroys multiple Gran d Forks structures and wheat
In Grand Forks North Dakota on May 17 a blaze consumed the St Anthony and Dakota elevator the Imperial elevator the Great Northern railroad depot a house a barn and a boxcar. 16 000 bushels of wheat were stored in the St Anthony elevator. the other elevator was empty. The total loss runs to about 30 000 dollars and is partially insured.
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Grand Forks
N. D
McCanna
St. Anthony
Proposal to Settle Dispute Between Ireland and England
Dublin May 17 The executive committee of the Sein Fein society representing advanced Irish nationalism condemns Birrells Irish bill as an insult to Ireland and urges Nationalist MPs to withdraw from Parliament and seek a settlement of the international dispute with England by The Hague arbitration court The proposal also suggests turning the Nationalist programme into a resolution for the Irish national council to adopt and calls Irish MPs who supported the British Liberals in Parliament to return to Dublin and pursue measures for Ireland's political rights and representation at the coming peace congress at The Hague and a settlement by arbitration
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Dublin
Sein Fein Society
Ireland
The
Hague
England
International Court of Arbitration
Narrow Escape Ends With Salve Cure at Plunk Shop
G W Cloyd, a Plunk merchant, narrowly escaped serious injury four years ago after his thumb was wounded by a jimson bar. The doctor wanted amputation, but he refused and used Bucklen's Arnica Salve from H Wheeler's drug store, which healed the wound.
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G. W. Cloyd
Plunk
Bucklen
Rooms Wanted Near Harvey's Grocery Store
Brief notice seeking furnished or unfurnished rooms with light housekeeping. Contact available through Harvey's Grocery Store for possible lodging near the local area.
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Harvey
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Venice
Tombstone
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