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Newspaper
The Jefferson County Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1901
Page
6
Local items report Oskland raises 9600 for parsonage and Belden Catholics fund a new church. Plans dropped for a 1200 dollar Exeter Catholic church. Over 500 acres onions near Lexington and lightning fatality near Randolph. Crawford taxes saloon owners, Sidney closes gambling houses, and a cloudburst damages Stella streams.
The Albany street railway strike, which halted service for twelve days and drew 3000 National Guards, ends with an amicable settlement. Two merchants were killed, funerals drew officials, and riot fears abated as rain reduced crowds while intercity cars resumed service and crowds flocked for the first rides.
General Fitzjohn Porter longtime U S Army officer dies at his Morristown New Jersey home from chronic diabetes aged eighty Born in Portsmouth New Hampshire in 1822 Porter graduated West Point in 1845 taught there 1849 to 1855 fought in the Mexican War wounded at Mexico City brevetted captain and major served in the Civil War and later held retired rank.
Thieves at the J. C. Hanes Co department store in Rapid City escaped with 81000 worth of merchandise. Two men who had arrived in town with a circus were arrested.
A grand parade from the city hall to the grounds marked the dedication day of the Pan American Exposition. Thousands of attendees cheered the ceremony as aerial bombs, brilliant lights, and a parade of international participants underscored a successful opening.
A St Petersburg interview relayed to the New York Herald quotes Count Lansdorff the Russian foreign minister arguing against late objections to Manchurian concessions. He says the Siberian railroad is vital to world commerce and warns against leaving it exposed to brigands.
E. J. Wolter a Schuyler Nebraska merchant is freed after federal officials release him in Omaha. Judge Munger rules the alleged crime does not fit the statute as a scheme to defraud. The case involved letters threatening Kearns family with dynamite if $5,000 is not paid.
Kansas supreme court reversed lower court and installed J. W. F. Hughes as mayor in Topeka. Hughes, the Republican law enforcement candidate, has filled all city offices and council confirmed nominations. Dry element dominates city operations and actions against joints are anticipated.
Milwaukee Wisconsin was chosen as the site for the next Woodmen of the World assembly. Options are being gathered on all pulley plants nationwide as a Cleveland company proposes to consolidate them under one management.
A note on using a red cork. Recommend pairing with a white or blue cork for display.
Exhibits from around the globe will draw attendees to the Buffalo Exposition and a noted remedy, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, is touted to cure dyspepsia and indigestion. Sufferers are urged to try it and expect a general system tonic. A rural editor adds a quip about fishing success.
The fragment promotes Pain-Wizard Oil with a metaphor about cucumber and a man, warns against failing when angry, and notes that many people try to have a good time but do not. The tone resembles a humorous or cautionary ad blurb from a period newspaper.
The text notes that memory and memory aid are more available to women and cites the need for full information to treat cases properly. It explains why many women confide their troubles to Mrs Pinkham over twenty five years.
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