Shocking Tragedy Enacted Near New York
Mrs Lill iag Smith of Inwood Manhatten borough today shot her two children Ethel 12 and Theodor then killed herself. a third child is dying from carb olic acid burns. The elder daughter Ethel survived and police found two letters from Mrs Smith to her husband and father.
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New York
Lilliag Smith
Inwood
Manhatten
Ethel
Ave
Pheodor
Les
Fordham Hospital
Mable
Real Estate Auction Opportunity by Fitzpatrick Brothers
Buyers may obtain prices and terms for the Fitzpatrick real estate in town or county by contacting The Ledger editor. The Fitzpatricks are offering well improved farms and town property, presenting a chance for new homeowners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M Fitzpatrick & Bro
Fitzpatrick
Boers Prisoners Grow as War With British Rages
London dispatch reports Lord Roberts stating prisoner numbers near 16,000 as surrender and capture rise daily. Commandant Maller has surrendered en route to Pretoria to Cler y and Commandant Dirksen. A London Irish detachment failed a Boer surprise near Uabernety on October 4, enduring three hours of fighting with six wounds. Boers suffered heavy losses.
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London
Lord Roberts
Telis
Maller
Pretoria
Clery
Dirksen
Uabernety
Help Wanted in South Carolina for Established Manufacturer
Advertisement seeks an active man to deliver and collect for a wholesale house in South Carolina. Pays $900 yearly with reliable pay and honesty valued over experience. Include self addressed stamped envelope with application to Manufacturers, Third Floor, 334 Dearborn St, Chicago.
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Carolina
Dearborn St
Chicago
England Condemned by International Peace Congress
The congress condemns Britain for refusing arbitration in South Africa and laments many governments abstained from mediation. It urges just solutions in line with the inalienable rights of peoples to freely dispose of themselves, and notes discontent in China.
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Paris
International Peace Congress
South Africa
China
Gruesome Cave Find Near Florence Reported
Florence Alabama October 5 report says Leland Chapin Walter Gray and Albert Darby explored a local cave ten miles from the city on the Tennessee River. They found a drying stream with eyeless white fish and later uncovered a large pile of human bones and skulls preserved underground near the cave entrance.
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Florence
Ala
Leland Chapin
Walter Gray
Albert Darby
Allio
Fragment from a courthouse scene with a guilty prisoner
A judge and a prisoner exchange lines over a sentence for habitual drunkenness and related offenses. The judge cautiously escalates from six months to two years, highlighting the clash between appearance and justice in a troubled Kansas City setting.
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Jude
Kansas City
Revenues in the Philippines for first seven months
The War Department released figures showing Philippines revenues for the first seven months of 1900 totaling 4,752,080 dollars, up 2,095,3 from the prior year. Customs receipts were 245, interval revenue, postals, and other deposits reached 896,101 dollars in the period.
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Washington
Hine
War Department
Philippine Islands
Dr King's New Discovery Cures Philadelphia Woman
Annie Bo Springer of 1125 Howard St Philadelphia credits Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption with ending years of hacking cough. The remedy eased chest pain and improved sleep, and is offered with 50 cents to 1 dollar prices and free trial bottles at Crawford Bros Drug Store.
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Annie Bo Springer
Howard St
Philadelphia
Dr King
Crawford Bros Dern
Nest of Rattlers Near Roopville Reported
J J Caylor, a Roopville area farmer, and his son found twenty rattlesnakes in a log while picking cotton. They killed nineteen after breaking the log, one escaped. The mass weighed over ten pounds and carried seventeen rattles and a button, suggesting an age over twenty years.
Unclear text fragment with health product claims
The source presents a garbled ad-like passage promoting various remedies and pills including a reference to Hadi's Family Pills. It lacks coherent details, dates, or identifiable entities beyond generic product names and manufacturers.
South Carolina College Announces 1900 Summer and Fall Sessions
The notice outlines courses at Drol-Dogo South Carolina College with four fourteen 00 volumes and fourteen laboratories. It lists fees including $40, $14, and tuition remitted to needy students, with expenses ranging from $185 to $175 per session. It notes entrance exams through Certified Pupila from forty-five accredited schools, scholarship examinations each county, and a session starting September 26, 1900. Catalogs available from CF Woodward, President.
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Fext Seasion
Woodward
That Throbbing Headache Would Quickly Leave You
An old advertisement for Dr Kings New Life Pills promises relief from sick and nervous headaches. It claims the pills build up health by purifying blood and strengthening nerves, are easy to take, cost 25 cents, and offer a money back guarantee if not cured, with Crawford Bros as the selling druggists.
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Dr King
Crawford Bros
Babcock
Avorn
N.Y
N. Y. Artillery
Babcock & Munsel Carriage Co
Auburn
Miles
Dr. Miles
DR. Miles Medical CO
Elkhart
Ind
Benefactor Funds Nicholson Ear Drums Institute
A wealthy donor, cured of deafness, contributed $10,000 to The Nicholson Institute at 11967 The Nicholsonpst It TSU Eigth Avenue USA to provide free Ear Drums for deaf people unable to obtain them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hess
de. Nicholson
Nicholson
Tsu
Eigth Avenue
USA
Lancaster Graded School Faces Monday Message
A fragment outlines plans at Lancaster Graded School for Monday September 17 with mentions of teachers, trustees, and local officials. The text references concerns over school operations, a free lunch program and a call for improved conditions, though many words are garbled.
Relief sought in Lane county case against Bird et al
The filing names plaintiff Bird and defendant Tae be tents hove nemed with service to Cork office. George Bird, resident, is clerk of the Cove for Lanewe county and the matter involves a writ demanding relief. Attorney Austi One appears for the defense.
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Crete
coeLe
George Bird
Dee Fontanec
Lanewe County
Starent South
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