Municipal Reformers Conference Targeting City Conditions
April 12 reports from Philadelphias outline a May 5 to 7 gathering in Louisville led by Clinton Rogers Woodruff to discuss actual municipal conditions in American cities. Speakers include Mayor Edwin D. McGuinness Providence, ex-mayor Joan Ficken Charleston, G.0 Tehard Froud San Francisco, Rev Henry Hopkins Kansas City, and Charles J. Bonaparte Baltimore on reform results and charter improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan F. Ficken
Charleston
J. Tehard Froud
San Francisco
Henry Hopkins
D. D
Kansas City
George L. Fos
New Haven
A. ©. Cassatt
Cincinnati
Ohio
Charles J. Bonaparte
Baltimore
Charles Janvir
Citizens’ League of
New
Briffalo
Attacks and tensions dot Transvaal era war talk
London reports mounting opposition as the Transvaal crisis deepens. British leaders push visits to Kruger while liberal factions warn of WWI risk, calling out insults to the Kruger regime and potential race war in the Cape colony. Court and business notes echo turmoil with receivers named and estates unsettled.
Vast flood losses estimated in Mississippi valley below Cairo
A government release based on a weather bureau chart estimates flood area on April 6 at about 15 800 square miles across Missouri Arkansas Tennessee Mississippi and Louisiana with 879 685 people affected. It details crop values and livestock in 1897 with Mississippi bearing the bulk of submerged farms and cotton and corn crops. Mississippi alone faces nearly 42 million dollars in agricultural capital plus billions in regional crop value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weahington
Miassissippi
Cairo
Uts
Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Farma
Cenaui
Minutestoot
Arkansas
Missouri
Tennessee
Mississippi
Minsis- Jetppl
Soga
Moody's Request and Ingersoll Lecture Clash
In St Louis on April 10 Dwight L Moody dismissed talk of Robert Ingersoll's lecture, implying he favors his own sermon themes of truth. Other items note political bolters in Kentucky, a 200 mile bicycle race result, heavy rainfall in Ohio, a drowned entitiy in Mississippi, and British plans affecting joint actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Dwight L. Moody
Robert G. Ingersoll
Corbett
Evangelist
Ingersoll
Lfe
Mr. Mooly
Goopy Go Hull's Cough Syrup Promises Quick Cure
An ad claims Dr Bull's Cough Syrup quickly cures grippe and pneumonia symptoms. It highlights a testimonial from a Mrs Magia and urges readers to buy at 25 cents, sold by F Harrington wholesale druggist.
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Bull
Magia Alsa
Olio
de. Hull
Mulls
F Harrington
Aged Couple Robbed and Bound by Masked Men
Three masked assailants invaded the home of Mr and Mrs James Ford an elderly couple near the city binding and gagging them while demanding money They recovered about 100 in cash and other valuables before Mrs Ford freed her husband and neighbors were alerted The Fords are reported in critical condition from the assault entwined with the broader flood updates from the region including Mississippi delta towns and river forecasts with relief efforts under way.
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Mra
Ford
Memphis
Mississippi Delta
Flower Lake Crevasee
Lulu
Rosedale
Holepa
Inchan
Helena
Cairo
Throat Coughs and Scott's Emulsion Claim
An advice pitch promotes throat cough relief using Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil with hypophosphites. It asserts the remedy nourishes the body, strengthens nerves, and heals inflamed membranes to remove the cough cause and ward off lung trouble. Portals by al Strauglis at See and 91.00.
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Scott
al Srauglis
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