Street Car Strike Eases as Militia Withdrawn
Cleveland notes no violence in 36 hours and two militia units relieved. Public boycott sentiment grows weaker while ridership rises on the Big Consolidated lines, signaling a shift in the strike’s impact.
07 Aug 1899
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Newspaper
Tombstone Prospector
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1899
Page
1
Cleveland notes no violence in 36 hours and two militia units relieved. Public boycott sentiment grows weaker while ridership rises on the Big Consolidated lines, signaling a shift in the strike’s impact.
An old advertisement promotes Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a universal cure for skin eruptions burns corns sprains and pains. It claims to relieve pain and aches with a 25 cent price per box and a guarantee of cure, sold by J M Folks, Druggist.
A United States transport Lelanaw arrived from Manila with 68 Filipino passengers to be residents of the Filipino village to feature at the city’s fair this month. The report notes no deaths or new yellow fever cases at Hampton Soldiers’ Home. An ad promotes low prices on household goods at Harrow’s store, and a testimonial praises Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for quick relief.
Ex mayor Strong arrives en route to San Francisco to meet his son from Manila. He predicts the next Republican ticket will be McKinley and Hobart with Roosevelt as a strong New York figure suggesting two terms as governor before national service. The piece also advertises Electric Bitters for health and beauty with a long beer lake aside.
General Otis has wired for Sims Dudley guns Gatlings and Hotchkiss 12 rounders for use in the Philippines. The ordnance bureau is gathering and supplying weapons from forts and arsenals, with enough procured and shipped to Manila. J E Lilly of Danville Missouri recounts a near fatal typhoid pneumonia recovery aided by Dr. Sing’s New Discovery, a medicine claimed to cure throat and lung trouble, available in regular and trial sizes at Tombstone Drug Store.
The notices include a January August 1 1399 letter advertisement for Tombstone post office general delivery with addressees and a call to advertise dates. An old trusted remedy Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup claims fifty years of use, soothing teething pain and diarrhoea in children.
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