Pink Pills touted as cure in Boston Herald report
A Boston Herald story details Dr Williams Pink Pills as a remedy claimed to cure widespread heart and digestive ailments. It cites two verified cases in Peterboro involving Fred ie and Mrs G Holt, describing dramatic improvements in palpitations, digestion, sleep, and rheumatic pain after using the pills. The article markets the pills as a universal blood and nerve tonic with broad health benefits.
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Boston Herald
Canada
Williams
New England
Fredie
G. Holt
Peterboro
Herald
Vose
Fitchburg
Dr. Walliams
Hay
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Schenectady
Brockville
Cot
Georgia State News Highlights From State Capitol to Prisons
The Columbus public building contract may go to a Chicago firm for 29000 dollars, Georgia granite to be used. Georgia Supreme Court heard challenges to railroad tax law with hints it will be constitutional. Atlanta expected to host one of three federal prisons, location governed by federal officials. Georgia bondholders oppose co receiver for Georgia Southern and Florida railroad. Fertilizer shipments suggest a Georgia farming boom and potential increased cotton planting. State treasurer Hardeman reorganizes depositories under new law requiring central treasury deposits. Constitutional amendment moves promise July sessions for future legislatures, effects on governor inauguration debated.Widows and soldiers pensions overseen by Captain Tip Harrison with 4100 widows and 3300 soldiers, payments totaling 185000 to widows and 275000 overall. Public notices on depository districts and fielding delegates for the Brunswick Agricultural Society gathering in February.
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Atlanta
Congress
Secretary of the Interior
Hardeman
Jackson County
Harmony Grove
Jefferson
Monroe County
Forsyth
General Assembly
Georgia
Captain Tip Harrison
State Capitol
Captain Harrison
Tip Harrison
Wright
United States Supreme Court
Glenn
Columbus Southern
Supreme Court of the United States
J. O. Waddell
State Agricultural Society
The
Agricultural Society
Brunswick
Colonel Waddell
Savannah, Florida
Col. Waddell
Chicago
Armour & Co
Macon County
Waddell
Dummy boxing bout in Jacksonville ends with Watkins win
Harris and Watkins, two negro pugilists, fought Monday night at the opera house under police supervision. Watkins landed a key punch after Barker’s stoppage, Harris quit drunkenly, and Watkins won the bout with a knockout-like finish. The $50 purse split left Harris with $10. Governor Mitchell did not intervene, as organizers hoped, to avoid influencing the Corbett Mitchell case.
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Jacksonville
Harris
Watkins
Opera House
Corbett
Mitchell
Billy” Taylor
Pat Reedy
Coons
Keefe
Vinzant
Broward
Watkine
Crank James Bradley Sentenced to Five Years
James Bradley known as the alleged crank received a five year term in the state prison from Recorder Smith for shooting and wounding Superintendent Fred C. Matthes during work at a Broadway New York insurance building in October. The court imposed the maximum time under the law.
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James Bradley
Fred C. Matthes
Broadway
WN. Y
Hesday
Reconter Smith
Mit
National Capital Briefs on Nominations and Finance
The Senate rejected J Scott Harrison for surveyor of customs at Kansas City and Horblower for associate justice. A bill to transfer Columbus caravels to Chicago trustees was introduced. Secretary Carlisle urged quick action to fix the treasury deficit near 78 million dollars and discussed bond options and the need for a gold reserve. Liliuokalani restoration was abandoned with support for recognizing the provisional Hawaiian government.
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Senate
J. Scott Harrison
Kansas City
Harrison
West
Representative Durborow
Ilinois
House
Secretary of the Navy
Chicago
W. B. Hornblower
Supreme Court of the United States
William H. Brawley
District of
South Carolina
J. W. Guillotte
Louisiana
H. Juane
Pimlico
N. C
T. W. Lamb
Brunswick
Internal Revenue
Mellville
E. Carter
North Carolina
Voorhees Replies to Carlisle Bond Bill Letter in Senate
Washington report notes a senate committee meeting Tuesday on Secretary Carlisle's bond proposal. Voorhees, as committee chair, released a statement urging use of existing law for a shorter term bond near 3 percent, avoiding new legislation amid tariff debates and political tempers. The Finance Committee authorizes Voorhees to introduce the Carlisle bill and present the secretary's letter, with printing and regular committee consideration to follow.
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Lili
Holman
Liliiuokalani
Congress
United States
Hawaii
Carlisle
Senate Committee On Finance
Voorhees
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington
Senate Committee
Associated Press
Senate
O'Brien Released In Embezzlement Case
M J O'Brien faced embezzlement charges of 75000 dollars from the Catholic Knights of America as supreme treasurer. In Chattanooga Tennessee the court discharged him after a plea of abatement. He was granted bond of 15000 dollars pending appeal to the supreme court.
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M. J. O'Brien
Catholic Knights of America
Order
Chattanooga
Tenn
Knights
Tennessee
O'Brien
Growth of the South Gains in New Industries
The weekly review shows southern states maintaining average growth in new industries with 32 established or incorporated and 12 enlargements this week. Capitalizations span Lott Copper Mine Co in Virginia, Fordyce Nut Lock Co in Alabama, Brown Automatic Car Coupler Co in Virginia, canning factories in Tennessee and Georgia, electric works in Mississippi, cement works in Texas, and Southern Glass Co in Georgia, among others.
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South
Oaes
Lott Copper Mine Co
Mineral City
Capital
W. F. Lott
New York
Fordyce Nut Lock Co
Fordyce
John D. Dunn
Brown Automatic Car Coupler Co
Alexandria
P. C. Brown and
Jackson
Tenn
G. C. Anderson
Miss
W. Watson and Associates
Galveston Cement Pips Works
Galveston
Texas
G. H. Henchman
Southern Glass Co
Atlanta
James Rogers
Austin
Brewton
Ala
Augusta
Columbia
N. C
Calhoun
Winston
Mobile
Hilliard
Fis
Little Rock
Ark
Brinkley
Franklin
Brookside
Als
Meeting of Tobacco Men Urges Repeal of Free Leaf Clause
A Richmond Virginia tobacco trade gathering urged senators and representatives to block any rise in internal revenue tax on tobacco products and press for repeal of the free leaf clause. The resolution argues the clause harms farmers merchants and manufacturers and has reduced plug tobacco output by about 3 million pounds without boosting other segments, costing government revenue.
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Richmond
California Figs Co
Southern News Items: Progress and Prosperity Notes
The Southern brief covers diverse updates: the American Association of General Baggage Agents met in St. Augustine, Fla.. Bank of Guntersville declared a 4 percent dividend. the Dean penitentiary bill advances in Mississippi senate. Etna Iron Works at Tecumseh to be blown in February 1. Langdon ore mines resume in Tecumseh. Hountsville forms a chamber of commerce with R. E. Bettus president and William Richardson VP. Coosa Cotton Mill in Piedmont resumes production. The Mississippi senate debates Dean bill. Virginia senate considers Richmond and Danville railroad consolidation. Judge Seymour rules married women liable for stock assessments in Wilmington banks. General William H. Ferney dies in Jacksonville, Ala. Baptist Female University trustees elect John B. Brewer president and plan Raleigh opening in September. A Mills Fire in Harlan County, Ky. claims three lives. El Paso reports clashes near Chihuahua with 600 rurales en route. Chattanooga calls for tri-state fair. South Carolina Board of Health elects officers and notes July 1 deadline for local health boards.
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American Association of General Baggage Agents
St. Augustine
Fla
Bank of Guntersville
Ala
Dean Penitentiary
Mississippi State Senate
Etna Iron Works
Tecumseh
Langdon
Hountsville
Chamber of Commerce
R. E. Bettus
William Richardson
Coosa
Piedmont
Jackson
Miss
Senate
Dean
Virginia Senate
Richmond and
Danville
Raleigh
N. C
Seymour
United States Circuit Court
First National Bank
Wilmington
William H. Ferney
Congress
Alabama
Jacksonville
Baptist State Female University
W. L. Poteet
Wake Forest
John B. Brewer
Chowan Baptist Female Institute
Murfreesboro
Mills
Harlan County
Frederick Houson
Houson
Diaz
Insurgent Warship Lands Troops as Rio War Spreads
Dispatches from Rio Janeiro report the insurgent warship Aquidabon blocking the custom house and preparing to land troops in front of it. Engentro island fell to rebels, with forty government troops killed and sixty captured. Reinforcements pushed to Nictheroy as insurgents burn villages and kill captives in Rio Grande do Sul.
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Buenos Ayres
Rio Janeiro
Aquidabon
Custom House
Engentro Island
Nictheroy
Rio Grande Do Sul
Resignation of Virginia Carolinas Rail Commissioner Noted
A Baltimore dispatch reports RK D. Carpenter resigns as commissioner of Associated Railways of Virginia and the Carolinas effective February 1. William H. Fitzgerald named successor. The railroads in the association include the Richmond Enanville and the Atlantic Line.
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Baltimore
RK. D. Carpenter
Associated Railways of
Virginia
The
Carolinas
William H. Fitzgerald
Richmond Eneanville
Atlantic Line
How to Keep Grapes From Spain and Elsewhere
Hundreds of barrels of grapes are kept for weeks or months after picking. Grapes are cut, spread to sweat, bad berries removed, and packed in barrels with cork dust or alternatives to keep air out. Barrels are sealed, shipped, and stored in cool, dry, dark places. Select well formed, tough skinned bunches and avoid overripe fruit.
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Spain
New York
Erie
Aureus
Medical Association
Main St
Buffalo
Suburban Life and Small Talk in a Quaint Column
A collage of vignettes on everyday life includes a husband and wife debating spending on lace, a wary remark about burning dead leaves, a rheumatism remedy pitch for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, a joke about a dead cat and a bicycle, and a note that Mayor John P. Hopkins of Chicago is the twenty ninth to hold the office with fourteen born in New York.
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Anshand
New York Weekly
Suburb
John P. Hopkins
Chicago
State of
New York
Where Lightning Strikes Twice in Rural England and America
The article notes repeated lightning fatalities on a French farm knoll near Flint and Flushing Mick, with trees bearing scorch marks. It cites East Great Plains Conn as struck eleven times since spring 1887, and a nearby woods heavily riddled by electricity. West Heath Mase hill near a village school also records frequent strikes.
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Flint
Flushing
Mick
East Great Plains
Conn
West Heath
Mase
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