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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1903
Page
3
The ad promotes low prices on a wide range of items from brooms and handkerchiefs to ladies shoes and hats. It touts candies, school supplies, stationery, umbrellas, collars, suits for boys, suspender sales, sunbonnets, underwear, wrappers, saws, and corsets. Also advertised are seeds, shoes repaired free, and special prices on shirts and neckwear.
President Roosevelt told a San Francisco audience that expansion and supremacy in the Pacific are vital for the United States. He described the Pacific as central to future commerce and world history, receiving wild cheers from the crowd as he spoke at Mechanics Pavilion. He planned to tour Bay Area towns and depart for Yosemite Valley after midnight.
Washington May 14 The secretary of war will publish a statement detailing what portions of General Miles reports were released to the press and by whom. The adjutant general will show copies of the island military condition section and bureau head replies. the judge advocate general will show the cruelties report and its covering letter. It is alleged that not all of Miles report was made available to the press.
National League results from Pittsburg Philadelphia Boston St. Louis New York Cincinnati Brooklyn Chicago and American League games in Chicago Philadelphia Detroit New York St Louis Washington Cleveland Boston plus American Association scores from Minneapolis St Paul Columbus Indianapolis Milwaukee Kansas City Toledo Louisville. Also reports on Gardner Hart bout in Louisville and a Philippines command transfer by the president.
Vienna reports the Alvatro-Hungarian squadron is to leave Salonica amid Balkan tensions. Turkish Christians face possible massacres as diplomacy distrusts the Turkish government. Turkey's resources strain and 100000 mobilization may rely on the sultan's private funds. A financial commission is asked to address troop payments in Macedonia and Albania.
Denver man learns from his father in Kishinev hospital that his mother sister and brother may have perished in a Russian pogrom. The letter recounts bloodied streets burnt homes and horrific acts with hundreds killed and property destroyed.
Chicago May 14 The laundry owners association offered arbitration to settle the strike but President Wilson of the laundry workers union refused demanding employers stop hiring non union workers. The arbitration board will continue outreach through the national teamsters union while the owners stand firm.
A New York physician asserts a method to revive the dead. The claim follows reports from a world beleaguered by war and unrest as nations press for control and science probes the limits of life.
Washington reports a dire Colombia situation after four years of rebellion. Government halted paper money on March 10 and pressed to restart lithograph production to cover expenses and foreign debts. By April funds ran low, no interest had been paid since 1899, and fears rose over foreign creditor pressure while Panama canal funds appeared unlikely. The dispatch likens Colombia’s plight to France in 1708.
General Davis disapproved the Lee court martial findings saying Lee exceeded authority in ordering prisoners shot in Mindanao. Miss Floy Gilmore appointed assistant attorney general for the Philippines, first woman in such a role. Kansas City employers form The Employers Association to boycott non union goods and deny deliveries to anti union shops.
May 14 dispatch reports ongoing rioting in Valparaiso Chile with heavy repression reducing intensity. Government measures keep martial law in effect as fatalities reach about twenty amid frightened townspeople.
A Evansville Indiana resident details five years of bronchial illness improved after using Milks Emulsion. He reports a rapid cough relief and lasting asthma improvement after obtaining the product through L C Somm Drug Co. in Terre Haute and recommends it to friends.
Mrs D C Warress of 1513 Villa Ave Indianapolis writes of eight years of throat catarrh and five to six years of stomach trouble. After one box of Milks Emulsion both she and her husband report immediate relief and improved health with continued use.
A testimonial from D. W. Frys of Indianapolis thanks Milks Emulsion for relieving long standing throat catarrh after years of treatment. He reports one box helped greatly and continues the product, dated December 12, 1902.
Property offered for sale by L F Hunne meier Frea 5 Clapp W F Smith and the firm Smith and Winton. The notice lists the names of involved sellers and hints at a formal sale proceeding.
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