WASTINGTON LETTER REPORTS PENSION, TARIFF, AND POLITICS
A fragmentary column discusses Secretary Gage and a tariff dispute with Russia, McKinley administration moves, and pressure around Pension Commissioner Evans. It notes a promised removal of Evans, Deboe’s Newcastle postmaster fight, Corbin’s Philippines pamphlet, and criticism of public diplomacy. It also mentions Dixie fading in popularity and assorted social maxims.
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Gage
Ruscia
Léia
McKinley Rand
Hay
State Department
McKinler
Pensions
Evans
Uor— Porl
Tanner
National Republican Committee
Evana
McKinley
National Committee
Sickle
Saved Two From Death by Dr. King's New Discovery
Mrs. W. K. Haviland of Armo New York recalls a near fatal bout with whooping cough and bronchitis. After other remedies failed, her daughter was saved by Dr. King's New Discovery, which also helped a consumption case. The ad touts its infallibility for coughs and colds with 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles, Blackburn guarantees, trial bottles free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. K. Haviland
Armo N.Y
Blackburn
Get to your work early and you will succeed caption
Phillip Armour quotes a patient praising DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve for piles. The ad claims dramatic relief after a single use and warns to beware of imitators from Moretz and Farthing, Johnson and Buchanan in Somers Point, N.Y.
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Phillip Armour
DeWitt
Boyce
Somers Point
N.Y
Moretz and Farthing
Johnson and Buchanan
Peabody Gift Supports Women’s Education at Greensboro
The News and Observer notes Mr. Peabody’s ten thousand dollar gift to the State Normal and Industrial College at Greensboro, his second gift to the institution. It emphasizes that much southern philanthropy funds male education and praises directing half the donation to aid young women. The piece argues North Carolina needs student loans to help 5,000 youths attend college next year.
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News and Observer
Mr. Peabody
State Normal and Industrial College
Greensboro
South
Peabody
North Carolina
Electric Bitters touted by grateful patient from Kansas
In a testimonial from Mrs. Pease of Lowrance Kansas she credits three bottles of Electric Bitters with freeing her from seven years of bed rest due to kidney and liver troubles nervous prostration and general debility She reports walking again in three months and urges women suffering headaches backaches nervousness melancholy fainting and dizziness to try the remedy at 50 cents per bottle from Blackbarns with satisfaction guaranteed.
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Pease
Lowrance
Kan
Blackbarn’s
Bucklen’s Amica Salve Promised for Cyclist Injuries
An old advertisement promises Bucklen's Amica Salve will relieve pain and heal injuries from bicycle accidents. It touts benefits for cuts sprains bruises chafing and burns and compares the salve to a cyclist’s friend. Sold by Black Barn.
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Bucklen
Amica
Blackbarn
Unkind inference about Admiral Sampson and Spanish fleet defeat
A reader argues it is unfair to imply Admiral Sampson was a Christian Scientist or influenced by belief, noting that his destruction of the Spanish fleet, if any, would have resulted from absent treatment rather than faith.
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Sampson
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable
A health item addresses lingering kidney trouble causing misery and discomfort. It notes common symptoms and practical steps to seek relief and improve daily well being.
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Ian Bald
AST
Canova
Our
Deboe
Republican Central Committee
Henry County
Gertrude Saunders
Newcastle
Dr. Gray
Assaistant
Bristow
Debye
Ott
J.mckinley
Pir Excellences
Corbin
Philippine Islands
Pacific
Philippines
Burleson
Texas
Republican Party
Congress
Porto Rico
Dixie
Columbia State
New Orleans
Democrat
Uncle Sam
Louisiana
South Carolina
Washington
New York
North
Treland
the Klondike
Lenoir
Lew Harper
Southern Hotel
Lawrence A. .Davis
Southern
Dawson
Yukon Territory
Seiele
J.C. Fletcher
Boone, N. C
Lovill
Boone
N. C
Geo. P. Pell
J. W. Todd
TODD
Pell
Attorneys AT Law
Jefferson, N.C
Watauga
Coffey’s Hotel
E. S. Coffey
Attorney AT Law
Tenn
N.C
THE
Hague
N. B
Greenaboro
L. Jenkins, Jr
Sulesmann
C.J. Hood & Co
Lowall
Masa
Il. Kilmer
Kilmer
Bright
Kimer
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