Washington Letter Underscores Postoffice Abuses and Roosevelt Clash
The Washington Letter reports ongoing Postoffice investigations and entrenched political patronage under Payne and Hanna. It cites Mrs. Winans securing salary without work, a New York case involving Van Cott and Heath, and Roosevelt’s battle to reform the department. It notes Wall Street opposition rumors, Cassini chat, Panama canal treaty hopes, and Panama Cauca secession talk amid US aid offers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payne
Bristow
Tulloch
Perry Heath
Salt Lake City
Heath
Fanny R. Winans
Ohio
Hanna
Senate
Winans
Vost
Mrs. Winans
Pension Office
Roosevelt
Postoffice
New York Postoffice
McKinley
van Cott
Young van Cott
Tlleath
Civil Service Commission
Wall Street
Washington
Count Cassini
Kishener
United States
Philippines
Casini
Panama
Remarkable Oklahoma remedy tale from 1889 opening race
The editor of this paper, among the first settlers in Oklahoma, faced severe dehydration and diarrhea during a harsh April to June period. A neighbor offered Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, which promptly eased his symptoms and allowed him to sleep. The anecdote promotes the medicine, noting a full recovery within an hour after a dose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Fortune
Chamberlain
M. B- Blackburn
Botanic Blood Balm Ad Promises Cure for Blood Diseases
An old fashioned advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm, claiming it cures ulcers eczema scrofula blood poisoning cancer and other blood and skin diseases. It markets a one dollar bottle with free samples and medical advice from the Blood Balm Co. of Atlanta Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blood Balm Co
Atlanta
Cheerfulness as a Charity of Wealth Like Dispensations
A brief reflective note compares cheerfulness to money used in charity, arguing that the more joy one gives, the richer one becomes in personal virtue and social good. The aphorism frames happiness as a valuable, renewable resource tethered to generous deeds.
Prominent Trait Highlighted in Great Omen
Fragment notes superiority to circumstances as a defining quality of a great omen, stressing its notable prominence without further details.
Starlit Test Claims Cure For Stomach Ulcer Case
Dr. T. G. Merritt of No Mehoopany Pa reports a startling test that led to a remarkable cure. He treated a patient with violent hemorrhages from ulceration of the stomach using Electric Bitters, noting immediate improvement and 11 months without another attack. The remedy is guaranteed for dyspepsia indigestion constipation and liver troubles. Try them at Blackburns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
C. B. van Metre
Sheperdtown West Way
Sa “T
M. B
T. G. Merritt
Mehoopany
Blackburn
Don’t Call Every Pebble a Waterloo in Your Path
A terse warning about overreacting to minor obstacles. The phrase suggests avoiding overblown judgments when facing small challenges and encourages steady progress without disproportionate battles. No person or place is named in the readable text.
Farm for Sale Near Boone on East Fork New River
880 acre farm for sale located 3 miles southeast of Boone on the East Fork of the New River. About 200 acres in grass meadow and pasture, fine young orchards, good dwellings and outhouses. Described as perhaps the best farm in the county. farm and buildings in good condition. For particulars, address Deerfield, N. J. E. Garser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone
New River
Deerfield, N
J. E. Garser
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Ayer
J.C, Ater CO
Lowell
Masa
Yoo Ian Abaya Baugh
F. A. Linney
N. C
Edmund Jones
Lenoir, N. C
Watauga
J. C. Fletcher
Boone, N. G
E. F. Lovill
Attorney AT Law
Boone, N. C
W. Todd
Geo. P. Pell
Todd & Pell, Attorneys At Law
Jefferson, N. C
Coffey’s Hotel
Coffey
J. M. Hogshead
Cancr
Banner’s Elk
Tenn
N.C
Costa Rica
Canal
State Department
Statesville
Johnson
Barnum Springs
Hustler
Charlotte Observer
E. Spencer Blackburn
Wilkesboro
Mr. Blackburn
Greensboro
Fifth Congressional
Congress
Register
Bufort
Spencer
Blacburn
Forevermore
Sentinel
Gebo, Mont
Bob Taylor
Botanic
Catt
Fred Unrath
Country Club
Remton Marber
Mich
Cardus
Mra. Unrath
Winté
Carduy
Bis
Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
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