28 Dec 1899
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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1899
Page
1
A fragmented ad lists Kitchen Specials, Dinner Set discounts, and 5 to 25 cent toy lots. Includes 10 to 15 cent bo dresses and a Furniture Department clearing, with Friday only prices and 10 percent off Dinner Sets in stock. Numerous items like Sappho soap, Bon Ami, Borax, Lime, and various toys noted for quick sale.
Fragmentary text notes an odd year with references to odd chamber suits and parlor suits, hinting at fashion or legal dress codes in a historical city page. The readable fragments suggest a catalog or society event but lack concrete dates or names for precise framing.
A brief item notes ongoing recognition of an active season with emphasis on persistent events and community involvement. No specific names or dates are provided in readable text. Further details remain unclear from the fragment.
Odd lots of dolls and handkerchiefs offered at half price. Sterling silver articles, ladies hose sets, and assorted undergarments priced low. Boys and men fleecy lined underwear priced from 25 to 50 cents. Umbrellas advertised at the lowest figures on reliable goods.
Joseph Dempsey of New York visits Bank street friends while Matt East of Torrington spends holidays with parents on John street. Children risk ice on the Naugatuck River near the bridge. parents urged to keep them off. Riverside park residents welcome a new factory, hoping for swift progress. water access may be solved by a local well if needed.
The Sioux City and Northern railway from Garretson South Dakota to Sioux City will transfer from co-receivers to Great Northern control on December 31. President James J. Hill plans radical changes and consolidation of the four southern lines as the southern branch of the Great Northern. Judge Warwick Hough of St Louis is named general manager with headquarters in Sioux City.
New York December 28 The condition of actor Roland Reed after removal of a cancerous growth remains unchanged at 9 o clock today.
Nichols Cash Grocer advertises a week long sale with free Old Grist Mill Health Foods bread a souvenir spoon and numerous bulk items. The promotion lists 300 boxes Sweet Oranges at 25c per dozen 500 boxes Mixed Nuts 2 lbs for 25c 200 tubs Table Butter 25c per lb and 500 lbs Garden Growth Oolong Tea at 47c per lb plus 300 Ibs Baking Powder 19c per lb and 300 cases Fine New Tomatoes three for 25c. Some items note no presents.
A fragment from last night's Democrat quoting a Latin phrase Habemus Reum Confitentem and a mock pledge of thanks to an honest opponent. The text shows partisan rhetoric with old world flair and a conversational close.
The state board of charities presents its eighteenth annual report for the year ending September 30, 1899 to Governor Louns bury. It notes 178 institutions visited, including 85 town almshouses, and reports state aid of 694 576 dollars, up 36 006 from the prior year. Towns spent 770 670 dollars for relief versus 729 297 in 1898.
The Omo river in Abyssinia intrigued explorers for 12 years with conflicting theories about its course. New evidence from the second Bottego expedition and recovered records show the Nianam is the lower Omo, solving the misidentified upper course and its link to Lake Rudolf. The finding ends long disputes over Africa’s hydrography.
The Doyen of the diplomatic corps in Pekin telegraphed the senior consul that the decision on extending the foreign settlement has been ratified. The message, dated in Shanghai on December 28, confirms official approval of the extension terms.
Judge Burpee presided as Thomas Lang case paused for sanity exam and extended thirty days after Mrs Lang sought 30 to 60 days apart. Sherwood, clock case factory worker, denied support for two children and ordered bond to pay $5 weekly or face sixty days jail. Jacob Smith theft case fined $1 and costs. Ida Loomis ignored subpoena. court to take further action.
Senator George L. Shoup and a delegation including Senator O D Clark Binger Hermann and General F K Ainsworth with Governor Murphy arrived in Phoenix to study territorial qualifications for statehood after touring New Mexico and northern Arizona. They praised regional resources and urged admitting both territories as states.
Victoria B C December 28 News reached on steamer Aorangi of a bloody civil war among natives of Kiriwani New Guinea. The head chief was defeated and eleven villages were destroyed with heavy slaughter.
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