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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1900
Page
5
An 19th century Chicago ad touts Burdock Blood Bitters as ensuring perfect health through pure blood and whole system toning and invigorating, sold by Geo. Holbrook.
The report from Lord Roberts states Pretoria was not defended by General Botha who proposed an armistice for surrender terms. The town will be seized by British troops at 2 pm after negotiations, with Mrs Botha and Mrs Kruger in Pretoria and many officers still there.
Mrs. Sherman widow of John Sherman former secretary of state died at her Mansfield Ohio home at age 72 after a second stroke of paralysis. Born Margaret Cecilia Stewart she was the sole daughter of Judge Stewart and married Sherman on December 31 1848. No children. she helped raise others children and lived a private public life in Mansfield. She will be buried in her birthplace and telegrams were sent to General Nelson A Miles and his wife as death approached.
Miss Anna Hickisch of LaCrosse, 23, sang at the Waldorf Astoria under Mrs. Angus Cameron's patronage. She performed Vander Stuecken and Chadwick pieces and is noted for a clear soprano. A German family native, she studied in Paris and Berlin and may be a soloist at Davenport's saengerfest this summer.
The secretary of the navy received a cable from Admiral Kempff aboard the Newark at the Taku forts stating engagement has commenced and that a force of fifty seamen or more has landed to reinforce marines. The message is partly illegible, but the landing is the assumed meaning. Independence- era dispatches note the secretary in Washington and the U S Navy respond to the situation.
In Washington senators Hanna Pettigrew and Carter spar over charges that shipbuilder Cramp funded the 1892 Republican campaign with 400000. Pettigrew asserts the claim. Carter and Hanna call it false or a lie. Personal attacks erupt amid bribery and conspiracy accusations. Also notes boys jailed for assault and Bynum nomination rejection.
Shanghai dispatch reports the dowager Empress orders the tsung-li yamen to confront Europe rather than curb the Boxer movement. Troop actions aim to block further foreign warship landings while some units desert and suffer heavy casualties. A AP representative saw burned stations on the Pekin-Tien Esin line and brutalized bodies, with Boxers patrolling the area and railway workers fleeing. A separate note details a Chicago assault case, a blind robbery claim, and several medical and consumer notices.
Webster City readers are told by E Sayre of Ogden Iowa official crop reporter that Doan's Kidney Pills cured his backache caused by kidney trouble. He urges sufferers to obtain the remedy from Geo A Holbrook Webster City and notes Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as U S agents.
A St Louis City dealer recounts a 20 year kidney ailment and backache. He credits Morrow’s Kid-ne-cids with immediate relief and plans future use, recommending the remedy to others. The product is sold as yellow tablets at 50 cents per box.
The Omega Farm Separator line lists 300 pound capacity at 85 dollars, 40 pound at 100 dollars, and 600 pound capacity at 125 dollars. It promises easy washing, cleaner operation, and better construction than rivals, with J. W. Letts as agent in Webster City Iowa and a note as agent for Sharps les Separator.
W. H. Whedon of the First National Bank of Winterset Iowa relates a carpenter’s relief from diarrhea after using Chamberlain's colic cholera and diarrhoea remedy. One dose cured him and he returned to work. Also mentions Ersantine's Little Liver Pills and other laxative remedies sold by local druggists.
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