Washington Letter notes Panama affair and trust clash
From Our Royular Correspondent in Washington August 23 1901. A prominent official warns that foreign warship pressures near the Isthmus of Panama risk triggering trouble if Monroe doctrine breaches occur. Census fraud arrests in Mississippi show petty theft by mostly colored enumerators. Anti trust league Knights of Labor letters to the Attorney General probe steel trust details. Moonshining remains a seasonal issue with moonshiners in autumn. Navy disagreement on Howison court statements. Schley counsel seeks denial. Presidential proclamation sets May 1 1903 Exposition opening date.
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Washington
D. C
Panama
United States
U.S
Colombia
Anti-Trust League
Knights of Labor
Trust
Carnegie Steel Co
Department of Justice
Itiganta
Knox
Navy Department
Schley
Department
Howison
Astounded the Editor by Remedies from S. Kingston
Editor S A Brown of Kennettaville South Carolina recounts his wife’s recovery from severe dyspepsia and weakness after using Electric Bitters. Four bottles restored her strength and appetite, with claims of it being a grand tonic and gentle laxative for torpid liver. Also promotes Ballard’s Horehound Syrup for hoarseness throat or breathing difficulties, priced 25 or 50 cents, sold by S Kingston.
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S. A. Brown
Kennettaville
S. C
S. Kingston's
Ballard
S. Kingston
Chamberlain
Rev
A. A. Power
Emporia
Kan
Strength of Armies and the Hidden Ranks in War
The article explains discrepancies in British army strength estimates in South Africa. It distinguishes fighting forces from technical troops such as engineers and staff, noting divisions about 9,449 men and corps about 20,799 when excluding noncombatants. It also details losses from battle, sickness, and detachments, and cites Wellington on missing soldiers. It concludes with a note that guarding lines adds about 7,600 men beyond combat units.
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South Africa
London Globe
Natal
Moscow
Berezina
Wellington
Victoria
Madagascar
Puerto Rico
Novelists Fall from Mountain Car Describes Narrow Escape
A German novelist Herr von Ompteda fell sixty feet from a mountain railway car on the Schneeberg in Austria. He describes his sensations and recounts his wife’s brave concern as she was injured. The tale is interwoven with other notes on remedies and local sales, including Chamberlains products and a Call offer.
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Herr von Ompteda
Schneeberg
Cincinnati Enquirer
Parale to Senators Sparks Gallery Crowd Mystery
Washington Times notes that crowds fill senate and house galleries during notable speeches, seeming to spring from an invisible world and vanish just as suddenly, leaving observers puzzled by their origin and disappearance.
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Senate
House
Washington Times
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Fred Liebler
Lorenzo and
Troy
P.M. Davidson, Mgr. Tray
Census Bureau
Mississippi
J. H. Bingham
Internal Revenue
Birmingham
Ala
Kuntzmann's
Huwley’s
Kingston
Sanders
Lebanon
Gentral Hotel
WM. Meiners
Citizens’ Shaving Parlor
Julius Peter
Calla
Te Union Shop
Main St
L. E. Rawson
Jefferson Ave
St. Louie
F. W. Zanders
Theo. Guennewig Main and Market Sts
Illinois
Emil Sickert
Companica
Gates’ Restaurant
Gather
Queen City
Dairy Co's
Oetter’s
Union
Giih
Troy City
John Deimling
W.F. Peter
Winien
Philip Schultze
Ress Branile
Heim
West Clay Street
Market St
Zoqoke
A. Heddergott
Kinloch 13
Henderson
Madison County
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