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Newspaper

Weekly Call

Location

Troy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Nov 11, 1899

Page

3

Election night in New York and states shows divided gains

Across New York and neighboring states voters weighed results with mixed turnout. Republicans claim statewide wins in Ohio Kentucky and parts of New York, while Democratic supports push gains in Maryland and Maryland and Pennsylvania. Early returns hint at a split across the region with major parties claiming success in various counties and cities.

New York Park Row Printing House Square City Hall Park Dewey Olympia Jeffries Sharkey New Jersey Senate House of Assembly Essex Hudson Bergen Assembly Monmouth

City and State Election Reports from 1895 Returns

Providence reports a dull election with Mayor Baker winning a third term by about 2100 votes while Democrats largely sweep the city. Virginia sees overwhelming democratic results in rural senatorial districts Isle of Wight Southampton and Nansemond elect independents. San Francisco shows Phelan leading by about 3000 as mayor, with 3,192 to 2,100 in early returns. Salt Lake City returns place Thompson ahead of Barnes by 164 with 4,940 to 4,776.

Kings County Register Howe Gray J. Sxenetick W. B.’ Hooker T. White Supreme Court Eighth Judicial District Aratoga County Jamestown E. B. Vreeland Congress Farren BR Lewis Albany Albany County Auburn Cayuga County Canton St. Lawrence County Uticca R. W. Sherman Chemung County Willi Charles HH. Knapp Buffalo Hennes Oswego Albert Hall Seward Democratic Committee Ohio Tody Nash McLean Toaledo Nash Jones Cincinnati Cleveland Toledo Bushnell Chapman Lbo Cuyahoga Western Reserve Louisville W. S. Taylor Kentucky Goebel Taylor Hampton Republics Committee Long Bradley Courier-Journal Dem The Post Sive Goebel Weaver Idem Second Ward Republican State Campaign Committee Baltetins Louis Ville Brown Gold Louisville City Tayor Republican Campaign Committee Gen. Taylor Goehel Lexington Frankfort JOC Blackburn Franklin County Goebel Committee Baltimore Maryland John Walter Smith General Assembly Malater United States George Smith Lowndes Aberdeen Missouri River Fuller Sioux Falls Argus South Dakota National Republican Buin Argus Leader Michigan Detroit Mich Maybury Thompson Providence Baker Richmond Virginia Isle of Wight Southampton Nansemead San Francisco Phelan Davis Republican City Committee James D. Phelandem Salt Lake City Barnes

Du luth Fire Testimony in Civil Case

In a district court revival of a Rosenboom vs Howard & Haynie and John G Howard case a Du luth special reports Hiram Rhodes testified he set fire to several Howard properties for payment. Rhodes admitted firing the store and said Howard approved the plan with a $300 reward and a doubled total loss. Edward Howard aided earlier arsons while John G Howard denied the claim.

Minneapolis Minn Duluth Journal Hiram Rhodes Rosenboom Howard & Haynie John G. Howard Rhodes Howards Edward Howard Haynie

Conflicting reports on Samoan settlement emerge in Berlin

Berlin reports conflicting details on the Samoan settlement. The foreign office admits an oral agreement but withholds specifics until Great Britain accepts. Official circles suggest the deal favors Germany. The Lokal Anzeiger prints Chief Mataafa’s September 16 appeal to the tri power in which he laments Samoan losses and seeks indemnity.

Berlin Foreign Office Great Britain Germany Lokal Anzeiger Mataafa

Fair Election Weather in Off-Year Voting Across Regions

St Louis reports fine weather at election sites with strong turnout for an off-year vote. Kentucky saw only a few ejectments from polling places as authorities anticipated and pursued safety measures to maintain peace amid high tension.

St. Louis Kentucky

Arbitration convention signed on Samoa damages dispute

Washington reports that Assistant Secretary Hill and Mr. Tower for Great Britain and Mr. Mumm Von Schwarzenstein for Germany signed a convention providing for arbitration of Samoa damage claims from spring naval and military actions. In Helena, Montana, Senator Thomas H. Carter was arrested and fined one dollar for sidewalk spitting. Also reported: Private Thomas S. Smith of the Fifteenth Infantry was killed by a policeman in Havana while resisting arrest. steamship service planned between Portland and Cape Nome by the Californian & Oregon Coast Steamship Co. the steam schooner Aloah reached Seattle from Cape Nome with 65 passengers and cargo.

Washington Hill United States Tower Great Britain Mumm von Schwarzenstein Germany State Department Samoa Helena Mont Thomas H. Carter Brooke Havana Thomas S. Smith Co. A. Fifteenth Infantry

Now Everybody Can Ride and Read This Ad Inside

Read the John M. Smyth Co Chicago advertisement offering a high-grade Top Bogey for 34.05. The firm, among the largest in the country, hints at a puzzle approach and urges readers to study the Mammoth Catalogue listing everything to eat wear and use at lowest wholesale prices.

John M. Smyth Co Chicago

Masuline Idea of a Tea from Atchison Globe

A satirical note from the Atchison Globe mocks the average man’s impression of his wife’s five o’clock teas. It imagines emptying two quarts of dried peas into a bass drum and trimming it with pink ribbon as a crude, humorous caricature.

Atchison Globe

Groves Tasteless Cutt Tonic and Patent Medicines Quote

An old newspaper clipping touts Grove's Tasteless Cutty Tonic as a cure all with no cure no pay and a 50 cent price. It includes a series of testimonial style lines praising cold cures and a quip about egotists, with misdated Chicago Daily News attributions.

Grove Chicago Daily News

How Mrs Pinkham Helped Mrs Gooden

Letter from Mrs KE Gooden of Ackley La thanks Lydia E Pinkham for relief from years of female ailments including kidney inflammation hemorrhages and womb issues after trying local treatments and doctors. She credits three bottles of Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash with restoring health and appearance.

Bo Om Lydia E. Pinkham Mxrs KE. J Goopren Ackley

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