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Newspaper

Algona Advance

Location

Algona, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 10, 1903

Page

8

Strikers urged to stand firm in Colorado strike

Strikers are urged to hold firm as leaders including Mitchell face an injunction and a $85,000 damage suit from Victor Fuel Company. Governor Peabody may meet Mitchell in Denver to seek settlement while operators resist eight hour day demands and union recognition.

Irinidad Mitchell Pen Ain Pennsylvania Colorado Associated Press Peabody Trinidad Colo John Mitchell Denver Ife Chicago Ite Mr. Mitchell Victor Fuel Company United Mine Workers Cols Delos A. Chappell Colorado Fuel and Iron Company Price Niearly Mr. Crippell

Boy Kidnapped From Hampshire Village School

Irvyne Miller aged 9 was abducted from Hampshire village school by an unknown man and woman. The orphan with property due at age has been living with his guardian on a nearby farm. An earlier attempt to snatch him failed. no trace of the kidnappers or the boy has been found.

Tilgin Irvyine Miller Hampshire

Tide Turns as Europebound Steerage Departures Rise

New York December 5 large steerage exodus from a US port. Cedric carried 1500 steerage to Liverpool, La Touraine 1000 with 200 plus left aboard. Oversold accommodations and heavy departure figures mark a shift as workers and families return home amid falling demand.

America New York Cederic Liverpool United Siates la Touraine

General Churches Unite to Bar Remarriage of Divorced

In New York a broad alliance forms to oppose solemnizing divorced persons. The Protestant Episcopal churches committee on the issue reports growing cooperation from Presbyterians Baptists and other denominations. Delegations from several faiths attend a meeting pledging support for the movement originated by the last general convention. Letters are sent to multiple religious bodies inviting join in the crusade.

New York Protestant Episcopal Churches Committee Univergallate Vale Christ Swedenborsian United Brethren Crusade

Snow as Peacemaker and War Scare in Siberia

Snow blocks key Siberian railway hindering Moscow Tokyo talks as Japan presses for restraint and limits on military buildup. Britain and America warn against Russian expansion while buyers in Chile reportedly sell two battleships to Japan amid rising tension. News from London and Yokohama notes cabinet debate and diplomatic delays as the Siberian crisis deepens.

Russia London Oklo Daily Mail Yokohama Yokio Kurino St. Petersburg Count Lamedarts Count Lumsdorfe Alexanderay Alexiefe Baron de Resel Japan

Bride with four husbands earns aviary nickname

In Louisville Kentucky a woman named Jutia Marlin has been admitted for her fourth marriage. Her husbands have carried bird names Crow Robin Sparrow and Buzzard. Friends joke that the nursery at her home is an aviary reflecting her multiple marriages.

Louisvilla Jutia Marlin Buzzard Mr. Buzzard Crow Robin

Colombia Still Hopes For New Canal Pact With U S

Washington reports from Bogota reveal Colombian sentiment favors negotiating a fresh canal treaty after the Hay Herran rejection. Minister Beaupre says the senate acted on the treaty’s merits and not Washington's instructions. Colombians remain hopeful for terms more favorable than the failed Hay Everton pact.

Bogota United States Washington Beaupre State Department Senate Congress

Would Buy Freedom in Jail Bribery Attempt

Chicago born bandit Neidemeier tried to bribe county jail guard Patrick Smelly to permit an escape. He promised £25,000, and when asked where the money would come from, he replied I’ll get it all right.

Chicago Dev.n Neidemeier Patrick “Ssmelly Neidermeier

EAR GRAFTING CLAIMS HISTORIC FIRST PRACTICE

Announcement from New York reports Dr Andrew L Nelden grafted an ear from a donor to a patient head marking the first successful ear graft. The seller received 5000 dollars and is to be treated in Philadelphia while the recipient is cared for at the doctor’s home. The operation occurred November 18 in a private Philadelphia sanitarium with both men remaining motionless during the procedure. The graft shows early success with full hearing intact though nerves may not regrow. Medical experts call it a surgical triumph and anticipate future grafting of hands or feet.

Siberian Lersburg Dee Bowne Japan London Imineh Russia Manchuria Britain Geedt Britnlr Peking Gabubi Weheran Yangtse Persia Afghanistan New Zenteenés New York Andrew L. Nelden Mast Ulohh Street Jr Nelden Philadelphia Pittsburg Wr Nelden Nelden Tuulle Esmarch Jasmarch Dr. Nelden Jerome Nellen Roth

Big dynamite find linked to car barn gang in Chicago

Assistant Chief Schuettler led a city wide search after a large Lyhamite discovery in the northwest part of Chicago. The authorities pursue those who hid the explosive and are said to be connected with the car barn bandits in a case that unsettles the city.

Chicago Schuettler

Henry Labouchere Calls Tariff on American Golden Girls

Henry Labouchere argues for limits on American women in England to protect domestic matchmaking markets. He criticizes American wealth influencing British society and urges exclusion measures to keep home standards from being undercut by foreign rivalries.

Henry Labouchere Lewlon England Jenry Labouchere Tam Joseph Chamberlain Dr May Dausgtand Benedsit London Newport New York

Beware of cheap baking powders sold by peddlers

The notice warns against alum based powders sold door to door or via grocers, claiming health dangers. It cites that alum powders are harmful, banned in some regions and by Congress in DC, and quotes Yale chemists on alum digestion. It urges buyers to insist on reputable cream of tartar baking powders.

England Congress District of Columbia W. Johnson Yale College

Scandal in high life Antony sues for divorce

From the Rome Republican comes word that Mrs. Marc Antony has filed for divorce from her husband with Referendum and Graftorum as her attorneys. Co respondent is Mrs Cleopatra. The Rome society column notes tensions linked to Alexandria and a magazine editor, with sparse details promised in a later issue.

M. Antony Cleopatra Rome Republican Milwaukee Sentinel Rome Marc Antony Our Four Hundred Referendum & Graftorum Antony Bmure Alexandria Cleopar Egypt Hics Republican Allmonia Marc

Not Hiring Generals From Reminiscences of Gordon

A farmer near Appomattox employed Lee’s veterans after the war, sorting workers by rank from privates to colonels. Privates proved the steadiest laborers while officers did less well, yet the farmer refused to complain about any who fought for the southern cause.

Gordon Scribner’s Appomattox Lee Leutenants

Crescens Fast Mile Scrutiny Divides Harness World

The American Trotting Association board weighed Crescens Wichita mile times amid conflicting testimony. Kansas witnesses backed 2:05 reads while official clocks showed 1:53 to 1:59. investigations continue as owners, lawyers, and Cleveland observers push for clarity on the disputed record.

Chicago Derf Wichita Kan Miurk Leen Knight Kansas Town George H. Keteham Crescens Mr. Ketcham Clarence Grown Toledo Poe Jams Kansas Ketcham Board of Appeals Amidon American Trotting Association Cleveland George Schneider Schneier Friends of Crescens Schneider American Register Association

Graft Trial Ties Warren Leather to Baltimore Pouch Contract

In Baltimore the trial of Columbus Ellsworth Upton and Yhermys W. McGregor for conspiracy to defraud the government centers on post office pouch contracts. William H. Hayden of Warren Leather Goods testified the firm supplied 20,000 mail pouches to Chas B. Smith, who won the contract with help from Upton and McGregor, aiming to share profits. Hayden stated the Warren company manufactured the pouches and that Smith bought them at 38.75 cents each for 90 cents paid to Smith, with evidence of efforts to misrepresent the Warren firm as the manufacturer and threats from Smith tied to postoffice influence.

Baltimore Dec. U Columbus Ellsworth Upton Yhermys W. McGregor Post Office Department William H. Hayden Warren Leather Goods Company Worcester Mass Chas. B. Smith Upton McGregor Hayden Smith Warren Company Comany Washington

Struggle Is Certain as House Tries to Reform Senate Rules

The House under Speaker Cannon presses to force Senate rule reform delaying appropriation bills. The struggle pits House insistence on timely, careful budgeting against Senate delays, with leaders predicting a bitter, prolonged winter battle across both chambers.

House Senate Washington House of Representatives Pullic Congress Meth Titman Tillman Cannon Cannan

Cannon Ejects Schulters From Speaker's Room In Capitol

In a heated scene at the Capitol Speaker Cannon ordered John H Schulters from the speaker's room after Schulters demanded the Livernash chairmanship and accused the committee of being packed. Sidney Bieber later delivered a miniature cannon and quipped about defending Speaker Cannon. Livernash denied any authority for Schulters actions and said he knew Schulters only by rumor.

Cannon John H. Dy Schulter Washington, Dee Ieghn Werman J. Schultels National Resistative Committee The Knights of Labor Mr. Schulters Capitol Schulters Representative Liverwash San Francisco Laber Wynn Livernash Sidney Bieber Fourth District of Columbia Speaker Livers Nash

New Orleans Seeks Republican National Convention

New Orleans bids to host the Republican National Convention with pledges of 30000 dollars to cover costs and plans to raise more before the committee meeting. Chicago remains strong with better facilities and location, but New Orleans hopes its offer could win the favor if funds and backing grow.

Crescent City Washington Dee New Orleans Republican Naonal Chicago

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