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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1903
Page
1
Chief Executive states the United States has committed to the policy. outlines treaty advantages and national honor. Nations honor the stake and press for ratification as detailed in the address.
President Roosevelt sent Congress his message urging special session to ratify and implement the Cuba reciprocity treaty. He cites strategic naval stations, economic advantages for U S producers, and the goal of strengthening ties with Cuba as a loyal ally in the Western Hemisphere. He warns that failure to enact legislation would breach national faith.
A historical discussion condemns inhuman warfare devices such as hydrocyanic gas bombs and nonlethal inhalants. It notes repeated proposals to incapacitate vessels or crews without sinking ships, while stressing such poison methods violate universal war regulations and provoke strong objections from authorities.
An amateur candy maker stresses meticulous work, noting that pulverized sugar from the broker is inferior and that bar sugars should be finely rubbed. He advises against using sweetened chocolate for dipping chocolate creams and emphasizes that the Witter coating is religious.
The Pittsburg Dispatch reports that women live longer but are poorer insurance risks. They are less prone to accidents and rough weather yet more likely to develop middle life cancer and to fear failing health, leading them to take out life insurance.
In England a recent baby show drew 430 entries including seventeen pairs of twins. Babies aged six to twelve months competed on grounds of dimensions, muscular tone, flesh firmness, and absence of rickets. Mothers held their babies during weighing as doctors and a nurse judged. The top prize honored well nurtured babies, not bottle fed.
Edgar Palmer Jr and John Murphy of New Haven VI reported cows disturbed a pasture near a stone pile. On investigation the cows cornered a fox and charged with stones and rocks, killing the animal.
Bays writes to Rusekaiya condemning trashy dime novels and devotional books as the only intellectual nourishment for Russians. He notes these books are so hard to obtain that a person who once had schooling forgets how to read.
The intense Filipino love of music is seen in home entertainments and in theaters, reflecting a deep cultural passion and social enjoyment of musical performance.
A mass meeting decided on a general strike of Chicago City Railway’s 3,000 workers. They will quit at 4 am to demand a 25 percent wage raise recognition of the union and minor concessions. The firm prepared to use replacement crews as cars stood idle.
News from Colon and Cartagena recounts uproar over Panama independence. Gen Torres arrival. crowds shout death to Americans. Vice Consul Lovelace pelted, then sheltered. Fear of anti foreign violence grows. Baranquilla and Sivanifa prepare defenses as authorities post two guns at the wharf.
Washington reports United States Minister Beaupre says a revolution in Colombia is not impossible as panic spreads in Bogota. Panama’s Bunau Varilla presses for recognition while Bogotá’s peace mission chatter fades. officials doubt Isthmian plans will succeed amid shifting regional alliances. Russia seeks peace with a readiness for war as czar visits Germany and France, while Hubbard expedition to Labrador is lost and Chinese and Russian forces clash near Shanghai with thousands of troops.
Theo dore Huifmeyer was found dead in his Chicago saloon with a bullet in the forehead and a shattered glass nearby. Police doubt robbery as the motive, though the cash register had been emptied. Huftmeyer, brother-in-law of County Commissioner Jacob B. Thigin, was reputed wealthy.
Jefferson City grand jury returns 106 indictments in a boodling probe. Four indictments name Prosecuting Attorney R. P. Stone for rail pass bribery illegal fees and dismissed prosecutions. Judge Hazell suspends Stone. a special prosecutor named until December 3. Zegler of the Royal Baking Powder Trust and legislator Daniell Kelly indicted for bribery. Zegler believed in New York, Kelly in Canada.
Washington events report the formal reception at the White House of Panama's envoy M. Philipps Varilla marking Panama's entry into the family of nations. The ceremony included credentials and a speech by Secretary Hay, with Roosevelt responding warmly.
The Bobbs Merrill Co announces The Fortunes of Fifi by Molly Miifott Lew, a lively French era romance with mischief and a star actress in Park Lion theater. Also reviewed are The Filigree Ball by Anna Katherine Green, The Grey Cloak by Harold Mer Grath, Hesper by Hamlin Garland, Barlasch of the Guard by Henry Seton Merriman, and The Adventures of Gerard by A Conan Doyle.
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