Vast World News reports from Manilla to pensions
The Intelligencer notes Solace arriving in San Francisco with 209 blue jackets 30 prisoners 41 sick and 143 marines. Ware's pension rolls exceed 1 000 000 names. Rural delivery estimates top 11 000 000. Several murders rail strikes and political notes populate the dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solace
San Francisco
Manila
Ware
John F. O'Sullivan
Boston Globe
New England
Lynn
Mass
Chicago
Tobacco Trust
Illinois Central Road
Roosevelt
New York
Derby
Chattanooga
Tenn
Simon Kurtz
Springfield
Bishop Fallows
J. P. Morgan
National Association of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Indianapolis
Pittsfield
Washington
Steel Company
Lebanon
W. J. Hahn
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Robert Ray
Howard Rodman
J. H. Moran
Cedar Rapids
Franz Sigel
New York City
George Gantz
Reading
Gantz
Annie Etter
Dan Patch
Readville
At Pointer
Home and Foreign Items: Industrial Field and Happenings Abroad
A brisk column surveys developments in industry and business at home and overseas. Notes on notable firms, labor trends, political shifts, and international events provide a snapshot of the era's economic and diplomatic climate.
Little Foreign Notes Across the Globe
Wiesbaden adopts ozone purification for city water. Berlin surpasses 2.55 million residents, Munich trails by 2 million. Berlin streetcars surge after fare cut in 1900. A week by steamer to the Caspian via the Volga. France exports more horses than it imports in 1900, Germany imports 90 000 more than it exports. London's Roman wall exposed amid demolitions of Christ's Hospital. Belgian working women mostly earn under 50 cents daily. few exceed 80 cents. In India, villagers still misread Victoria as queen with the new coins and stamps not yet issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Wilkesbarre
United States
Philippines
Shaw
Fort Riley
Kan
Dun & Co
Gen. Chaffee
Manila
San Francisco
Sumner
Comptroller of the Treasury
Kentucky
Spain
Turkestan
Pensacola
Fla
South Africa
J. M. Parsons
Rock Rapids
Congress
Wall Street
Gov. Bliss
Michigan
James McMillan
Russell A. Alger
Dexter M. Ferry
Union Pacific
Rawlins
Wyo
Louis Kossuth
Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts Supreme Court
American Federation of Catholic Societies
Tom Clark
Will Gibson
Carey Whitfield
Corinth
Miss
Lille
Paris
France
Commissioner of Pensions
Eugene F. Ware
Wiesbaden
Greater Berlin
Munich
Berlin
Russian
Volga
Rybinsk
Caspian
Germany
London
Christ’s Hospital
Newgate Street
Belgium
India
Queen Victoria
Doan's Kidney Pills Endured Cure Backed by Urbana Man
Veteran Josiah Heller of Urbana Illinois recalls using Doan's Kidney Pills in 1889 to relieve kidney trouble back pain and loin aches. He reports repeated cures during subsequent warnings of attacks and endorses the remedy again. A free trial offer is mailed upon request to Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY with price 50 cents per box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josiah Heller
South
Walnut St
Urbana
Ill
Dean
Cunningham’s
Champaign
Doan
Mr. Heller
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Veterans Meet in Muscatine Reunion of Crocker’s Iown brigade
A large joint reunion in Muscatine gathered survivors from the Eleventh, Thirteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth regiments and the Thirty-fifth volunteer regiment with about 3000 veterans present. The parade included over 2000 brigade volunteers led by Maj. M. R. Chase, and officers were elected. Waterloo was chosen for the 1904 encampment, with Gen. MacArthur and others speaking at a camp fire closing event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Auxiliary
National Army and Navy War Veterans
Flora A. Lewis
Washington, D. C
Thompson
York
Roosevelt
Washington
White House
Henry Phipps
New York
Indianapolis
D. J. Foster
Illinois
Gov. Stone
Pennsylvania
Charles Heffner
Ludwig Sedlazgo
Cleveland
New York Stock Exchange
Will Mathiskon
Orlando Lester
Oxford
Miss
Montgomery Brothers
Louis Girard
Taunton
Mass
Charlemagne Tower
Russia
Mr. White
United States
Germany
Philadelphia & Reading Company
Schulkill County
James Winston
Scramton
Princeton
Hay
Shaw
Frank McKie
Golden Eagle Hotel
Mercer
Lewis Russell
Michigan City
Ind
Perry Stout
Winchester
Tenn
S. E. Robinson
News-Journal
Banks
Crocker Brigade
Iowa Volunteers
Muscatine
Crocker
Iown
5. R. Chase
Moscow
W. L. Kiesick
Beacon
C. W. Kepler
Mount Vernon
Peter Kiene
Dubuque
D. W. Bushnell
Council Bluffs
Waterloo
Gen. MacArthur
Cols. Hare
Keeler
Gen. Skrigg
Juvenile Courts and Probation Officers Discussed at Des Moines Conference
At the quarterly meeting of the state board of control and heads of state institutions in Des Moines, Mrs. Isaac Hillis urged making truancy officers probation officers locally to speed reform. Prof. Samuel Calvin spoke on artesian wells, and Dr. Max Witte’s paper on undesirable employers prompted support for a blacklist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Control
State House
Des Moines
Isaac Hillis
Samuel Calvin
University of Iowa
Iowa
Max Witte
State Hospital For
Clarinda
Fitzgerald
Mitchellville
Witte
Brown and Marshall Calf Case Ended With Calf to Marshall
In Marshall town Judge Caswell disposed of the Brown-Marshall calf dispute. Costs topped $500 while the calf was valued at $42. The flood origin forced Brown and Marshall to round up cattle and Marshall kept the cow. The case moved through the district court and replevin suits before final disposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown-Marshall
Caswell
Marshalltown
W. H. Brown
Frank Marshall
Marshall
Brown
Obituary of Jacob G Sperry Iowa City settler and businessman
Jacob G Sperry died at his Iowa City home aged 81 after 49 years in Johnson county. He served in various public roles and, for 30 years, ran an abstract business until recently. Converted in 1867 under evangelist Morgan Edwards and joined the Baptist church, he supported the church loyally. He leaves a wife and seven children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob G. Sperry
Iowa City
Johnson County
Morgan Edwards
Baptist Church
Question on authority to exclude defective minded children
Des Moines school managers refer a state question to authorities. They ask what power a school board or superintendent has to exclude children deemed defective from public schools. They doubt the authority and note no clear law. They fear the compulsory education law could force schools to admit nuisances if a parent insists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Odd China Tobacco Accessories Featured in Curio Collection
A burntwood pipe rack bears a motto about castles in the air. A unique tobacco jar shows a crocodile standing on hind legs with head removable for filling. A china jar depicts wheat sheaves with a humorous black-face peeping out. A pig pot and a green cat-sized frog cigars holder complete the display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Dodd's Kidney Pills Help Grand View Woman After Back Aches
Lydia Parker of Grand View Iowa reports years of backache and sudden catches when stooping. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills she says the trouble left her, she recovered strength and has stayed well for months. She recommends the remedy to others with lame back conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand View
Iowa
Lydia Parker
Dodd
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AMES
Maj. J. W. Powell
Smithsonian Institution Bureau of Ethnology
Haven
G. H. Durand
Saratoga
Gov. Odell
W. J. Sampson
D. W. Goodenough
Grand Rapids
Gen. Alger
United States Senate
Wiliam Carpenter
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
W. H. P. Gobel
Connecticut
Melbert B. Cary
Ridgefield
Sylvia Landon Durham
Bristol
Conn
B. P. Birdsall
Clarion
David BR. Henderson
Edmond A. McGinniss
Indiana
Egypt
Bullock Workman
Himalaya
Loongma
Great Britain
Venezuela
Cuba
Palma
Werba
Mexico
Ciudad Bolivar
Pershing
Fifteenth Infantry
Mindanao
Corea
Ch’ao-Hsien
Seoul
Eni Wha
Botha
de Wet
Delarey
Roumania
Panama
East Turkestan
Dr. Caldwell
Monticello
Ills
TOWER
A.J. Tower CO
Boston
Hamlin
W. L. Douglas
Heyl
W. Ll. Douglas
Brockton
Esrornic Casien
Sears, Roebuck & CO
Iveters
Chicago Bridge & Iron CO
Washington Heights Station
Hil
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