Digest of World News and Local Editorials from The Leader
A mix of international notes and opinion snippets. Czar gifts a preacher a diamond cross. debates on meat abstinence and nutrition. peat fuel Osman described. Alaska-Seattle cable linked. wealth-based hamlet proposed by P C Wiest. Mendelejev on Russian reforms post Japan war. World’s Fair loan repay progress and Russia's naval defeat critique. legal questions on Beck and Maybrick. Sunday law clash with public sentiment. riverboat robberies spark calls for enforcement. miscellaneous notes on immigration and press views.
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Sitka
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P. C. Wiest
New York
York
Dover
Topics of the Day and World Events Mentioned
Summary of a dated news column listing varied items: Senator Fairbanks campaigns in Missouri, labor chief Darrell Wright to resign for Clarke College duties, a royal engagement and a prison escape involving notable figures, Russian and Far East military movements, and a major Memphis fire disaster with widespread property loss.
Crown Prince William to wed Duchess Cecelia in Mecklinburg
Altona Prussia Sept 6 details announce engagement of Crown Prince Frederick William to Duchess Cecelia of Mecklenburg Schwerin. Telegram to emperor and empress confirmed the betrothal after consent at Maeritz lodge. Outcome: strengthens ties among German royal houses and may ease Schleswig Holstein issues.
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Holland
Frederick William
Wilhelmina
Princess Louise of Coburg asserts freedom and legal steps
In Vienna a lawyer close to Lieut. Count Mattasch-Keglevich relays Princess Louise of Coburg’s claim of freedom after confinement. She intends to seek guardianship removal, request a new medical exam, and prove sanity with witnesses, while planning a quiet life rather than divorce or remarriage.
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Mattasisch-Keglevich
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Bransvile
John Fuerbacher
Mississippi Industrial Drive in 1904 News Glow
A Mississippi column of local industry notes details on cabbage and pea crops profits near Jackson, weather data from Vicksburg, and plans for factory and railroad growth in towns like Okolona Cantonia Woodville and Hazlehurst. It highlights Panama Canal impact, Confederate veterans housing, and labor shifts with Italian workers, plus railway and electric line prospects.
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Cold water cure replaces flogging in Oregon prison
The Portland Oregonian reports officials favor the cold water treatment as a humane alternative to flogging. Prisoners are stripped and sprayed with cold water from a garden hose, ending the moment the stream hits. Two inmates, one black and one white, showed immediate compliance, while others have been subdued without lasting injuries.
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Oregon Penitentiary
The American Husband Critique of Nuptial Spending
A 19th century-style critique notes the American middle class husband spends freely before and after marriage, rarely saves, and indulges his wife’s fashion, often tolerating lavish clothing and millinery while providing little for household costs.
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Inter Ocean
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Hill
End of the Strike Seen as Packers Promise Settlement
Packers give satisfactory assurances to the unions and a settlement is expected within 24 hours. Negotiations via a middleman began Monday with representatives of packing firms, and a special Allied Trades Council meeting is planned for Tuesday to vote on continuing or ending the strike.
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Farris Bribery Case Postponed to December 15 in Missouri
In Jefferson City Judge Graves extended the bribery case of Senator Frank H. Farris linked to the baking powder scandal until December 15 due to the absence of witness Senator James Orchard. An attachment was issued for Orchard, reportedly in Arkansas, and the trial schedule moved for Senator Charles A. Smith to December 21.
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Jeff Davis Re-Elected in Arkansas Returns
Memphis Tenn Sept 6 Harry returns from the state election in Arkansas indicate the re election of Gov Jefferson Davis the present democratic incumbent over Hon Harry Myers republican by the usual large democratic majority. The democrats easily elected their entire state ticket and the interest centered in the vote in large towns where the regular democrats were opposed in many instances by independents. Returns are slow and many voting places are remote from railroad and telegraph stations.
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Drowned in White River near Clarendon river tragedy
A boating accident on the White River near Clarendon, Arkansas, left H Diggie Milas, Mamie Johnson, and Leta Vasgoth drowned. Two other members, F J Dawson and Gretchen Shaw, were saved by clinging to the boat. The surviving party reported the incident during a local Gazette transmission.
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Humorous Clippings From Times of Yore
A collage of old jokes and anecdotes features marital schemes and penny reflections. A husband jokes about becoming a pauper after marriage while his wife retorts with wry remarks. An American in England wrestles with Knickerbocker lore. A Harlem tunnel caisson tale ends with a collar quip. An eminent astronomer ponders insignificance, then a wife’s club suffrage quip closes.
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Grape Nuts Helped Child Regain Health Says Colorado Mother
A Colorado mother credits feeding her weak child Grape Nuts and milk after a visit to Kansas City. The diet change led to marked improvement and the child gained weight, becoming strong again. the family shares a photograph documenting the transformation.
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