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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1902
Page
2
Gas rate hikes and new ventures dot Indiana towns
The report lists Marion raising gas rates to twenty cents per thousand and notes upcoming independent telephone firms in Gas City and Jonesboro within ninety days. It covers hydrant rental suit by Valparaiso Water, typhoid cases in Elwood, fatalities in Tipton and Muncie, new churches and plants, and railway safety stories across several counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Gas City
Jonesboro
Valparaiso Water Company
Elwood
Tipton
Fred Wellington
Decatur
Presbyterian
Masonic Fraternity of
Williamsburg
Light Inspection Car Company
Hagerstown
Anderson
Scandal hits St Louis as graft case unfolds
The city confronts a long running corruption scheme as a business agent’s grand jury confession leads to indictments for eighteen members of the municipal assembly. Murrell and a nineteen member gang reportedly plotted to sell legislation including a $75,000 street railway franchise and $47,500 in lighting bills, with oaths promising lethal retaliation. A drowning and a separate fatal rail accident claim two more lives in Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
House of Delegates
J. K. Murrells
Murrell
Mexico
Grand Jury
Combine
J. S. Murrell
Hiv
Dea
Philp
Lincoln Trust Company
Charles I. Kelly
Twins Lehmann
Pelee Kills Two Thousand in Martinique Disaster
The Mount Pelee eruption on September 3 devastates Martinique killing around 2,000. Survivors flee to nearby islands as La Soufriere on St. Vincent erupts, tidal wave fears rise, and officials plan evacuation and aid distribution across Fort de France and southern regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morne Rouge
Mount Pelee
St. Pierre
St. Lucia
Royal Mail
Yare
Martinique
St. Vincent
la Sonfriere
M. Donmergue
M. Lemaire
Fort-de-France
Lemaire
la Soufriere
Savan
Lacroix
Pelee
Mrs McKinley Visits McKinley Grave On Anniversary
On the anniversary of President McKinley's shooting Mrs McKinley visited the cemetery in Canton to place flowers on her husband's coffin and the graves of her children. She wore a heavy veil and spoke little, grieving openly while soldiers guard the tomb day and night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
President McKinley
Buffalo
McKinley
Canton
William McKinley
Farley Named Archbishop of New York in Vatican Move
The Pope confirms Rt Rev John M Farley auxiliary bishop of New York as archbishop of New York succeeding Archbishop Corrigan. Rt Rev George Montgomery of Los Angeles named coadjutor to Archbishop Riordan of San Francisco with right of succession. Farley a 60 year old Ireland native, educated in US and Rome, has served as secretary to Cardinal McCloskey and as chamberlain to the Pope. Nearby notes: Hugo Kab elected curator at Carnegie Museum entomology at 2500 dollars yearly. Clyde Hamilton 14 drowns in Kaw river Topeka while learning to swim. Charles Deplanty Coffeyville dies after drinking carbolic acid in personal crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Farley
New York
Archbishop Corrigan
George Montgomery
Los Angeles
Cal
Patrick Willim Riordan
San Francisco
Farley
Ireland
United States
American College
Rome
McCloskey
Zeugma
Clyde Hamilton
Kaw
Topeka
Kan
Labor vs the Trust Giants in a Day of Politics
Opinion pieces contrast labor's fight against monopolies with pro trust prosperity arguments. Authors argue wealth controls lawmakers, labor must unite to counter domination by corporations, and warn of mass layoffs from an agricultural machinery merger while noting broader strikes and unrest across industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Des Moines News
Demand for Tariff Reform and Public Business
A discussion notes that tariff reform resolutions from Republicans would be unlikely to pass without public support and warns that if Congress does not act Democrats could gain an issue in 1904. It also criticizes the anthracite barons for keeping their actions private, deeming it none of the public’s business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
War Office
Wolseley
Roberts
Witchener
Mitchener
Detroit Free Press
Congress
Boston Herald
Abrams
Hewitt
Indianapolis News
Hanna's Idea of Trusts and Patent Monopolies
Bangor Commercial notes Senator Hanna argues no monopolies exist except those protected by patents. The piece questions whether beef packing is excluded and jokes that slaughterhouse owners may have found a way to copyright cows. It cites frequent, consistent opinions by Senator Hanna beyond the common meaning of trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanna
Tanna
Bangor Commercial
Workingmen and Politics: Why Individuals Should Engage
The piece argues that while trade organizations may stay out of politics, individual workingmen have a vital stake in political life. It contends workers should participate, join parties, and influence public policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dtce
St. Paul Globe
Trusts and tariffs spark party clash in editorials
Richmond Times argues that competition with the world curbs trusts and warns tariffs grant them control. The Indianapolis Sentinel urges Roosevelt to focus on fighting lawbreakers and trusts rather than rhetoric on a strenuous life, linking executive duty to action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Richmond Times
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North Anderson
American Tinplate Company
White
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Jack Fleetwood
Chester Lee
Hemingway Glass Factory
Muncie
Christian Geppert
Fort Wayne
Pennsylvania
Valparaiso
George W. Method
Jackson County
Goodland
Newton County
Elmer Danner
Kokomo
Denney
Portland
Newcastle
Krell
Monon
Electric Light Commissioners
Richmond
Nancy Reeder
John P. Edwards
Finley
Adam Shaffer
Liberty Township
Stout
Eli Conway
William Nipp
Conway
Edinburg
Jos. J. Irwin & Co
H. M. Scholler
Mr. Irwin
National Starch Company
George West
Charles Rivers
W. W. Williams
South Bend
First National Bank
Michigan City
M. M. Barnard
Minnesota
Stillwater
Indiana
Bieters
England
Lord Kitchener
Ulysses
Herbert Kitchener
Kitchener
London
Lord Stoberts
William Wfall
Cottonwood Falls
Cottonwood River
A. Bone
Harry Bone
United States District Attorney
Kansas
Wichita
Santa Fe
India
Mrs. Mkinley
Mrs. M'Kinlty
Pope
Corrigan
Hugo Kab
Kansas State University
Carnegie Museum
Pittsburg
Charles Deplanty
Coffeyville, Kan
Archbishop Farley
nEbes
New Hampshire
Steel Trust
South America
Canada
New York World
International Harvester Company
Chicago
Chicago American
Roosevelt
Indiapapolia Sentinel
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