Venezuela Seeks Time to Negotiate With Britain and Germany
Britain and Germany have begun punitive measures against Venezuela. German war vessels are already near the contemplated action, and a British squadron will be ready to meet resistance. The United States has not yet responded, while Venezuelan delegates press a pacific settlement and offer a 33 million annual interest plan backed by customs and a Caracas European bank. International officials await Washington for guidance before proceeding.
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Venezuela
United States
London
Great Britain
Germany
Associated Press
Washington
Financial House
Europe
Caracas
Brazil
Berlin
Castro
Eight Hour Law Declared Invalid by Supreme Court
Columbus December 3 The supreme court declares unconstitutional the eight hour labor law in the City of Cleveland versus Clement brothers. The city sought to enforce the act with $10 fines per violation and $300 in penalties but lost after appealing the lower court judgment. The ruling follows a prior decision.
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Columbus
Supreme Court
Cleveland
Clement Brothers
State of the country's finances shown by Sec'y Shaw's report
The annual treasury report details the fiscal year ended June 30, 1902 receipts totaling 684,326,280.47 with major sources from internal revenue, customs, and other charges. Expenditures include civil, military, naval establishments and pensions, yielding a surplus of 91,287,375.57. Additional cash came from national bank funds and war-bond issues. At Castlebury, J Stubbs killed his mother then himself.
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Sec’y Shaw
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
District of Columbia
Pacific Railways
Ofa
Soldiers’ Home Permanent Fund
Department of State
Territory of Alaska
Postal Service
Tosely Oe
Spain
Philippines
Naval ‘Establishment
National Bank Fund
Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery touted for consumptives
A historical ad style summary describes lung disease progression and claims that Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery strengthens weak lungs, improves blood oxygenation, arrests disease, and heals inflamed tissue. It quotes Mr Chas Fross of Sitka Ind recounting recovery after multiple bottles and asserts pellets cleanse impurities.
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Pierce
Golden
Chas, Fross
P. M
Sitka, White Co
Ind
Dr. Pierce
Tam
Grand Dukes Trouble Dismissed From Russian Army
The Russian Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovitch, uncle of the czar, is dismissed by Emperor William from the Cuirassier regiment at Brandenburg due to his marriage to Baroness Pistol who was divorced. The czar accepted the vacancy, First Secretary Dodge becomes charge d affaires, and White receives a present vase from the emperor. Minister Jackson plans Athens posting. Tower to arrive December 10. Agrarian presses praise Roosevelt's Monroe Doctrine interpretation. Reichstag to push tariff bill before Christmas. tariff commission reports today.
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Berlin
Paul Alexandrovitch
William
Brandenburg
Pistol
Dodge
United States
Foreign Office
White
Schloss
Jackson
Athens
Roumania
Servia
State Department
King George
Tower
Roosevelt
Reichstag
Tariff Commission
Higher salaries urged for judicial officers nation wide
Attorney General Knox, in a report to Congress, again calls for salary increases for U S judicial officers. The annual data shows 344 undisposed appellate cases and 11 on the original docket in the Supreme Court after October term 1902, with 336 from the prior term.
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Washington
Knox
Congress
United States Supreme Court
United States
Compulsory Vaccination Sparks School Exclusions in Gas City
Gas City Indiana reports a peak in the vaccination row as over 300 children were barred from local schools for lacking vaccination certificates. About half of those excluded had been vaccinated but failed to secure proof. Anti vaccination advocates vow to persist and threaten legal action if challenged.
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Gas City
Ind
Anonymous letter targets Fort Dodge conductor Carrigg
An anonymous Fort Dodge letter accuses Mike Carrigg, now Waterloo yardmaster, of wrongdoing with a Fort Dodge girl and demands about 2800 dollars. Carrigg denies the charges and asks the writer to reveal identity. His wife left him a year ago, and he hopes solving the mystery may heal his home life.
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Fort Dodge
Dee
Mike Carrigg
Illinois Central
Waterloo
Carrigg
Carrige
Illustrious Iowa physicians die in Moravia and Burlington
Ottumwa reports Dr. H Huffman a pioneer southern Iowa physician died suddenly in his Moravia office from apoplexy. Burlington notes the death of Dr. G F Stone a veteran of Crimean and civil wars at age 70.
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Ottumwa
H. Huffman
Iowa
Moravia
Burlington
G. F. Stone
Deserter Captured in Cedar Rapids
Charles M. Mathieson of Company K Thirteenth United States Cavalry, deserted at Fort Meade Wyoming on May 9 after enlisting April 4 1902 in Cedar Rapids. He wandered since and was captured in Cedar Rapids. The regiment’s commanding officer notified and he will be sent for court martial under the Articles of War. He offered no excuse.
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Cedar Rapids
United States Army
Charles M. Mathieson
Company K
Thirteenth
United States Cavalry
Fort Meade, Weoming
Mathieson
West
Crushed by Boulder in Card fin Mine
Fort Dodge December 3 a Cardiff Gypsum Plaster miner named David Hill was killed instantly when a falling boulder toppled by a shot explosion crushed him as he investigated the blast. He leaves a wife and four young children.
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Fort Dodge
David Hill
Cardiff Gypsum Plaster Company
Hill
Estherville gains free mail delivery service
Estherville announces free mail delivery with three carriers appointed and at work. Postmaster M. K. Whelan led the effort, making Estherville the first city in the region to obtain first class mail facilities and fostering a metropolitan sense locally.
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Estherville
M. K. Whelan
Injured in Mine Car Accidents Traps Miner
Keb December report says Thomas Simpson aged 20 a mine driver was caught between a derailed pit car and the mine entry. Miners worked an hour to free him by cutting coal and the car coupling. He was rescued with a broken bone in his leg.
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Keb
Thomas Simpson
Simpson
Ingenious Horse Thief Outwitted in Shenandoah
Shenandoah December 3 reports a determined horse thief fed off Mr. E. A. Read s driving horse and attempted to obscure the theft. The details describe careful misdirection and the ongoing effort to locate the horse and thief. Local authorities pursue leads as residents note unusual activity near Read s stable.
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Shenandoah
E. A. Read
Scrofula explained and a blood remedy advertised
An 19th century advert explains scrofula as a hereditary blood taint with swelling glands and bone deformities. It touts S. S. S. as a constitutional blood remedy that purports to cleanse scrofulous matter, restore strength, and offer free physician advice from the Swift Specific Co in Atlanta, Georgia.
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S. S.S
Atlanta
Thief Steals Horse Then Hacks Brand Markings
A horse stolen weeks earlier was found grazing in a pasture near Ira Newman farm. B L Toot spotted the trotting animal, recognized it as Read’s horse, and notified Mr Read who confirmed the identification after the thief had altered brands and docked the tail. No arrest reported.
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Ira Newman
B. L. Toot
Mr. Read
Toot
Shenandoah
British education bill passes in commons. sent to Lords
British Commons approved the education bill on Wednesday 236 to 132 and sent it to the Lords where it was formally read a first time in their chamber with only three peers present. Premier Balfour urged public spirit to support the measure, saying no better option had been proposed. The report details several unrelated legal and political items, including acquittal in Missouri bribery and a Kansas murder case, as well as other court actions and notable deaths.
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Ryan
Vidorado
Kas
J. C. Brownfield
Jessie Morrison
Olin Castle
United States District Court
Kansas City
John B. Henderson, Jr
Virginia
St. Clair County
Missouri
Hebrew Women
Baltimore
Melinda Pappe
Sioux City
Iowa
Chas. T. Hills
Michigan
Ryerson, Hills & Co
Muskegon
Franklin, Ky
Caleb Powers
Goebel
Wilhelm
Marquette
Mich
Detroit News
Michiticoten
Aloha
Bishop Opposes Coadjutor at Springfield Diocese Meeting
At the Springfield Episcopal synod Bishop Seymour declared against naming a coadjutor this meeting. factional fights over candidate selection triggered press coverage and ward heeling accusations. Clergy voting 23-5, lay 12-19. to change the church name to American Catholic church was recommended to the general convention committee, Decatur vote objected over unpaid assessment.
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Springfield
Episcopal Church
Seymour
Theishop
General Convention
Decatur
Ocean steamship arrivals list at major ports
Ocean steamship arrivals show ships docking at Queenstown Majestic from New York New York Moltke from Hamburg Zeeland from Antwerp Gibraltar Perugia from Naples bound for New York Liverpool Lake Ontario from Montreal Parisian from St John Halifax Bremen Neckar from Baltimore Southampton St Paul from New Yorks maritime traffic and outbound routes summarized for the period posting several origin and destination pairs including Antwerp Naples Baltimore and Montreal listed by harbor entries
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Queenstown
Majestic
New York
Moltke
Hamburg
Zeeland
Antwerp
Gibraltar
Perugia
Naples
Liverpool
Lake Ontario
Montreal
Parisian
St. John
Halifax
Bremen
wNeckar
Baltimore
Southampton
St. Paul
New Yorks
Nurses Association votes down canteen reestablishment
Action from the Spanish American War Nurses association meeting shows a resolution favoring re-establishment of the army canteen was defeated. The Dec 3 session in Washington discussed the proposal among members addressing welfare and service provisions.
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Washington
Winter Wheat Promising Across Many States
Washington reports November weather brought mild temperatures east of the Rockies and heavy rains on the north Pacific coast and west gulf coast. Winter wheat was in very promising condition at month end with ample moisture and rapid growth, though seeding was unfavorable on the north Pacific coast.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
North Pacific Coast
Missouri Valley
West Gulf Coast
South Atlantic
East Gulf States
Oklahoma
Texas
Pacific
A Jekyll Hyde Existence in Philadelphia Burglar Teems with Doubled Life
George Dickinson Jr of Weyl and Dickinson, novelties makers at Eighth and Arch, was arrested after a struggle with Policeman Carroll. Authorities say Dickinson led a double life as a respectable businessman by day and burglar by night. Police recovered about 2500 dollars worth of silverware, jewelry and bric a brac believed to be his loot, with five witnesses reviewing the case as his criminal history emerged.
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Philadelphia
George Dickinson, Jr
Weyl & Dickinson
Eighth and Arch Streets
Carrol
Dickingon
Carter Knocks Out Maher in Second Round
Brooklyn’s Kid Carter defeated Peter Maher of Philadelphia in the second round of a scheduled six round bout in Philadelphia. The result appeared in the Daily Republican with coverage of the event.
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Peter Maher
Philadelphia
Dec
Kid” Carter
Brooklyn
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Supreme Court of Ohio
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J. Stubbs
Bright
Br. Fenner
Dr. Fenner
W.H. Muman
Pinkerton
B.F. Dulaigh
Dorchester
Neb
CC M.M
Iner
Fredonia
Grand Dukes
Czar
Ambassador White
General News OF
Great Commonwealth
California Fig Syrup CO
General News
Illinois
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Daily Republican
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Womeir
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J. E. Wall
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