Ground broken for Louisiana Purchase Exposition event in St Louis
The first public celebration for the 1903 World’s Fair in St Louis marked by a ground breaking at Forest Park on Anniversary Day. Leaders from the exposition company and guests, including major figures, attended ceremonies at the Coliseum and a banquet at the Southern Hotel. Weather altered plans slightly but the event proceeded with speeches by dignitaries.
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Louis
St. Louis
Forest Park
Louisiana Territory
United States
Missouri
Purchase
Park
Exposition Company
John C. Bates
Henry ‘MM.’ Hunter
St. Louis Club
Coliseum
D. R. Francis
Samuel J. Nichols
James A. Tawney
Minnesota
John Allen
Mississippi
Southern Hotel
The
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company
Northwest
Exposition Scope For St Louis Centennial Fair
The 1904 St Louis exposition marks the centennial of the Louisiana Purchase highlighting U S gains from France over a million square miles. Public and private funding totals rise to about 35 million plus city and state contributions and federal backing. The western Forest Park site spans over 600 acres with 1 260 acres including adjacent areas and Washington University buildings valued at 3 million. A fan shaped plan centers on the art palace hill and grand avenues leading to linked pavilions for manufacturing liberal arts education and utilities with Renaissance style and cascading lagoons.
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St. Louis
United States
France
Mississippi River
Rocky Mountains
Louisiana Territory
Citizens
Municipality of
Missouri
St Louis
Forest Park
Washington University
Art Palace
Palace of Art
World's Fair to Feature Wide Exposition of Civilization
The exposition will devote over 32 acres to agriculture and its allied industries and use the Washington University buildings as the administrative hub. It aims to portray civilization in its advanced state with departments covering education, art, liberal arts, machinery, electricity, transportation, agriculture, viticulture, fish and game, mining, forestry, anthropology and athletics. Exhibits will show processes, raw materials, and step by step production with many manufacturing plant installations and international participation led by D. R. Francis, former mayor and cabinet member.
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Palace of Art
Washington University
Spe Urac
D. R. Francis
Cleveland
The
Exposition Company
New Chief for Iowa College Grinnell Named President
Marshalltown reports Rev. Daniel S. Bradley of Grand Rapids Michigan will become president of the Grinnell College. A graduate of Oberlin he has served as acting president at Yankton College in Yankton South Dakota. The appointment is announced as the Iowa college moves toward new leadership.
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Marshalltown
Daniel S. Bradley
First Congregational Church of
Grand Rapids
Mich
Iowa College
Grinnell
Bradley
Oberlin
Yankton College
Yankton, S. D
Miller weighs future role after mine inspector post
Des Moines reports state mine inspector James Miller weighing a reappointment bid from Governor-elect Cummins while being courted by the Iowa Mine Operators association to become a $2,500 per year commissioner. If he accepts, he would leave the inspector post and handle labor disputes with mine operators and unions. confidants say he is inclined to take the offered commissioner role.
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Des Moines
James Miller
Cummins
Miller
Mine Operators’ Association of Iowa
Minner
American Order of Louisiana Organized in Denver
The American Order of Louisiana was organized tonight in Denver Col Tee 20. The group aims to aid in proper commemoration of notable events in the Louisiana Purchase region.
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Denver
Tee
American Order of Louisiana
Louisiana Purchase
Types of Human Kind. Sibley Essay on "The Tyne Theory of Human Descent."
An Iowa man claims a radical theory that every birth follows a distinct type, with lineage shown in parent types and foster roles. He argues two married people produce children of one parent’s type, four children reveal both parental types, and four or more siblings express both sexes. He asserts this theory would curb vice, raise birth rates, and explain Caucasian talent, the ten lost tribes, and hereditary genius, while noting genealogical records do not prove heredity.
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Sibley
Iowa
Israel
Narrow escape for well driller in dynamite accident
Atlantic report says Mat Murry, a well driller from Massina area, narrowly survived a dynamite blast while handling eight sticks in a 248 foot deep well. The explosion blew him about 12 feet, injuring his chin face and right wrist as debris struck him.
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Atlantic
Mat Murry
Massina
New furniture dealer combine forms in Iowa
A new buy and freight rate alliance of central and northern Iowa furniture dealers has been formed. The group will purchase in carload lots, ship to central distribution points, and Webster City will serve as a northern and central Iowa hub. More than 100 dealers are involved, with a first meeting set for January 3 to compete with large catalogue houses.
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Webster City
Iowa
Council Bluffs Merchants Protest Insurance Rate Rise
In Council Bluffs on December 30 merchants and jobbers formed a protest against higher insurance rates. Resolutions signed by local firms call for restoring original rates to protect properties and request copies be sent to Henry D. Bennett and to each local insurer through their agents.
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Council Bluffs
Henry D. Bennett
Cedar Rapids
Chicago coal famine looms as cold bites city
Chicago faces a coal shortage this Sunday with hospitals, offices, and factories seeking fuel. Merchants beg for coal as elevators halt, buildings grow frigid, and railroads confiscate entire train loads, signaling a grave supply crisis and potential plant closures.
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Chicago
Rough Ocean Voyage Cedar Fails
T. F. Murray returned from Scotland with twelve thoroughbred stallions for South Park stables. The voyage lasted twelve days, ten of them stormy, and a huge shark trailed the vessel. Lifeboats stayed ready as land was sighted 55 miles off course.
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T. F. Murray
Scotland
South Park
Misrepresented His Wealth in Divorce Suit
Gertrude Crofford Doze sues her 76 year old husband Leon for divorce claiming he misrepresented his wealth. She married him thinking he was worth 20 000 dollars but alleges his actual worth is 10 000 dollars. The couple has a large age gap with him 58 years her senior.
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Leon
Gertrude Crofford Doze
Peter Doze
Dr. Crofford
Bank Clearings Rise Across United States
A Bradstrate compiled report shows weekly bank clearings for major cities totaling 2,374,918,952 dollars, up 6.6 percent from the same week a year earlier.
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ee _ New York
Bradstrate
United States
Cold Snap Bites Burlington with Subzero Morning
A harsh cold snap grips Burlington today with temperatures about ten degrees below zero in the morning. The day warmed somewhat but remains cold tonight as residents endure frigid conditions.
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Burlington
Tragic Train Scene At Hartley Station
A Milwaukee passenger train collision near Hartley station left a dying father and injured mother on the ground while a two year old babe sat atop the father’s prostrate form and waved at the locomotive. Bystanders witnessed the disturbing tableau as the child appeared unaware of the peril.
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Mason City
Milwaukee
Hartley
Here
Train Ends Parents in Wagon Tragedy
A child witnessed the fatal accident as a train struck a wagon, killing both parents. The scene followed the child’s exhilaration at the swift motion of passing vehicles, unaware of the tragedy unfolding nearby.
Would-be Robbers Held Up
Geneva December 20 Clarence Cole of this place returned from Chicago bringing trophies from a bold robbery in the city. After selling five loads of cattle on State street he was attacked by three thugs who sought his watch. Cole knocked one foe down and brought home two hats an overcoat and an umbrella as spoils. The thieves escaped.
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Geneva
Clarence Cole
Chicago
Mr. Cole
State
Central Iowa traffic announces new freight route
The traffic management of Iowa Central announced that starting Sunday through freight service between St. Louis and St. Paul will run via the Wabash and Minneapolis. The new service competes with the Burlington lines and is effective December 20 in Marshalltown.
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Central
Marshalltown
Iowa Central Today
St. Louis
St. Paul
Wabash
Minneapolis
Burlington
Masquerade death reveals man hides identity
Orange City on December 20 reports Fred Krishick found dead on a straw stack five miles east of town. He had been living there as a negro, using burnt cork to darken his skin. He was 46 years old. The reason for his disguise remains unknown.
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Orange City
Fred Krishick
President MacLean's Generosity
Iowa City reports President G F E Maclean a Presbyterian minister who performs student marriages without charge. His feeless service reflects a long postgraduate wait list as students pursue advanced study or field work. This Christmas he will conduct a ceremony at Great Barrington Massachusetts.
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MacLean
Iowa City
University of Iowa
G. F E. Maclean
Wilds
Great Barrington
Mass
City Official Under a Cloud In Marshalltown
Marshalltown city council suspends E. Z. Mack, superintendent of the city mains, while charges are investigated. Accusations include disobeying orders and misrouting patrols. Action delayed until Mack returns to the city as the water works remain city owned.
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Marshalltown
E. Z. Mack
Mack
Postmaster appointed and office closures noted in Washington state
Washington dispatch lists Utica in Van Buren county getting W H Teal as postmaster replacing G B Brown who resigned. Keenan in Pottawattamie county and mail routes for Neola Ola Lucas Russell are discontinued. Bank charter approval given to Farmers' National Bank of Red Oak with $60,000 capital. Various Iowa pensions and soldiers' home payments announced for listed individuals.
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Washington Washington
W. H. Teal
Utica
van Buren County
G. B. Brown
Keenan
Pottawattamie County
Neola
Ola
Lucas County
Russell
Comptroller of
Farmers’ National Bank of
Red Oak
Wa. M. Ege
Iowa City
G. G. Schultz
Des Moines
Rosebud Agency
South Dakota
Iowa
Hiram . S. Studley
Cumberland
Samuel Steffy
Victor
Spain
Edward T. Brown
Lewis
Alfred Hanson
Burlington
Eliza‘f. Toby
James J. Samsell
New Virginia
Hugh Mclansland
Washington
Martin Merkcle
Toledo
Jacob Erat Yen
Marshalltown
John C. Brooks
Elden
John In ‘Spooner
LaVerne
George’ Sole
Otley
George Wolf
Strawberry Point
Amanda Reynolds
Richland
Soldiers' Home Crowded at Marshalltown
The Iowa Soldiers' Home is at full capacity due to a cold snap. All rooms in every department are full, with 60 more beds in use than last year. There are 15 to 20 apartment applications on file, and no vacant rooms in the old building. Present membership is 753 with 680 men and 73 women. Including civilians, 814 members feed about 14 daily.
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Marshalltown
Iowa Soldiers’ Home
Old People’s
Wommen
Feea
General Alger Beiter improving after medical consultation
Detroit Michigan December 20 General R A Alger's residence announced his condition was somewhat better and a consultation of physicians would be held tomorrow to determine the necessity of any operation
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Alger Beiter
Detroit
Mich
R. A. Alger
Gardner Wins Middleweight Title Bout in Eight Rounds
George Gardner of Lowell defeats Kid Carter of Brooklyn in eight rounds at Mechanics Pavilion San Francisco under the San Francisco Athletic Club claiming the world middleweight championship Gardner punishes Carter from the first round and drives him to the canvas in the eighth Carter endures punishment with crowd cheering both fighters as they exit the ring
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San
Francisco
San Francisco
Cal
George Gardner
Lowell
Mass
Kid” Carter
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mechanics” ‘Pavilion
San Francisco Athletic Club
Gardner
Carter
Lowell Jad
Lowell Jad Was Returned Winner. ‘Yonight
Joe Walcott
Evere
City
Jim McDonald
Six Round Bout Ends Early in Philadelphia Fight
The six round bout between George McFadden of Brooklyn and Jack Bennett of Meckersport Pa was halted in the sixth round by the referee for failing to heed warnings against wrestling. McFadden held the edge up to the stoppage.
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Philadelphia
George McFadden
Brooklyn
Jack Bennett
Mec-kersport
McFadden
Cuban Wonder Wins Decision Over Jack Carrig
Emil Sanchez known as the Cuban Wonder won the decision over Jack Carrig of Olean tonight in Chicago.
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Chicago
Emil Sanchez
Jack Carrig
Olean
Gear Appeals Unity to Preserve Players Union
Kansas City December 20 Dale Gear secretary of the Baseball Players Protective association has prepared a letter to members urging them to stand together to keep the organization intact, asserting it is the only way to secure proper recognition of their rights from the magnates.
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Kansas City
Dale Gear
Baseball Players’ Protective Association
Champions at Carnival in Denver boxing show
Denver December 20 at the carnival of the Incal boxers featured the heavyweight and featherweight champions James J. Jeffries and Young Corbett. Before their appearance they sparred against partners, then faced each other for three rounds, drawing much amusement from spectators.
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Denver
Col
James J. Jeiffries
Young Corbett
Omaha Lightweight Draw Ends Bout in South Omaha
Omaha Neb December 20 Oscar Gardner the Omaha Kid and Jack Whitaker of Cleveland lightweights fought twenty rounds to a draw at South Omaha tonight.
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Omaha
Neb
Oscar Gardner
Jack Whitaker
Cleveland
South Omaha
Brooklyn Retains Keeler
New York report states Willie Keeler will remain with Brooklyn as Detroit manager Frank Dwyer sought to sign him at escalating offers up to $5,000 a year. Keeler told a reporter he would stay in Brooklyn for $1,000 less and wait for the club to decide.
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Brooklyn
Keeler
New York
Edward Hanlon
Brooklyn Baseball Club
Baltimore
Willie Keeler
Frank Dwyer
Detroit
Antil
Dwyer
Inaugural Hazard Cup Wing Shot Championship Tie
Frank Parmalee of Omaha and Charles Budd of Nes Moines tied with straight 25 birds each for the Hazard cup worth 450 dollars, emblematic of the world wing shot championship held at Blue River park in Kansas City on December 20.
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Kansas City
Frank Parmalee
Omaha
Charles Budd
Nes Moines
Blue River Park
Spaulding Olympian Chairman Named in Chicago
Ambiguous text signals appointment of H. J. Parker as president of an Olympian committee. Details unclear due to damaged source but references to chairman role, general and athletic leadership, and international teams.
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Spaulding Olympian
Chicago
Dév
H. J. Parker
Sae
Gam Gers
Spalding
Padeiea
Stentye
Fuwlardificial International T Nyeapl
Chicaggia Ood
Peter Jackson Beats O Rourke In Fourth Round Victory
In Baltimore tonight Peter Jackson defeated Chis O Rourke of Boston in the fourth round. O Rourke was knocked down twice and nearly finished as his seconds threw in the towel, yielding Jackson the win and keeping his ring momentum.
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Peter Jackson
Baltimore
Marx Dees
Peter’ Jackson
Chis
O’rourke
Boston Tonight
O'Rourke
Pennsylvania Takes Relay Race at Sportsman's Show
Philadelphia December 20 University of Pennsylvania won the two mile relay race against Columbia University by about three feet in a dash to the finish at the sportsman's show.
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Columbia University
Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery Promises Cure
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Pellets as cures for chronic coughs, bleeding, and other illnesses. It includes testimonial from Elmer Lawler of Volga Indiana, praising renewed strength after using the medicine. The copy argues the product cleanses blood, adds red corpuscles, and contains no alcohol or narcotics.
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Pierce
Elmer Lawler
Volga, Jefferson Co
Indiana
Dr. Pierce
Irwin Orton and Marshall Finish in Eight Minutes
Irwin Orton of Pennsylvania faced Marshall of Columbia in a race that lasted eight minutes and 13 4-3 seconds, marking a determined sprint between the two competitors.
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Irwin Orton
Pennsylvania
Marshall
Columbia
Former Illinois Justice Dies at 74 in Macon
Damon Tunicliff, aged 74, died today in Macon Illinois after a sudden illness. He served on the Illinois Supreme Bench in the past and later left the practice of law. He was the father of the law partner of Speaker Sherman.
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Macon, Fil
Damon
Tunnicliff
Supreme Bench of
State
Speaker Sherman
Spalding Injunction Continues Pending Baseball Case
New York December twentieth attorneys for President Spalding consent to a temporary injunction continuance restraining him from powers of the National Baseball League until the trial of the Freedman and followers suit against the Spalding party.
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Spalding
New York
National Baseball League
Freedman
Spalding Party
State sues for possession of 64 acre tract near Sioux Falls
State officials filed in circuit court a suit to reclaim a 64 acre parcel now within A Lester Heyer Packing land near Sioux Falls. The tract, once school land, changed hands after defaults and tax sales. judgments against the packing firm are pending. The action seeks to void original contracts, strip defendants of any right, and grant the state immediate possession.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Scott
South Dakota
A. Lester Heyer Packing Company
George J. Brace
Pettigrew
Tate
Commissioner of School and Public Lands
Minnehaha
Packing Company
Bruce
Tragic Kansas double death shocks Parsons residents
Reports from Parsons Kansas detail the discovery of Col. John E. Bull and his wife Carrie Bull murdered or dead at their home. The bodies were decomposed complicating causes of death as physicians debate possible natural gas asphyxiation or murder followed by suicide. Colonel Bull had recently sold the home and disputes over a deed preceded the tragedy.
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Bull
Colonel Bull
Hetis
Th. Pargons
Ils Atatis
More Teachers Nettled by Des Moines Letter
Des Moines dispatch reports General Superintendent Fréd Atkinson of public instruction for the Philippine islands wrote to Barrett saying there is a full force of teachers in the islands and that further applications would be useless as he has no authority to hire more.
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Des Moines
Barrett
Fréd. Atkinson
Public ‘Instruction
Philippine Islands
Islands
Atkinson
Musser Public Library Dedicated in Muscatine
The P M Musser library in Muscatine is dedicated as a city gift costing over 40000 dollars excluding books. The June 1900 proposal required a one mill tax for maintenance and passed by an almost unanimous vote. Dedicatory events featured Rev A J Fowler Hon G M Titus and Johnson Brigham with P M Musser presenting the deed to Mayor Barney Schmidt.
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Muscatine
P. M. Musser
Musser
Becomes Bride Of Prince In Roumanian Church
A large crowd including Turkish and Austrian ambassadors attended the Roumanian church ceremony in Paris for Miss Hazel Singer of Chicago marrying Prince John Ghika, son of Roumanian minister Gregoire Ghika. US ambassadors General Porter and General Winslow witnessed. The sultan of Turkey honored the bride with a decoration. The couple will travel to Roumania after Christmas.
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Paris
Hazel Singer
Charles Singer
Chicago
Prince John Ghika
France
Gregoire J. Ghika
Horace Porter
United States
Winslow
Leishman
John G. A. Leishman
Turkey
Edith Clarke
New York
Ghike
Roumania
Demon Kills Three In West Virginia Saloon
Wayne Demon, 18, shot three black men dead in a Davy saloon after they ordered whites out. The assailant, an assistant bookkeeper for Cole, Crane & Co. of Cincinnati, fled as police arrived while awaiting a train home for the holidays.
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Welch
W. Va
Wayne Demon
Davy
Demo
Demon
Cole, Crane & Co
Cincinnati
Final acceptance of battleship Wisconsin announced
Navy department confirms the Wisconsin is finally accepted. Dub lin grants freedom of the city to John Redmond after a visit to the United States on behalf of the Irish League. Albert H Kings evades a 2 to 14 year sentence by taking morphine in jail, dying soon after. Edison comments on Marconi’s wireless reception as a great achievement. Trans-Siberian Railway cost over 1 billion roubles. Cre. Cripps mining company issues large Christmas dividend. King Howard and Queen Alexandra visit Ireland abandoned due to unrest. Mrs McKinley’s condition remains stable with weekly medical care.
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West Orange
N. J
Thomas A.edison
Wm. Marconi
England
Marconi
Hangland
Odessa Novosti
Trans-Siberian Railway
Consolidated Mines ’Company
Crippie Creek
London World
Howard
Queen Alexandra
Ireland
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