Panorama of a 2-Cent Stamp Case and Other News
Readable summaries cover Ellsworth DeFrance’s release after a life sentence commuted by McKinley for a 2-cent stamp theft, Andrews paroled from Detroit bank misappropriation, Lawrence O. Murray named assistant secretary of commerce and labor, a Boulder Montana safe robbery worth about 4000 dollars, a Toledo man’s Christmas despair poisoning, William Jennings Bryan buying his Nebraskan birth home, a fatal hotel fire in Nominees Michigan, and related brief items.
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Ellworth P. DeFrance
Priday
Sions City
Iowa
DeFrance
United States District Court
Nebraska
McKinley
Frank GC Andrews
Bliss
Frank
Andrews
City Savings Bank of
Detroit
Mich
Jackson
Lawrence O. Murray
Chicago
Commerce and Labor
Murray
Senate
Core Telyou
Government Pays Interest on Bonds May Be Mailed
The Treasury will mail checks for interest due January 1 on 4 percent bonds totaling 1 605 148 50 and 2 percent bonds totaling 2 710 701 00, amounting to 4 515 514. Steamer Nantucket in distress with broken shaft near Chesapeake Bay carrying a large passenger list bound for Baltimore. aid has gone from Norfolk. Five laborers killed as the Thirteenth Regiment armory walls collapse in Brooklyn. robbers hijack a Dillnous Bank vault, escaping with about 6 000.
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Treasury Department
Yeston
Nantucket
Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore
Norfolk
Nineteen football players die in 1903 season report
A historical tally shows nineteen deaths and many serious injuries across football seasons, with most fatalities among untrained players. Several minor schools banned the sport after injuries, including Columbus Junction and Greenfield. The list details names, places, and causes, noting Purdue’s near-miss in a wreck before a scheduled game.
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West
Columbus Junction
Greenfield
Ohio
Cinstay Becher
Lake Forest University
Wilson Avrosd
Pearlyn
Pag
Tames Boswell
Whinnipeg
Manitoba
Jettry
Norwlebh
N.Y
Wlfl Connolly
Elmira
N. J
Yi Pailel Meany
Boston
Madward Cox
Newark
Thomas Mi Caney
Brooklyns
Hayllond Meelgh
Brooklyny
Mrauh Shankila
Indjlana
Ff Gustavel
Akron
Charles Tepe
Corning
Darvey Lawse
Kirkwood
Wifthoiut
Purdue University
Record shows growing college enrollment across major U S colleges
The Chicago Record Heralda survey of sixty five institutions indicates a record rise in college attendance this year with about three thousand new students predominantly freshmen. Undergraduate and professional schools show the largest gains while elementary education spending remains high in the United States.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Levening
United States
University of California
University of Maine
South
Middle West
Brown University
Commissioner of Education
Europe
Shao
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston’s
Baltimore
Cleveland
Washington
New Orleans
St. Louis
Former Georgia Justice Hal S. Lewis Dies at 52
Hal S. Lewis former Georgia Supreme Court justice died Thursday in Greensboro Georgia at age 52. He rose to national prominence in 1906 with a Chicago Democratic convention speech nominating William Jennings Bryan for the presidency.
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Bryan
Hal S. Lewis
Supreme Court
Georgia
Greensboro
Lewis
Chicago
W. J. Bryan
Chicago Feels Terror as Crime Rises Sharply
A sixty day crime spike reports eight murders and 314 robberies in Chicago. Citizens form vigilante groups as fear rises. police struggle to curb bandits in incidents from highwaymen to store thefts and a post office break in.
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Chicago
Vanine
Niedermeier An Rocaki
Charles F Bigelow
Hin
Jie
Winnetka
Maywood
An Evil in Food the Law Should Reach
Prof. Schweitzer of the State Diversity of Missouri warns that alum baking powders are dangerous in any quantity. A medical publication notes alum irritates the stomach and bowels, harms digestion, thickens blood, and can cause nervous prostration. even small doses have led to death in children. Authorities urge restricting alum use in foods.
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Schweitzer
Missouri
Buried Landscapes in England's Charwood Forest
The Youth's Companion describes buried landscapes as ancient earth faces now hidden by later deposits yet retaining features allowing reconstruction of past scenes. In Charwood Forest England, rocky projections mark peaks of a buried mountain chain from the old red sandstone period.
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England
Charwood Forest
Nelson's Death in Battle Inspires Nelson Portrait
At an 18th century entertainment Nelson urged Benjamin West to paint another scene if his courage yields material. West warned no subjects remained. Nelson sailed soon after and West painted The Death of Nelson. The London Chronicle notes the negro brain average weighs four ounces less than the white brain.
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William Kiehner
Foledo
Fiehner
Wu Ying-fang
Unite States
Li Wang Chang
Great East Room
Mary Walker
Mr. Wu
Dr. Walker
Nelson
Benjamin West
Wolfe
West
London Chronicle
Congress debates Panama pact while Senate adjourns for holidays
The Senate paused the Cuba reciprocity bill with a 57 to 18 vote and resumed a broad policy debate on Central American affairs, the Isthmian canal, and Post Office investigations. House actions included pension funding and a resolution on postal fraud inquiries. adjournment set for January 4, 1904.
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Senate
Cuba
Spooner
Bailey
House
Carmack
Senate Committee
Gener
Post Office Department
Nelson
Senata
Moar
Gorman
Republic of Panama
Moraker
McComas
Committee
St. Louis
Columbus
Ohio
Panama
Messrs
Scott
Kan
Miers
Dem
Ind
Sims
Dem. Tenn
Bnrgess
United States
Republic of
Daniel
Virginia
Horr
Fulton
Portland
Ore
Thear
Committee On Printing
Penrose
Ottoman Empire
Morgen
Isthmian Canal Commission
Committee On
Aspenditnces
Postoffice Department
Postofice
Cooper
Wis
Porto Rica
House of Delegates
Porto Rico
Smite
Morrell
Philippine Islands
Shafroth
Colo
Hay Vt
Bristow
Conrad
Ponaparte
Pettus
Alabama
Morgan
Fiouse
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Boulder Mont
Eichhorn
Uarrisa Anderson
Cain
Willian Jennings Bryan
al Salem
Colonel Bryan
Bryates Pacelase
Nebraskie
Menominees
James Mekash
Romers
Ames
Joe Beatty
Trumbaldt
James Veracheck
Thirteenth Regiment
Flatbush Avenue
Hanson Place
Brooklyn
Bank of
Towerill
Sonsor
S Reig
Kowds Crime
Oar
Milionaires
New York
Depew
Financial Red Book
Congress
NDA
Ere Seilars
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