Merger Suit Goes to Supreme Court in Elgin Echo
The State of Minnesota challenges the consolidation of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern railroads. Attorney General Douglass, M. I. Munn, and George Wilson filed the brief in the U S Supreme Court, arguing the state may force its laws and that the case tests sovereign power over interstate rail monopolies.
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Western Wyoming Canal Venture and Cody Auto Line Plan
Wires from New York report Col. W. J. Cody known as Buffalo Bill secured 2.5 million dollars to build a vast canal and irrigation ditch in the Big Horn basin. Plans include mercantile growth, breeding farms, hotels, hunting lodges, and an auto line between Cody and Yellowstone Park. Work is to start next spring with vigorous push to completion.
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Leap From Burning Building In Dayton Fire Fatalities Reported
In a Dayton Ohio blaze five story Canby building led to multiple jumps from the Attic story as basement smoke spread. Will Reeder injured when his elevator control failed. several girls from Riverdale and Mrs Bronk Anghes of Anatalahuire suffer fatal or near fatal injuries. Fire confined to the basement with heavy smoke causing panic and falls.
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Indianapolis department store shooting ends in panic
In Indianapolis a department store crowd panicked when a Black assailant seriously wounded George Resener, owner of the store, after demanding money. Police fired on the attacker as shoppers fled, three officers mortally wounded him and the suspect vanished, prompting a frantic scramble for safety.
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Earthquake tears Mount Rainier crest from summit
An earthquake fractured the southeastern flank of Mount Rainier thirty miles southwest of a coma Washington. Large rock and ice masses tumbled miles into valleys below. Mount Hansop soars 14 500 feet with historic Columbia's crest visible across the region.
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Bank Robbery at Anchor Bank in Illinois
A gang robbed Anchor Bank of about 5000 in cash using a horse and buggy for getaway. The incident halted by dynamite exposure and telephone line sabotage to isolate the scene, with thieves disconnecting lines to avoid outside communication. Authorities linked the group to a series of safeblows targeting Central Mines banks.
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Rockefeller Helped Friend Solves Mortgage on Iowa Melon Farm
Rockefeller gives a Christmas gift to Tob D. Rockefeller’s old friend in Sioux City area, sparing the seven acre Walker’s Island melon farm on the Missouri River from foreclosure. The donor learned of the mortgage burden and provided funds to clear the debt, easing years of financial strain.
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Lunatic assaults governor in Lincoln office scene
A deranged man armed with a large paper knife forced entry into Governor Mickey’s private office in Lincoln Nebraska and declared Senator Dietrich innocent. Capital employees intervened and overpowered the intruder Brennan Faces Cell Alderman Brennan was sentenced to one year for false impersonation of voters in the judiciary election.
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Two Suspected Counterfeiters Arrested in Boston
United States Secret Service agents in Boston captured Fred J. Wilson and Howard D. Wiggin after a major raid on counterfeiting. Officials said neither man is an engraver, but produced near perfect notes using photographic techniques. Wiggin allegedly offered to become a government witness but was refused. The notes were printed on high quality bond paper with silk thread imitation and colored pencil work, fooling several banks.
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Conspiracy to Rob Railroads Exposed in Seattle
Police allege a four year scheme against Great Northern and Northern Pacific in Seattle. Merchandize losses run to thousands as freight cars are robbed and goods reshipped to fences. Herman Reinhart James D Graves and P Wynn are named as ring leaders in the conspiracy.
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Fears of a Severe Winter Warns Readings Prophet
Reading Pa veteran goose bone weather prophet Rhius Hartz predicts his final forecast. He warns that this winter will be the severest yet, with an early cold start and unusually long sustained cold. He urges residents to be on the lookout for extreme conditions ahead.
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Not Worth While Hotel Front Upsets House Guest
A Fourtrack NEWS critique questions a housekeeper’s spending and manners. The writer mocks paying top hotel rates to display status, arguing honesty and low costs build trust with customers. It cites travel, fronting as facade, and references declining seasonal berries as a broader social jab.
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Fourtrack News
Alum Baking Powder Dangers Highlighted by Missouri Professor
A Missouri State University expert warns that alum and alum salts in baking powders are hazardous even in small amounts. He cites digestive irritation, thickened blood, and potential nerve effects, noting fatalities in both children and adults from alum ingestion.
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State University of Missouri
Diagnosis Is Accepted by a Hospital Doctor
An old woolly headed darky visits a hospital dispensary. He jokes with the young medic about his “mishng pow’ful bad” and claims his vermifuge and appendix are involved. The doctor prescribes pills, and the man leaves happily, glad his diagnosis was accepted and medicine free.
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Darky
Washington Post
Grover Credits Dodd's Kidney Pills With Cure
Frederika Indiana December report shows Mr Grover aged 74 who suffered long with kidney problems and possible diabetes. After using ten boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills his bloating legs and feet disappeared he gained weight and sleeps well. He reports no return of symptoms for some time.
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Energy From Radium Says Professor Thompson
Energy from radium may derive from a few unstable atoms in rare configurations that release large amounts of energy. Thompson notes the phenomenon could involve substantial radiation, with implications discussed amid questions in a city hall crowd about future developments.
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Industrial mood turns cautious in early 1900s trade notes
Reports show improving retail demand and stable prices in parts of the economy, with gains in pig iron demand and several sectors poised for 1904. Cotton goods prices rise while steel and cotton industries face reconsolidation, and wider trade outlook remains mixed across New England, Chicago, and Pittsburg.
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Chicago to Western Market Grain and Live Stock Prices
A dense listing of commodity quotes from Chicago and multiple cities for cattle hogs sheep and various grains. Prices shown include No 2 red wheat at 8 to 90 and corn No 2 mixed 45 to 80 cents, with regional variations for St Louis Milwaukee and Detroit.
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