08 Dec 1904
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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1904
Page
1
A 1904 Elkhart review item explains Newbro's Herpicide destroys the microbe causing herpes dandruff and hair loss, promising hair regrowth after treatment. It notes sample offer and agents, with other ads for cough remedies, travel specials, and local sales notices.
A New York Republican plan in the Senate aims to reduce House seats for southern states by nineteen by excluding illiterate male negro citizens over 21 from voting. The bill, based on 1909 census figures, would shrink Alabama to seven, Arkansas to six, Georgia to eight, Louisiana to five, Mississippi to six, North Carolina to eight, South Carolina to five, Tennessee to nine, Texas to fifteen, and Virginia to five, with opposition noting the exclusionary approach undercounts actual totals.
Washington December 8 The post of tics department orders James Keller president of the National Association of Letter Carriers and Cunningham president of the Association of Rural Letter Carriers to return to duties at once Keller city carrier in Cleveland Ohio and Cunningham rural carrier in Omaha are said to have been active in the campaign to press salary legislation The department will not grant further long leaves of absence Keller expects to resume duty within a week or two Cunningham whereabouts uncertain as the department investigates his campaign movements.
Senator Carmack introduces a joint resolution to appoint a commission from the senate and house to investigate how national committees collect and spend money for presidential candidates. The probe will focus on elections in 1806, 19800 and 1904.
Former Chief Judge Alton B. Parker argued before the New York Court of Appeals in Albany marking a rare appearance in nineteen years. The courtroom was packed with spectators including Albany Law School students as Chief Judge Cullen and six associate judges listened to Parker's argument.
South Dakota gave Theodore Roosevelt a 50 081 plurality. A National Women’s Christian Temperance Union delegation paid respects to the President. The Turkish corvette Mansura sank at Tripoli with 40 seamen. 19 were drowned. A Paris doctor touts gun cure for pneumonia. The Congressional Library holds 1 179 713 books in Washington. Drought hits Pennsylvania and New York. churches pray for rain.
The article explains Australia as a continent without an orphanage and describes a system where waifs are taken to reception houses, assessed by the children's committee, and placed with foster families. Foster parents receive about $1.25 weekly, schooling is arranged, and by 14 the child works with earnings saved for independence at 17 or 18. The state spends under $70 yearly per child, aiming to prevent crime and reduce reform costs.
Ewe one or west Tolt For Sale. business blocks on Main street. 1 the east side and one on the M.W Storx, 205 S. Main St. For Rent Five rooms, modern improvements, Inquire at 1105 Harrison street, 206 For Rent. Two houses on Beardsley avenue near Kimbark factory and one on Water street. Inquire of J. W. Kellogg, sdtf
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