24 Jun 1904
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Newspaper
Fargo Forum And Daily Republican
Location
Fargo, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1904
Page
1
Summer clothes attract buyers as Hart Schaffner Marx offers a single breasted outing Marcile style. The ad touts snappy, attractive garments aimed at season shoppers with emphasis on quality and brand name.
The Miners Union will donate 25090 to Colorado miners to fund a legal test at the Supreme Court. The case concerns Governor Peabody’s suspension of habeas corpus and the detention of Western Federation of Miners leader Mayer. In Washington, Grace Herreid, daughter of South Dakota Governor Herreid, is invited to christen the armored cruiser South Dakota in San Francisco.
Swedish Day at Festival Hall World’s Fair highlighted by a chorus of 54 students from the University of Lund. A parade opened the program with a Swedish welcome by C Ekstromer and addresses by officials including Dr N W Magerstadt the Sweden commissioner general, J S Carlson University of Minnesota, Dr Gustav Anedreen president of Augustana College Rock Island Ill, and C J A Ericeson Hoover Ia.
Chicago, June 24. Hon W B Noble of Bottineau named North Dakota member of the committee tasked to inform President Roosevelt of his nomination. The notifying ceremony will occur at Oyster Bay July 27 with Cannon delivering the formal message. Elihu Root will preside as temporary chairman at the convention in New York. The formal meeting is expected early August, followed by travel to Indianapolis for a reception.
News of Saar dent Roosevelt animating the village sparked a twenty one gun salute in the afternoon. Tonight residents illuminated by a fireworks display as the town marked the event with lights and ceremonies.
In June Paris indicated it would dispatch a warship to Port Ag to press for reparations following a Leone attack. The French minister stated the move aims to secure peace and demand settlement.
A rough OCR fragment notes Haytiens apologizing to a French minister amid palace tension. The text mentions Port au Prince and palace guards, but details are garbled.
A Wisconsin village was destroyed by a fire that swept through the area. Fire officials say the blaze caused total loss in the village center, with surrounding roads blocked and residents displaced. No further details on casualties or cause were available.
From Che Foo June 24 reports heavy firing in the Port Arthur direction for several hours last night and this morning but provides no further details on the engagement or its scope.
June 24 Tokyo reports four thousand Russians attacked Ai Yang Pien Men, about fifty miles northeast of Feng Wang Cheng. Russians were repulsed. five killed and twenty wounded. Japanese losses unknown. St. Petersburg notes stress Japanese artillery superiority and warn future battles hinge on field force sizes. Kuropatkin’s dispatch adds little beyond prior AP summaries.
The Grand American handicap at Indianapolis drew 1,009 entrants as Richard L. Cuphill of Aitkin Minnesota won the trophy with nineteen yards. Pit Wallen Randall of Telluride matched Cuphill in a tense shootoff sequence, facing several ties and a final score near 96. A brisk wind affected the conditions as a large crowd watched the event unfold.
Chicago attorney J Donovan, surviving member of Donovan & Co., sues United States Senator Thomas C Platt and J Platt Underwood for 3 million dollars. He claims Tioga Manufacturing Co. officials cut timber from Donovan lands in Wisconsin and Michigan without proper title. Defendants deny the charge and demand they be allowed to answer in the July term.
An intermittent snowstorm has been raging in Butte since late last night. The mountains are white, and the snow falls as it drifts into the valleys. Temperatures report twenty to forty degrees above zero in western districts.
Fragmentary OCR record mentions a Nebraska irrigation venture tied to land, organization, and a possible Iowa location. The readable bits indicate a proposed incorporation and the North Platte area as a focal point, with limited legible phrases about project scope and officials.
A damaged readable fragment from Detroit in June mentions Miss Effie Alvord and a life insurance linked figure, with references to a House of Correction, a veteran, and civil war era contrasts. The text is fragmented and hard to parse, listing names, places, and events without clear context or outcomes.
St Louis June 24 The Hoo Hoo House built by the order for the World’s Fair, costing 40200, burned today. Five occupants on the second floor escaped by climbing trees. Total loss for building and contents 60000. The blaze threatened nearby structures as firemen withdrew to save the Hoo Hoo House.
Governor Toole pardoned William Walton who was imprisoned for life after being convicted twenty years ago of murdering John Edwards a brakeman with a circus train near Deer Lodge. The pardon follows William Miles confession in Kansas City on June 13 admitting he killed Edwards while stealing a ride.
President Roosevelt announced the resignations of Attorney General Knox and Secretary of Commerce and Labor Cortelyou effective July 1. Moody moves from the Navy to Knox, Paul Morton succeeds Moody at the Navy post, and Victor Metcalf of California is named to replace Cortelyou. More changes expected next winter as Payne retires.
Orlo B. Rhodes, editor of The Watertown Daily Standard, died by suicide on June 24 after a period of poor health. The 52 year old longtime editor, who led the paper for a decade, acted during temporary insanity, according to reports from Watertown, N. He left a lasting imprint on the paper’s history.
A destructive flood sweeps Concordia Kansas after four inches of rain, as officials warn of rising waters. The urgent situation threatens homes and infrastructure amid continuing rainfall in the region.
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