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Newspaper
Fremont Democrat
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1903
Page
3
The notice concerns postal processing at Hamburg Iowa with a classification as second class matter dated Hriday Bec. 4 1908. It indicates publication as part of a municipal or postal notice system and assigns the overdue or standard second class status.
Poet James Whitcomb Riley travels the western circuit and visits Des Moines this week. The trip evokes midwestern scenes as frost napkins and pumpkin crops symbolize regional life in his quips.
Porto Rican school teachers travel to the United States to learn wine making at Young Street Wines and the Register and Leader urges them to visit town. An earlier idea stalled but the initiative gains momentum as the visitors plan a state stay.
Cablegrams from the New York World report Pennsylvania Steel Co contracted to deliver 20 000 tons of steel rails to the Mecvi railroad in Beirut at 22 88 per ton. The piece notes a rail pool refusal to lower the list price to home consumers leaving the public to bear extra freight and costs.
A columnist questions U S actions in Panama calling it piracy while noting the US aimed to protect free transit and its citizens. Ships were sent to prevent Colombian landings, a move defended as proper under obligations to safeguard transit and nationals.
The speaker questions the moral cost of a government push and the Senate’s potential confirmation of General Wood as major general. He warns the world sees a rush for gain, not duty, risking distrust among South American allies and Pan American relations while acknowledging a practical victory.
A controversial tirade claims General Leonard Wood urged mass killings of Moros in the Philippines, alleging a five day battle with heavy Moros casualties and minimal American injuries. The piece accuses Wood and ally Bellairs of fabricating or distorting a dispatch to justify violence.
Public sale to be held at 54 miles east of Ham burg and 4 miles south of River ton on Tuesday December 22 at 10 oclock. Items include five head horses and sixteen head cattle along with numerous farm implements and household goods. Terms: credit to $10 on twelve months. cash for under $10. 2 percent discount for cash over $10. Auctioneer W L Hours and clerk G Franklin.
A dramatic defense by Lachand on Christmas Eve ends with a murder acquittal as cathedral bells interrupt the summation. The source notes the judge’s witness questioning, the prisoner’s fate, and hints at deliberate courtroom maneuvering leading to a dramatic absolution amid spiritual interruption. The article also mentions French canal basins and a home remedy for sleep.
A simple home remedy uses black pepper and camphor applied in a folded handkerchief to relieve headaches quickly. The method involves saturating the fabric, pinching it on the head, and reapplying camphor as it dries. It claims rapid sleep and relief when other treatments fail. Jules Perry’s escape from Paris commune violence is noted with a dramatic church escape and fall from a window.
A Washington Star quote depicts an inventive scientist boasting a new method to put stock on the market. The remark highlights an assistant discovering a novel approach to commercializing and distributing inventions.
A quirky Syracuse Herald fragment quotes a tobacconist to a wooden Indian about life being a long process of getting used to new things. It notes a historical tidbit claiming paper was invented by the Chinese 123 years before the Christian era.
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