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Newspaper
Galveston Leader
Location
Galveston, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1903
Page
2
Dr. B. Washburn of Rensseaes Indiana died in a Valparaiso private hospital after a second operation revealed a rusty steel forceps fragment five and three quarters inches long lodged near his liver. He had served in the India legislature in Wi2 and led the Kankakee Valley Medical association.
Louis Jannes 24, son of a Lima area farmer, lured his wife to the yard and killed himself by hanging from a rafter in the milkhouse after threatening to leave home. His wife alerted neighbors, but returned to find him dead.
In Mexico City the Mexican Herald and Ed Janparennes publish a political letter from Gene Terenado Reyes governor of Nuevo Leon. Reyes emphatically denies being a candidate for vice president and states he will not accept the candidacy. He calls efforts to provoke strife harmful to the country.
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Eighteen teenagers were deported for paper irregularities and one for contagion. At Brookfield the steamship anchored and the men fled during the night. They jumped into the river and swam toward shore about one hundred yards away. The waiter was cold and it is doubtful all reached land safely.
Chicago reports orders for completion of the Sisi canal to connect East Chicago and Indiana Harbor. The plan envisions open canal for steamers by next summer with two suction dredges to be assembled on site. Dredges will cut toward Lake Michigan in one direction and toward the Grand Calumet River in the other.
Special Detective J. T. Norris, convicted of blackmail, was granted a new trial by the circuit court on a technical error while admitting defeat. Norris had been in jail since the verdict and cried for joy as the retrial decision was announced.
Rear Admiral Sillsbee reports the gunboat Castine ran aground on Marcus Hook bar while en route from League Island to Colon. Admiral Sigston dispatched the Vamoose to assist the Castine.
The Republican National Committee decided to call the next convention to order at noon on June 21, 1934, in Colonia, Chicago. Members heard proposals from Chicago St Louis and Pittsburgh delegations.
Five men died and several were seriously injured when two engines of a Baltimore and Ohio freight train overturned on the seventeen mile grade near Piedmont West Virginia.
Naval dispatch from Rear Admiral Glass reports a well defined rumor in the isthmus of a small body of Colombian troops being landed at the mouth of the Arato river as the naval forces monitor isthmian waters.
The New York state board of canvassers declared the S101,008,000 barge canal project carried by a vote of 245,182. There were 670,010 votes in favor and 427,808 against. Robbed of Jewels Valued at 25,000 at the Towers Glenside home. The thief believed to be a man servant employed by Mr Harrison about two weeks ago.
Israel Zangwill famed as a master of the ghetto was quietly married in an East London registry to Edith Ayrton daughter of W. E. Ayrton president of the British Institute Electrical Engineers.
President Roosevelt cites progress in supervision of interstate corporations, antitrust enforcement, and the Department of Commerce and Labor. He urges fiscal restraint, supports a merchant marine commission, immigration screening, and stronger anti bribery measures, plus Alaska boundary and public land reforms.
The United States cites long treaty obligations and Panama’s offer to negotiate a canal pact as it acts to secure the Isthmus. It argues Colombia failed to ratify a 1846 treaty, urging Congress to approve a Panama crossers project amid regional instability. The note frames the canal as vital to peace and global commerce.
Lawmakers debated the Cuban reciprocity bill and investigations into the Post Office Department. President Harding's message was referred to committees while a navy building bill proposing 2.5 billion dollars over twenty years was introduced.
Trade remains quiet except in weather impacted lines and holiday goods with strong demand for footwear. Prices mostly ease though cotton and dairy rise. Dun’s December meet shows $8,223. Manufacturing remains irregular with iron and steel steady and rail contracts improving. Retail and mail order trade rise as holiday demand grows and prices stabilize.
An epidemic of smallpox at Goodlamt Kansas necessitated school closures and bans on public gatherings. A Louisiana Purchase Exposition agent began traveling to Africa to recruit Ly hyumies for exhibition. Two killed and one injured in a nitroglycerin plant explosion in Emporium Pennsylvania. John Morse and I Cruishank died. St Louis State Court dismissed the doodle charge against Councillor Musenburg. indictments barred by statute. Twenty six indictments returned for selling enslaved Africans in South Georgia. Fred Jamieson died after injuries from a farm wagon accident near Lansing North Carolina. Prussian ministers will send delegations to the St Louis exposition to study new ideas. a revision is planned in the budget.
Market prices for cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats and butter listed by city including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo and New York. Also reported: Shawnee boy dies of hydrophobia revival revivals in Joplin Missouri Barney Oldfield sets mile record in Los Angeles Baltic launched Belfast Union Pacific trims transcontinental train time Luzzatti increases Italy’s Saint Louis Exposition funding.
The article recalls halfpence minted by slicing pennies in two for centuries in England. Finds include Alfred and Edward era pieces in Lancashire 1810, Edward the Confessor era examples, and William the Conqueror coins from 1833. British Museum holds specimens from Alfred to Henry III. An archaeologist cites small change scarcity as the motive.
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