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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1904
Page
6
A line from the Wailiiyaton Star presents a young man describing a statesman who has long sought a political career but repeatedly faces backlash or heat when running for office. The brief passage reflects casual commentary from a newspaper page segment.
The dispatch reports a large naval sortie with battleships and cruisers sailing from base. Nine thousand men and about ten thousand tons of ships moved, threatening Japanese positions along the Korean coast. Traffic is restricted as military authorities seize rail lines and tolls to protect movements.
The obituary recalls William G. Whitney ex Navy officer and father of the American Navy, who died Tuesday afternoon after an appendectomy. Surgeons pursued a nonstandard procedure during surgery and anesthesia complications led to his decline as physicians monitored his heart and vitals.
A dispatch from Vladivostok reports Japanese forces near Korea with ships and barracks, while U.S. and Korea diplomacy seeks neutrality and independence guarantees. Separate items note land sales in Alabama for colonization, a Massachusetts board debate on a permanent treaty with Britain Iceland, and reminiscences on early American naval history and Secretary Whitney.
The New Castle Presbytery found Rev. Robert A. Ellwood of Oliver Presbyterian Church guilty of preaching a sermon that incited a mob to lynch a Black murderer in a Delaware case. The presbytery affirmed the minister’s guilt despite technicalities and warned him to temper future utterances while affirming Ellwood’s overall vindication in the public findings.
The Senate debated on Panama questions and an arbitration with Colombia while the House handled two payments of mileage, land office fraud talks, and a temporary loan issue for the St Louis exposition. A Wisconsin thanks and a Panama treaty discussion framed a day of political maneuvering and a religious service in the Senate.
Notes from the National Capital report Mr Merou the Argentina minister meeting the State Department to present Eduardo Accrudo Diaz as Uruguay's new minister. Captain Bronson testifies the SAVAL academy says US will have navy crews enough to man vessels. Representative Watson pushes an education test for migrants. Beveridge informs Roosevelt on Far East, Roosevelt extends invitation. Bills introduce funding for Hilo and other projects totaling 150000, 1,000,000, and 225,000.
Saint Marie Michigan February 8 Mr GO L Silth a painter and decorator at 300 Anne Street reports severe pain from what was diagnosed as lumbago rheumatism or sciatica. After one box of Dodd's Blaney Pills he could discard one cane. A second box freed him from pain and he was cured. Daidd's Kidney Pills also praised.
The meeting of the United States Steel corporation board reveals that one twelfth of the nation’s estimated wealth is represented by all directors present. They also represent two hundred other companies running half the railroad mileage and control capitalizations totaling nine billion dollars. The World's Work.
An advertisement touts Morrian Barley and Boeltz cereals claiming large yields and fattening benefits for cattle across many states. It markets Salzer's 80 tons per acre Ecosinte fodder, 60 Day Outs, and a hundred other seeds, offering a big seed catalogue in exchange for 10 cents in stamps sent to John A Sulger Seed Co La Crosse Wisconsin.
An elderly Black man visits a hospital dispensary and jokes about his health, insisting he has vermifuge depandix as the cause of his stomach pains. The doctor prescribes a bread pill daily, and the patient leaves cheerful, grateful for free medicine and for a diagnosis that was quickly accepted.
A Washington Star item notes young Hors Torkins wonders at posters announcing racing meetings as a sign of bad luck. The remark highlights superstition connected to forthcoming events and public notices in the sports scene.
A Los Angeles physician with four decades of experience touts Grape Nuts and Postum as aids to general health and digestion. He states Grape Nuts supports mental work, builds brain function, and suits patients across all classes, advising its use in place of coffee for diet guidance.
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