Condensed News Weekly At Home And Abroad
A mixed roundup from Washington to Europe reports global trade trends dipping due to price declines, tariff debates delay passage past July, and new diplomatic appointments. Personal notes cover judge impeachments, a palmist’s restitution, and a federal bench vacancy. general items note state relief corps jubilees, mission meetings, Civil War flags, Turkey’s sultan, and daylight saving plans.
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Kansas
Gori
Russia
Dayton
Henry H. Clayton
Boston
United States
Europe
Florida
National Daylight Association
Cincinnati
Turkey
Washington
Nott
National Academy of Art
Playground Association of America
Pittsburg
Posey County
Ind
Gov
Hadley
Missouri
Murphy
McPherson and
Philips
Federal Court
Waves of calamity sweep world in scattered reports
Six men a woman and two children drowned near Wilkesbarre by a rowboat capsize while other items record a sinking steamer on Lake Superior, a Windsor shooting, Moslem raids at Kessab, massed public notices and trials from Kenosha to Mercer, while Taft receives a medical shield and longfellow memorial is unveiled in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Statistics
Washington
Moore
Pennsylvania
Congress
America
Columbus
Senate
Gummins
Laws
Payne Aldrich Tays
Murphy
Missouri
House
Philips and MacPherson
Taft
Dovliver
Iowa
Pedro Rojas
Venézuela
Wilkesbarre
John K. Gore
Actuaries’ Society of America
New York
Charles W. Morse
Tee King
Lake Superior
Herman Kraft
Superior
Wis
Windsor
Ont
Beirut
Turkey
Kessab
Seattle
Wash
Knights of Columibuse
Apnieton
Chicago
Knights of Pythias of Minnesota
St. Paul
Grand Lodge of
Ancient Order of United Workmen
Burlington
Naval
Military Order
Cleveland
Francis L. Wellman
Paris
France
Louise
Belgium
John Bradley
Kenosha
Clifford le Smith
Libertyville
Indiana
Lower
Michigan
Harry Josephs
Belleville
Harry Rosenberg
American Federation of Musicians
Minneapolis
Saadia
Asiatic
Relef
James Boyle
Mercer
Willie Whitla
Knox
Harry Thaw
Arthur W. Behrens
St. Alban's School
Galesburg
North Platte
San Francisco
Mauretania
John 4. Emery
China
T. E. Graham
State Hospital For the Insane No. 2
St. Joseph
Missouri Senate
Willie Whitle
Northwest
Oregon State Pentenntiary
Salem
Edward
Italy
England
Castro
Venezuela
Canary Islands
Henry Wadsworth Longfeliow
Longfellow National Memorial Association
The
American Therapeutic Society
New Haven
Conn
Corning council asks resign. mayor refuses amid graft charges
A Corning city council resolution demanded Mayor Knowles resign over graft and irregularity allegations. He refused. The report also notes assaults over politics, fires, accidents, and local civic notes across Iowa including livestock, coalitions, and college gifts.
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Corning
L. F
Knowles
B. B. Stonebreaker
Calhoun County
Rock
George W. Spencer
Warner
Stonebreaker
Spencer
Martha Berg
Sioux City
George Livergood
IoWa Falls
Mexico
Bureau of Animal Industry
Washington
Waterlao
William Thompson
Lincoln
Neb
Dubuque
Mre
K. D. Mathes
National Association of Iowa Mission Clubs
Bert Hagenbaugh
Iowa City
Jake
al Algona
Ole” Jorgest
Ming
Yo J. We Hayden
Kossuth County
Iowa
Algona
Ely
Alinto Advertiser
Jueance
F. C. Ensign
Own University
Buena Vista College
Buena Vista
C. A. Britch
Ida Grove
Caental Company
Henry Christie
Mason’ City
Piesen
Board of Payrole
William P Glyndon
Andrew Carnegie
H. W. Somers
Grinnell College
Soo
Educational Board
Sugar beet growers plead for duty to curb imports
Nebraska residents in the North Platte beet sugar belt urge Senators Burkett and Brown to keep a high duty on beet sugar to protect 15 000 acres of sugar beets. They warn a duty cut would threaten livelihoods and a world supply. The note accompanies irrigation plans for the Shoshone project with May 22 water rights, $4.62 per acre charges, and $1 acre operation fees for 1903, plus a Powell office for land records.
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Washington
Nebraska
Prairie State
Burkett and Brown
North Platte
Congress
United States
Burkett
Brown
Worth Platte Valley
Grand Island
Hershey
Scott's
Lander
Wyo
Powell
Convicted Kidnaper James Boyle Sentenced in State Penitentiary
In Pittsburg and Sharon, James Boyle gets life imprisonment for kidnapping Willie Whitka. his wife Helen Boyle receives twenty-five years in the Western penitentiary. Separate item notes Omaha's ranking as a major grain market per March department report.
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Pittsburg
Willie Whitka
Sharon
James Boyle
Helen Boyle
Western Penitentiary
Roosevelt Bags Rhinoceros in East Africa Hunt
Colonel Roosevelt reports a successful safari near Plachakos in British East Africa. A bulky bull rhinoceros is listed among fifteen game varieties taken on the latest expedition, indicating continued Roosevelts party activity and hunting success.
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Roosevelt
Nairobi
British East Africa
Plachakos
Fort Omaha Balloon Bursts in Omaha Flight
Army balloon No. 12 completed its first Fort Omaha ascent, launched shortly after 11 am, landing near Jackson Nebraska at 6 45 pm. The gas bag exploded near ground as the craft touched down. Both Captain Charles DeP. Chandler and First Lieutenant James E Ware escaped serious injury with Ware slightly bruised.
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Omaha
Fort Omaha
Jackson
Neb
Charles Dep. Chandler
James E Ware
Kidnapers Sentenced in Mercer Pennsylvania
Mercer Pa heavy penalties were given to James H Boyle and his wife Helen for kidnapping Billy Whitla. Boyle received the penitentiary term for life on the kidnapping charge, while Mrs Boyle was sentenced to twenty five years for aiding and abetting the kidnapping.
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Mercer
Pennsylvania
James H. Boyle
Helen
Billy Whitla- Boyle
Mrs. Boyle
Doans Kidney Pills Endorsed By Hood County Treasurer
Public statement by A A Perkins of Granbury Hood Co Texas cites a severe back and kidney issue from a long-ago fall. He attributes lasting relief to Doan's Kidney Pills and confirms his earlier recommendation. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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A. A. Perkins
Tressurer
Granbury
Hood Co
Texas
Doan
Foster-Milbury Co
Buffalo, N.Y
Hewitt hints at money methods in talk about wives
Hewitt jokes about money and relationships saying women have different ways of getting it. He claims his wife kisses him when she wants any. The remarks portray gendered notions of romance and finance.
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Hewitt
Eczema cured in a month by Cuticura trio
A 77 year old man describes six months of painful eczema from head to foot with severe itching and sleeplessness. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent for twenty four hours he slept solidly for the first time in months and was cured within a month.
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Harry la Sholle
Dot Seibert
Marshalltown
John R. Dobbins
Cornell Bluffs
Banker. Bullew
Princeton
J. G. Mabray
Colfax Athletic Club
Cedar Falls
Mil Trott
Keokuk
Normal School
Wisconsin, University
Madison
C. B. Anderson
Burlington
Burlington Bar
J. W. Blythe
Thonas Hedges
Blythe
George W. Carpenter
Des Moines
St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital
Webster City
Elmer Soderbeck
Gowrie
Tennessee
A. F. Coleman
Corning
John Slezak
Lawn City
Jose
Slezak
Steve O'Brien
Archie Hanlon
Iowa
University of Guthrie County
Hanlon
Guthrie County
Panora
O'Brien
Stuart
Creston
Osceola
W. P. Nicholas
Presbyterian Church
Mt. Pleasant
Robert Lynn
Fairfield
WH. D. Dysart
Doh Vance
Charles City
James Cooley
Vance
State National Guard
Guy
Gillette
L. A. Westort
Jenson
Sioux City
Zern
City of Tracer
Cambridge
Peter’ Bueland
Martha
Mike
Ole Berhom
Thompson
Slater
Norway
Henry P. Brooks
McGregor
Gregor
Co. K
Lons Cavalry
Hs Ranke
Awetin
Tex
W. Harrison Smith
Mt. Kisco
Potter Drug & Other, Corp
Bola Props
Boston
A Joke’s Life From Paper To Stage And Beyond
A playful ditty traces a joke’s path as it ages from newspaper humor to the stage and finally into the theater program, then hints at its lingering life in public spaces and rooms. The verse suggests jokes persist, honored in civic and cultural spheres.
Kemp’s Balsam Ad Claims Cough Cure
A period ad touts Kemp’s Balsam as a universal cough remedy recommended by doctors and nurses. It urges readers to keep a bottle at home for cold or cough prevention and notes a price of 25 cents at pharmacies or dealers.
Coaxing the Brute Eve Feeds Adam After Apple
Eve persuades Adam with the apple, musing that she will always feed him to secure a new diet. Subsequent developments confirmed her fears about the ongoing dynamic between them.
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Eve
Adam
Gardiner Woman Credits Pinkham Medicine For Cure
A Gardiner Maine woman recalls suffering from organic troubles and a severe female weakness. She avoided surgery after trying Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash, claiming total cure in three months. The ad urges others to try the medicine before surgical procedures and notes Mrs Pinkham offers advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
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Gardiner
Maine
Lydia E. Pinkham
G. A. Wiriss
Gardiner, Mme
United States
Lydia
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
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Washington "News
Charles A. Willard
Purdy
John Fleming
Eaton
Louis Hamon
Cheiro
Palmist
Festetics
Hungary
London
CG. W. Galdwell
Iowa News
Sraska
Platte County
Department of Commerce and Labor
Boyin
Granbury, Texan
Eczema
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