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Newspaper
Iowa Citizen
Location
Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1903
Page
22
An old advertisement claims Scott's Emulsion feeds bone marrow and spleen with cod liver oil to improve blood for pale schoolgirls and invalids. It urges readers to send a secret sample to a New York address and lists drugstores as distributors.
Rail timetable details show north and eastbound and westbound passenger and freight services with through fast trains. Specific trains like No. 21 fast mail connect El Paso and Chicago, while Nos. 27 25 203 23 2 243 221 and others stop at Cedar Rapids Burlington Davenport and more with through service noted for select days.
A mob took an unknown negro tramp from Joplin jail and hanged him to a telegraph pole after a battle over the lynching. The mob then burned houses and drove negro residents from the city as police and mayor failed to stop the riot. No confirmed fatalities. several injuries reported.
The Times Sofia corre spondent reports Macedonian insurgent leaders plan to abandon a general insurrection this year. They will keep guerrilla actions ongoing due to the Turkish army's strength and lack of outside aid, amid tense Albanian attitudes.
Fragmented report from Toledo outlines a dispute over an international metal trades organization. Mentions April dates and public response, highlighting divisions between supporters and opponents of the group.
In Philadelphia on April 16 the opening game of the National League season was postponed due to inclement weather. In St Louis on April 6 the NL opener between Chicago and St Louis was postponed because of wet grounds.
Berlin reports Ensign Hussner of the German Navy faced trial after a Good Friday killing at Essen. He says Hartmann, an artilleryman, attacked during a saluting dispute, and Hussner claims he pierced Hartmann with his sword as a defensible act of duty. Witnesses include Hartmann’s mother and several privates named in Hussner’s notebook.
New York detectives arrested eight Italians suspected as both Mafia members and a counterfeiting gang after a murder victim’s body was found squeezed into an eight barrel container. Secret service men tied three suspects to the crime scene and identified Gnatz Lupo as a Mafia chief candidate, found in bed claiming illness but armed with three revolvers.
In Rome on April 16 a congress of Latin people was inaugurated with delegates claiming to represent France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Latin portions of the Americas totaling about 165 million souls. Signor Nasi, minister of public instruction, said the assembly aims to defend the Latin world from others seeking global conquest and is not a threat to other races.
In Indianapolis on April 16 the defense of Sam Martin, charged with taking and concealing the body of Johanna Sritz, withdrawn not guilty plea and moved to quash the indictment. The court overruled the motion. Attorneys for the ghouls say they will seek Supreme Court review if needed.
Admiral Melville, head of the bureau of steam engineering, considers a report from the Alpine’s engineer about boiler issues. Moody decides the vessel, identified as heavily damaged, shall be sent to Cramps shipyards for repairs.
General Von Haezeler commander of the Sikteenih army corps asks Emperor Willan to accept his resignation on 14pril Sth the fifth anniversary of his alliance into the army.
Carbridlge Alabama April 14 The Fast West railroad under construction from Learock on the Mississippi to Altamont has been sold to the St Louis Valley railroad and becomes part of the Gould system. It connects at Thebes with the Corton belt and the Iron Mountain road and at Affingham or Altamont with the Wabash line.
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