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Newspaper
Ireton Weekly Ledger
Location
Ireton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1904
Page
6
Paul writes a note to Burnington and, with a wary resolve, sails with a crew bound for America. He frees Mary under cover of night, entrusts the crew to wait at dawn, and departs with money, diamonds, and a hidden plan while Ben Marton and others recover from injuries.
Paul and Merr flee along a dark shore toward a lugger hidden at a bay. They seize a horse and strike for the vessel, but pirate captain Mari Laroon boards before they depart and captures Paul with Merr as the crew confronts the escape attempt. Storms, the lieutenant, hints at the captain's return time and plans.
A man describes fooling two approaching footpads at night. He suspected their criminal intent as they closed in from both sides. Lacking a weapon he tapped a coin to imitate a pistol, warned the front man to flee, and frightened them away with a bluff.
A six hour blaze engulfed the Casines area destroying Boutelle Brothers and Deck stores while killing three people and injuring many as wires and wind spread flames. Firefighters from Minneapolis and St Paul fought the inferno, saving nearby structures but reporting a million dollar property loss and widespread destruction.
The St. Louis Fair showcased impressive dairy art in Agricultural Hall. A 20 000 pound butter exhibit featured life size figures including a heroic Missouri woman and a Rough Rider Roosevelt bust. Works from Ames Iowa California and others drew praise as visitors admired sculpted scenes, Liberty Bell replicas, and rich color shading.
Boston plans a municipal underwater trolley route under the inner harbor. The 7 400 foot tunnel runs beneath fast Boston’s main street with a 24 by 22 foot cross section and a central harbor depth of 60 feet below mean high water. Construction spans four years with costs within the initial estimate.
Fragmented OCR text mentions Quentin Roosevelt and bio education foundation, Roosevelt secretary denying a Boston story about turkey sent to the White House for dinner. Includes scattered names and places like Camden Nova Scotia Newport News West Virginia California Nevada Montana and a river project.
A 1902 Navy report urges more officers aboard ships amid gunfire experience and national need. Supreme Court decision limits Fayerweather bequest to twenty colleges. Builders’ test of scale models prompts debate on Capitol enhancements. Treasury probes bank fraud following Chadwick case while immigration, South representation, and civil rights issues stir Congress. Rural carriers TumBer and Aldrich face removal over political circulars. Panama treaty grants Panama control of imports and postal affairs. Three guiding principles would govern temperance, speech, and behavior.
Russian secret service claims a new assassination plot against the Czar was uncovered amid antiwar protests in Moscow. operatives in London Manchester and Liverpool allegedly coordinated the plan and some plotters fled to England before returning to Russia. Amid student riots in Moscow St Petersburg and other cities authorities reported 300 arrests and heavy police action with mounted gendarmerie ready for emergencies.
A New York Herald survey shows most religious groups posting larger growth percentages than population rise. Episcopal gains 3 percent. Presbyterian up about 2 to 22 percent with 1.1 million members. Methodist membership around 3.06 million with foreign missions. world faith totals tallied in the 1905 handbook.
Dr Lyman Abbott tells Harvard students a religion should be science based and centered on the human heart. He says there is one energy guiding all, no first cause, and that God is in everything rather than an external, old testment deity. He argues evolution over creation and cites universal energy prior to Christ.
A ragbag of aged figures and colorful claims: James W A MacDonald a New York sculptor active over sixty years. Brvaga Zikitech aged 117 in Nish Servia noted for knowing Lord Byron. Sarah McLaurhain of Lynn Mass 85 binding shoes. Pierre Barlow Cornwall the last survivor of California’s first Legislature is dead. Z R Egeleston surviving Merrimac officer now a cotton planter near Jackson Mississippi. Gully speaker of the English House of Commons. Charles Taylor of Waterbury Vermont 29 racing trotting horse but did not win. HL Leslie of Holen Moat noted for seventy fourth year of law printers and former Kentucky governor later territorial governor of Mogiaaa.
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