12 May 1903
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1903
Page
1
The president stayed in a calm California village overnight and resumed travel today. He visited Leland Stanford University and delivered a speech as the day proved uneventful.
Ex president Cleveland and Captain B H Lamberusa lead a distinguished visiting party on Micklebaxe Island Ohio May 13 discussion centers on presidential candidacy while John Loyd Judson Hermon and others attend. Final day of the National Conference in Adonis Georgia May 12 features a session on diseases housing and sanitation with Hees or Folks of New York City delivering the principal address.
President Roosevelt lands at Palo Alto and is greeted by President Jordan and students. He rides to the university in a carriage, where he delivers a brief address as a large crowd cheers on the platform and as the train departs.
A chaotic report from Mobile notes immediate action by General Manager Clark to end a strike with replacements, none of the workers returning. A freight train departed for Okalage, Miss, guarded by officers. a head brakeman J Anderson from Wert Voigt Biss was shot as the train departed. The article spans numerous global incidents including diplomatic apologies in Constantinople over a domi ciliary incident, Bulgarian and Turkish tensions, forest fires in Cambria Somerset and Desce Westmorland, U.S. railroad labor unrest in Pittsburgh and Brooklyn, and various political and crime items from New York to Kingston and London.
A large exhibit of industrial work from Lawrence city schools closes a two day show. Students from Cupac, Cupacac, and other districts display drawing, paper cutting, clay modeling, basket work and more. The effort, under teacher supervision, highlights student progress and originality across grades.
The twenty eighth annual meeting of the American Academy of Medicine opened in Washington with an executive session. Dr James H McBride spoke on The Life and Education of Our Girls and their future. Papers on Hygiene in Public Schools were read by Dr A Mansfield Holmes and others. A discussion on a five doctor five pharmacist board for drug purity followed. A symposium on Hygiene in Public Schools was also held. The German American cable layings were described with events in York and speeches linking Germany and the United States.
A severe Kansas downpour triggers widespread flooding. A bridge over Cheyenne Creek collapsed under a team pulling a load, drowning the driver and ten others. A woman tries to help others as waters rise, and towns report washed-out tracks and abandoned roadways. Local rescue efforts continue with Sheriff's response from Jamestown.
Detectives traced a friend to a location where Siysui was found buried in a cellar. The message mentions near total recovery and references a suspect package and a city scene in Philadelphia with unclear details.
Edward seeks wide European engagement while Britain weighs armament cuts and continental blocs. Diplomatic talks shadow North American ties as migration shifts reflect rising Japanese and European migration trends. Domestic debates flare over immigration, labor, and church influence amid stock market turmoil and social friction.
Fragmentary market notes list dairy and creamery items with cryptic abbreviations and prices. The readable items include dairy, creamery, and chicken references, but concrete values, dates, or destinations are absent. The fragment suggests a wartime or market-update style listing with partial goods like creamery and dairy products.
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