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Newspaper
Logan Nation
Location
Logan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1903
Page
2
At Logan Utah the text lists street addresses and postal details then shifts to editorial remarks about Christians and American politics. It references fashioning readers and a critique of graft booglers scalawags and dangerous White House visitors and presidential aspirants. The fragment preserves local notices and opinion tone.
The president issued a proclamation convening the Fifty eighth congress in extraordinary session on November 9 at 12 o'clock. It states the session will consider the commercial treaty between the United States and Cuba requiring congressional approval.
The St Louis project will surpass Chicago Buffalo Omaha and Paris sites in beauty and scope. Approaches from the city will run along a premier residence district, with Missouri's pride driving expositions to dwarf past efforts. Construction alone is estimated at 10 million dollars.
William E. Curtis notes the Official Record of the War of the Rebellion as the costliest issued book. It spans 1380 volumes averaging 1000 pages each with 2000 illustrations and 170 map atlas. Congress distributed 12,615 sets totaling 1,541,498 books nationwide, with about 1900 sets deposited in libraries and institutions at a total cost near three million dollars.
The article argues women outlive men and suggests longer sleep could extend life, citing examples of long sleepers like M. de Lesseps and Gladstone. It notes the U S Naval Observatory observations of a large sunspot group under George H. Peters, implying a broader context of significant findings.
The weekly health department bulletin reports a 60.1 percent drop in infant mortality under one year in Chicago since 1891. It cites causes as inadequate despite better milk supply and diphtheria antitoxin treatment, and credits maternal education in child hygiene, aided by women's clubs and similar groups, as the main factor in improving infant survival chances.
The Alaska boundary commission awards the United States most of the disputed land including Kannaghunut and Sitklan at the Portland canal entrance, creating a land barrier to the sea from the Portland canal to Mount St. Elias. Canada receives Wales and Pearse islands while Canadians express strong dissatisfaction.
Charles Jacobs of South Bend Indiana eloped with Mrs Charles Benster of Niles Michigan. He paid her husband $50 to drop prosecution and not oppose divorce. The trio later met at the Harcets home in Pokagon where papers were drawn up by attorney J J Van Riker. Michigan law blocks a divorce under these circumstances. Jacobs intends to pursue divorce against his wife.
Observers reported a heliograph sighting on Oct 18 showing a nine spot sunspot group consolidating into two principal clusters. The disturbed region measured 172000 by 39000 miles, with principal spots totaling 123000 miles, visible to naked eye from the Naval Observatory. An aurora brightened the northern sky, with intense streams toward the zenith and magnetic needle disturbances noted.
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