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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1902
Page
7
New York Health Department seized nearly two tons of alum baking powder deemed dangerous, dumping it into the river as part of a city crackdown. Reports note some found in a Sixth Avenue department store, with analysis citing alum and pulverized rock.
Detroit police quickly unravel a double murder case as Prof. Joseph Miller confesses to killing Carrie M. Jennett amid a dispute over her leaving the city with him. He describes waiting on Thirteenth Street, striking with a hatchet, and disposing of the weapon before returning home to tea with his wife. Miller is sentenced to life in Jackson jail. doctors find no insanity. A second suspect, William A. Jones, is under strong circumstantial scrutiny in the Heywood murder, with clues including ashes on clothing and a bloodstained handkerchief. In London, armor research in the King's Armory notes Tudor period mail and confirms the axiom that there is no new thing under the sun.
A young couple wed in Fenelon Falls as friends showered them with slippers and rice. On departure the groom hurled a boot from the moving train thinking it debris, only to discover it belonged to a Toronto drummer. The groom later had to buy a new boot in Lindsey.
A woods claim vendor near Astoria sent for a dozen bear traps. Quoted at 140 per dozen, two were sent as starter to prevent overcatching bears and collapsing prices for skins and grease. A lodge worker near the bear killer’s ranch claims no bears, but his imagination staggers him with nightly growls while his wife snores.
Portralta of Stateover notes a full page group illustration for each state with the Congressional directory. A Washington photographer is busy making these gentlemen look their prettiest, taking lively portraits of lawmakers.
The tongue shows remarkable self repair speed among body parts, according to natural healing tendencies. The statement portrays the tongue as recovering faster than other tissues, highlighting its resilience in the body's system.
General Brooke is expected to assume command of the army upon the retirement of General Miles. The appointment honors his long service since enlisting in 1861, with the retirement anticipated to be announced soon.
In Corry Pennsylvania a pastor disrupts a poker game after hearing voices he knocks on the door and enters. The dispatch notes ministers should not join poker games and criticizes their conduct for causing a fuss when they lose.
Officials consider placing a portrait of a woman connected with U S history on a forthcoming postage stamp. No specific person chosen yet as deliberations continue within the Post Office Department.
Robert J. Wynne, Washington correspondent for the New York Press, has been offered and accepted the office of first assistant postmaster general. A noted newspaper correspondent, he has written on tariff finance and economics and previously served as private secretary to Secretary Charles Foster. He and his wife are prominent socially in Washington.
A visitor recalls Lahinch in Ireland where primitive baths once stood in a cottage above the high tide. A barrel of sea water awaited a soaking shower as the fisherman-proprietor warned the guest. Lahinch later boomed with tourists and golf.
Richard Croker Jr has taken six English bull dogs to Ithaca worth about 16000. They are described as the finest of their breed seen in Tompkins county and caused a stir as they were shown through the streets. Also notes on manners and money, plus hotel ads and a sketch of Miss Braddon’s literary career.
Victor Smith notes that a wood engraving in Dolly Madison s prayer book given by a godchild shows Christ kneeling in prayer before a large silver goblet. The frontispiece bears the caption Father if thou be willing remove this cup from me nevertheless not my will but thine be done.
At a Torrington Connecticut Wheel Club meeting the governor chief justice road commissioner and a U S congressman H S Earle of Michigan president of the L A W and Abbott Bassett of Boston secretary of the L A W attended along with the mayor postmaster and other local dignitaries. Also included are various quips and advertisements from the era.
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