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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1903
Page
4
A fragmented ad copy touts Mother Gray as a nurse in New York promoting “Childrens Hang” remedies for constipation feverishness bad stomach teething and worm destruction. It claims viral popularity with “30,000 menials” and lists LeRoy as a mailing address for free Sam samples.
The article reviews the life of Rev. Ekal Kawaguchle a Zen Buddhist priest born near Osaka who studied in Tokio and at Uji and who journeys to Tibet and Nepal during 1904 to complete Buddhist studies and collect scriptures. It also reflects on various advertisements and cultural notes from the period.
Burlington reports the Upper Mississippi River Improvement association appoints a committee to press Congress for a six foot channel dredging plan from St. Anthony Falls to the Ohio River. The memorial seeks $16,000,000 and includes Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois and Missouri as states near the river. Officials include Gov. Van Sant and others from La Crosse Davenport Quincy St. Louis and Burlington.
The Council Bluffs Commercial Club plans a January 4 banquet at 6 pm for southwestern Iowa legislators. About thirty of forty-five invited have replied, many with warm wishes for the city. Attendees will receive city drives and trolley rides that afternoon.
SIOUX CITY Elsworth P De France was released after serving fifteen years for stealing a two cent postage stamp. Convicted in Nebraska federal court for holding up a mail carrier, he faced life in prison before President McKinley commuted the sentence to fifteen years.
Responding to a telegram from Secretary Conaway detailing Iowa schools celebration of the Louisiana Purchase anniversary, W. B. Stevens secretary to President Francis of the exposition management at St. Louis, regrets the plan wasn’t known to exposition officials in time to propose a similar program for every state in the Louisiana Purchase.
John W Ford of Jefferson township Hillsdale county Michigan has rarely left the county since 1845 and has paid only 40 cents in railroad fare. He is a keen reader with a large library of standard and miscellaneous works. He served as a collector for a fire insurance company in Hillsdale county for twenty nine years and made all his collections on foot.
The State Board of Health records first smallpox cases in weeks, noting three cases in Maine's western region. Scarlet fever cases appear at Ames College campus, but are not considered serious.
Lois Ada ir, 14 year old daughter of Mrs Bertha Richardson, died from poisoning after taking a single bite of poisoned rat biscuit left within reach.
Mrs. E. L. Hogue, wife of Senator Hogue, died at their Blencoe residence after years of consumption, ending a long illness.
In Winterset, authorities and volunteers searched seven miles south of Van Meter for 15 year old Charles Burger, son of farmer William Burger. He lay in a feed box in his father's barn after sleeping off a bottle of patent medicine that had caused a serious condition following a twenty four hour exposure.
John D Rockefeller suffered years of illness leaving him nearly bald with parchment like skin. He rarely visits his Standard Oil offices in New York or downtown, misses board meetings, and has not seen his chief business agent for over a year. A lonely life keeps him indoors except for golf for health, as he reads heavily at age 64.
Speaker Cannon, after becoming speaker of the house, adopted a rule limiting himself to two dinners weekly due to indigestion. He warned his daughter, head of the household, to decline invitations beyond that limit. Despite the rule, many friends in town plan many weeks in advance to host him.
Henry Irving recalls a London Lyceum theater moment when he greeted an old acting buddy in the portico. The exchange shows Irving’s glee and the friend’s modest reply about touring the country with a poor fitout, highlighting the era’s theatre world dynamics.
The article analyzes Korea's racial characteristics and political position as Russia and Japan vie for regional dominance. It notes Koreans’ conservatism and apathy, their distinct language and identity, and their limited influence over their fate amid larger powers, with Russia and Japan seeking supremacy in the Orient.
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