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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1902
Page
2
An ongoing rodent infestation at the White House endangers the building as Col Bingham plans final extermination efforts. Officials debate a new mansion or reinforced steel walls while visitors report eerie noises and burrowing beneath the cabinet room.
Chronic sewing work hurts nerves and health. Dr R V Pierce’s Favorite Prescription claimed to restore regularity, heal inflammation and female weakness. Sick women were invited to write for free advice and official medical literature.
Reports claim papers in possession of Columbia University show the Chinese imperial government allied with the Boxers. The finds include an original black cut and a proclamation copied onto yellow paper bearing imperial seals and a Boxer motto urging destruction of foreigners.
Senator Hale introduces a naval experiment bill proposing a first class plant modeled on Germanys Chaocote Center to advance engineering problems for the navy. The measure would authorize 400000 for a facility near Indianapolis to serve shipbuilders and manufacturers and reduce dependence on private firms.
The article recounts the life of Mine Vdele Preveau, born near Burs, who married Count de Dorenu and rose in diplomatic circles in Washington and New York. After financial decline, she faced poverty and isolation, ending in a poorhouse where a neighbor cared for her before her death, with reference to Kipling and a Chicago Record-Herald note on courage in verse.
The czar keeps a ring said to contain a fragment of the true cross once held by the Vatican. While traveling from St. Petersburg to Moscow, he realized the ring was missing. The train halted, a messenger was sent back on an express engine, and the czar would not move the train until the ring returned several hours later.
The 1900 geological survey reports the value of US mineral products reached 1.007 billion dollars, up from 0.917 billion in 1899. Iron and coal dominated, with the Lake Superior region and Mesabi range issuing large outputs. Copper, gold, silver, lead, and petroleum show strong gains, signaling a robust year across minerals.
A fragmented report describes plans for electric trolley routes from Cairo through Sinai to Mecca and a Jerusalem centered network tied to the Zionist movement. Cleveland Construction Co funds and signs with Signor JT Spanier of Rome to secure contracts. An anecdote notes lumbago relief from Chamberlain's Pain Balm sold locally.
Rev Dr Donald Sage Mackay announced that Mr and Mrs Sage became communicants of the Collegiate Presbyterian Church by letter from West Presbyterian. The move ends a prior misunderstanding in the congregation over Rev Dr Anthony H Evans's pastorate, with Sage trusteeship cited as a factor. The couple had attended services for two years, rented a pew, and given generously.
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