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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1901
Page
3
Fragmentary ledger style text shows names Thomas I Stanley Warren Eartman Maurich Farnham and a schedule mentioning 3:45 pm exits and weekend mornings. Subscription rates appear garbled with references to mail and weekly carriage options, lacking clear amounts or dates.
A lengthy editorial argues Indians in the United States are not dwindling and notes $83,317,055 in tribal treasury funds with steady income from land leases. It highlights education, a 250 Indian schools increase, and optimism about native advancement. It also discusses Secretary Hay’s mediation stance with Colombia and Venezuela, asserting treaty duties, neutrality guarantees, and peaceful dispute settlement linked to the 1846 treaty with New Granada now applying to Colombia. A separate note cites General De Wet’s alleged threat of no quarter for captured British soldiers, awaiting confirmation.
Commentary notes Kitchener’s harsh wartime stance in South Africa and the grim potential costs of rebellion. It cites a legal reform push by the American Bar Association to admit women lawyers, speculating on future roles in judiciary and juvenile courts. Additional items cover a Massachusetts housekeeping school findings, bread costs, and a coroner’s jury in Maryland pursuing homicide charges.
An old Trinity churchyard vault in New York houses eight caskets, including the remains of Robert Fulton. Fulton’s name and resting place are not marked, though he married a Livingston and his burial was placed in the Livingston vault. A curious omission, given his fame as an American inventor.
An ad asserts Virtuama will cure impotence and boost vitality for older men and wives. The text cites a Dr John Baraing and a price receipt, mentioning medicines and health claims.
The Negritas once ruled Luzon, now scattered in mountain villages built high in bamboo and palm. They hunt, fish, and live in tree huts reached by ladders, while women marry young by a chase and capture ritual ending in a family wedding dance and feast.
The record notes McKinley’s public address in Buffalo on September 14 detailing his two presidencies from 1897 to 1901. It lists major events including tariff acts, the Cuban crisis, Spanish American War battles, the Treaty of Paris, Puerto Rico governance, the gold standard currency law, and Philippine civil government. It also notes the failed Hay-Pauncefote treaty and mentions discussion of a possible third term.
Buffalo city notes President McKinley delivered his last public utterance on September 5 at the Pan-American Exposition grounds. The almost prepared speech outlined future plans and, though cut short by assassination, remains a guiding beacon for Roosevelt and Congress amid uncertain times as the nation faces crisis and transition.
Excerpts from a speech urged broad policy shifts including trade incentives, arbitration for disputes, and renewal of reciprocity. It calls for keeping prosperity through integrity in depository services, expanding merchant marine, building the Isthmian canal, and a Pacific cable while opposing narrow policies. A Baltic note follows with the Standart yacht news.
A central New York farmer sent a marriage proposal to a woman in Canada by telegraph. The reply came next morning after a long suspense, sparking laughter from the operator who called the delay rough. The farmer joked that a slow response proves the would be wife is economical in making up for lost time.
An effusive visitor at the Meektons tells the Meektons’ wife she has the best husband. Meekton replies with a wry sigh that she may not truly think he is the best. Washington Star quotes the exchange between the visitor and Meekton.
A satirical quip from the Cleveland Plain Dealer features a balloon addressing a parachute. The balloon claims it would not encourage drinking in youth yet suggests a single drop might not hurt. The parachute then drops, delivering the punchline.
In the Bahamas local market sponges are sold loose or in strands of two to ten. Best sponges are strings of eight to ten. Some are unsstrung. Buyers rely on weight estimates rather than stated counts, requiring practical experience.
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