Iowa News Roundup Highlights Public Health and Sports
The column covers varied notes from Ruskin college’s dressmaking post in Glen Ellyn to the Alaskan boundary ruling, a Cincinnati thief facing 15 years, toy pistol fatalities, smallpox progress in Connecticut, and a mosquito study. It also mentions Nebraska Missouri Kansas Oklahoma grain co‑ops, James Ahern’s trog and fish championships, Langley airship issues, Rockaway Beach mermaid tales, Jonathan Edwards bicentennial links, Chief Justice Lore on capital punishment, summer baseball money, and a Manchuria to Russia treaty scenario with China military ties.
Railroads to Hike Fare at St Louis Fair 1904
Railroads refuse to sell reduced gate tickets for next year's St Louis fair unless protected from scalpers and forgers selling out rate second hand tickets. Missouri officials push to drive scalpers from the business. if unsuccessful full rates will apply to all passengers during the fair season of 1904.
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St. Louis
Missouri
A Week's History In All Parts Of The Union
Recap of national affairs with estimates for interior department spending to 1905 and Treasury notes on gold reserves. Highlights include Shaw's Iowa campaign speech, land grab schemes, rail payroll cuts, immigration figures, and church union appeals. Also notes on education gains, post office inquiries, Peary's polar push, gambling embezzlements, and civic righteousness appeals.
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Secretary of the Interior
Muscatine
Leslie M. Shaw
American Bankers’ Association
San Francisco
United
United States
The
Bureau of Immigration
Pan-American Conference of Bishops
Union
Episcopal, Presbyterian and Methodist Churches
America
Post Office
Bristow
National Geographical Society
Washington
Peary
Episcopal
Memphis trotter Lou Dillon sets new world trotting mark
Lou Dillon ran a mile in 1.58% to break Crescens's world trotting record. Burglars stole 600 dollars from the Bank of Plato Minnesota. Receivers take over the Lake Street Elevated Railroad in Chicago. Work starts on the Calumet Indiana Harbor canal in Indiana Harbor with Governor Durbin present. Mrs. Louis Iverson fatally kills three of her children in Pacific Grove California. John Dailey, father of Chicago Alderman Dailey, dies at 102.
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Memphis
Lou Dillon
Crescens
Bank of Plato, Minn
Lake Street Elevated Railroad Company
Chicago
Calumet-Indiana Harbor
Indiana Harbor
Ind
Durbin
Louis Iverson
Pacific Grove
Cal
John Dailey
Alderman Dailey
Deaths and global items fill foreign intelligence roundup
Foreign intelligence notes the death of Mrs. Spur geon in London and historian W E Lecky in London. Canada debates Alaskan award and Britain treaty powers. Twain plans three novels in Florence. Czar’s visit eases war fears. New England snow. various crimes, dismissals, and diplomatic moves reported.
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Charles H. Spurgeon
London
Canada
Dominion
House of Commons
Wilfred Laurier
Gritain
Berlin
W. EE. Lecky
Europe
Mark Twain
Florence
International Exchange Commission
Diverse 1900s News Clips Cover Bank Closures Arson Arrests and Deaths
A roundup notes the First National Bank of Allegheny closing and later resuming operations after a collapse. It cites an anarchist arrest in New York and a deportation plan for John Turner. Other items report deaths from sports injuries and a subway cave-in in New York.
Noted figures shuffle in terse news rounds
Senator Quay plans retirement after current term ends. Dominion Parliament to raise Canadian independence per public works minister. Arctic Club head predicts Peary will locate the north pole next. Fanny Clary reenters Massachusetts legislature race on prohibition ticket. Hudson Bay sailors endure 600 miles to civilization. A $1 million Los Angeles temple Baptist church building planned led by Rev. Burdette. Bryan declines $50,000 Bennett bequest as executor in New Haven court. Gen. Gregg elected Loyal Legion commander in chief at Philadelphia meeting. Tishler found dead in New York. inquiry links whisky offers but no aid. Janauschek evicted from New York hotel for unpaid bill. McLaughlin says Indians could be richest if government-held funds distributed. London grand jury indicts Whitaker Wright.
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Fanny J. Clary
Massachusetts
Hudson's Bay
Los Angeles
New Temple Baptist Church
Robert J. Burdette
William J. Bryan
New Haven
Conn
Philo S. Bennett
David G. Gregg
Reading
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
Philadelphia
Charles Tishler
New York
Mme. Janauschek
R. W. McLaughlin
American Missionary Association
Cleveland
London
Whitaker Wright
National and regional crime and labor headlines span the Midwest and West
West and South Co L Conine, national secretary and treasurer, convicted in Kansas City of embezzling 5676 from the United Brotherhood of Leather Workers. Arthur Young pleads guilty in Wisconsin to murdering Edward Smith and receives life. Morris Illinois dedicates a granite Shabbona memorial. Rand McNally sues Franklin Presser union for strike damage in Chicago. Burglars steal 2000 from Burton Bank Kansas and 3500 from Burnett Bank Raleigh 11. Chicago sausage makers strike for higher pay. Daniel Rogers dies in San Francisco at 103. International Tailoring workers strike in Chicago in solidarity with New York lockout. San Francisco bankers foresee little national impact from Wall Street weakness. Jesse McClure shoots his two sons after his wife refuses to see him near Marion Indiana.
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South, Co
L. Conine
Kansas City
United Brotherhood of Leather Workers
Arthur Young
Wausau
Wis
Edward Smith
Morris, Ill
Shabbona
Chicago
Rand, McNally & Co
Franklin Pressteaders’ Union
State Bank
Burton
Kan
Burnett’s Bank
Raleigh
Union
Daniel Rogers
San Francisco
International Tailoring Company
New York
Wall Street
Marion
Ind
Jesse McClure
Ten Men Killed In New York Subway Disaster
Ten workers died and four were badly injured when a tunnel roof and walls collapsed at the One Hundred Ninety-fifth Street project in New York. The cave in occurred while 20 men toiled 110 feet underground amid blasting operations. Coroner and officials investigated negligence as a possible cause.
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New York
Rufus C. Hunt
Timothy Sullivan
Schuette
Richard Beyers
John B. McDonald
Jackson
Durand Named British Ambassador to United States
London Oct 26 King Edward approved Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, already British ambassador at Madrid, to succeed the late Sir Michael Herbert as ambassador to the United States. Durand is noted for Persia India and Afghanistan diplomacy and is an expert hunter and author.
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London
Henry Mortimer Durand
Madrid
United States
Sir Michael Herbert
Sir Henry
Michael Herbert
Washington
Persia
Henry
St. Petersburg
Great Britain
Teheran
India
Afghanistan
Lord Roberts
Henry Durand
Elia Reve
Teignmouth Sandys
British Civil Services
Privy Council
Helen Trevelyan
Edward
Elkins Facing Amputation as Health Fails
Philadelphia reports financier William L. Elkins is gravely ill with inflammation and gangrene after a corn abrasion. Doctors decided to amputate a leg and he has since remained unconscious and weakening, with multiple ailments sapping his vitality.
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Philadelphia
William L. Elkins
Indiana farm hand kills two sons then surrenders
Jesse McClure, a Marion farm hand, murdered his two sons aged five and seven on Sunday near Kilgore farm. A mob formed to lynch him. he fled to Marion and surrendered, authorities hiding him as tensions rise and pursuit continues toward Indianapolis.
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Marion
Ind
Jesse McClure
McClure
Irankton
Elwood
Kilgore Farm
Williams
Indianapolis
Blair under fire in embezzlement scandal storm
James L. Blair once general counsel for the world's fair collapsed from stress amid sensational accusations by James T. Roberts that Blair embezzled 340 dollars from Dick Brothers and 63000 dollars from the Blow estate. Roberts testified at length to a grand jury as Evans R. Dick of Dick Bros. & Co. denied any Blair accounts to the firm. The unfolding allegations prompt questions about motive behind the attacks.
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St. Louis
James L. Blair
Blair
James T. Roberts
Dick Brothers
Philadelphia
Blow
Roberts
Grand Jury
New York
Evans R. Dick
Dick Bros. & Co
J. T. Roberts
Lou Dillon Sets New Trot Record in Mile Run
Memphis report notes Lou Dillon trotted a mile in 1 58 44 eclipsing prior marks with splits :30 :29 1/4 :29 30. Observers question whether faster times are possible on better tracks with ideal conditions.
Nose Itching Tale of a Frontiersman Congressman
Ex congressman Bell tells of a Leadville stagecoach robbery where his itchy nose nearly forced a perilous moment. A highwayman caught him attempting to scratch, but the outlaw freehanded the nose scratch with the shotgun muzzle, preserving the danger.
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Bell
Leadville
Mr. Bell
Clerk recalls old clown face from circus memory at church
A Duluth visitor who once left an impression as a circus clown at a summer show asks in a Kansas Sunday school if pupils remember him. A boy recalls the visitor, and the tale leads to a separate report in St St. John about sworn statements confirming Dodd's Kidney Pills saved a little boy from epileptic fits after treatment began, ending the spells within a week.
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Duluth
Duluth News-Tribune
Mrs. McBride
Dodd
Porcupine Advised Against by Forest Folk
The coon notes the porcupine is not ideal company but cites his good points. The fox adds the porcupine flatters, risking giving one a stuck-up feeling, a warning echoed by the Chicago Daily News.
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Fox
Chicago Daily News
Investment pitch for Num bor Gold Mining Co booklet
A fragmented advert paragraph promotes a booklet from the Num bor Gold Mining Co office in Chicago. It claims water power equal to 675 horsepower and strong returns with capital secured by a bank. It urges sending for the booklet and notes cash money is easier to obtain according to financial news.
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Diversey Blvd
Chicago
A Voice From the Pulpit Rev Van Doren Praises Kidney Pills
The Fond du Lac Presbyterian clergyman Rev Jacob D Van Doren reports kidney trouble that kept him home for days. He says Dean's Kidney Pills improved his health and eased pain, with Dean's Kidney Pills sold by dealers at 50 cents.
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Sixth Street
Fond du Lac
Wis
Bays
Dean
Jfoster Milburn CO
Buffalo
N. Y
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