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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1903
Page
3
The article reports a proposed British military service dog ambulance to locate casualties on scattered battlefields. Trained dogs can find wounded hidden in rocks, wood or grass and guide bearers by barking. South Africa campaigns show recovery delays. St Bernards cross-bred setters and collies are favored for this role.
Judge William R. Day accepted President Roosevelt's offer of a Supreme Court seat vacated by Justice Silas. Day, a prominent Ohio lawyer since 1897, has built a world wide reputation as jurist statesman and diplomat. His father once led Ohio's Supreme Court and Day currently sits on the federal bench.
M. Jean Adrien Jusserand becomes the new French ambassador to the United States and is described as a veteran diplomat and noted author. His wife Mme Jusserand, formerly Miss Richards of Boston, has long resided in Paris. He is noted for his perfect English.
At a joint Swedish Norwegian council meeting in Stockholm Crown Prince Gustaf assumes regency duties for both kingdoms. He travels to Christiania while King Oscar is said to be seriously ill and greatly weakened. No official palace statement on his fitness has been issued.
On May 26 marks the two hundredth anniversary of Samuel Pepys death and a public notice is proposed. Pepys library at Magdalen College Oxford contains 2,000 volumes kept in the old presses noted in the Diary as a noble closet.
A woman in WVienda with four years of palpitations and a nine month history of a singing noise in the chest is described by Dr Reitter to the Society for Internal Medicine. The sound, heard in others as well, changes in strength and pitch and is attributed to malformed heart valves causing vibration.
Gossip links Chiiss Angie J. Graham of Wheeling with Prince Eniwha, second son of Corea’s king. Both attend Wesleyan University in Ohio and Graham is described as the daughter of a Wheeling clergyman. The prince has shown marked attention.
A rare violin bow crafted by French showmaker Francois Tourte sold for 255 dollars. The item highlights refined craftsmanship and national heritage in a recent sale.
The Providence Journal weighs in on a crusade by Washington public men to prune meals, arguing a ten minute breakfast or five minute lunch are worse than a three hour dinner. It says the chief meal deserves at least an hour and a half, two hours if needed.
Ferdinand August Bebel, a prominent socialist and critic of Kaiser power, collaborates with Marxists in the Red International and the early German Reichstag of 1871. Known for self education and writings on social and economic topics, his work Woman and Socialism has run through over eighteen editions.
Special correspondence details Coutts & Co in London, dating to the Strand near Bedford Street. It describes the firm’s age, origins with Thomas and James Coutts, early London banking, the guarded strong rooms, meticulous accounting, and the ritual of never entering vaults alone.
Reports from Bristol indicate work on the new cup defender is slow with a misreported ninety ton keel later corrected to five tons more. Nat Herreshoff plans a vessel close to Defender Columbia and Constitution in design while delays in nickel steel frames and bronze plating slow progress. Iselin favored a keel boat over a centerboard craft like Vigilant, a choice later vindicated as Defender proved keel vessels can meet British challengers.
A petition to open a Constantinople public library was denied by the minister of public instruction. The decision cites several books on the proposed list, notably La Fontaine’s fables, arguing they could be seen as degrading to the sultan and insulting to the kingdom due to frequent lion references.
Report from Copenhagen says on King Christian the eighty fifth birthday on April 8 three emperors will visit the capital Edward the king of the United Kingdom, the czar, and the kaiser are expected. Preparations are kept from the king and celebrations promised as the most splendid.
Capt. Davidson describes Venezuelan prisons as the Black Hole of Calcutta like a 16 by 16 foot room crowded with more than twenty people and no seating. He condemns the harsh treatment of political victims as abominable and unjust.
W J Lewis of Nebraska a Seventh Day Adventist received a temporary post office post and has been made a permanent clerk with salary adjusted to allow observance of Saturday as his Sabbath. He will not be paid for that time.
The capital of the United States holds what is likely a world record in letter writing. Each inhabitant spends four dollars yearly on postage stamps.
When iron is melted it is run off in a channel called a sow. The word comes from the Saxon sawan to scatter. Iron bars cooled in the sow’s grooves are called pig.
Russia plans a major cavalry reorganization removing lances and arming with swords to shift mounted units toward mounted infantry. The move follows Cape war lessons and aims for rapid manoeuvre and rifle fire, though Cossacks face discontent as authorities frame the choice as sword over lance.
The article describes George Jay Gould's Georgian Court estate at Lakewood New Jersey featuring an elaborate electric fountain designed by Bruce Price. The centerpiece displays a colossal bronze nautilus shell with a chariot and white marble sea horses, 20 feet tall, weighing about 5,000 pounds, surrounded by Nereids and a glass octopus.
A midnight intruder is confronted by George Ferguson in a Ferguson home pantry. Ferguson threatens severe punishment, forcing the thief to eat a dry health food before tossing him out a pantry window. He justifies the act as retribution for breaking into the house.
The Washington Post asserts that women have consistently urged nations into war, citing pre Civil War enthusiasts who enlisted men, the Confederate and Union memories, and the late Spanish American War as examples. It claims women fueled the war spirit and are often irreconcilable to outcomes.
In Indianapolis News the attorney Henry N. Spaan questioned a German witness to determine the defendant’s condition from liquor. The witness, asked if he had been drunk, replied no. The exchange ended with Spaan excusing the witness after a sharp line of questioning.
A brief social sketch notes a man isolated by his habit of judging friends by their willingness to lend money, implying his lack of true companionship. The snippet hints at a cynical view of personal debt and loyalty.
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