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Newspaper
Moulton Tribune
Location
Moulton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1902
Page
5
An early 20th century profile discusses Edison’s vision of the electric carriage, its storage battery power, and the shift toward practical, noiseless electric automobiles. It highlights lessons from French models, fewer European accidents, and the potential to educate drivers and horses alike for safer roads.
Dark and cold on the far battle field comrades lie guarding their graves. Blood red within my heart, a laurelless dawn and dark. Margaret Wood in Review mentions Bryan and Senter confident on the Philippine question while Pat Bryan’s soup remark surfaces among followers.
Record of sentences and pretrial warrants from Iowa term 108 listing numerous state cases from 1901 to 1904. Entries include charges of liquor violations intoxication larceny and assault with associated officials AS Carter AR Scott and Dimmitt & Tallman noted for stipends and witness payments in towns across Iowa.
A Washington column criticizes U S military justice, urging Congress to reform court martial practice and penalties. It argues penalties are misaligned with civil standards, judges lack legal training, and reviews show harsh, ill suited punishments while calls for systemwide reform grow.
A battered view of 1890s and 1900s Republican splits shows four senators shifting against party lines on silver, signaling that free coinage outweighed protection. The St. Louis convention backed silver and gold standard opposition, sparking Democratic contrasts in Chicago, with lasting party rifts and debates over currency policy.
Congressman Viarll ridicules Democratic claim that Thepburn and Lacey will be succeeded by Democrats. He forecasts Republicans will regain solid delegation to Congress with increased majorities as the Gore era wanes.
The colored physicians of Kansas have bought Dr. Mathis hospital and will convert it into a free hospital for colored men women and children. It will be named the John Lang hospital in honor of John Tangy who traveled for many years as a conductor, and in memory of Blind Boone. The report notes settlers arrived yesterday.
Miss Susan Quay, youngest daughter of Senator Matthew Stanley Quay, will christen the new United States cruiser Pennsylvania. The ceremony at Cramp's shipyards in Philadelphia will be elaborate and mark the ship as a cornerstone of the American navy.
A dispatch discusses Bishop McOrde’s quip to strikers about owning railways if liquor bills were saved seven years. Edward Atkinson’s figures on US liquor consumption are examined, comparing Treasury statistics with Grover estimates. The piece notes methodological disputes and editorial reactions, highlighting the debate over industrial finance and policy.
A Sioux City family recounts their one year old son touching poison and rubbing it into his eyes. Neighbors recommended DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve, which helped quickly. Advertisements urge beware of counterfeits and promote local druggist C. A. Powers. The Town city citizen to publish on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays.
Five young men from Appanoose County are sought immediately to prepare for positions in government service. Applications should be sent to Inter-State Correspondence Institute in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Amos Weeter dies after a dispute in Illinois where a slap leads to fatal injuries. The incident centers on a quarrel described by a speaker as a "poet" from the area. Authorities investigate the exact cause and circumstances surrounding the death.
Notice states the partnership between Mrs Picken Paugh and Bliss Minute Speak has been dissolved by mutual agreement. The report notes a railroad right of way affects a cow’s condition and value, echoing a St Joseph News humorist remark about discrepancies from the era.
Wabash Sunday revival attempt. A new girl at David Wedmore's. Mr Harris' pumpkin vine yields one hundred punks. Four town boys fined ten dollars for stealing watermelons. Isaac Coffman decorated our sanctum with a ten and a half pound radish. Rev D A Boatman married Timothy Waggoner and Barbara Heisel, now living in Moreland Kansas. Jermiah Schulz to Chicago. Jimmie Davis travels county firs. Jacob Crumbaugh arrested at Albia for obtaining goods under false pretenses, escaped then recaptured near Missouri line. Clyde Rupert dies at age 5 from diphtheria and typhoid. Geo D Aldridge returns from Pettison. Dr J E Moore dies by self-inflicted gunshot after love disappointment. Dr James Montgomery, Susan Montgomery’s brother, dies in Ottumwa at 60. Baptist sack supper at Liberty. Stnril sold in sacks for church benefit. Grant Clark and Minerva Taylor wed at Centerville. Mrs G B Buttrey dies aged 65. burial at EK A Killion’s. Warvey Robb, John King and John Miller of Davis county, captured for cattle theft and jailed in Bloomfield. Attend township.
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