22 Dec 1903
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Newspaper
New Castle Press
Location
New Castle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1903
Page
1
Dispatches show plans to deploy cruisers to reconnoiter the Colombian coast and to display U S naval force near the Isthmus of Panama. Debates claim the canal zone is U S property and justify force to deter hostile actions by distant powers.
A fragmented report notes young men unable to secure degrees in medicine or law sometimes enlist. A youth enlisted last year allegedly faced publishing delays for a book. The reference mentions Philadelphia Tevord and weighs third-party benefits.
Investigated by W. Compton after a report by The Daily Dress shows a family of four children and a consumptive mother living in a cold, damp hovel with an abusive husband. They lack basic clothing and food. aid was sent, and the case could trigger removal to a country home for proper care and shelter.
E L Elliott, a cashier at the Furovers store, was injured recently when he slipped and fell while beard at a Daleville curat. He fractured his hip and may require an operation after New Year. Doctors hope for a speedy recovery despite the setback.
The ENNY controversy centers on Miss Corelli who denied plans to erect a Carnegie library at Shakespeare's birthplace. The crowded court heard Corelli testify for two hours denying any intention to build a library at the site.
About 4,000 Jews in Kishiungd appeal for aid to emigrate to Argentina or Canada. They seek plots of land to establish colonies and begin new settlements abroad.
Disjointed report notes a long awaited strike victory by Chaepers in a track event. It mentions a twenty year gap, mentions names like Chie and Terweean, and references wagers or pay figures such as S245 but indicates that men earning S00 or more are not to be reached. Work has been resumed.
Ehulra New York county supervisors allocate 253000 dollars for good road construction across the county. The project aims to connect with a highway extending from New York to Chicago.
General Delarey spoke to Boers at Admadanger attempting to win allegiance to Great Britain. He claimed most Boer prisoners accepted the oath of allegiance, with ten resisting.
In Dayton Ohio a fire in the basement and first floor caused five dressmaking workers to jump from the Arth Story in the Canby building amid the blaze. Several had narrow escapes but all were rescued without serious injury. Loss estimated at $100,000 and one victim Dee, 19, is reported among those who leaped.
Philadelphia December 19. Executive board of the National Union of Women’s Organizations meeting with representatives from the National Women’s Christian Temperance Union Interdenominational Council of Women New Jersey Congress of Mothers and Pennsylvania Congress of Mothers plus local clubs adopts a resolution urging all women’s groups and patriotic women to petition the U S Senate for Reed Smoot’s expulsion.
A successful Wright brothers flight near Kitty Hawk North Carolina covered three miles at 21 mph into a wind. The machine used propellers powered by a small engine with no balloon attachment and landed at a chosen spot by the navigators car.
Fourteen people were killed and many injured when an embankment collapse near Cordova caused a train derailment on Sunday. The incident occurred near Madrid on December 14.
At a city meeting the firm offered to replace wooden poles on South Main with iron ones and cover the removal of a troublesome pole or deposit funds to secure the agreement. They will install necessary changes and begin through service to Indianapolis and set up a waiting room, pending action next Tuesday night.
An eccentric local item notes a Methodist minister's wife in West Virginia with a long lineage of bird names in her family. The piece lists many avian-named relatives and a quirky address in Maplesville, Canary Esland, attributed to author Lyre Dire.
The Republican central committee of Henry County met in the Goethouse grand jury room at 10 o clock Saturday. Thirty members attended and set January 1004 as the tentative date for township meetings. Each township will elect one precinct committee and delegates to the district, with times and places to be fixed by precinct committeemen.
The notice schedules a Republican county mass convention at New Castle on Saturday January 16. Precinct committeemen will meet during the noon recess to elect a chairman, secretary and treasurer and perfect the party organization at the court room.
Badly scared Rand hotel proprietor W C Cunningham, owner of the Rand in Indianapolis, reacted to a Grand hotel fire dispatch error read in Cincinnati. He and Claypool hotel manager in Indianapolis feared the blaze, but a telegram confirmed the mistake and calm returned.
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