14 Jul 1904
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1904
Page
1
A Victorian style promotion urges women to understand their bodies using Dr. Pierce’s medical guides. It touts Favorite Prescription as a premier tonic for feminine health, praises long-standing sales, and recommends Pleasant Pellets as a laxative aid.
Police report the badly decomposed body found in the Harlem River is believed to be Henry Baxter Kingsley a 35 year old Vermont heir missing since last November from Hugh H Baxter's Fifth Avenue home. The deceased wore a black suit and overcoat and carried a New York Athletic Club card in his pocket.
A medical note explains paralysis of the stomach as the underlying cause of dyspepsia symptoms such as nausea gas and a heavy feeling after meals. It criticizes stimulant-based remedies and promotes Dr Chase's Blood and Nerve Food and Liver Food with prices 50 cents and 25 cents respectively, offered by Clinton E Main druggist, Frederick, Md.
Arbitration of the meat packing strike moves forward with a conference in Chicago among employers, strikers, and the state board. Leader Michael Donnelly states the aim is a wage floor of 1844 cents per hour, while Swift & Co and Armour resist drastic changes and the industry contends prices may not rise significantly.
London reports a large节 battle with heavy losses as Japanese forces press Ta Tche Kiao from Kai Chou and Ta Tehe Kiao. Russian and Japanese movements are described as cautious with Oku and Nodzu advancing and Kuropatkin facing entrenchment, while reports of Port Arthur fall remain unconfirmed.
Mukden dispatch dated July 12 repeats a supposed Japanese Third Army repulse at Port Arthur on July 11. It claims heavy Japanese losses from Russian mines and cites uncertain sources. The report sparked curiosity in St Petersburg as officials question its origin and transmission path.
Russian general staff reports Japanese forces attacked Port Arthur on July 10 and suffered massive casualties, ranging to 30,000, a figure many observers doubt. The report suggests Kamimura’s fleet may face resignation or worse if the losses prove true, with Nodzu’s army tested by a major reverse.
Nicola Niglio and Antonio Castancesco confess involvement in the Antonio Manzzo murder in Philadelphia. Niglio, son of the boarding house owner Thomaso Niglio, and Castancesco say the father admitted stabbing Manzzo during a debt dispute over $20 and jealousy over the wife. They aided in concealing the body by sewing it into a mattress and disposing it at Wissahickon Creek.
Chicago dispatch reports Democratic National Committee members fear William Jennings Bryan would harm the ticket if he spoke at a Chicago ratification meeting. Sullivan says Bryan must not come to Minnesota to speak, and the national committee reportedly agrees he should not be a speaker.
Baltimore July 14 The first conviction under Maryland’s Jim Crow car law occurred in criminal court. James Davis, colored, was found guilty of violating the law aboard the steamers Rock Creek at the Baltimore wharf on July 2 and fined $25. Judge Wright warned that the law must be obeyed and similar measures have been upheld as constitutional.
Mrs Mary Miller 84 is fatally struck by a trolley in Harrisburg Pennsylvania. The steamer Nemesis with 31 aboard is lost in a New South Wales storm. An unknown Black man lynched at Clayton Louisiana for attacking a saw mill foreman. Oscar I Judd of Newark New Jersey suffers a fractured skull in a Providence automobile crash. R L dies from injuries. Congressman John S Williams Democratic leader will campaign with speeches in key states.
A Chicago and Illinois Railway picnic train returning from Momence collided with a freight train near Glenwood. Forty miles an hour impact collapsed the first coach, burying many passengers. About 25 injured, roughly 25 miles south of Chicago.
Manila reports a northeast Manila hills cloudburst flooding San Juan Del Monte and killing 200. low-lying districts inundated. American and foreign homes isolated. boats used for transport. 27 hours of rain totaling 17.35 inches. communication with outside disrupted. property damage estimated at 2 million dollars. Also reports Philadelphia cricket team beating Canada for international title and final Slocum disaster death toll, plus William P Scott arrest in East St. Louis for unpaid fine.
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