Fourth of July in Southborough and Stoughton’s fall
A city editor recalls the annual Fourth of July speech by Joshua B. Stoughton, a powerful local political boss. When Stoughton skips the remarks amid a bribery storm over a street railway franchise, a reporter hunts for the insider who forced him off the stump, tracing church links and a web of townspeople and factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. I
Southborough
Joshua B. Stoughton
Stoughton
Snoker HM
Medwest
Sproughton
Olty
de- Troynes
Maiual
Omeyor
Broughton
Qur
Quwainst Stonshton
Dunbar
Dilton
California Sunset Sermon Ends in Tragic Accident
An account from a winter Sacramento scene describes a celebratory event that ends with Sutter and an unnamed friend falling into a newly dug canal. The friend drowns while Sutter mourns, the incident prompting cautionary notes about safety and the dangers of careless talk and advertising hype.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Californie
TSM
They Brige Doctors Officers Escape Service Front
A London Times report notes two commissions in Manchuria to assess officer fitness for service. It reveals high rejection rates among officers, and a corrupt system where officers pay head doctors in Kharkin to be declared unfit and sent home. A witness recalls a reservist officer son returning after paying to be rejected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ruselan
Kharbin
Chita
Europe
Irkutsk
Kharkin
Russia
Manchuria
London Times
Remnants of Appomattox Village and Lee Surrender Scene
A historic scene at Appomattox is described with the nearly deserted hamlet and a preserved house where Grant and Lee met to surrender. The piece recalls the hotel and courthouse, notes changes in the village, and includes memories from a Grant officer. It cites Lee and Grant’s demeanor and gives a Virginia quote about Americans being one people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram F Higgins
Datlon
Southborough
Ana T
Nina Lovering
Toad
Taille
Cloetynig
Tata
Sacket’s Hotel
Nashville
Tenn
Grant
Jee
Appomattox
Walt
Fitzhugh Lee
Glov
Robert E. Low
Ulysses
Wiliam the Conqueror
Lee
Lexington College
Stonewall Jackson
Virginia
United States
Serpent Worship in India and a Hidden Plan
A discussion notes serpent worship survives in India with a snake shrine seen as a garden attraction along the Malabar coast and in a U S country home. It warns snakes are unobtrusive unless approached silently. A burglar in a Paria wineshop owned a water color plan of the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Malabar
United States
Paria
Apache reformations at Fort Sill highlight farming push
Fort Sill Oklahoma hosts about 200 Apache prisoners of war under Capt. Farrand Sayre. The group, led by Geronimo historically, now raises stock and crops on a 4000 acre reservation with six dwellings and a storehouse built by the inmates. They depend on guided management and previously received fifty mules from the military department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sil
O. T
Geronimo
Arizona
Miles
Florida
Mount Vernon
Als
Alabama
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Farrand Sayre
Military Department
Department
Frst
Indian School Journal
London Smoke Affects Lungs In Post Mortem Tale
Mrs Exmest Hart recalls a Paris post mortem where the chest was opened and she exclaimed the lungs were not black. The surgeon replied Londoners show snot-begrimed lungs from vile atmospheric conditions. Hart, a London hospital registrar, notes the stark contrast highlighting pollution in smoky cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Obsolete Postal Costs and English Town Decline
The piece surveys the U S postal service value and distant letter transport costs, notes the depopulation of small English towns, and cites predictions from Harper's Weekly and Leslie's Weekly about liquid air’s growth and potential industrial impact. It contrasts low postage with long-haul delivery and discusses urban migration, industrial employment, and the need to arrest decay in small towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Postofice
Postal Service
Robert J. Wynne
Harper's Weekly
Mr. Wynne
Nome
Miami
Florida
Blaine
Washington State
Presque Island
Maine
San Diego
California
Negroes as Capitalists In Yazoo Delta Banks
A Harper's Weekly writer notes that in the Yazoo Delta region of Mississippi within eighteen months three banks have been formed by Black shareholders. All stock is held by Negroes, with Negro presidents and directors. One bank in a town of about four thousand has deposits around 9125,000, most contributed by Black residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Corelli
Misa Quorelli
South
Harper's Weekly
Mississippi
Black Belt
Meneroes
Osehior
HHI
Yazoo
Unlikely Partners Bowen and Tripp Run a Lincoln Poultry Farm
A story from the Chicago Inter Ocean describes Ely Bowen and Charken Tripp, two near-unique partners with severe physical differences who built a successful poultry business near Lincoln, Illinois. They cycle together, Tripp using his feet as hands, Bowen steering, as they operate and expand their farm amid notable early success. Also included is a note on inland fish consumption in Germany, highlighting carp as a popular festive dish with Berlin selling about 3,000 tons last December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely Bowen
Charken Triom
Lincoln
Bowen
Tripp
Frwen
Bowe
Chicago
Inter Orean
Germany
Berlin
Palace of Marvels at Hever Castle Transformation
William Waldorf Astor finances a massive redevelopment of Hever Castle in Kent, turning moated grounds into a vast estate with a new lake, bridges, model village, and Italian garden. About 1,000 workers move in as earthworks expand over 2,000 acres, with a projected cost around a million and a quarter pounds over two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Waldorf Astor
Hever Ostate
Kent
Castia
Astor
England
Eden
Eatate
Hever
Hever Cestle
Henry Hever
Edward III
Henry Wili
Anne of Cleves
Japan’s Bill to Russia Could Reach Billions
Washington observers say any peace terms with Russia after conflict with Japan will include a substantial money indemnity. Historic precedents show indemnities ranging from 19 million to 330 million dollars, with figures at times reaching up to 8 billion in modern discussions. The concert of powers is expected to oversee territorial terms while money indemnities reflect the economic burden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Washington
Japan
Husala
United States
England
Germany
France
Russis
Bremarck
Sedan
Metz
Alasce
Lorrains Basides
Rossis
Turkey
Roesta Asa
Chinera
Lilotung Peninsula
Formosa
Pescadores
China
Lalotung Peninsula
Wal-Hal- Wel
Asis
Greece
Thessaly
Spain
Naion
Philippines
Todlee
Epworth League Convention Tickets From East Points Low Rates
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad offers very low round trip fares for Epworth League Convention in Denver, Kansas from June 29 to July 3, 1904, with return to July 17 and optional extension to August 11 upon deposit and fifty cents. Maryland delegation to depart Baltimore July 3 on a special train via Pittsburgh and Chicago. for details contact B&O ticket agent or O W Bassatt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Denver
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Ohio River
Baltimore & Ohio
Maryland
Wilk
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Chicago
O. W. Bassatt
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Howard Fielding
Wes
Dillion
FMN Training
Dunning
Dillon
BH Dunning
Louie
Misa
Olmsteada
Nelle
Nellie
Mrs Lovering
Mixs Olmstead
BU Dubatog
Osimetend
Dunalag
Bil Duannlog
Federal
Board of Allermen
Porter
Amd
Danterth
Aml Vt
Josh Stoughton
John Blodgett
Stoughton’s
Blodgett
Bloughton
Tlodgett
Danforth
Gure
Mr. Blodgett
Hiram Higgins
Higgins
Hiram Diggins
Mr. Olmstead
Curtis Goombwin
Mr. Olmstoad
Sp Tv. We
Tomas
Apache
St. Petersburg
Georgia
United States Geological Survey
National Geographic Magazine
Baxley
OUR
Society of Arts
Lonion Globe
Alamit
Au Ft
Leslie’s Weekly
Palace OF Marvels
W. Astor
HIG
Epi
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