Recount of 1902 events across nations and US
A mixed dispatch lists multiple incidents from December including a murder trial in Bloomington, a Supreme Court adjournment for Christmas, deaths of Grace Comb and John Armstrong, a rise in US railroad mileage in 1902, Signor Mascagni’s arrest in Chicago for embezzlement, a Sedalia fatal train crash, a Fair Play Texas assassination, a Jacksonville federal site 선정, drownings, a Copenhagen storm, deaths of Judge Clarke and Jack Donohue, a Saxony princess disappearance, and a violent incident in Covington and Frankfort with family fatalities.
Mob Hangs Montgomery Godley After Police Killing
In Pittsburg Kansas early Christmas morning Montgomery Godley, a Black man, killed a policeman. Two hours later a mob freed him from jail and hanged him. The rope broke. he was killed by a mob member who cut his throat. Also noted are maritime survivors from a Massachusetts bay collision.
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Montgomery Godley
Pittsburg
Kas
Pittsburg, Kas
Montgomery Iedley
Hinkle
Missouri News Snapshot From Early 1900s
Missouri reports show Caldwell county officers under thirty with rising politics around Champ Clark for minority leader. Governor Dockery’s wife delaying New Year reception prompts. Centralia Baptist gave 500 to William Jewell College. Ex-Gov. Stone claims 73 Senate votes. Missouri teachers, many new, noted by Superintendent Cartington. Torrens title bill in progress. White River Railway incorporation and expansion toward Carthage, Versailles, and Kansas City by 1903. Rail and road projects attract capital. several large coal mines open near Versailles. Court cases and weddings frequent in Clayton, while a bridge proposal spans Missouri River at St. Charles. Canning factory eyed at Maryville. Loss of 55 in hotel incident. Missouri railroad fellow-servant law to be reviewed by U.S. Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldwell
Missouri
Congress
Champ Clark
Senaive
Cartington
Miei
Minnesota
Kansas City Real Estate Exchange
State Bowred of Agriculture
Agricultural College
White River Railway Company
Secretary of State
State Line
Carthage
Lexington& Southern Division
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Johnson
Santa Fe
Hickory Street
St. Louis, Kansas City & Colorado
Belle, Maries County
Versailles
Gaseenade River
Osage River
Mareh
Windsor
Henry County
Kansas City
Carrington
Clayton
St. Louis County
The Pathfinders Widow Jesse Benton Fremont Dies
Jesse Benton Fremont widow of Gen Fremont died Saturday night in Los Angeles at 78 after Christmas illness. She had been frail for three years and paralyzed by a hip dislocation from a fall, steadily declining with age. A trained nurse attended her in her final days.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Jesse Benton Fremont
Gen Fremont
Fremont
Jews May Naturalize in Romanian Senate Debate
Bucharest December 25. In a Senate session the minister of public instruction M Harat urged fair treatment of foreigners and equality before laws amid Jewish naturalization discussions. He warned against discrimination and urged that Romania be tolerant. naturalization of Jews was agreed to.
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Bucharest
Rowmania
Senate
M. Harat
Rechnania
Bowman
Bryan Enjoying Sightseeing During Mexico Visit
William J. Bryan's Mexican trip blends official calls and sightseeing in Mexico City on December 29. He meets President Ding and Finance Minister Limantour, with Mrs. Bryan and children visiting the Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe. The party then travels toward Cordova and to Alfred Bishop Mason's hacienda Yate, returning Tuesday morning.
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Mexico City
William J. Bryan
Ding
Finance Limantour
Bryan
Chadlaloupe
Cordova
Vera Cruz
Aeific
Alfred Hishop Mason
Yate
Mir
Ryan
Silver
Baby Farming Scandal Reported in Osaka Japan
In Yokohama on the steamer Tartar details emerge of a horrible baby farming conspiracy in Osaka. An elderly woman, her daughter, her husband and two others are under arrest for infanticide with children allegedly taken since this year. A Koohi case and a bride elect who killed herself on the eve of marriage are noted. the body was recovered and a funeral held between the living and the dead.
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Victoria
Dee
Yokohama
Osaka
Japan Times
Koohi
Cleet
Japanese Marine Disasters Reported in Malacca Straits
News from the steamers Brn sun and Rinne Yau in the Malacca straits report a collision sinking the Kinng Yan with 60 sailors and passengers missing. An outbreak of fire on the Twanai Steamship Cass steamer Hokaun Maru off Su Tsu coast on December 8 resulted in loss of crew lives.
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Su Tsu
Abandoned at Sea and Other Disasters Reported
British steamer Mombassa abandoned after fire on December 2 near coordinates 15 north 64 east. Crew saved and landed at Colombo. Also reports of a masquerade suspect in Kentucky fraud case and the wrong man accused in a Pittsburg murder. St Louis notes deepening winter and rising coal prices nationwide.
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London
Mombassa
Fair
Calcutta
New York
Colombo
Three Persons Reported Killed in Harlan Central Collision
Louisville reports three people killed in a head on stop on the Hanois Central near Caneyville Kentucky between a passenger train and a work train.
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Louisville
Hainois Central
Caneyville
A Mare's Nest on Tariffs and Export Bounties
A discussion notes treasury rulings on duty based on import value, not invoiced price, to curb undervaluation. It argues such practice aligns with allied powers use and refutes claims of export bounty, defending American manufacturers and consumer prosperity while critiquing free trade views and political commentary from multiple newspapers.
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Treasury Department
San Francisco Chronicle
Boston Herald
Congress of the United States
United States
Herald
Great Britain
Cdo
Pri
England
Britain
Living Now Costs Less in a Prosperous Year
Analyzing price trends of 1902, the piece argues that higher living costs stem from natural factors like corn and cereal crops, not syndicate manipulation. With large crops and coal easing, the cost of living is expected to decline, benefiting buyers and challenging critics who blame current conditions on politics.
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Troy Times
Kansas City
New York Commercial
Democratic Party
MULL
Lightning Medicine Co
Rock, Bokead
Away with anti trust
In a column the Albany Journal argues against labeling legislation as anti trust acknowledging Roosevelt’s warning to oppose only the evil in trusts and favor regulation. It urges replacing anti trust with a precise term like trust regulation to reflect proper aims and avoid misnomers.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Albany Journal
The Monroe doctrine and manifest destiny in harmony
The Monroe doctrine and manifest destiny seem aligned to favor American expansion, disregarding anti-imperialist views, as echoed by editorials from the Times and others about national interests and policy direction.
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Trey Times
Aryan
Troy Times
the Treasury
Shay
Cleveland
House
Republican Party
Indianapolis Journal
Mexico
China
Bryan
St. Louis
nobe-Democrat
Peruna cited as cure for chronic ailments in old letters
A 1897 letter to Dr. Hartman recounts a wife with long standing constipation and life stage changes cured by Peruna and Manalin. A second letter from 1900 praises Peruna for catarrh relief after five years of use. The text promotes Peruna as a systemic remedy for old people and invites inquiries for free advice from Dr. Hartman.
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Wfynder
Hartman
Peruna
Manalin
John O. Atkinson
Independence
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
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Potosi _Journal
Deggendorf
Potors, Vaccouns
Boomington
Ill
Daisy Carleton
Joseph
United States Supreme Court
Grace Comb
John Comb
St. Joseph, Mo
Signor Mascagni
Chicago
Ed Adams
Sedalia
Marshall, Mo
J. C. Lowry
Fair Play, Tex
Hast State Street
Federal Building
Jacksonville
John Armstrong
South Dakota Agricultural Society
Aberdeen
Henry Larink
Grand Rapids, Mich
Copenhagen
Denmark
Samuel J. Clarke
California
Geneva
Idaho
Jack Donohue
Hotspeines, Ark
Frank Dougherty
Crown Princess of
Saxony
Switzerland
Prof. Giron
Fort Assiniboine
Mont
Special Army Board
Washington
Secretary of War
Lena M. Lillie
Thvrd City
Neb
Harvey Lillie
McNeil
Ark
Alabama
Massachusetts
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Fred D. Grant
Nicholaus & Co
Bloomington
W. Klemn
W.C. Hazel
Covington
Indianapolis
Ind
Charles A. Davis
Frankfort
Massachusetts Bay
Boston
Pathfinder
Jeanie Benton Frémont
Japan
Malacca Straits
Florida
Miami
Fin
A W Oman
Beckhaey
Kentucky
Nevada
Rhode Island
South
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
House Judiciary Committee
Cleveland Ledger
Democrata
Theis
J. C. Atkinson
Independence, MO
Atkinson
Bartlock & Jones Business College
Ojbeana Pines
Frisco
Frisco Sytem
Saint Lewis
Fred Harvey
Saint Louis
Uncle Eben
Washington Star
Night
J. F. Boyer
Trinity Springs
Iowa
Mulhall
Sioux City
O'Reilly
Southey
Lee Lasant
Lasels
Lane
Ees
Iscenta
Castoria
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