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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1903
Page
8
In London a pivotal scene unfolds as Oliver Cromwell's Ironsides move to dissolve Parliament. Sir Peter Wentworth challenges him, Cromwell denounces corruption, and troops are deployed to clear the chamber. The event marks Cromwell's forceful assertion over England's governing body.
Fragmentary excerpt mentions Cromwell and daylight breaking over fresh green scenery, indicating a scene or chapter highlight with an antiquated narrative voice. The readable text centers on dawn and a landscape, lacking a clear event or人物.
R S Binford a car repairer at the Ravenna Nebraska round house was killed instantly when a brake piston penetrated his brain as he attempted to adjust air brakes under an engine tender. He died within minutes and left a wife and two children. The accident occurred with engine 44 and is noted as an unusual railroad tragedy.
In Harrisburg on April 14 the senate passed five coal mine related bills. They cover a miners home for disabled workers, forbidding under 21s from long shifts, revising inspections, basing earnings on a 2240 pound ton, and daily roof and side examinations by foremen. John Mitchell plans Wilkesbarre headquarters April 20 as district boards meet. Master Monday shut down nearly all Wyoming Valley colleries, English speaking workers returning but output insufficient.
The Right Hon. John Morley at Montrose called the Irish land bill a new chapter in the Irish revolution and a confession of the government policy’s failure. He said the past policy was abject and that millions will be spent to start a new track. He doubted government plans for home rule but supported transferring land to the people to strengthen self-government.
Pittsburg April 14 reports in financial circles say United States Steel officers intend to hasten a vast Merger. The plan would consolidate iron ore mines steel mills furnaces coke ovens railroads steamships coal mines and related assets under a single parent company.
Breeders and enthusiasts will find items of interest in the Lincoln Importing Horse Co. advertisement featured elsewhere in this paper.
Denver April 14 court of appeals holds employers who fail to warn substitute workers of strike risks can be liable for damages if harm occurs. William Holshauser was shot by striking workers after not being told of the strike at Denver Gas and Electric Light. Justice Thompson notes the key issue is employer exposure of workers to danger and concealment of that danger.
Brigadier General Frank D Baldwin takes charge of the Colorado department on April 13 succeeding Frederick Funston. A heavy April snowstorm brings six inches and drifting. N D North of Boston to head the U S census bureau per President Roosevelt. A tornado near Blocton Alabama damages homes and farms with no fatalities. Comanche Indians conference near Lawton Oklahoma about moving to Chihuahua with two acres of land offered. Mrs C W Brownell, mine owner’s wife, injured by gas explosion after burglars left the house. Glen Oak and Prospect Heights streetcar line to Central City for 300000 consolidating Peoria lines. Anonymous extortion threat demands 2500 or fire and dynamite will destroy town. Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Co denies new coal find in Wyoming valley. American Hereford livestock association offices moved from Chicago to Kansas City to align with western breeders. Allied Independent Toll Co to unite Indiana and Illinois long distance lines. plans toll network in northern Indiana and eastern Illinois. Interior secretary Hitchcock to review Yosemite water petition for San Francisco after geological survey study. Kansas bank deposits exceed 90 million, a record high surpassing 1901 figures.
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