Various World and Local News Items Across States
Reports include July Fourth powder bans in several cities, Pennsylvania political margins, freight volumes through Suez, Missouri world fair plans, matches imports, and Atlantic City patrol car use. Also noted are Cuba Day at St Louis fair, Good Roads Day date, live-animal inspections costs, varnish manufacturers’ group, a Murphysboro murder suicide, wireless telegraphy trials, German imperial staff size, a New Orleans murder verdict, Stromboli activity, Hawaiian bonds bid and accepted, Philadelphia filtration cost estimate, a bank heist incident in Logansport, racial remarks impacting schooling, Trinity College resignations, a push for uniform American passports, Cape Town election shifts, George Green bribery case, a Washington indictments exam, Rideway arrest, and Carlisle optimism for New York Democrats.
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Pennsylvania
Missouri
Swen
Atlantic City
Cuba
St. Louis Exposition
Avarnisa Manufacturers’ S Association
Chicago
Charles Willams
Murphysboro
Dario Campana
Leghorn
Lou W. Lyons
J. Ward Gurley
New Orleans
Lyons
Stromboli
Rome
Fisk & Robinson
New York
Philadelphia
Snee
The
Logansport
Ind
Buckley
Court House
Robert E. Lee
Booker T. Washington
South
Bassett
Trinity College
Durham
N. C
Board of Delegates On
United Hebrews
Cannon
Hitt
Cullom
Russia
Cape Town
Legislative Council
George E. Green
Washington
Binghampton
United States
Hallohn Rideway
Life Insurance
Boise
Idaho
John G. Carlisle
the Treasury
Cleveland
New York City
New York State
House Leaders Weigh Adjournment Amid Uncertainty
Washington reports question of final adjournment in extra session clouds the timetable. Senate seeks Cuban reciprocity vote by December 16 while House delays awaiting cross chamber agreement. Quorum doubts loom on Tuesday and committee assignments may come late, leaving regular session logistics unresolved.
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Washington
Senate
House of Representatives
House
Fishing season woes boost annexation talk in St Pierre
In St Johns Newfoundland reports say St Pierre and Miquelon faced the worst fishing season in history. Trade is depressed and the outlook is gloomy. Locals welcome any settlement that could restore prosperity and show support for annexation to the United States. Senator Lodge’s remarks on the colonies garner interest.
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ST. Johns
N. F
United States
Lodge
St. Pierre and
Miquelon
American Republic
St. Pierre
Insurgents Besiege Turks Near Spatovo in Macedonia
A Turkish command besieged for two days in the mountains near Spatovo by about 350 Insurgents withdrew after a battalion from Seres arrived to reinforce. Turkish losses include 30 soldiers and one officer killed and 47 wounded. insurgent losses are unknown.
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Salonica
Turkey
Seres
Macedonia
Spatovo
Must Keep Hogs at Home on Public Lands
Washington acting interior secretary bars running hogs on public lands within forest reserves due to crop damage complaints.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Internal Revenue Increases Report October 1903 Receipts
Washington reports October 1903 total revenue collections at 21,021,684 dollars, up 381,125 dollars from October 1902. The monthly statement notes gains in overall receipts and highlights year over year improvement in federal tax intake.
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Washington
General Drake Dead
General F M Drake ex governor of Iowa died in Centerville at his daughter Mrs Henry Goss home at 11 15 Friday morning after diabetes illness. His son John A and daughter Mrs J L Sawyer traveling from New York arrived to be with family.
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Centerville
F. M. Drake
Iowa
Henry Goss
John A
J. L. Sawyer
New York
Three Hundred Moros Killed in Jolo Fighting
In Jolo from November 12 to 17 American forces under General Leonard Wood clashed with Moro insurgents. Major H L Scott of the Fourteenth Cavalry and five American privates were wounded. Scott and Panglima Hassen led a patrol toward Jolo when Hassen, then prisoner, obtained permission to see his family and ambushed the detachment. Hassen escaped and was later presumed killed.
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Jolo
Manila
Leonard Wood
H. L. Scott
Fourteenth Cavalry
Wood
Sidlakg
Major Scott
Panglima Hassen
Hassen
Ambuncade
Scott
Telephones for Use at Sea and Fortification Demos
Naval Designer Zopke spoke before the Shipbuilding Technical society detailing maritime telephone uses and a new stentorian microphone that transmits commands instantly. He described underwater placement to detect unseen approaching ships and demonstrated fortification instruments including a trumpet loud call apparatus. The audience noted Elisha Gray's telautograph and Prof. Simon of Gottingen wireless telephone experiments.
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Berlin
Zopke
Shipbuilding Technical Society
Elisha Gray
Prof
Simon
Gottingen
Peace talks begin between rebels and Wesl Gil government
Negotiations for a peace treaty have started in San Domingo between rebel leaders and the government of President Wesl Gil. A forty eight hour cease fire is agreed in an amicable arrangement. The rebels may press for a general election announcement. The U.S. gunboat Newport has arrived to relieve the cruiser Baltimore, which will depart Saturday for coal.
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Mingo
San Domingo
Wes Y Gil
Wess Gil
United States
Newport
Baltimore
Utah Board Grants Pardons for Haworth and Others
The Utah state board of pardons commuted Nathan F. Haworth’s death sentence for the 1899 murder of Thomas Sandal to life imprisonment. The board also pardoned or commuted sentences of several other prisoners who aided penitentiary guards during a recent breakout attempt.
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Utah Board
Salt Lake City
State Board of Pardons
Nathan F. Haworth
Thomas Sandal
Haworth
Wages Cut Across New England Cotton Mills
Thousands of mill workers face wage reductions of about 10 percent as most New England cotton mills begin Monday with new schedules. Fall River will affect 30 000 operatives, Rhode Island at least 20 000, and many more in Massachusetts Connecticut and New Hampshire. Other centers plan reductions a week later.
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Boston
Mass
New England
Fall River
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Croatian Peasants Attack Hungarians Near Nagylak
In Nagylak near Nagyenyd Transylvania Croatian peasants mobilized Friday and attacked Hungarian neighbors. They armed with revolvers sticks and hay forks and under nightfall stoned Magyar houses and dragged residents into the streets. One farmer was beaten as many Hungarians were hurt, some severely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Nagylak
Nagyenyd
Transylvania
A Day Without a Good Deed Leaves You in Debt
A reflective note on moral obligation urges daily acts of kindness as a remedy for social imbalance. It emphasizes personal accountability and the value of small, steady actions over grand but rare gestures.
Judge Sener Dies After Long Illness at 67
Washington Virginia native Judge James Beverley Sener died here Wednesday at age 67 after a long illness. He resided in Washington for years and may be buried in Fredericksburg, Virginia. During the war he was a correspondent for southern newspapers and later served in Congress before becoming U. S. judge for the district of Virginia.
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Sener
Washington
James Beverly Sener
Virginia
Fredercksburg
Congress
U. S
District of
Nebraska state news brief reports varied local events
Nebraska notes claim freshman college prep improves this fall per state educators. Reports from Omaha and Fremont cover deaths, accidents, firings, and legal actions, including a juror’s sudden death, a depot opening, a gun accident, typhoid fever outbreaks, a clerks’ court case, and a stock yard tariff outlook.
Turkeys Scarce Forces Fremonters to Consider Chickens for Thanksgiving
Fremont residents may rely on chickens for Thanksgiving as turkey prices rise to twenty cents a pound. Wet weather hurt turkey numbers after August and September floods, drowning many young fowls and reducing the turkey crop. Ducks and geese fared better, selling near twelve and a half cents per pound, keeping holiday meals affordable.
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Nebraska
Husker George Hirsch Bets 150 Bushels in Ten Hours
Dakota City reporter notes champion corn husker George Hirsch Bach wagers with an Iowa man to husk and crib 150 bushels within ten hours. The contest is planned for around Thanksgiving.
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Dakota City
George Hirschbach
Iowa
Collision on the Elkhorn slows Eastbound Train
VALENTINE train No. 6 halted at Crookston for water when a cattle train trailing behind crashed into its rear. The sleeper car was smashed and had to be abandoned. No injuries reported though passengers were badly frightened and shaken.
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Valentine
Elkhorn
Crookston
Investigation Ordered in Harbert Case at Kearney School
Governor Mickey orders inquiry into J C Harbert fireman at the Kearney industrial school after Beatrice police arrest him with a Beatrice girl whose mother was choked when scolded for the visits. If guilty he faces discharge from state employment.
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Lincoln
Mickey
J. C. Harbert
Kearney Industrial School
Beatrice
Harbert
Kearney
Hay Stacks Burned in Roadside Fire
A steam threshing engine passing by Frank Spurck's hay fields started a blaze that engulfed three large hay stacks totaling about thirty tons before firefighters could extinguish it. The incident highlights risks from passing farm machinery and resulting crop losses.
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Nelson
Frank Spurck
Highwayman Victim John Anshutz Dies in Kansas Shooting
John Anshutz, a Kansas farmer held up by a highwayman near his home thirteen miles southwest of Red Cloud, succumbed to his wounds. The incident occurred as authorities investigate the attack.
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Red Cloud
John Anshutz
Kansas
Here
Bank Safe Blown in Lyons Robbery
The First National Bank in Lyons was blown open at 2 am. Robbers secured 2000 dollars with 1500 in bills, 400 in gold, and 100 in silver. They vanished without being seen, stealing a farmer BB Harendeen’s team at the town’s edge and driving east. The bank safe and furniture were utterly mined.
Visitor seeks Cromwell skull at museum
A woman visiting the British Museum asked an attendant if they had a skull of Oliver Cromwell. The attendant replied none existed, and the woman noted Oxford’s fine skull on display elsewhere.
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British Museum
Oliver Cromwell
Cromwell
Oxford
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Family Pills Ad
A 19th century medical ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a cure for constitutional catarrh with claimed internal action. The notice offers a $100 reward for a failure to cure and includes testimonial promises and a Toledo company address. It also promotes Hall's Family Pills as the best.
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Ita
Maol
Hall
Figures on Jewish Population in the United States
The Jewish year book 5664 reports New York hosts about 500,000 Jews, with Pennsylvania and Illinois next, Massachusetts 60,000. Twelve years total Jewish immigration via New York Philadelphia Baltimore reached 761,598. 58,079 arrived at New York last year. German Jews numbered 627. total U.S. Jewish population 1,127,268.
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Jewish Publishing Society of America
Cyrus Adler
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Massachusetts
Philadelphia
Baltimore
United States
British Empire
Sculptor Alters Civil War Statue Design
A celebrated sculptor reconsidered a statue of a noted Civil War general after a negro messenger questioned the wreath. The piece originally showed a soldier leading the prancing horse with a laurel branch, and the artist replaced the wreath with laurel following the remark.
Nurse credits Grape-Nuts as health turning point
A California trained nurse recounts severe illness and neu- physical collapse then recovery after using Grape-Nuts three times daily. She reports regained strength, brain power, and return to nursing within six months, praising the product and recommending it to patients. The ad urges looking for The Road to Wellville within each package.
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California
GrapeNote
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mioh
Wellville
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Sidney
Renate
Drake
MOROS
Santo Do
Nebraska State News
Progress OF Education
Colleges and Normal Schools of
Fowler
State University
State Normal School
Colleges and Normal Schools
Charles F. Wiggins
Omaha
Union
Fremort
Cass County
H. A. Burrill
Fremont
Decatur
Albert Fuller
Papillion
Washington Dispatch
Senate Tin
Hawa
Antwerp
George F. Norton
Clark Automatic
Stow City
Duysta
Clor
Dresser Chemar
SinsaeNt
Sumas
Dodse Wta
Creynt
Flows State Penitentiary
Dresser
Donaldson
Palmer
Robert Wagner
City of
Columbus
Wagner
Sarpy County
Ida Bell
York
John Crown
Tecumseh
F. A. Thiele
Rock Island
Lewiston
Union Stock Yards
South Omaha
Colorado
Baxter
Eliza B. Patrick
John Mm. Thurston
Thorwald
24Th
Farnam Streets
Grand Army
Osceola
Pulver
Anna M. Ludeman
August Moeller
Gochner
Mquor
Harbert Cage
W. J. Hin
Justice of the Peace
Concord
Dean
Foster- Mauburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Hay
Ncw
Peoria
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