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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1903
Page
2
A compact roundup covering commerce and crime, accidents and fires, interior and capital matters, grain markets, stock markets, and mercantile news. Provides snapshot insights into trading patterns, incidents, and policy moves affecting business and cities.
A Canby building dressmaking shop fire in Dayton Ohio prompted five girls to leap from the fifth floor. Minnie Troxell died after plunging through a skylight. several others were fatally injured or severely hurt. Elevator operator Elias Needer was badly injured, and Anna Spohr suffocated but survived with rescues by firefighters.
In Peter Sundstroms saloon on Water river Saint Marie Michigan a blaze killed Martin Olsen John Rosk and Lars Anderson who were found suffocated where they slept. Sundstrom suffered a broken leg leaping from a second story window as his family and neighbors escaped by jumping to safety.
The White Star liner Teutonic arriving from Liverpool was struck by lightning one hundred miles east of Newfoundland during a calm snowstorm. Captain Mckouns ley reported the storm as unusual as bolts hit the fore topsail mast and other masts, rattling the deck and alarming passengers.
The Paris Liberte reports the War Office has considered Dreyfus restoration details. He will command a regiment as lieutenant colonel. A decision to discipline officers opposing his reinstatement is noted.
Post mortem on William Allison who died recently in Hrouvkings S D reveals a rare malformation with no parallel in medical history. He had no left lung his stomach was triple normal size and his heart on the right side beside the spine between the second and fifth ribs.
Four people are known dead and perhaps forty injured in a fire that destroyed the Central Tennessee College in Nashville Tennessee. Twelve are reported fatally wounded and the ruins may hold additional victims. Property loss is estimated at 25 000 dollars.
London Central News reports Grit Cardinal Viotti, head of propaganda, has moved 4.01 million dollars in foreign securities as the legacy of Pope Leo to his successor.
United States official notes Nicaragua recognizes the new republic and appoints a consul at Panama City. The report cites Nicaragua’s line stance as of current diplomatic moves with Panama, reflecting regional recognition developments.
Twenty prominent businessmen in Sault Lake City organized a citizens alliance to oppose labor unions and deter strikes and lockouts.
Mayor Weaver vetoes the Philadelphia city council action appropriating 16 million dollars for public improvements. The move blocks funding for the planned projects and shifts the timing of the city’s infrastructure agenda.
Tienry K. Doulass, longtime Jackson staffer and Stonewall Jacksons chief of staff, died at his home in Hagerstown at age 65. Reports cited health and mental troubles as the cause.
The United States gunboat Petrel left Mare Island navy yard and immediately headed to sea. The vessel is believed to be en route for an unspecified mission or assignment.
The report lists fires, murders, accidents, arrests, and political events from New York to New Jersey and beyond. It notes factory destructions in Rochester and Pittsburgh, a congressman from Arkansas dead in New Jersey, burglar attacks in Salem, and a Louisiana Purchase Exposition president, among many other events and casualties.
W J White of Cleveland Ohio, a mill owner, was fined for docking his horses tails. Five people remain missing after a fire destroyed three Guthrie Oklahoma buildings with losses estimated at 55 000 and insured for 20 00. Fire at Osage Trading Company in Wrebs J T destroyed building and stock. Two bandits assaulted a Kansas sheriff and looted a railroad station before escaping. Jacob Optinger of Cecil Ohio set fire to his house and triggered a dynamite explosion. Brig Gen Frederick Dent Grant has resigned.
The Republican National Committee picks Chicago for the 1904 convention with June 21 as the date while the Prohibition National Committee designates Kansas City for its meeting in June.
A mix of brief items reports Pope Pius receiving William Jennings Bryan and his son in private audience and cholera deaths in Kerbera near Bagdad. It notes a fatal dynamite blast at Marveles near Manila Bay, gray warships in Chinese waters, Menominee reaching Falmouth for repairs, Panama debt liability discussions, throat operation rumors, Crown Prince Frederick William’s punishment for racing, and Louis Muy’s autograph on Louisiana cession details.
The Senate narrowly passes the Cuban reciprocity treaty 57 to 1 with nine Republicans opposing and nine Democrats supporting. Other items note Rev. Edward Everett Hale named Senate chaplain starting January, W. O. Buehbanan to Panama post, and War Secretary Root taking responsibility for General Leonard Wood’s Cuba acts.
The article explains how male birds wear brighter plumage and perform courtship displays to attract females. It details blue jays and peacocks, noting male songs, postures, and tail fanning as key tactics in winning mates.
A reader warns homemakers about cheap baking powders pushed by grocers and retailers claiming equal quality. Alum-containing powders are harmful. some are seized in New York for containing sharp grains. Many phosphate powders use bones treated with sulphuric acid. Buy only trusted brands made from cream of tartar from grapes.
A letter from Mrs. Callahan of Parkersburg West Virginia dated April 14 1901 praises Piso s Cure for Consumption as the best medicine for cranky children.
A sketch quotes the Indianapolis Sun with a father telling his son the world is rough. The son replies he will become a baseball player, showing early ambition and resolve.
Senate speeches focus on the Cuban reciprocity bill with support from a Democrat and opposition from a Republican. Debates cover Panama independence talk, recess appointments, and Central American policy. House discussions include rural delivery, forestry funds, and post office investigations amid a broad session on immigration, pensions, and public works.
Notes transmitted to the House by Secretary Shaw request an additional 15000 for enforcement of anti trust laws. The literature department has suspended Thomas McNutt, a special agent of the general land office, following an investigation into public land frauds in Oregon. McNutt was appointed about a year ago from Indiana. The naval board was appointed.
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