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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1903
Page
7
Ned Burton faces mounting tension as the family splits under insults and scandal. Mrs Burton seethes at perceived adventuresss while Ned arms himself with resolve. A sobering scene unfolds with the infant blessing and a silent, ominous threat lingering.
The article argues colleges undervalue journalism and fail to train students for writing as a craft. It cites Yale’s minimal journalism offerings, notes professors from other fields resist such post graduate courses, and warns graduates suffer from inadequate apprenticeship and false notions about writing as art and trade. It urges professional training parallel to law and medicine to build capable modern writers.
A couple debates a gentle hint to dismiss two weeks overstay by third cousins once removed. The wife suggests a song to ward off financial strain, while the husband worries the wolf metaphorically may fail if the bears are deaf. The exchange appears in a New York Sun style joke.
Reports describe the Panther engaging a Venezuelan fort at Maracaibo while attempting to enforce a blockade against contraband from Colombia. A Berlin official claims the action was within international law and that the fort fired first. The piece also notes a St Louis world’s fair budget, a poison death, a broken Port Morris house, a child burned to death, and tinplate price cuts.
German declarations with Great Britain and Italy promise to lift the blockade on Venezuelan ports once an agreement is reached with Mr Bowen. Venezuela proposes using part of La Guayra and Porto Cabello customs revenue as guarantee. Germany also explains bombardment of San Carlos fort and disavows oppressive aims, via Count Quadt to Secretary Hay offering a diplomatic cable.
After turbulent incidents and a near riot, Henry M Teller was re elected United States Senator by Democratic members with President Adams presiding. Ex Senator Wolcott withdrew from the contest and urged acceptance of Teller as Senator in a signed statement.
The German government offers an unsolicited defense of its bombardment claiming the strike targeted a hostile action by the Panther near Fort San Carlos. Washington cautiously awaits the full inquiry as US officials deny any Monroe doctrine threat and seek clarity on who fired first amid conflicting accounts from Caracas and Maracaibo.
Judge W R Day of Canton Ohio accepts a tender from President Roosevelt to join the US Supreme Court. Born in Ravenna Ohio, educated at the University of Michigan, Day held multiple Ohio and national posts including Secretary of State and district court judge before his appointment to the Supreme Court.
Union plumbers in St Louis secure a 35 daily wage as a boat capsizes near Viscaya Spain causing ten drownings. The Packet Columbia burns near Pittsburgh Pennsylvania with losses estimated at 50000 dollars. A child of Peter Eckelson dies in a fire at Deadwood South Dakota. Children.
Plans advance for a six story hotel on Jackson street Anderson. Andrew Lyman dies in Coshocton from wood alcohol. Elkhart infant choked on bread. Alexandria may return to gas street lights. Remington man killed by train at old age. Madison county pioneer killed by Lake Erie train. Milton area farmer injured near death. Porter County man killed while attempting to board Chicago and Erie train. Arlington Hotel gas explosion fatally burns Ira Smith. LaPorte verdict awards $2000 for arm loss. Edinburg freight accident maims leg. hospital report. Crawfordsville grants $50000 for Emiline Fairbanks library. Seymour to sue gas and electric for service. Straughns worker falls from roof. injuries. Big Your freight brakeman killed at Crawfordsville Junction. Clay County coal leases two farms. one vein four feet thick. Ripley county smallpox dispute with Napoleon officials. Geneva sues L and W Gas for $12000 over schoolhouse fire. George Carr’s body torn by flour mill conveyor. Kankakee landing saw mill accident crushes arm. death. Lebanon hose wagon crash injures firemen. one critically. Mrs. Zimmer’s toe amputation leads to deadly infection. Henryville couple smother baby. Terre Haute letter explodes at cancel machine. Thorntown boiler explosion kills engineer and injures boy, with wreckage damage. Kokomo school inquiry reveals cubed cigarettes among boys. Rock Ledge quarry uncovers prehistoric bones inside cave. Skeleton likely ancient man.
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