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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1903
Page
1
Insurance ad promotes tornado and wind storm coverage with rates per $100 for 1, 3, and 5 year terms. It notes minimum policy values and premiums, listing Degree C as the agent and offering free consultations.
During the Spanish American era estimates showed only 3 percent of hits. In the latest North Atlantic squadron practice 514 percent of shots struck. Live cattle exports for the year ending June 30 1903 reached 326 952 head up from 318 994 prior year a gain about 2 5 percent.
The article discusses a claimed class of moral imbeciles defined by lack of repugnance to crime. It notes government coin distinctions in detecting forgeries, Chinese firemen on ships, and 60 European steam lines with only three employing European firemen. It reports a $24,500 sale of 13 16th century apostle spoons, Fiske's European search for a lost manuscript from 1734 on chess, Treves retiring after 1000 appendicitis operations, and a portrait of McKinley hung in the White House alongside Roosevelt's.
Opposite a Manhattan skyscraper hotel a manicure establishment thrived for four years with attractively named proprietors who frequently changed due to demand for wives. Three of the proprietors sold the business to marry, and the latest owner recently sold for a higher price than her predecessors.
King Edward preserves thousands of artistic programmes from meetings and theatre, pasted in large Buckingham Palace library albums. He has saved all his theatre programmes since his early days, creating the most curious and valuable collection of its kind, as managers rarely issue ordinary programmes to kings and princes.
Montague Vernon Ponsonby’s English book argues Americans exaggerate values in death taxes and measurements. He claims probate assessments yield about 10 cents on the dollar and mocks American miles and newspaper figures as inflated. He targets Americans in public life and everyday speech.
Plans to settle Boers in Mexico advance with secured land and government agreements. After months of negotiations the purchase price tops 3 million dollars for 100000 acres, via Gen. Joubert Capt. O'Donnell and committees in Holland. If successful they will buy more land.
Condensed items report D W Ward family of Ballagh Neb poisoned by sardines with deaths of Mr Ward and two children. Amasa Michigan fire nearly destroys village from lamp explosion. loss about 60000 dollars. John G Long US consul general at Cairo dies in Dunbar Scotland after accident. he was 57 and from St Augustine Florida. Union Made Garmentmakers in Chicago set price scales by size from 10 to 15 dollars. Pittsburg Kansas miners reach one year wage deal adding seven cents per ton benefiting thousands nearby. Pasquale Nicolello vows candle gift to church weighs 175 pounds. two candles ten feet high were made at 2000 dollars. Seaview house Old Orchard Maine burns. two women guests perish. Cortelyou to select women matrons for immigration service exams. Terrific wind and rain in Alpena County Michigan destroys crops. Fingleton killed by lightning. 500 stonecutters locked out in Pittsburg Builders league dispute. Carpineto birthplace of Pope Leo XIII plans international monument appeal. New York savings banks show 53 million growth totaling 1 221125001 with 1112415552 owed depositors. Thomas T Lee dies in New York at 35 years. famed sprinter and sports writer. Warsaw Indiana editor forced to sell paper dies of paresis after turmoil. Boat overturn on Chicago lake front. two drown near shore. San Francisco judge rules against boicottings in Tabor suits. Prize fight attempt thwarted in Brooklyn stove foundry. Three hundred machinists walk out Westinghouse East Pittsburg. six hundred refuse strike. replacements promised.
Vice President Barton Hepburn warns against over extending credits amid Wall Street concern. Wabash line to extend Baltimore Reading to New York. July 1903 national bank note circulation rises to $417.3 million. government deficit for July totals $7.88 million.
Rome Aug 4 11 05 a m Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto patriarch of Venice was elected pope on the seventh ballot to succeed Leo XIII. Born June 2 1835 in Riesi Treviso he was created cardinal by Leo XIII June 12 1803 and has served as Patriarch of Venice since 1893 and Bishop of Mantua.
Buffalo July 4 Grand circuit meeting opened at Kenilworth track with strong attendance. Geers and Doble battled in a 2:09 trot finishing close in the third heat as Dan T. edged Kilby Direct by a nose. Races included 2:18, 2:12, and 2:09 classes with winners Tom Weene Billy Buck Diablito Dan T. and Monte Carlo among others.
In Mattewan West Virginia on August 4 William Adair a timber dealer was shot dead by his wife after he returned home from Cincinnati and confronted her. She grabbed a Winchester and fired as he tried to flee. he died at the scene. Mrs Adair surrendered to her son at the road and is jailed claiming self defense. She comes from a wealthy Mingo county family.
A 1 year old, George Kearshey, was seized on his father’s farm near Hartford City by two prowling Black men. They searched for money, mutilated him with a knife, and fled as volunteers joined a manhunt. Sheriff Morigal and deputies tried to prevent lynching as the search extended to neighboring farms. No trace found and night fell. In St Louis a court sentenced Julius Lehmann to seven years for bribery in a city lighting graft case. other sentences were deferred.
A passenger train collided with a freight train in Laura Ohio last night. Conductor Devlin of Indiana Hooded line died. The engineer fireman and baggage man Water Boy Wins a Big Stake at Saratoga were injured. Saratoga Race meeting opened with three stakes including The Flash and Wellston Cup. Water Boy won the hurdle event, Rock Storm took the steeplechase, Tippecanoe won The Flash stakes at 25 to 1.
Federal grand jury returns seven indictments against nine people over alleged conspiracy and bribery linked to postal affairs. Key figures include August W. Machen and William C. Long. Crawford and McGregor posted bail, others arrested or sought. Warrants issued for out of town defendants with bond sums noted.
Dun's Weekly Review reports solid trade foundations despite a recent speculative collapse. It notes higher railway earnings in July, strong retail activity in summer fabrics, full employment, favorable agricultural news, and gains in foreign trade. Failures numbered 190 in the U.S. and 19 in Canada compared with last year.
The French steamer Le Lion, arriving in Philadelphia, rescued 12 crewmen from the Italian bark Vermont after a gale sank aboard off the coast. Vermont, sailing from Marseilles May 30 bound for St John NB, capsized July 24. the crew had little time to launch a boat or secure supplies before the disaster, and were found exhausted by Le Lion on July 27.
Robbers cut holes through the floor and platform of Louis Weber’s Clark and Harrison jewelry store, making off with two trains of diamonds valued at 5000. The heist occurred as patrons filled the shop, then vanished after escaping through a vacant adjoining room.
Washington reports Secretary Root released all papers on the government glove contract with E R Lyon. Littauer Bros senior partner L N Littauer sits in Congress. Case sent to the Department of Justice to determine if law was violated.
In Washington borough on the Susquehanna three miles below Columbia, Harry Siple was gravely burned and died, his wife and 1-year-old Elwood perished, a 12-year-old daughter escaped with minor burns. Mrs Siple reportedly carried a lamp that exploded, igniting her clothing and spreading to the bed.
In light winds Shamrock U beat her pacemaker Shamrock by nine minutes and seconds in a 30 mile windward and leeward race off Sandy Hook. Sailing crew news reports dissatisfaction on the U S revenue cutter Onondaga with 23 men paid off on arrival at Philadelphia port due to food quality and treasury withholding part of wages.
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