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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1903
Page
1
Advertising notice promotes wind storm coverage with rates per $100 of protection: one year 20 cents, three years 40 cents, five years 60 cents, minimum $2 premium or property value. Agent contact Callon Groves OC Frees Agt.
A 17th century James I seal-topped spoon with Shakespeare's full length figure on the back sold at Sothebys London for 375. Also noted is Manuel Garcia, aged 98 in London, who recently learned bridge and plans a 1905 birthday on March 17.
Articles describe plans to raise Benedict Arnold’s flagship Royal Savage from Lake Champlain and other expeditions to Abyssinia’s southern boundary, a Bible misprint reward claim, Philadelphia penny production pause, and England’s Black Country smoke burden on 14 000 acres with bleak effects on inhabitants.
A diary-style summary reports a German suggestion to apply glycerine alcohol mixture to window glass to prevent frost and sweating. It notes a Vienna medical meeting presenting a patient with no stomach after cancer surgery yet tolerating food, and a claim that repeated stomach removals succeed. It covers a New York clergyman’s euthanasia stance provoking medical outrage and notes California's dominance in commercial raisin production since 1873 with 90,000 acres and 3,000 raisin-focused growers.
A woman named Mrs Gustav Lipschuetz, born in 1850 in Germany, died in Philadelphia. She lived on Diamond Street with her husband and five children and traced kinship to the Jewish family Abarbanel, linked to King David. Her ancestry spans Europe and history from the Civil War era to today.
The Egyptians revered a cat head idol named Pasht likening it to the moon. They saw the cat as nocturnally active with eyes shifting like lunar phases from full to crescent. The name Pasht, meaning the face of the moon, evolved to Pas and Pus, and finally to the affectionate Puss.
A compendium of statistics and brief items covers rail deaths in Russia and Alaska travel, Australian gold finds, US paper costs, streetcar use, isthmus traffic, mining hoist times, Alaska trade, German divorces, onion seed farming in California, US newspaper paper usage, a Boston profanity crusade, Koreans clothing orders, Canadian apple trade, Anglo shipping, global oil and sugar stats, a Warsaw bequest, trends in mental labor, cottonseed oil exports, French electricity aiding the poor, a Hungarian court sentence, Emperor Francis Joseph’s reign, and the Gjea expedition toward the Behring strait near the north pole.
The Duquesne limited passenger train from Pittsburgh to New York crashed into a pile of timber at Laurel Run two miles west of Dawson at 745 PM. Sixty three people were killed and about thirty injured. The gondola loaded with ties caused the disaster when side stakes failed on a curve.
Chicago December 24 four men prominent in labor circles J E Johnson Lee Fisher RS Crane and James M Lamh indicted by a grand jury for conspiracy to wreck Kellogg Switchboard and Supply Co during a strike. They allegedly threatened Kellogg officials to force terms while violence occurred in spring.
In Brooklyn yesterday a wall of the old Thirteenth regiment armory collapsed during demolition. Two workmen were killed and seven others injured.
The post office department selected designs for the St Louis world’s fair stamps. One cent features Robert R Livingstone the minister to France who arranged the Louisiana purchase. Two cent shows Thomas Jefferson and three cent James Monroe with Livingston. Five cent shows President McKinley and ten cent displays a map of the United States marking land acquired from France. Colors will match standard denominations.
A bold Kiowa bank robbery on a Sunday involved a 50 man posse and a prolonged exchange of fire. Thieves used nitro glycerine to blast the safe, destroying most of about 28 000 dollars in paper money. One robber reportedly was injured.
Pekin and London dispatches report war between Russia and Japan appears probable with a rising Japanese war party influencing the government. Officials in Pekin cite stronger pro war sentiment and attempts to press for a swift note reply. The Daily Mail notes Osaka/Kobe press restraint as ominous.
A Singapore report relays that the German mail liner Prinz Heinrich just missed a submarine mine blast. British naval officers warned the ship as it left port. Capt Nevitzer could not stop in time and steamed ahead, the mine exploding behind at two lengths distance.
John Alexander Dowie bids farewell to Chicago adherents at a large auditorium meeting as he prepares to sail from San Francisco to Australia with stops en route. He plans to return to Chicago in June and insists he will leave Iron City and not steal from his enterprises.
The report from Butler Pennsylvania notes a deep fever drop of 2 percent, Sunday records show one tenth and eight new cases. It suggests the increase comes from secondary infections with six new cases in households where others have had the fever. convalescents keep pace and recovering nurses return to their duties.
Genoa scientist Der Ys Dr Alexander Geraulam Pedi arrives bearing the remains of James Smithson founder of the Smithsonian Institution. The body will be conveyed to Washington for interment.
In Westmount Montreal the Melville church of the Presbyterian denomination lacked a choir during services. Pastor Henry Winfield condemned choir members for eating candy during the service and a deputation requested a retraction. He refused, prompting the choir to strike.
A head on collision between two Pere Marquette passenger trains near Boot Paris Michigan during a blizzard leaves 22 dead and 29 injured. The crash, blamed on a extinguished red light, devastates cars and kills numerous passengers at East Paris.
A severe cold snap floods the Vileghens River at Rosston causing the gorge to rise rapidly. Water backs up and spills over lowlands, with immense river levels and notable damage along the banks and upstream homes.
Chicago dispatch reports undertakers used metered hearts for funerals yesterday after livery drivers walked out. Some processions reached cemeteries but two errors occurred. Liverymen announced strikers would be replaced unless they returned to work. over 100 men reportedly went back.
Philadelphia reports show 15,382 steam railway casualties in Pennsylvania last year. Street railways add 227 fatal and 6,059 non fatal incidents, with 41 passengers killed and 1,727 injured. Maj. Brown notes a drop of 3,512 injuries from the prior year.
The interior secretary refused San Francisco's plan to build waterworks in Yosemite National Park citing the park act’s requirement to keep the area natural. The city sought a 39 million dollar dam at the mouth of Met thettehy valley to form a reservoir but would have temporary permission revocable by future officials. The department says such works would deface the park’s natural wonders and are not allowed.
Rev. O P Gifford’s lawyers announce 4000 dollars deposited in a Buffalo bank to liquidate the Buffalo Sun Publishing Co debt. The firm aimed to raise 1 million via a chain scheme halted by postal authorities. Gifford, pastor of the Delaware Avenue Baptist church, says he was induced to join through misrepresentation and will bear full liability.
Secretary Moody asks Congress for 2 million dollars for armor and armament due to faster ship completion. The previous monthly spend was 739,706 and since July the rate rose to 1,109,980, with manufacturers warning of higher material costs after January 1.
Jealousy over his brother's widow Mrs Florence Lee spurred Samuel Wo Lee to shoot her yesterday. He then shot himself in the chest while attempting a third shot. Neighbors interrupted the act, Lee fled, and after being overpowered he cut his throat. He is reported to die.
A Fort Wayne posse sleigh carrying soldiers and young women was struck by a Third Avenue trolley car near Washington Boulevard and Grand Avenue. Sergeant James F. Lockwood of Company F First Infantry from Kentucky died. Miss May Willunos of 89 Park Place Detroit likely to die from internal injuries.
New York on December 24 reports Mayor-elect McClellin announced William Medoo as poles commissioner and Maurice Featherstone as dock commissioner, detailing two key city appointments.
Winnie Reader of Des Moines Iowa filed an information charging her stepfather C W Graves within 24 hours after returning home. The coroner's jury had reported Graves possibly responsible for the murder of Mrs Graves whose charred body was found last Friday. Graves was arrested yesterday and is jailed.
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