18 Feb 1904
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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1904
Page
1
Readers are urged to secure insurance ahead of the cyclone season with quoted terms and premiums. The notice advertises policy options including annual and multi year plans and urges immediate action.
Record demand for salted herrings over the past year is linked to low spirits among workers and steadily rising prices of meat, as buyers seek affordable, long lasting protein sources.
Two hundred fifty orange trees of a special kind arrived in Naples from California under Italian government auspices for experimental cultivation.
The Chinese empress dowager is reported to enjoy an automobile within the summer palace grounds due to impracticable Peking streets. Across regions, US purchases of Japanese goods lead others in five-year totals, while Britain and British India outpace by exporting to Japan. In early 1903 South Africa trade fell amid a crisis, with India and China weak but Japan improving.
A Jamaica woman shares a simple ant remedy rubbing chalk on cupboard legs to stop ants from climbing. A doctor explains redheaded individuals resist baldness due to thicker hair shafts and higher total hair counts, detailing approximate numbers needed to cover the scalp.
The 1904 program includes three King Edward VII class battleships displacing 16 350 tons with 18 000 horsepower and 18 knots speed. Four Duke of Edinburgh class cruisers at 13 550 tons, 23 500 horsepower, and 22 1 3 knots. Also four scouts, 15 torpedo boat destroyers, 25 and 25 percent knots, and ten submarines.
The piece notes Prof Behring's view that tuberculosis contagion in adults is unproven while accepting two factors needed for consumption. It mentions Pongibaud peasants using summer ice formations to cool cheese, and Otlet’s estimate of subject matter distribution since printing. It also covers a giant lake ship keel at Lorain, 640 feet long with 56 by 32 foot beam and 33 hatches, to set new records in Great Lakes shipping.
A young French man after four years of experiments says he has soldered and brazed aluminum, a feat previously impracticable. He also found a process to harden the metal and raise its strength without significant weight gain. He plans to submit the discoveries to scientists for confirmation and may pursue commercial development.
A two volume Genevan Breeches Bible, 289 years old, holds a place of honor in a country clergyman's library in Northern New York. Its peculiarity lies in a note on Genesis 3 7 where the text reads they sewed breeches, a variant from the authorized version which called the garment an apron.
A survey notes New Orleans and Galveston export more wheat than New York and Europe shows diverse births across Cleveland. Reports cover China ducks, Cape Town diversity, Monaco speed limits, and world dietary protein sources, with insights from Nigeria cattle plans, Liberia firearms trade, and France vaccinations.
Washington records the death of Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna at 6 40 p m in the Arlington hotel after a two month illness marked by relapses into typhoid fever. Family members were present, with Mrs Hanna briefly absent at the end. The Capitol flags will stay at half mast and Hanna’s senate desk will be draped in mourning. Born September 24 1837 in Lisbon Ohio Hanna built a career in Cleveland before rising to national prominence.
Marcus Alonzo Hanna lay unconscious for days as physicians administered care. The Senate planned a noon Wednesday funeral in the Senate Chamber with President, cabinet, and Congress attendees. Bodies would lie in state in the Marble Room. and services would occur in Cleveland with Bishop Leonard possible officiant. Congress adjourned after resolutions of regret. Hanna’s political career spanned Cleveland business circles and national campaigns, notably supporting McKinley. he chaired the Republican National Committee and helped drive early presidential campaigns.
News from London and Tokyo reports heavy naval action between Russia and Japan. Sailors from multiple cruisers are feared dead or missing after engagements near Port Arthur and Chemulpo, with ships sunk or damaged and fresh casualty tallies.
Nine days of work yield a jury to try Chauncey Dewey millionaire ranchman and two associates William McBrice Clyde Wilson on the killing of Burchard B Berry at a Kansas ranch. The case opens with testimony. Lincoln birthday banquet marks Republican club event at Waldorf attended by 600 guests including 100 women.
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