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Newspaper
Tri City Star
Location
Davenport, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1904
Page
6
In Cedar Rapids on December 2, Dean Staskes acting president of Coe urged college men to ease smoking and urged coeds to help eradicate the habit. He recounted rooms full of smoke and titled the atmosphere as unfashionable with students and young ladies able to influence change.
Sixteen deer hunters in Wisconsin and upper Michigan died and seven were wounded as the deer hunting season ended. The toll includes similar hunting accidents among duck partridge rabbit and other small game. Since September 1 twenty six have died and twelve were wounded in hunting incidents across the region.
In Ashland Kentucky Enoch Sloan a factory foreman returned home and shot his wife and four children before killing himself. Neighbors rushing to the scene found all five deceased, the infant dying moments later.
Ashland Kentucky December report details a farmer named Enoch Sloan who, in a drunken state after leaving Shelby, shot his wife and four young children and then killed himself near Shelby in Pike County Kentucky. The tragedy is described as an alcohol fueled household murder suicide.
The Davenport Gas and Electric Co promotes its service with contact at SIG BRADT ST and two phone numbers listed as 85 for inquiries and new connections. The ad emphasizes local utility offerings and customer support in Davenport.
In Minneapolis on December 2 a bold bank check forgery surfaced. About twenty clerks spotted bogus checks signed H. N. Leighton & Co. with values from 20 to 56 dollars, totaling roughly 730 dollars. Many victims, especially department stores and saloons, cashed them before the fraud was detected, and numerous checks circulated in shops and banks. Authorities say the extent may never be known until suspects confess. some victims kept quiet to avoid further losses. The forgers altered names and the word Northwestern National, attempting to dodge suspicion.
Henry Wollman elected president of the Missouri Society of New York at last night’s meeting. Dawes chosen vice president Fox secretary and Conley treasurer. Trustees Conklin Childs and Prime to serve three years. After the vote 200 members attended a performance of Sunday by Ethyl Barrymore at Hudson Theater. Harris, Missouri manager, was initiated into the society at Delmonico's.
Columbia reports deny arrest of University President Jesse and Professor Lipscombe amid controversy over road encroachment on university ground. City officials say no arrests occurred. Jesse states no police action was taken and declines further discussion.
A fire at about 1 pm destroyed the two story frame schoolhouse in Goldfield Ta. The blaze started near a chimney through the roof, and soon the roof burned away. No one was hurt. the building was uninsured in part and the roof fell before rescue crews arrived.
The item reports advancing hog prices with five ton lot prices at $3.50, and small rises in coal and various produce markets. It lists wholesale butter, eggs, lard, poultry, and vegetable prices, with notable price moves for hogs, butter, onions, apples, and several perishables. The piece notes steady general market conditions beyond the hog advance and provides broad pricing for commodities and fuels.
A Decatur Alabama woman endured weeks of indigestion and extreme stomach and bowel pain. Doctors failed, yet Electric Bitters brought immediate improvement and full recovery. The remedy is praised for liver kidney stomach and bowel relief by local druggist Nadie.
Minneapolis reports a destitute scene at 1 Ile Quevz Avenue where an elderly bedridden mother moans in cold and hunger while her 63 year old son, a lawyer, cannot care for her. Humane Society and a downstairs family plan temporary relief then placement in a public home.
A fire at the Pullman Car Company wareroom at Twenty first and Randoloph streets killed Edward Sheehan of Newark, N. J., and injured Fire Chief Patrick Shay. Dozens escaped through smoke as Assistant Chief Patrick Shar was injured when a car collapsed. Damage estimated at $9,400.
The annual United Mine Workers convention is called for January 10 in Indianapolis. Local lodges are asked to instruct delegates on changing the official periodical from weekly to monthly. Officials at headquarters discuss President Mitchell potential retirement and re election plans amid internal intrigue and a public plot accusation leading to a $2000 bond release.
Milwaukee leaders press to speed passage of the Quarles Cooper bill before Congress. An executive committee from the Interstate Commerce law convention plans to keep a commissioner in Washington to lobby for railroad rate control after the Supreme Court curbed ICC powers.
In Washington D C the Treasury official Bob Armstrong helps a sick young man avoid a doomed future. He grants a job and later sends Ollie Newman to New Mexico for recovery, saving his life and boosting a Texas paper’s sporting editor. Armstrong’s action kept Newman from dying within weeks and altered his career trajectory and stake in public life.
A Moscow conference of nobility marshals rejected using the heir fund for a second naval college or scholarships. They endorsed channeling the money to open village schools and fund medals of Moscow and Litz schools in France and Germany. Prince Galitsin proposed a nationwide council meeting to coordinate efforts and share ideas with government authorization sought.
In Decatur a woman named Mrs. Brown left her second husband after a brief marriage. She claimed the reason was resemblance to her first spouse, from whom she had been divorced. Brown had been married twice before, and both prior wives had died.
Bishop Cyrus TD. Foss, of Africa, tells an intriguing tale of a first engine sighting on a Dark continent railroad by a strong negro. The story portrays the iron horse as a one eyed creature that feeds on fire and resists labor, crying when urged by whites, with fever and oil on its jaw. It notes no one grows where he came from or where he is going.
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