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Newspaper
Tri City Star
Location
Davenport, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1904
Page
2
A fragmentary diary style passage blends a sudden engagement scene with remarks on Roosevelt, tariff policy, and a New Year hint. It juxtaposes a frantic, uncertain proposal moment with editorial notes about silence in politics and public sentiment, citing Outlook and Puck.
The Saturday Evening Post discusses President Eliot of Barnard defining the term gentleman. He argues a gentleman must be quiet, generous, efficient, deferential to age and beauty, and harm none to women or children, while noting the awkwardness of the word deferential and the word gentleman as an ideal, not a mere label. The piece questions whether any man can truly embody the refined, aspirational standard.
The fragment reflects Campbell inspired meditation on the rainbow as a sign from God. It contrasts scientific optics with religious imagery and recalls biblical and prophetic themes, portraying the rainbow as a divine beacon spanning earth and heaven.
Four defendants Hose Strang William Strang Linden Wilkinson and Elizabeth Hildebrand go on trial for conspiracy to defraud the Grice Park and Chicago Elevated Road in Criminal court Justice McEwen presiding The Hildebrand suit for personal injuries sparked the probe Wilkinson and the Strangs testified damages of 4700 were awarded a private detectives probe followed leading to the conspiracy charge A similar high profile case Tage Hanton perjury in a 50000 damage suit against Chicago City railway set for trial before Judge Kersten tomorrow.
Judge Bariete notes rising wages for women deter marriages and argues money fuels independence. He claims matrimony is no longer the culmination of love but dependence on male support. As commercial prosperity grows, he predicts marriage may fade as an institution.
Special chapel at the college noon ceremony awarded term medals. Athletics honors went to Jones Thompson Henninger Tedrick Waits Drenan Stoufer Bitler Mock Jensen and Smith with A sweaters while Byers Ristine and Buckley received honorary A s. The reserves about twenty were given Ri a badges new athletic honors. The debating team M L Bowman Leonard Paulson and J H Bacchus earned gold A s for watch fobs.
New Orleans December 12 The Illinois commission arrived in Vicksburg yesterday and will break ground for a 175000 dollar state memorial to be built in Vicksburg park The design resembles the Great Memorial on the Hudson The commission will also place sixty five smaller monuments at sites where Illinois troops fought during the war
New York December 144 The Dev Dr Samuel I Garter a Presbyterian clergyman who helped drive revision of the Presbyterian creed and faced trial for heresy was reinstated by Nassau County presbytery at a meeting in James L Carter bitterly condemned the Westminster confession saying scholastic theology is wrong in tone and style He urged greater theological freedom within the church A presbytery committee was appointed to consider bringing him to trial if needed and he urged staying in the presbytery with mutual respect Meanwhile a letter to the Nassau presbytery argued against certain long established teachings including the call of man A resolution supported renewed Presbyterian emphasis of the confession and urged his continued connection by communion Coldwater sick December 34 Mayor Milo D Campbell filed charges against Staley city schools chief for beating 13 year old pupil Miller buried Monday The mayor seeks removal if charges proven
A health alert cautions against ointments containing mercury as they can destroy smell and disrupt the system when absorbed. It praises Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. H. Cheney Co. Toledo as mercury free, noting it acts on blood and mucous surfaces and is sold by druggists with a testimonial offer. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Washington dispatch reports Thomas K. Niedringhaus of St. Louis formally calling on the president to introduce his family, disavowing any bid for the Senate, and urging lawmakers to halt factional fighting to avoid a return to the old regime. Also: a Decatur, Alabama account of Mrs. S. H. Newson’s near fatal indigestion relief after trial of Electric Bitters, praised for liver and bowels, sold by Frank Nadler.
A Dartmouth scholar, Dr Asakawa, has published The Japanese Conflict Its Causes and Its Aims through Houghton Mifflin. The work analyzes relations among Japan, Russia, Korea, and Manchuria, and is praised as an authoritative English account with maps and portraits.
Town Falls Dec. 1. Carr McDowell and Miss Nina Hayes, well known young residents, skated on the river at night. Ice cut during the day gave way, sending them into the water. McDowell saved Hayes after she submerged, both were drenched and chilled. Hayes remained unconscious several hours with a scalp abrasion. Both recovered with no lasting ill effects and praised the quick rescue before help arrived.
Six union workers arrested on assault and intimidation charges in Maxwell Street police court were discharged after promising to be good. Attacked Parrotts, Benls & Co. employee during a strike. Names listed. Union executives at Kaiserhof hotel drafted a uniform wage scale and planned talks with the American Bridge company.
In Duluth on December 14 Frank Van Dyke, resentenced to jail for the winter, allegedly beat Job Lindgren with an iron pall cover. Lindgren died from his injuries as Van Dyke, whose prison term was to end today, faces a first degree murder charge amid severe winter conditions.
Edward Ray of North Carolina, blind and poor, pursues a Harvard M A while facing severe financial barriers. A former UNC student who completed college in three years, he studies English with a point writing machine and relies on read-aloud help and raised-text transcription. Harvard faculty watch his progress with encouragement.
In St Louis on December 14 Rev William Senuts told Northern Methodist ministers that unwilling childless women are the era's greatest chore. Rev Schutz argued liquor evils are lesser but urged women crusaders to preach birth necessity. He warned Puritan descent fuels modern aversion to raising children amid foreign settlement, risking republic change. A breakfast menu note ends with coffee sausage and buckwheat cakes.
The president sent to the senate nominations for multiple posts including Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Willett M. Hays from Minnesota and Immigration Commissioner for San Juan Porto Rico Grahem L. Rice of Wisconsin along with several postmasters and district officials across Illinois Indiana Ohio Wisconsin and Missouri.
Fragmentary ad copy touts medicines by E. & Ballard claiming Deens Catarrhal Powder cures catarrhal conditions and a heart cure by Dr Agnew relieves heart disease in 20 minutes.
A 1905 letter from ex Governor Tsaae Sharp cites Perrin as a proven family remedy for catarrh and urges readers to consult Dr. Hartman at the Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus for free medical guidance and the 1905 Pernma Almanac. Congressman H Henry Powers also endorses Perrin from Morisninville Vic.
A fragmented editorial voice discusses Governor Douglass and Massachusetts politics. It references the solid south, national value, and campaign promises, with speculative remarks on candidates named Jacky and voter memory.
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