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Newspaper
Tri City Star
Location
Davenport, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1904
Page
2
A London shown growing pauper relief needs with indoor and outdoor aid totaling over 117,000 last week while mortality and crime spark European interest. Notes include a London Bible sale of 6,250 dollars, debate over Jefferson Bible prints, a Waterbury sermon using hammers, and a U S minister to Argentina facing high living costs and clothing expenses.
An assortment of fragmented excerpts compares craft guilds and master carpenters with modern labor notions, surveys Savage’s American drama aims, cites Chinese immigration trends, details a travelogue on Pago Pago, and hints at global U S business expansion and a Port Arthur tile undertaking query.
Washington December 21 Representative Joseph Holt Gaines of West Virginia chairs the house committee on election issues and weighs Roosevelt's proposal to punish bribery and fraud in federal elections. He hints the Joy and Bonynge bills may form the basis for enforcement while stressing existing state laws and voter disfranchisement as possible remedies.
Public health warning against mercury based ointments criticizing their harm to senses and system. Promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as safe, mercury free, taken internally. Claims genuine product, testimonials free, sold by druggists. Also advertises Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.
W V Rooker, attorney for Edward E Bessette, filed a writ of certiorari with the US Supreme Court to review Bessette v Conkey Printing Co in the Seventh Circuit. Bessette was sent to the penitentiary over actions linked to a strike that damaged employers property. The Supreme Court earlier affirmed the lower court and remanded for further proceedings.
Fresh testimonials flood in praising Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. A Virginia man says three years of bronchitis ended after using the remedy. It also helps throat trouble pneumonia and grip. Guaranteed by Frank Nadler druggist with bottles priced 50 cents to 1 dollar.
Isvangville Indiana reports fuel shortages widening toward Paducah Kentucky as ice blocks river routes. Navigation on the Wabash to the Ohio is paralyzed with boats halted between Louisville and Cairo, greatly endangering supply lines and food availability.
In O'Neil Nebraska a man using the name A Bryan was sheltered and found to be Hernard McGreevy late president of the Elkhorn Valley Bank which closed the night before Thanksgiving. McGreevy denies stealing funds and says he will return without a requisition after several days under surveillance by Detective McDonald.
Washington DC December 21 The Supreme Court holds in Wetmore versus Markoe that alimony and child support obligations are not ordinary debts and cannot be discharged in bankruptcy. The decision clarifies that payments to a wife and children survive bankruptcy proceedings.
Iowa State College at Ames now leads the world in organized Bible study with 575 enrolled in Bible study classes. The ACA leaders W A Tener J Prallini F M Hansen organized the effort, expanding beyond campus into club houses and fraternity houses. Attendance is strong and growth rapid, with plans for a new YMCA building to enhance ongoing activities.
Laure Bigger Bennett appeared before Judge John N. Kennedy in commercial court No 8 to delay two judgments totaling 4400 owed to Aaron E. Johnston and Frank P. McDermott. She claimed papers were signed with no intent to press claims until she could pay, but the judge refused to delay and instructed her to obtain legal counsel.
Denver dispatch reports Josias W. Ray, an election judge serving six months for contempt of court, learned his father A M Ray died after reading a letter detailing his son’s imprisonment and the circumstances surrounding it. The elder Ray died at home in Atch Leausbero EH.
Lynchburg Virginia December 21 The executive committee of the Interstate Tobacco Growers Association of Virginia and North Carolina met at South Boston and took steps to curtail the tobacco crop next year by at least 50 percent In order to wage an active fight against the American Tobacco Company The territory embraced in the rebellion is the old brigat belt of the two states and represents 10009 planters.
A fragmented real estate listing offers Groom houses west of town for 1700 to 1900 dollars with water and sewer, large lots, and rents. other properties include 127 acres at 46 per acre, 110 acres pasture, and 400 dollars for improvements near Bettendorf and Hop er. Installment options and per-acre pricing featured.
Chicago December 21 President Harper said John D Rockefeller Sr will donate 245000 to cover current expenses at the University of Chicago rather than specific endowments. He noted rumors misrepresent the gift and urged wait for official announcements. The convocation featured Doctor of Laws for Ettore Pais and Jane Adams as orator with Mandel hall events and a faculty reception.
Testimony shows Elizabeth Gillespie carried a $2,000 life policy naming twin brother James Gillespie, on trial for her murder in Rising Sun. Experts debated shotgun bore effects while officials testified about notices transferring farm rents and policy ownership.
New Ulm Minnesota reports Dr Gen R Koch indicted for the murder of Dr Gebbuardt pleads not guilty. Trial set for December 27 with mixed expectations from defense and state. Attorneys spar over alibi and evidence while family members remain untroubled about an acquittal or guilt.
Crooks blew off the outer door of K. S. Marlett's general store at Curhen ten miles north of Corning Nebraska. The raid damaged the building and contents about 5000 dollars. They escaped with a stolen buggy. Farmers with guns and bloodhounds pursue. A small banking business operated. 4406 reportedly in the safe.
Chas Brown of Du Jour Minn reports 20 years of throat and nasal catarrh with constant congestion. After using Dr Agnew's Catarrhal Powder for 15 minutes relief is felt and after three bottles the condition is cured. Dr Agnew's Ointment also relieves piles instantly. Sold by E S Batlard.
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