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Newspaper
Tri City Star
Location
Davenport, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1904
Page
2
A playful caricature of holiday habits and social quirks. Dialogues touch on caroling, stockings, gifts, and Christmas dinners at clubs. Characters joke about costs, presents, priests gifts, and a turkey contemplating its fate as Christmas draws near.
In a playful scene a wife labors over scraps and silk to craft a gift while her weary husband prays for relief. She smiles with curiosity as she works late, keeping the plan hidden and mysterious until the final reveal. The couple’s banter hints at domestic strain under holiday strain and unspoken hopes.
The Board of Trade opens the Hull inquiry led by Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge and Mr. Aspinall to thoroughly sift evidence already heard at the coroner’s inquest. The inquiry aims to build a British case for the international court, contrasting Russia’s less exhaustive steps.
Callicy notes Folk's position as the leading promising Democrat amid moral versus immoral politics. Roosevelt's rise is linked to new public demands from statesmen. Folk won decisively, the only Democrat elected, and led his ticket in every Missouri county, with ballot splitting implications.
In Chinago Tribune a Skagey-hairen boy argues that a whale swallowed Jonah, while a Sunday school teacher notes the term could mean a big fish or shark. The boy insists if a shark did swallow Jonah, he would not have escaped alive.
A whimsical straw laments its fate to cause mischief until a drowning man clings to it and survives. The wind changes and the straw learns a lesson about usefulness. MORAL: Let none despair of being useful.
Murray Crane, ex governor of Massachusetts, named for senator Hoar’s seat by governor appointment, is described as a calm, effective public man. A successful businessman from Dalton, he leads Crane Paper mills, aids neighbors, and rarely makes enemies. His brief inaugural message set laws later enacted.
A century old notice warns that mercury containing remedies can ruin taste and upset the body. It promotes Hell's Catarrh Care by F J Cheney Co Toledo as mercury free and to be taken internally. Also mentions Wall's Catarrh Care and Hafl's Family Pills for constipation with testimonials and prices.
A string of quick barbs and punchlines shows witty quips about actors, authors, and politicians. The exchange mentions Nazletone as the worst boss, a bill collector, and jokes about college boys, a press agent, and a congress hopeful.
Thomas Yennison, indicted in Logan, sues Eimer and Civic Federation leaders in Omaha for 350000 damages for defamation. He claims a letter to Iowa Governor Cummins urged pardon for George Burrier, who testified against him, calling Dennison a gambler and thief. Dennison admits past gambling but says he is an honest gambler.
East Liverpool December 22 Dr Howard Bean of Scity plans to marry Miss Anna Gertrude Radecke of Berlin in Cleveland soon. She met him in New York with his aunt who said the wedding could not occur. Bean denied initial talk then said marriage would be at a relative’s home in level as his relatives preferred an American wife.
Senator Reed Smoot hearings in Washington enter a tense phase as Attorner Taylor moves to rest with documentary evidence. Charles M. Owen, chief witness, details polygamy among Mormon leaders, naming Taylor, Cowley, Merrill and others, and recounts prosecutions funded by public subscriptions.
An old advertisement extols Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills as a safe, non narcotic cure for headaches neuralgia backache rheumatism dizziness toothache and menstrual pains. It claims to soothe nerves restore secretions and distinguish from opium products, urging readers to seek the remedy through local sellers.
A fragmentary verse marks the yuletide season with frost touched nature scenes and reverent imagery. The poem invokes the holly bough, vernal siren leaves, and a heavenly throne, centering on love, hope, and the housekeeper under festive skies.
Fragmentary verse on dreaming toiling youth and love amid life and death. The speaker laments fleeting summer mornings, distant birds, and the ache of loss before peace, presenting a somber, stage-like meditation on existence.
South McAlester reports James Smith was arrested for disturbing the peace and identified as James Marct Stone, sought in Scanmio, Kansas for the June 1900 killing of Jerry Stephens. He was transported there today by Sherry Reins of Cherokee County. Hardistone has lived in Arkansas and Tadine Territory since the Riling. He married here two years ago.
Mother Gray's Bodysset Powders for Children are promoted to break up colds in four hours, cure feverishness, headache, stomach troubles, teething disorders, move and regulate bowels, and destroy worms. A testimonial from Meridan Connecticut calls it the best medicine for children when feverish and fussy. Sold by druggists or by mail. sample sent free. Address Allen S. Olmsted LeRoy NY.
Cambridge Massachusetts December 22 H C G Egan of Chicago self champion was elected chairman of the Hart Yard Ledior class day spread committee one of the universitys highest honors C D Birkhoff from Chicago received academic distinctions only fourteen men won prizes in the award level rel ax appears to be a typo and unreadable text mentions 600 as a relative value
A Washington Post piece quotes a young housekeeper who argues her sewing machine has individual intelligence. She compares its performance to a husband’s claim about a razor and insists it needs rest after three days of use, with repairmen finding nothing wrong.
Dec 22 Moberly Missouri announces Missouri Poultry show January 13 to 15 with liberal cash premiums across all classes. Special awards include a $25 silver cup for the whitest washed bird and state and national cups from major clubs. Judges W S Bugsel and D F Heimlich, who officiated at the world’s fair, will judge.
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