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Newspaper
Tri City Star
Location
Davenport, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1904
Page
3
Steady and firm market quotation described as Christmas sales press on with busy clerks. Stores and markets report steady demand for goods as buyers shop, while merchants adjust volumes to meet the holiday rush.
Parsons President announced a shift of the weekly holiday from Saturday to Monday after holidays. He cited student misbehavior and religious respect as reasons, noting the change has been officially affirmed and is now in practice.
A disrupted list outlines poultry and pigeon entries with judges to be announced in dog and cat divisions. Fees set at 1 per specimen for poultry and horses, pigeons 1 per specimen. prizes described, with president Eddy supervising polity and sex and T Kimmey in charge at Dearborn Street Chicago.
In Waterloo Alabama on December 24 the Barters Fountain Telephone competition or fault will proceed in constructing twenty telephones across a single wire. Farmers will sustain the work and share expenses pro rata. New Hanover is to be the central exchange with Waterloo Columbia and New Hanover linked. expansion to the rest of Monroe County if successful.
A New York story reports Gould family member Kingdon Gould, eldest son of George J. Gould, fired a revolver at Columbia University sophomores amid fears of kidnapping. An eight-person inquiry led by Dow Hulton questioned students and faculty. suspension potential looms for two to four weeks.
New Market Delaware Dec 24 Arrested by Shenandoah Tuesday E Evans traveling for a Kansas City Liquor company pleaded guilty after an excitable trial. He talked with local youths and became intoxicated prompting a telegram to Shenandoah for his arrest. He was brought back to New Market and faced anti saloon league action. A local group has raised nearly $2 000 for such prosecutions.
A damaged OCR passage references Great Britain and meteorology with no clear forecast. It mentions postal service disruption, radio contact issues at Liverpool, and a river crowded with vessels carrying perishables. Headaches attributed to the fox appear as unclear jargon.
Crowds and police guard a princess who entered a palace theater square in mourning. She asks to see her children as officials plan her departure after a loud public show of sympathy. The case prompts debate on law and royal rights.
A stage program lists James Ty Po Nex and a cast led by Tom C Wisher with Barry Josephine Newmat and Mina sudéolph. The feature chorus of sixty six and a special orchestra receive praise while the event promises elaborate staging and modern equipment at Drake.
The case involves Frederick Hal Harvard and Ken White's estate with a rental father as plaintiff. The elder Whites sue for 325000 on various grounds of indebtedness. The fragmentary OCR mentions heir issuance by a father figure and a court in 1934 context.
A discussion of mobs and law in American crime as examined by McClure's Magazine. It reviews Northern and Southern attitudes toward lynching, citing the racial violence in Huntsville and Statesboro, and analyzes how courts fail to curb mob justice.
A partially legible passage discusses the lynching issue and reform in the North and South. It mentions Baker and Booker T. Washington as influences, noting Southern press and educated Black citizens in the debate while signaling difficulty attending to events.
A fragment warns against mercury in catarrh remedies and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Ghener Co Toledo Ohio as the genuine internal remedy. It notes mercury can damage senses and urges relying on physicians and a druggist for authentic products and pricing details.
Judge Grosseup of the United States circuit court refused to order a sale of street car lines controlled by Union Traction. Receivers sought authority to issue certificates to pay for equipment repairs and improvements. Bondholders and stockholders objected while the court required Union Traction to produce funds under their agreement with the underlying companies.
In Lockport New York on December 33 Pred Jones a 28 year old store clerk fatally shot and killed Siss Abbie Goodrich a 54 year old widow with several children then turned the gun on himself. Jones reportedly was a suitor pressuring her and had threatened to burn her property after she obtained a warrant for his arrest. The warrant had been delivered to Constable Gray for service.
The commission chosen to defeat the proposed new State Asylum met in Lima for a two day session this evening. The report was presented by S Lefever, Morgan Conn, chairman, A Hijnay county secretary, C H Manix, Cupahoga County, Dr A B Smith, Lo Fain County, and W B Ritchie. The Dunn Farm tract selected lies one mile north of Lima and covers 620 acres.
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