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Newspaper
Tri City Star
Location
Davenport, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1905
Page
2
A critique cites a university professor on child degeneration amid poverty, arguing conditions must improve to restore national physique. It discusses public health, insurance oversight, and social neglect, with scattered notes on household tips and care.
A fragmentary page from Tassie's Weekly describes Minna and a group in wintery street scenes with a gray haired figure bearing a bulging sack and a playful query about kindness as New Year dawns. Epitaph humor and a classroom joke close the piece with light, old world tone.
Governor Douglas urges tariff relief to aid war and trade in a speech stressing immediate duty removals on hides paper pulp and carpet wools to help the commonwealth while Congress is pressed to action. Governor Warner advocates rail taxes reform and Lincoln inauguration notes call for abolishing lobbyists. Indiana and Nebraska frame two senate elections amid inaugural actions.
A historic notice describes Carl Winamae and supporters proposing a cats driven trolley line to quiet nightly disturbances. John Hay halts the plan, proposing chutes and revolving brushes to shock the cats, then store energy to feed the wires.
Miss Alice Brightweil, a protege of banker Joan T. Bate, was assaulted yesterday by a negro at Crescent Hill residence in Lonts y. Police hunted the attacker with bloodhounds. Crescent Hill townsfolk await results. Louisville police captain ordered the suspect to be brought to county jail if found.
Mrs C F Fowler is granted a district court divorce from Cordjande Fowler after incompatibility claims. She receives ten thousand six hundred dollars alimony and the right to resume her maiden name Puinain. The couple married about a year ago in the East, Fowler president of a wholesale beverages firm, and formerly Mrs Laura Coutts.
Fragmentary notes indicate Michigan is considering football dates for the upcoming season with limited confirmed plans. A director and manager are named in vague context, with authorities pending further guidance.
A fragmented poem presents frost and meadow imagery, blending ancestral legends with thoughts of spring. It invokes green valleys, blossoming beyond frost, the settler observing work bloom, and a gentle wanderer in forested realms. The piece glides between memory and myth without a clear narrative.
An Indiana district court trial alleges neglect caused the 14 year old boy’s death. The father and his stepmother are accused of abuse including insufficient feeding and sending the child away poorly clothed with freezing hands and feet. The boy had long suffered poor health since birth after his mother’s death.
The Indiana legislature opened its first session yesterday with party nominees chosen. Sidney Cantwell of Blackford County was elected speaker and urged fiscal economy while noting the codifying commission report and other matters will shape the session. Lieutenant Governor Gilbert called the Senate to order as committees prepared memorials for deceased senators DeHaven, Gray, Lawter, and Star. Governor Durbin’s message is set for reading tomorrow.
An old advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a testimonial from Walding Kinnan Marvin of Toledo. It claims internal cure, blood and mucous membrane action, and lists price and availability from druggists. Includes a short credibility note about P. J. Cheney & Co. and a 13 year acquaintance.
Cleveland January 7 officers reported the teunic lid opened for valuables expected by Mrs Cessie Li Chadwick assets. Attorney Lewis Grossman said the trunk held only wearing apparel valued about 5450.8. County officials clashed over prisoner safekeeping as District Attorney Sullivan declared Mrs Chadwick a real prisoner. two deputy marshals now guard the jail.
A meeting of about twenty independent glass minimiters gathered in Cleveland to informally decide on a price advance of about ten percent in line with recent moves by the American Winslow Glass Company. The same manufacturers plan to reconvene in Cleveland next week to review today’s proceedings.
In Rush county yesterday two boys George Gowdy and Cornelius Winship tied a battered can to a homeless dog using a string. Mrs. Winship opened the door to the howling dog and an explosion followed injuring her and another resident. Two rooms were demolished and nitro glycerin found. Damage estimated at five thousand dollars.
In Franklin County Ohio Judge Thomas M. Big of the Common Pleas Court held that tax assessments against property used for educational purposes cannot be enforced unless the assessments were liened against the property at the time of its purchase. The ruling was rendered today in Geelyton.
Boston January 7 Thea W. Lawson says two resolutions will be introduced in Congress to compel Attorney General Moody to proceed against Amalgamated Copper. He declined details but added a sensational move in stock Marat within days and warned of about 800 points of sharp value shrinkage.
A fragmented testimonial from G. A. Braman of Troy Ohio urges readers to begin Dr Athes Nervino for tremors headaches and irritability. The ad markets a free trial and blues the dangers of neglecting symptoms while naming remedies and a “free set” offer.
Lawrenceburg Indiana reports that Jap. Jarsin 1 Phipps of Friendahty Tul, under indictment for grand larceny and who forfeited a $250 bond, was captured by Sheriff Gordog of Ripley County and jailed. On sighting the sheriff he attempted a jailbreak, but after two shots were fired he surrendered.
George Warren Emery longtime postmaster of Houghton Michigan died yesterday afternoon at St Josephs hospital following a two day illness. He was about 54 years old and leaves a wife and ten children. Emery was active in local business and political circles.
Lansing Michigan January reports the second annual meeting of the Retail Implement Dealers association with about 500 members. They discuss plans to retaliate against catalog houses harming their business and urge manufacturers to avoid catalog houses. Active steps are being taken to curb the practice.
Police investigate the death of a man identified as A. J. Marlin aged about 32. A bottle of carbolic acid lay on the dresser and the man’s dress and appearance are described as neat with a small brown mustache. Local chambermaid Mrs Sinlin found the body in the room after entering with the key.
Officer Smith disclosed years of blue vitriol testing in the Scioto River to alter Columbus drinking water. Residents report odd taste and indigestion. Henry, chair of the Council Sanitary Committee, calls the trials risky and cites prohibitions by city authorities on similar experiments.
A three story brick building at 9 North High Street in Columbus was wrecked by an explosion in the cellar on a Wednesday. Contractor Charles Hibbs and Raul Cook were blown through a plate glass window into the street. Cook escaped with minor injuries while Hibbs was severely burned. Hibbs attempted to turn on gas but there were no further explosions.
Multiple Davenport banks announce annual stockholders meetings to elect nine directors for the ensuing year. Dates span January 9 to January 11 1905 1906 with varied office locations and voting hours. Key banks include Union Savings Bank Citizens National Bank Davenport Savings Bank Davenport Trust Company German Savings Bank Farmers Mechanics Savings Bank. Officials listed include presidents cashiers and secretaries.
Secretary of State McChesney demands tax of 60 000 on Southern Pace company a Kentucky corporation. Attorney A P Bumphrey of Louisville represents the firm and will answer. decisive action to recover or drop the suit hinges on his reply.
Representative Adams of Pennsylvania has introduced a bill to establish a whipping post in the District of Columbia for wife beaters. The act would require the whipping to be carried out privately by the chief of police with deputies present and in the jail physician's presence.
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