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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1903
Page
1
A chaotic Washington to Manila roundup reports fires destroy a town in Illinois and a football accident fatally injures a student in Pontiac. Minor disasters, train crashes, and international tensions unfold from Harlem gas blasts to Manila convoys and Philippine policy shifts.
A Colombian government protest delivered to Senate President pro tem Frye urges the US to uphold the treaty obligations and help suppress the Panama insurrection. Signers include Minister Matirequin and Costiban Jarman, arguing for American support and great power restraint.
Al J Tanderman alias Frank Williams Pied Zeidt alias Tred Roberts TIF Goodman and John K Levener were sentenced to death for murdering Jack Welch a laborer on a freight train near Winnemucca Nevada on August 19. Welch, robbed and shot, was thrown from the car and died from lung and stomach wounds after identifying the assailants.
An anonymous letter threatened to blow up the Plaza hotel fronting Lincoln Park in Chicago. The note asked for $10 and was delivered to William Fallmann or the building. Police exposed the trap but the writer did not appear. Similar threats have alarmed residents along Lake Shore Drive.
Acting President Jorge Holguin declares Colombia will not recognize Panama’s independence. He vows the government will exhaust every resource to crush the rebellion. Bogota reports a siege state while U S. protection remains strong and isthmian support is not unanimous.
Panama President Marroquin reports to General Plaza that Generals Reyes Caballeros Os pina and Holguin march on the isthmus to suppress Isthmian traitors. Isthmus population laughs at threats, confident in land barriers, sea leagues, and expected U S intervention to block Colombian landing.
Reports claim a conspiracy of Bulgarian and Servian officers to provoke war with Turkey. A search of officers’ quarters at Philippopolis and Tirnovo allegedly found compromising papers. The minister of war ordered the removal of 140 officers amid denials of some details.
In Cheyenne district court Mrs William Biggs and Mrs J B L Trout were held for trial to the next term on $500 for kidnapping. The case involves a mother and her mother seizing and abandoning an infant in Denver Union Depot, with a placard on the child. Authorities found the child near death and arrested both women.
Paris dispatch notes rumors of a diplomatic rupture with Siam and talks of a secret treaty with Thailand demanding Chantabun and surrounding lands. Bangkok rumors claim a Mingoon prince bases in a neutral zone as Germany-backed Panama forms a new government. Germany signals quick recognition for Panama once formal notices are issued.
Nine Sioux Indians arrested for the deadly clash that killed Sheriff filler and Deputy Talkenburg of Converse County faced a preliminary hearing in Douglas Wyoming on Saturday. Testimony identified Fate Feather and Black Khettle as shooters. War Bornet reportedly fired at the white men, while other prisoners were not found to have participated.
Chicago workers strike shuts streets across about fifty square miles as sympathizers attack streetcars from dawn. Cars wrecked and several injured including a man with a broken back. Police and guards struggle to restore service for the 300000 patrons of the company.
Henry Watson, English author and journalist, criticized American women as archista degenerates and dangerous. The Australian born writer, aged about 40, educated in New Zealand, lived in England since 1886 and served as assistant editor for Black and White and Pall Mall Gazette, coauthored plays with J M Barrie and produced notable novels including The Heart of Miranda.
Democratic leaders vow to block any canal negotiations with the new Panamanian government. The Democratic Steering Committee backs the Spooner Act as the party’s stance, aiming to present a united front to the country and avoid antagonizing canal building efforts.
Sunbarger Judge Auten issues an opinion stating the anthracite strike commission’s decision is not binding on miners or operators. The Llewellyn Mining Co. challenged wage payments after refusing to refund wares and faced a mandamus action. The case centers on wages for Royal Oak colliery workers and the prior Justice of the Peace ruling.
The fragment hints at a snowy scene with a hickey fire burning low and windows shaking in a gust. Uncle Jake in worn clothes sits by the fire, while thoughts turn to Thanksgiving Day, joy for some and sorrow for others, as the old text ends with Fr
Readers recall a party pastime where players don a tall turban of newspaper as the Turk and ask rapid questions to trap listeners. Chips of letters are shuffled to form the word turkey, with rewards of sweets for the winner after ten tense minutes.
The writer imagines Thanksgiving as a warm, tropical festival altered by colonial influence. He contrasts Uncle Sam’s holiday with Caribbean and Filipino experiences, noting suspicion and slow adoption, predicting a tropical version driven by palm shade, fruit, and transformed customs rather than sleigh bells and snow.
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