Ireland Facing the Dazening by Dr. R A White
Eminent Chicago pastor argues seven centuries of Irish history shape current aims for land reform and home rule. He credits England with gradual reparation while insisting Ireland seeks justice within the empire and rejects separation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
R. A. White
Chicago
Horace Plunkett
England
Northern
Europe
Irish Sea
Connel
Gladstone
Suppress Gambling to Prevent Crime and Reform Youth
The author argues reform is unlikely for chronic criminals and focus should be on prevention through moral education and curbing evil influences like gambling. Gambling fosters embezzlement and debt, pushing honest men toward crime. proposal includes strong parental influence and a state home for at risk children that leaves no stigma upon release.
Motherhood versus Industrialism in Modern Society
The excerpt argues that women bear the burden of child care while pursuing work in industry, facing discrimination from employers who value productivity over home duties. It questions whether society should financially support families and protect married women in business, teaching, and related roles until a formal paternal role exists.
Yale Scientist Says People Eat Too Much
Prof. Russell H. Chittenden of Yale’s Sheffield science school described long term experiments with three subject groups including professors students and soldiers. The tests cut meat and protein while boosting starch with no fixed diet and found health and vigor improved as food intake dropped to a third to a half of the average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Academy of Sciences
Sheffield Scientific School
Yale
Russell H. Chittenden
Prof. Chittenden
United States
Stormy West Virginia Democratic Convention Holds Attention
Charleston West Virginia April 21 The largest stormiest Democratic convention in state history featured heated attacks on Senator Camden and other leaders by Hayes supporters and Bryan Democrats yet ended in harmony. Henry G Davis spoke amid urgent calls as delegates backed Gorman for president with four at large and most district delegates supporting him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Warren Hayes
Hearst
Camden
St. Louis
Hays
Col. McCoy
Tyler County
Hayes
Henry G. Davis
Gorman
Davis
President
Parer
Acquittal in Lake Michigan bribery case for Senator Burns
Grand Rapids reports Senator David E. Burns acquitted of bribery tied to a 1893 water bill. Prosecutors claimed $200 payment by Lake Michigan deal backers. ex-City Attorney Lant K. Salsbury testified he paid Burns. Jury deliberated five hours. first acquittal in the water scandal with three officials already convicted or pled guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Mich
David E. Burns
Lake Michigan
Burns
Lant K. Salsbury
Salsbury
Alton School Admission Case Reversed Again
The Illinois Supreme Court reversed the Madison county circuit court for a second time in the case of the mayor and city council of Alton versus Scott Bibbs colored. The court held the city’s claim that no discrimination occurred against Bibbs because of color to be ridiculous and ordered Bibbs admitted to the Washington school nearest him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Supreme Court
Alton
Scott Bibbs
Madison County Circuit Court
Bibbs
Washington
Douglass
Lovejoy
Vermont Republicans Name Roosevelt Delegates at Convention
Burlington April 21 The Republican state convention elected four delegates for the Chicago national convention and instructed them to back President Roosevelt. Dillingham Webb Turner were chosen without a contest. Bingham named Powers as the fourth delegate. The platform endorsed the Roosevelt administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Chicago
Roosevelt
United States
Dillingham
W. Seward Webb
Shelburne
H. N. Turner
St. Johnsbury
H. S. Bingham
Bennington
George M. Powers
Morrisville
Publishers Ask Attorney General to Probe Paper Makers’ Trust
A delegation from the American Newspaper Publishers Association led by Conde Hamlin Don C Seiz and John Norris urged the Attorney General to pursue action under the Sherman anti trust act against a paper manufacturers’ trust. The AG outlined limits of the act but agreed to investigate a suspected supply division and territorial allocation among paper producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paper Makers’ Trust
Washington
Conde Hamlin
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Don C. Seiz
The
New York World
John Norris
Philadelphia Ledger
New York Times
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Paper Manufacturers’ Trust
Ferry America Crash Kills Engineer On Board
The ferry America left Grand Street and nearing Broadway slip in Brooklyn when engineer Charles Kelly died of apoplexy. With no engineer to answer signals the vessel struck a bulkhead tearing the rail and wrecking the ladies cabin. It careened to the men's side causing further wreck and injuries to several passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
America
Grand Street
Manhattan
Broadway
Brooklyn
Charles Kelly
Inmate Dies After Altercation at Kalamazoo State Colony
Kalamazoo Michigan April 27 Dio genes Van Hoft an aged inmate at the Brook farm colony died from a skull fracture after George Montague another inmate struck him repeatedly in his cell Montague confessed saying Van Hoft jabbered at night and would not sleep Montague is in solitary confinement as authorities review responsibility for the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo
Mich
Diogenes van Hoft
Brook Farm
State Asylum
George Montague
Montague
van Hoft
Mississippi River Rises Rapidly Threatening 35 Foot Stage
The Mississippi reached a dangerous level in St Louis with the river rising about one and a half inches per hour. Creeks around East St Louis back up while officials expect the city to endure a 35 foot crest. The main danger lies twenty miles north where last year’s levee breached. Dikes are being built at Madison Venice and Granite City north of East St Louis to curb the flood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Mississippi
East St. Louis
Madison
Venice
Granite City
Rebellious Mother Jones In Utah Quarantine Break
Price Utah April 27. "Mother" Jones who has been in enforced quarantine after visiting a miner with smallpox again broke out. She, with 15 or 20 Italian women and children, drove into town yesterday and walked with two Helper miners sympathizers to the implement shed where 120 men arrested Sunday are detained. She was arrested and jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price
Utah
Jones
Helper
Tragic double killing shocks Woodstock area
Richland Center Wisconsin April 27 Henry Morrison killed his wife and daughter yesterday at Woodstock thirteen miles north. Morrison about fifty five, a carpenter by trade. Years of domestic trouble preceded the quarrel that ended in tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland Center
Wis
Henry Morrison
Woodstock
Morrison
Hungarian unrest looms as strike threat grows in Vienna
Vienna reports alarm over socialists planning a general strike. Hungarian premier Count Tisza may impose martial law if chaos follows. In Chicago, a trial unfolds with defense invoking biblical obedience in a case involving Lizzie and Edward Travers accused of shoplifting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Count Tisza
Chicago
Lizzie Travers
Edward Travers
Sister of car barn bandit said to lose mind after brother’s execution
Chicago on April 27 reports that 24 year old Hattie Marx sister of Gustav Marx the car barn bandit hanged last Friday has reportedly lost her mind due to constant brooding over the execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hattie Marx
Gustav Marx
Explosion at Owosso home kills man and baby
In Owosso Michigan on April 26 William Francis and his infant died when dynamite exploded in the Francis home near Corunna. Mrs Francis and two other children were badly hurt as the blast destroyed the house. Francis had dynamite for stump blasting and used some to dry in the oven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owosso
Mich
William Francis
Francis
Coruuna
Forty Three Men Die In Mine Cage Collapse
Johannesburg reports a cage collapse at the Robinson mine sending 42 natives two thousand feet to the bottom and all are killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johannesburg
Robinson Mine
Pension denial hinges on proper identification of veteran father
Representative Cowherd of Missouri reports a constituent, an elderly woman, seeking a pension claiming her father served in a historic war. She identifies him as medium height with dark hair and eyes, unable to close one eye independently, and lacking musical knowledge, hoping this suffices for pension eligibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cowherd
Missouri
Washington Post
Cow
Local Man Claims Bright's Disease Cure
Monticello Minnesota April 25 Mr J W Moore declares Bright's Disease can be cured even in late stages. He credits Dodd's Kidney Pills after a traveling salesman recovered from the ailment and Moore was told he had only a year to live. He reports rapid improvement and full restoration to health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Minn
J. W. Moore
Bright
Moore
Undertakers' Trust On Speed Ordinance Debate
Two councilmen discuss a lobbyist with ample funds pushing an ordinance for unlimited automobile speed. They note possible ties to the Auto Club and counter that the motive may be the undertakers' trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auto Club
Undertakers’ Trust
Philadelphia Ledger
Almanac for 1904 from Kansas City Southern Railway
Kansas City Southern Railway announces its 1904 almanac now ready for distribution. Includes monthly calendars household hints and Missouri Arkansas Indian Territory Texas and Louisiana coverage. Written by S G Warner Gen Pass Agt KC Ry. A Pennsylvania farmer had his wife arrested for cruelty for insisting on grinding out Hiawatha on a phonograph. Rochester Union notes limits beyond which it is unsafe to go even in forming an agriculturist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Southern Railway Company
Missouri
Arkansas
Indian Territory
Texas
Louisiana
S. G. Warner
K. C
Kansas City
Pennsylvania
Rochester Union
Allen's Foot-Ease advertised for tired feet cure
An advertisement touts a powder that relieves tired hot feet and eases tight shoes. It invites readers to request a free trial package and lists A. S. Olmsted of Le Roy New York as the address. The quote about competition appears at the end from the Washington Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy, N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham Product Endorsed By Applicant
A young woman describes severe menstrual distress improving after two weeks of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports regained health, buoyancy, and ability to study, signing as Miss M. Cartledge of Atlanta and noting a medicine authenticity note with a forfeit line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Miss M. Cartledge
Whitehall St
Atlanta
Markets Report with Grain Live Prices Across Cities
New York prices list flour Minnesota patent 5.00 to 5.25 and wheat No. 2 red 1.03. Chicago and Cleveland show varied futures for flour, wheat, corn and oats. Livestock values span cattle steers 4.75 to 5.00, calves 5.00 to 5.25, sheep 5.20 to 6.40, hogs 5.20, and pairings across Toledo East Buffalo and Pittsburg markets on April 27.
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New York
Minnesota
Cleveland
York State
Toledo
East Buffalo
Pittsburg
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Matt W. Pinkerton
Catherine Waugh McCulloch
West Virginia
MR. Knox
Hungary
K. C. S. Almanac
Democrat
Cariaco, Ill
Crescent
Columbia
Tribune
Crawford
Bicycle Catalogues
Hartford, Conn
St. Jacobs Oil
HH. C. DU Vas
Pafraets Book CO
Troy
N.Y
DeLoach
H. P
DeLeach Mill Mfg. Co
Liveright
Third
Louisa
G. Elias & Bro
Buffalo, N. Y
Mail Order Feather CO
Frank H. Rhger
Barth Block
Denver
Colo
Anakesis
Tribung Building
de S. Kelloggenspayer Co
Ontario St
Cleve
Mall Press
Case
Logan, Ohio
World's Fair_enterprises
Truitt & Shevlin
Market St
Prp Niee Eterencee Fitzgerald & CO
Bex M
Washington, D. C
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