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Newspaper
Warsaw Union
Location
Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1903
Page
6
Panorama of world items reports that the House of Lords barred women from legal study in London after Grays Inn benchers refused Miss Bertin Cave admission. The court found no precedent and no reason to create one.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow’s annual report for the year ended June 30, 1903, warns that contractors and dishonest officials have drained the system. He urges reform, stronger bonds, and fair competition, with an appropriation to cover rural routes and inspectors. Expenditures for free delivery reach about 47.4 million dollars. 3,260 additional routes could be added by March 7, 1904.
The missing man Strube was arrested six miles east of Havah after a confession to police. He admitted jealousy sparked the murder of Miss Henninger, detailing her flirtations and a quarrel at the Fleminger home, the burying of a body, and travel to Missouri and Illinois before capture. He faced potential lynching if taken back.
A jumbled OCR passage mixed with stray musings touches on economic trends, political figures, and odd anecdotes. It mentions Senator Smoot, Panama, J Pierpont Morgan, and New York theater woes, with references to health cures and shifting cattle prices. The text is garbled and lacks a coherent single event.
The Bristow report on postal fraud outlines corruption from 1898 to 1903. It cites Arnold Company profits, Heath’s alleged stock transfers, and multiple indictments. Roosevelt calls for firm justice and extended statutes of limitations, while Bristow notes extensive inspector work and resignations.
A string of brief items covers Henry Sanger Snow resigning as Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute president, Rev. Dr. Luther Beecher’s death, J Wilson Swan turning 76, the Astors selling Tenement District holdings, Edward Hale urging women to bear muskets for suffrage, J W Lamar’s death at 85 in Indiana, Massachusetts Lt Gov Guild adding Filipino daggers to his collection, H W Nichols donating 10000 for a public park, W T Swingle’s Mediterranean plant study, James P Stewart tracing Putnam lineage, A B Selzer suing for divorce via spirits, Gen C A Willett returning from Manila via Siberia in 14 days, Prof L Garoer headed to West Africa, John Palmer addressing Oklahoma Bar, Dr Carson Findlay named president of the American Public Health Association, and Philippine export hemp rising in prominence.
The Senate adjourned on Friday after a short session that focused mainly on relief measures. Senator Daniel introduced a $5,000,000 bill for a new Patent Office east of the Capitol, with site costs at $600,000. The Cuban reciprocity bill was discussed but no speaker was recorded. The House took up Panama correspondence and debated tariff policy, adjournment timing, and political strategy as party leaders clashed over advancing or delaying key measures.
A motivational piece urges cheer and optimism during despair. It praises the power of hope, friendly support, and a positive outlook to overcome gloom. The author, Royal VWiue, emphasizes smiling, kindness, and resilience to find brighter days despite sorrow and hardship.
Report warns that peddlers push suspicious baking powder substitutes in many localities claiming they are low cost or pure. It lists alum and sulfuric acid as harmful components and cites Yale College chemistry work on adulterated products. Housekeepers are urged to buy only trusted creams of tartar based powders and avoid street sales.
The passage recalls Cicero and his daughter Tullia, praised for their noble bond and intellect. After her death Cicero endures profound grief, seeking solace in memory while political duties and Brutus Caesar could not lift his melancholy. He laments, expressing that only her companionship could ease his cares.
A French scientist reports experiments on cyclists showing sustained high speeds require large force. Two cyclists held speed for two minutes, equating to two thirds Horsepower. For six seconds they exerted about one and a quarter HP, roughly lifting 188 pounds one yard high each second. At high speed the work of a cyclist over a distance exceeds that of walking the same distance, while at lower speeds a runner’s labor is three times that of a cyclist, but disparities lessen as speed rises.
R G Dun & Co notes seasonable warmth and holiday buying lifting retail trade, especially in heavy wear, with mills reopening though some idle capacity persists. Labor harmony emerges as wage cuts curb production, while pig iron demand remains weak. Builders eye resumption, textile output steady, and national failures rise to 258 this week.
The record notes varied commodity prices amid wheat corn oats and rye with No 2 and No 3 grades cited across markets in Milwaukee New York and Chicago. It also reports fraud and embezzlement cases involving Lewis W Lyons convicted in New Orleans and Frank Siegel acquitted for a second time in Kansas City tied to the Siegel Sanders Live Stock Commission Company.
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