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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1902
Page
1
News from Wilkesbarre and various coal regions reports continued relief distribution amid strike tensions. Officials fear a surprise mine reopening while strikers guard works and watch for nonunion entries. A Shenandoah dispatch notes many applicants seeking aid, some denied, provoking threats to work elsewhere.
Plainly ask: will you choose experience over experimentation in women’s care. A Virginia testimonial extols Dr Pierce’s remedies for uterine ulcers and weakness, contrasting experienced treatment with unskilled trial and error and urging purchase of Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery. It promotes private, ongoing physician guidance and a free medical advisory book offered for small postage.
The government suit against the beef trust moves forward as defendants file demurrers in the United States circuit court. The demurrers challenge the bill’s sufficiency for discovery of interests and business methods, arguing no grounds exist for the injunction despite admitting the charges.
United States Senator J Don Cameron and Mrs Cameron were tossed from a carriage after their vehicle collided with a curbstone near Invertochyenstie Scotland. Cameron suffered a severe groin injury while Mrs Cameron escaped with shock. The incident occurred during a summer leasing trip. both were uninjured aside from the senator’s trauma.
Richfield Utah Aug 5 Sunday night an effort to destroy the Christensen Opera House with dynamite failed after a coal oil odor triggered a quick search. A burning fuse was found leading to a keg of giant powder amid a pile of oil soaked paper. Death notices report Alfred H Wise 71 former Second National Bank president died suddenly in Freeport Aug 5. Washington naval board approves contract for Louisiana battleship with bids to open Oct 1.
Chicago Aug 1 Rear Admiral H H C Taylor chief of navigation Cmdr M B Winslow and Lt H J Rens with naval board arrived and began a cruise to inspect points around the Great Lakes for a naval station and training school. Grand Rapids Aug 5 Lakeside club house at Reed's Lake destroyed by fire. Loss about 80000 with 20000 insurance. Contents included costly paintings. Defective wiring blamed. Mooresville Aug 5 Comer Seed company mill burned destroying mill, lumber piles sheds and grain elevator. loss about 50000. Surrounding property unharmed. Springfield Aug 5 Albert Aberto 16 accidentally killed by brother Joe 14 using Flobert rifle. bullet into stomach, died eight hours later. Fort Wayne Aug 5 George Way 21 mangled by threshing machine near Areola, death soon after. Berlin Aug 5 historic Frankfort building crumbling where German emperors were crowned.
Salgnica August 4 seven Bulgarian brigands who were cornered in Volka by 250 Turkish soldiers escaped unharmed after killing four soldiers and five villagers during the clash.
A Boston newspaper prints alleged statements attributed to Rear Admiral Taylor warning of a 1907 clash between Germany and the United States. The piece links his dispatch to naval readiness and a predicted near-term crisis tied to German expansion in the Caribbean and Netherlands. It suggests an imminent Monroe Doctrine showdown as Panama Canal attention rises.
Dispatches describe ongoing fighting around Agu Dulce Colombia as government troops clash with revolutionists. Telegraphs from San Carlos and Governor Salazar reference recent movements, with mixed reports of victories and counterattacks.
Official dispatch from Havana reports Cuba's House and Senate passing a 35,000,000 loan bill to fund the army and to aid financiers. The funds are to be borrowed in the United States under the Platt amendment, with details forthcoming from Minister Squiers.
The article reports on a Cuban debt prevention clause tied to the Teller resolution and U S objections, plus a local romantic tale. It recounts a failed engagement between Miss Minnick and Walter Thompson, a city merchant named Mann's broken heart, and Mann's move to California to forget. The piece blends national political issue with a small town love story and wedding plans.
A young couple from Richmond Virginia eloped four months ago and, after living in Washington and Richmond, sought work in Dayton Ohio. They claimed to be married in Washington and produced a marriage certificate. The man lost a trolley car job after a strike, prompting flight toward Dayton for better prospects as they plan to start anew in Chicago.
John Critley, a student of ancient history, reports the discovery of a large prehistoric fort in the northwest part of Carbondale County near a stream feeding the Mississippi bottoms. The defenses include seven mounds along a 3380 foot line with a circular breastwork ring, not opened, in a field cultivated for sixty years. Nearby trees and stones bear carved signs resembling compasses, reptiles, animals and humans.
William Dodwell a farmer near Yolvington Kentucky was seized at midnight by a mob bound to a tree and beaten with a blacksnake whip leaving 50 plus wounds. The motive is unknown. The report also lists baseball scores from Chicago and Philadelphia games and notes nun refugees from France seeking refuge in Copeda and the United States Relwin’s Arctic journey without pole, plus a claimed skeleton found in the White House.
President Hill and Mellen led a Davenport meeting with farmers and rail bosses to press for lower wheat shipping rates. A 10-cent per bushel goal for wheat from inland points was discussed, alongside plans for a new rail link from Coulee City to Adrian to ease coast transport. The talk touched on market access, middlemen, and lacking public acts to expand new markets. indictments and violent incidents in unrelated cities were noted in brief.
Mrs Anna Valvick a sick widow with seven children was found destitute by police at Chihewsee. Judge Chetlain of Chicago has issued twenty nine pure intonctions in a legal battle over a corner in July outs. Kaiser Wilhelm has gone to Russia to visit Emperor Nicholas. T D Martin a fireman on a freight engine is missing in a wreck on the Santa Fe near Los Angeles.
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