Canal Route Debate and Wood Confirmation in Congress
In Washington as congress slows for holidays, General Leonard Wood is likely to be confirmed as major general. Debates over the canal route favor Panama, with Darien supporters urging surveys and December 1902 report. Representative Watson of Indiana earns praise for engaging humor on Ways and Means.
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Darien
Watson
Washington
Congress
House
Leonard Wood
Army
Wood
Secretary of War
MacArthur
Senate
Panama
Senator Hanna
Canal Commission
Scott
Representative Brownlow
Tennessee
Nicaragua
Indiana
Committee On Ways and Means
Cannon
Why Farmers Should Move South for Year-Round Work
A call to farmers to relocate to the South for outdoor work and year-round production. It praises velvet bean and cassava as cheap fattening materials, notes lower winter shelter costs, and claims higher income with less labor in southern farming, fruit growing, and truck gardening. Address G A Park Louisville Kentucky.
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Alabama
Florida
Hugo and His Disciple at a Victor Hugo Reception
A young admirer argued with Victor Hugo, lost temper, and was rebuked. After guests left, the man returned for his umbrella and, through a door, witnessed Hugo humbly accepting apologies from the kneeling admirer. Hugo showed regal dignity as he invited the man to rise.
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Hugo
Victor Hugo
The Talent of Success An Old Saying on Excellence
A maxim emphasizes that success comes from doing well what one can do and mastering any task without chasing fame. It frames skill as the core of achievement and personal virtue rather than public recognition.
Russian Poland near revolt eyed by Vorwaerts
The Vorwaerts reports that a portion of Russian Poland is recording a revolt threat amid feverish agitation in Bialystok Wilna Knote and Grodno after police domietiiary actions and strikes. An assassination attempt on Bialystok’s police chief occurred and General Wahl travels to Wilna as street gatherings are banned. Des Moines records reveal the missing will of Governor Drake allocating funds and heirs to Drake University totaling 50 000 dollars.
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Berlin
Vorwanerta
Poland
Mialystok
Bialystok
Wahl
Wilma
Wilna
Knote
Grodno
Des Moines
Francia M. Drake
Dakota divorce decree invalidated in Fagen case
Judge James A. Howe held that a degree granted under Dakota divorce statutes is null if the non resident litigant resided there only to obtain a divorce. In the Fagen case a widow sought dower rights while her husband’s prior divorce was challenged, and the Dakota decree was ruled invalid.
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Des Moines
Ia. Lee
James A. Howe
District Court
Murder of Giuseppe Impastato by the Mafia in New Orleans
In New Orleans on December 1 Giuseppe Impastato a wealthy manufacturer was murdered by the Mafia. He left after a hurried dinner saying he had to meet friends at a market and was lured to a quiet lower city quarter where he was shot down without mercy.
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New Orleans
Giuseppe Impastato
Fire destroys Jewell Lutheran college building in Jewell Junction
The main building of Jewell Lutheran college at Jewell Junction is burned. Bert Melang of Randall is missing. Several students had narrow escapes. Loss estimated at 25 000 dollars with 12 000 dollars insured.
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Marshalltown
Jewell Lutheran College
Jewell Junction
Bert Melang
Randall
Hamilton Fish Under the Knife in New York
Hamilton Fish assistant treasurer of the United States underwent an operation for appendicitis at his home in New York City. He is reported to be doing well. Governor A I Cummins and many Iowa officials have accepted invitations to a possum banquet this week organized by Jeff Logan a colored janitor of the state senate cloakroom. The Swedish mission church at Paxton NL marks its twenty fifth anniversary. Laredo Texas reports four days without a yellow fever case.
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Hamilton Fish
New York
A. I. Cummins
Iowa
Jeff Logan
Paxton
Laredo
Tex
Chicago Board of Trade Markets Report
Quotations from Chicago show mixed grain and livestock activity with December wheat at 0.0% high and 0.0% low, December pork and lard prices around 11.00 and 6.45, and hogs and cattle trading briskly. East Buffalo consignors note steady to higher receipts for cattle and hogs, with lambs and sheep mixed. St Louis reports No 2 red wheat around 89 to 90 cents and corn firm near 41 cents.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Texas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
St. Louis
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Ellison Porter
Leonard Woop
Tidewater Canal
Committee On Interstate Commerce
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Foraker
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South Carolina
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Foster
Louisiana
Hawley
Connecticut
Proctor
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Warren
Wyoming
Alger
Michigan
Bate
Quarles
Cockrell
Pettus
Blackburn
North
G. A. Park
Gen’s Immigration and Industrial Ag’t
Louisville & Nashville
R. R. Go
Louisville, KY
Catherines
Drake
Mafia
St. Louis Grain
East Side
Opticians
Lemmon & Lewis
John Shields & Son
Beacon
Mystic
Seymour
Buckeye
Ill
Thayer, Ill
Delta
Centerville
Canton
Ili
LaSalle, Ill
Beacon Nut
Athens, Ill
Nut
Delta Nut
Lard
Columbia Pharmacy
Means & Stichter
Resta
Colenso
Frank Rogers
California
Prash Pruit Daily
M. Lombardo
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