World Trend 1903 Highlights Education and Science
A survey of 1903 notes practical education expansion from journalism to domestic science and fire protection. It cites Columbia’s Pulitzer funded school, Kansas and Yale programs, California forestry, librarians at Western Reserve, trade schools by Schwab, and growing university enrollment amid benefactions. It also notes church opposition to secular schooling and early trolley speed records, wireless advances, airship experiments, and astronomy discoveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
France
United States
Columbia University
Joseph Pulitzer
New York World
Kansas University
Yale
Chicago
California
Iawn
Columbia
Western Reserve
Misssouri
Charles M. Schwab
Cardinal Gibbons
Dr. Greer
World learns of radium and other early 20th century science feats
The piece highlights Mme Curie and her husband in France identifying radium and its mysterious radiative power. It mentions Florence Sabin's lymphatic research, Himalayan ascent records, new cures for infections, and advances in chemistry and physics, naming several scientists and discoveries of that era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme. Curie
Professor Curie
France
Austria
Ramsay
Florence R. Sabin
Johns Hopkins
Dunbar
Titoni
Aronson
Fletcher
Hatai
Chicago
Steinmetz and Hewitt
New Records in Realm of Sport
The year saw Lou Dillon, the five year old California mare, clock two minute miles and a 1 58 percent mile in Memphis after Reedville and later. Dan Patch posted 1 56 4 in a mile and 65 6 for a half. Prince Alert ran 1 57. Africander won the Suburban. Picket captured the American Derby. Waterboy triumphed in the Century. Cambridge beat Oxford Yale beat Harvard Cornell swept the Hudson. Janetty won the Irish Auto Derby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Dillon
California
C. K. G. Billings
Reedville
Masa
Major Delmar
Crescens
Memphis
Dan Patch
Prince Alert
Africander
Waterboy
Reliance
Cambridge
Oxford
Yale
Harvard
Ups and Downs of the Workaday World
A year in review 1903 shows war fears, famine, and trust turmoil. The era opens with gains in wages and dividends but soon yields to distress as shipbuilding and oil battles unfold. Cotton soars under Brown influence, while many industrials stumble and Lake Superior collapses amid minor failures.
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Orient
Europe
Western Europe
America
Brown
Wall Street
Morgan
Shipbuilding Trust
Steel
Pennsylvania
Gould
Rockefeller- Morgan
Schwab
Corey
Steel Trust
Lake Superior
Brown Clique
New Orleans
South
The New Factors In the Social Equation and Labor Strife
A study of evolving social forces cites new industrial combines and labor pressure for higher pay and shorter hours, led by David M. Parry and the Citizens' Industrial Association of America. It also notes a surge in independent unions and a broader rise in crime, lynchings, and family instability linked to wealth concentration and altered childrearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Cotton
Middle West
New York
Baltimore
Automobile Trust
Glass Machine Works
Roosevelt
Europe
Manila
London
Pennsylvania Tunnel
Hudson River
Union Station
Washington
Boll Weevil
Texas
Labor Legiona
Mitchell
Captain
David M. Parry
Citizens’ Industrial Association of America
Miller
Sam Parks
Japan and Russia edge toward war fears in world turmoil
Tokyo reports a cabinet privy council meeting to plan measures amid a grave Asia Europe crisis. China trains troops with Japanese instructors and Russia fears a Chinese attack, while Buenos Aires notes Franco Russian Anglo Japanese treaties. Cudahy in Des Moines ships 1 million pounds of extract meat to Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Cabinet
Privy Council
Seoul-Fusan
Russia
Japan
Korea
Pekin
China
Chinese Board of War
New York
Herald
St. Petersburg
Buenos Ayres
Moreno and Rivadavia
Ansaldos Yards
Italy
Anthony Gibbs & Co
Des Moines
Iowa
Cudahy Packing Company
South Omaha
San Francisco
Omaha
United States
War Department of
Methodist Church Services Highlight Sunday Activities
A list of Sunday events at the M. 2. Church includes the Lord's Supper led by presiding elder Vhorne with Revs Holland Schreckengast Shinn and Stryker, a 5 45 Epworth League meeting reading Henry Van Dyke, and a Christmas music program. J Wesley Holland preached on Samson, stressing character as a daily battle and warning against sin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vhorne
Holland
Schreckengast
Shinn
Stryker
Epworth League
Henry van Dyke
Ella May Brown
Klein
Uhas. Parkinson
Merle Lytle
Garret Biblical Institute
Gaza
Samson
Mr. Holland
Notable Figures in Death's Favorities List
A compilation of prominent figures across fields who have passed away, including ex Premiers, diplomats, authors, inventors, artists, scholars, and leaders. The list features Sagasta, Julian Ralph, Ada Ellen Bayley, J L M Curry, Gatling, Whistler, Olmstead, Morse, Lecky, Lord Salisbury, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagasta
Spain
Julian Ralph
M. de Blowitt
Abram 8. Hewitt
J. L. M. Curry
Ada Ellen Bayley
Edna Lyall
Ed R. Shaw
Richard J. Gatling
Joseph Henry Shorthouse
Schuyler Hamilton
Belknap
William H. Milburn
Senate
Brigham Young
Hillary
William EB. H. Lecky
Lester A. Beardsley
Cyrus Edson
Professor Mommsen
Daniel H. Hastings
Pennsylvania
Herbert Spencer
Lord Salisbury
England
Dean Farrar
Canterbury
Paul du Chailly
Stuart Robson
Bibyl Sanderson
P. M. Arthur
Locomotive Engineers Chief Bain Aids Education Pioneer Savage
Alexander Bain longtime chief of Locomotive Engineers and educator teams with author Richard H. Savage and Andrew H. Green celebrated as Father of Greater New York in civic tribute notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Bain
Richard H. Savage
Andrew H. Green
Greater New York
Inland Steel mill workers return after 2 month strike
Inland Steel Indiana Harbor sees 900 union workers back on the job after a long stoppage over wage cuts. The walkout began when pay was reduced, workers were barred for union membership, and an agreement was later reached with the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dee
Inland Steel Company
Indiana Harbor
Pope Recommends Gregorian Chant for Churches
The Pope issued a personal note urging Gregorian chant in churches. The guidance, on sacred music, will appear in the next Osservatore Romano issue.
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Rome
The
Osservatore Romans
Union protests machines in government printing office
Columbia Typographical Union No. 101 forms a committee to petition Congress against installing type setting machines in the government printing office. They argue the machines cannot perform the government work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Columbia Typographical Union No. 101
Congress
Hay's Condition Remains Unchanged in Washington
Secretary Hay's bronchial trouble shows no improvement. He plans to depart Washington for Thomasville, Georgia, in early January to visit Colonel Oliver Payne, hoping the mild climate will aid recovery as it has before.
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Hay
Washington
Secretary Hay
Thomasville
Oliver Payne
Prominent St. Louis Leader John K Prather Dies
Colonel John Kiff Prather, a dominant figure in St. Louis affairs for 49 years, dies of pneumonia at his home 3738 Westminster Place. He had served as jury commissioner of St. Louis for the past year.
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St. Louis
John Kiff Prather
Westmister Place
Prather
Beall Woman Cured by King’s New Discovery
T R Beall of Beall Mississippi recounts his wife’s fall illness mirroring consumption symptoms. After prior treatments failed, she used Dr King’s New Discovery and improved immediately, with four bottles curing her. Trial bottles free, guaranteed by Stewart's Pharmacy at 50c and 1.00.
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King
T. R. Beall
Beall
Dr. King
Stewart
Death of Mrs John Downing in Wellman
Yesterday afternoon Mrs John Downing died at her home after heart troubles. She was about fifty, leaves a husband and two children Roy and Gertie. Born in Illinois she moved to this county years ago and lived in Wellman. A faithful Methodist member she will be buried after funeral services at the M E church conducted by Rev. W L Clapp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
John Downing
Downing
Methodist Church
M. E. Church
W. L. Clapp
Low Rates to the Coast from Iowa Central January 1904
Iowa Central offers round trip tickets to Portland Oregon January 7 8 and 9 1904 for the round trip fare with return by January 31 Tickets valid via St Paul and northern lines returning through Ogden Denver or vice versa An option with return through San Francisco and Los Angeles available for a small extra charge Obtain details from agents or A B Cutts G P T A Minneapolis Minn
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Iowa Central
Portland
Ore
St. Paul
Northern Ines
Ogden
Denver
San Franciso
Los Angeles
A. B. Cutts
G.P
T. A
Minneapolis
Minn
Jan É
Macbeth at the Capitol With John Griffith in Lead
Manager John M Hickey mounts a lavish Macbeth production with John Griffith as star. The company features elaborate costumes scenery and electric effects and aims to surpass the earlier Faust version that introduced Griffith to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Griffith
John M.hickey
Hickey
Faust
John Grimith
Crown Cafe Serves Homemade Cakes and Pastry
Local eatery Crown Cafe offers a selection of homemade cakes and pastry items for customers seeking fresh bakery treats in a casual dining setting.
Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets Featured as Constipation Remedy
Mr Eli Butler of Frankville New York touts Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets as the finest remedy for constipation. He says the pills act gently without unpleasant effects and leave the bowels natural. Stewart's Pharmacy Cook and Sherman sell the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Eli “Butler
Frankville
N. Y
Stewart
Cook & Sherman
Holiday Excursion Rates From Rock Island Lines
Rock Island system announces holiday excursion rates between Rock Island stations within 200 miles from December 24 to 25 and 31, and January 1. Return limit January 4, 1904. Full particulars at all Rock Island ticket offices. H. W. Russell, Agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Isand
Rock Island
Presbyterian Christian Endeavor Meeting Agenda
The regular business meeting of the Presbyterian Christian Endeavor society will be held Wednesday evening, Dec. 30, after prayer meeting. Reports from the committees will be expected. The election of officers will be held. All members are expected to be present. G. W. Hobson, Vice President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Christian Endeavor Society
G. W. Hobson
Royal Neighbors Box Supper Scheduled Next Tuesday
Royal Neighbors announce a box supper next Tuesday at 7 30 pm. All Modern Woodmen and wives are invited. Each lady should bring a lunch box.
Quick action prevents croup attack with Chamberlain remedy
When a child becomes hoarse or shows a croupy cough, give Chamberlain’s core Remedy immediately for a safe pleasant treatment. It never fails and is sold by Stewart's Pharmacy Cook & Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Stewart’s Pharmacy
Cook & Sherman
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Archbishop Temple of England
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Philadelphia
Rubmer
Meatter
Leboudy Brothers
Paris
Dr. Greth
Stanley Spencer
Benbow
Syracuse
Langley
Potomac
Pickering
Franz
Dugan
New Land
Antarctic
Egypt
Co-Operative Family Club
John Mitchell
M. 2
Death’s
Crown Cafe
Rock Island System
H. W. Russel
Agt
Elgin
Hamilton, Illinois
Waltham, Deuber
Cresent
Wadsworth
Deuber, Fayhs
HLF
Steck’s
Weat Side
South Side
Omois
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