Baptist Church Holds Annual Roll Call and Meeting
The Baptist church held its annual roll call and business meeting despite bad weather. Twenty seven new members joined. missions giving by the Young Ladies Mission Society and the B Y P U plus the Women’s Mission Circle exceeded last year. The treasurer reported improved finances with some deficit to raise. Officers elected include Samuel Younkin as deacon, Grace Bishop as clerk, Frank Edworthy as trustee, and Frank Sage as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
Young Ladies Mission Society
Womens’ Mission Circle
Samuel Younkin
Grace Bishop
Frank Edworthy
Frank Sage
al Eldridge
Ira Bowman
C. C. Long
John Bryson
John Baker
Markle Statement From Independent Operators In Anthracite Field
Scranton, Jan 5. The Markle & Co independent coal operators publish their answer to miners demands. The firm employs about 2400, with miners in Freeland Hazleton and Jeddo areas. They describe lease terms taxes and camp facilities, and deny compulsory charges while noting rent eviction actions during the strike. Exhibits show earnings of contract welders from eleven and a half months, with top earners around 4000 to 400 for lows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
G. BR. Markle & Co
John Markle
Freeland
Hazleton
Jeddo
G. B. Markle & Co
Ecoal
Hign
Markle
Chipple
Saae
Indignant Citizens Oppose Black Postmistress in Indianola
In Indianola Mississippi on January 5 residents denounce President Roosevelt's order to close the post office rather than appoint a black postmistress. White leaders call it peanut politics and vow to keep the office closed, while critics call it a grand stand to win negro votes in northern states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tidianola
Miss
Roosevelt
Washington
Mississippi
Old Farmer in Trouble Over Grave Robberies
Hampton West 65, a Noblesville area farmer, arrested on charges of stealing the bodies of Ralph Brecken and Walter Manship from Beaver cemetery nine miles southeast of Noblesville. Warrants issued by relatives after tips from Rufus Cantrell the Indianapolis ghoul. West faces two more charges in Marion county and Fox holds warrants for several other ten county individuals linked to grave robbing.
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Noblesville
Ind
Hampton West
Ralph Brecken
Walter Manship
Beaver Cemetery
Rufus Cantrell
Indianapolis
Marion
Fox
Judge Rasch explains court scandal in Evansville
Evansville Indiana January 5 Judge Rasch of the circuit court met the local bar association and described his role in a court corruption case. He says he sought $750 from a probate commissioner candidate and $200 from a bailiff candidate for campaign expenses. One paid but later had funds returned. A bar committee was chosen to investigate the matter.
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Rasch
Evansville
Ind
Circuit Court
Bar Association
Bar
Vincennes Fugitive Selby Captured in Bastrop Texas
John Selby, the Vincennes, Indiana forgery suspect who escaped custody in Monett Missouri, has been captured and jailed in Bastrop Texas. His alleged forgeries total about $50,000. The case was handled by local and state police with pursuit continuing.
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Vincennes
Rascal
Texas
Ind
John Selby
Monnett
Bastrop
Tex
Iee Mah
Beller
Notable 1900s Briefs Span Health to Politics
Noted horseman Baldwin treated for cancer says physician not serious. Painter Chartran arrives to paint President Roosevelt portrait. Manila editor Runge jailed six months and fined for libel. Two well dressed men burn baby in Denver hotel furnace. Eight Mexican banks open and prosper. Chicago aldermen seek limits on coal price hikes. Beet sugar trust head Oxnard backs Cuban reciprocity. Cipher dispatch claims Castro abdicates. Coal miners press for 15 to 20 percent wage rise. John Dalton wounded. refuses to name assailant. London liquor law tightens arrests and blacklists offenders. Irish land purchase seen as likely by MacDonnell. Hoard anti trust bill debated against Roosevelt. Lincoln Park Zoo faces freezing risk amid strike. St Louis exposition budgets education conventions at $150,000.
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M. Theobald Chartran
Roosevelt
Manuel Runge
Manila
General Bell
Brown Palace
Denver
Mexico
Chicago
Tierry Oxnard
Beet Sugar Trust
New York
Castro
United States
John Dalton
Antony MacDonnell
Senator Hoard
Farmer Charles Yort Disappears After Christmas Drunken Walk
Charles Yort a farmer from three miles north of Prentice Wisconsin vanished after Christmas Day. He reportedly received $700 from relatives and was last seen on the village street intoxicated. No trace of him has been found since Christmas.
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Prentice, Wis
Charles Yort
Yort
Five year old burned in North Chicago coal oil blast
A five year old child of Mr. Stanerlin of North Chicago died in Waukegan from a coal oil explosion. The child, playing near a kerosene can, is believed to have struck a match that ignited the flammable liquid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukegan, Ills
Stanerlin
Chicago
Barracks Destroyed by Fire at Fort Brady
Fort Brady barracks built in 1892 burned early Saturday in Sault Ste. Marie Michigan. Loss estimated at eighty thousand dollars. No injuries reported and cause unknown pending investigation.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Fort Brady
Last Sermon as Rev J R Logue Leaves for Buffalo
A union service at the Methodist church next Sabbath will honor Rev J R Logue who departs for Buffalo N Y to take a new charge. The service will be led by Logue with his choir directing singing. He preached the last sermon to his congregation yesterday, declaring the pulpit vacant. The service is not a farewell but marks a temporary departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
J. R. Logue
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr King's New Life Pills End Headache Sorely
Mrs. N A Webster of Winnie Virginia reports a two year struggle with sick headaches ended by Dr King s New Life Pills. The remedy also relieves constipation and biliousness and is sold for 25 cents at Stewart s drug store.
Swift Coking Table Patent Rights Sold to Salt Lake City Firm
Mr F E Swift closed a large deal on December 30 last year selling to the Improved Brick Co of Salt Lake City the right to use the Swift Coking Table Furnace Kiln in Salt Lake City for $5000. This brings his Salt Lake City earnings to $6250 since last May. His brother J W Swift is yard superintendent. The sales underline the value of Mr Swift’s patents to brickmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Swift
Improved Brick Co
Salt Lake City
Swift
J. W. Swift
Cardus Weather Chart Calendar issued by Chattanooga Medicine Co
The 1903 Cardus Weather Chart and Calendar by The Chattanooga Medicine Co presents twelve large sheets with monthly calendars and DeVoe weather signals predicting daily forecasts. Sold for 10 cents each by mail order from Chattanooga Tenn.
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Chatanooga Medicine Co
McElree
Cardus
Thedford
Galveston
DeVoe
Chattanooga Medicine . Tenn
Discovery Promises Longer Life from Dr King’s Cure
O H Downey of Charubusco Indiana proclaims Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption as infallible for coughs and grip and as invaluable for weak lungs. He claims relief is instant and cure certain with bottles at Stewart’s Pharmacy and free trial bottles offered.
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O. H. Downey
Charubusco
Ind
Pleasant Plains W. F. M. event planned by Mrs Lucy Berdo
Mrs Lucy Berdo will entertain the Pleasant Plains Woman's Foreign Missionary Society at her home on North Iowa avenue across from the Milwaukee depot. The gathering is scheduled for Wednesday in 1903 with details given for attendees and location.
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Lucy Berdo
Pleasant Plains
Iowa Avenue
Milwaukee
Labor disputes in Lehigh region 1875 to 1902 arbitration history
The record outlines a long running labor dispute with miners in the Lehigh region. It covers 1875 arbitration based rules, 1900 grievances, attempts at arbitration, alleged breaches by the workers, and continued negotiations through 1902 including wage advances and car sizes. Authorities note workers did not press complaints about dues, store fairness, or car dimensions until 1902.
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Lehigh
John Michell
Haxleton
Markle
Scranton
Destitution in St Louis family shocks officers
In a poverty stricken St Louis home, Nancy McKane lies near death from hunger with five children nearby while her husband and 16 month old grandson lie dead from starvation. Officers, moved by the scene, supplied coal and food and filed a charity report.
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St. Louis
Nancy McKane
Bank President James H. Robin Found Dead in Silverton
The body of James H. Robin president and principal owner of the Bank of Silverton was found near town with a bullet wound to the temple. His revolver was still in his hand. His wife and three children are in England. A creditors committee says the bank can pay 80 percent of on demand liabilities, with assets exceeding total liabilities, and the bank will reopen in a few days.
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Silverton
Colo
James H. Robin
Bank of Silverton
England
A. H. Mundee
Presented originally in Germany Are You A Mason
A play titled Presented originally in Germany Are You A Mason will be staged at the Graham theater next Saturday night. The production is in its third season and features the same acclaimed Americanized company of comedians praised in prior editions.
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Germany
Reduced Rail Fares For Iowa State College Courses
Reduced rates to Ames for stock and grain judging and dairying courses at Iowa State College are available on certificate plan. Return tickets cost one third of full fare for those with receipts. Stock judging sequence covers Sheep Horses later Cattle with evening sessions on general agricultural topics. Board near the college offered at 3.50 to 4.00 dollars per week.
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Iowa State
Board
Mayo
Miss Denton Offers Organic Cure Claim at Benz Hotel
A Washington Iowa notice dated December 12 1902 reports a woman claiming nine years of illness from female weakness was cured after one week of treatment by Miss Denton. The notice provides Miss Denton’s Benz Hotel room 14 address and phone number 210 for inquiries.
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Washington
Miss Denton
Benz Hotel
Contests Filed Against Fourteenth General Assembly Democrats
Formal notices accuse every unchallenged Democratic house and senate member of fraud and intimidation at the polls. The move aims to counter Democrats contests against Republican senators.
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Denver
Colo
Secretary of State
House
Senate
City Bus Line Orders Promised by Frank Rogers
Readable text indicates a request to call phone number 1 at the hotel in Colenso to leave orders. Frank Rogers pledges prompt handling of the requests.
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Colenso
Orba
Frank Rogers
Doan’s Kidney Pills Endorsement by Washington Resident
BE Powers a grocer on East Washington street reports long standing backaches and kidney issues improved by Doan’s Kidney Pills. He cites gravel, back pain, and weather sensitivity, praising the remedy as the best kidney treatment he tried. Sold by dealers nationwide 50 cents per box Foster Milburn Co New York sole agents Remember the name Doan’s.
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Washington
Dean
BE. R. Powers
Grocer
US East
Washington St
Avenue B
Columbia
Foster-Milburn Co
N. Y
United States
Doan
Shipbuilding to the United States in 1902 Half Year Output
The commissioner of navigation reports 627 sail and steam vessels totaling 171 590 gross tons built in the United States and officially numbered in the six months ended December 31, 1902. For the same period in 1901, 717 vessels of 154 478 gross tons were built, with 47 874 tons of the latter half year tonnage constructed on the Great Lakes.
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United States
Washington
Commissioner of Navigation
Great Lakes
Collision on Grand Trunk at Merritton tunnel claims two lives
In St. Catherines Ontario on January 5 an east bound Chicago express collided with a west bound light engine near Merritton tunnel. Fireman C Waring from London and Abraham Default died. Engineers David Duke and Thomas Buckpitt of London were hospitalized but not seriously injured.
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St. Catherines
Ont
Merritton Tunnel
C. Waring
London
Abraham Default
David Duke
Thomas Buckpitt
Postponed University Opening Due to Smallpox in Delaware
The Chloe Weselyan university and the board of health decide to delay the opening until January 14 because of a smallpox outbreak in Delaware. Returning students must present a vaccination certificate.
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Delaware
Chloe Weselyan University
Board of Health
Henry Hayden Dies in Bed at 61
Henry Hamilton Hayden, a famed Wisconsin lawyer aged 61, was found dead in his bed yesterday morning. Doctors say apoplexy caused the death.
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San Claire
Wis
Henry Hamilton Hayden
Anti-Saloon League Meeting Called for Washington Visit
Columbus Ohio January 5 Rev Baker head of the American Anti Saloon League headquarters committee has called a meeting of the committee to assemble in Washington on January 1 to plan strategy and coordinate lobbying efforts.
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Anti-Saloon League
Columbus
Baker
American Anti-Saloon League
Washington
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Mercer & Chilcote
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M. E. Church
Justice McCall
Homer Ashby
F. E. Bswift
Baptist Church Roll Call
Markles
Minera
Indianola
Pat
Postmiet
Gravee
Cantrell
J) Baldwin
Lincoln Park Zoo
Park Teamsters
Great Weather Calendar
Wood
Frost King
Frost Queen
Tion
Columbia Pharmacy
J. B. Lemmon
Pleasant Plains Society
Hassand
Chita
Mason
AMES
Colorado
Washington and
Vicinity
J. A. Harwood
South Side
Firm Foundation
Sac Sry
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
National League of
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Southwest
Washi
Morrell Law
Burlington
The
Nonotuck Silk Co
D. L. Baird & Son
Cash Store
SOL Rich & CO
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