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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1903
Page
1
From Ohio to Columbus, Bryan backs John H. Clarke of Cleveland, praising his sympathy with the masses and support for direct senatorial elections and an income tax. He notes Clarke’s alignment with Democratic platform on imperialism and tariff, while criticizing metallic money views as outdated.
The Democratic state convention nominated by acclamation Auditor General Arthur G. Dewalt of Tioga County and State Treasurer Joel G. Hill of Wayne County along with Superior Court judges Calvin Reyburn of Armstrong County and John A. Ward of Philadelphia. The platform focuses on state issues and last legislature actions. Chairman J. E. P. Hall will direct the campaign from Harrisburg headquarters.
St. Joseph will become a division center for Pere Marquette once the New Buffalo extension is finished. The plan calls for an all year schedule of eight daily passenger trains and a major expansion with roundhouse car sheds and extended yards. The city was chosen for its advantageous location to improve the Chicago Grand Rapids line.
Nearby notes reference property lines and equidistant measurements from termini. The readable fragment hints at boundary descriptions but lacks a complete survey or authoritative figures.
Milwaukee reports capture of Joe Shen a man with many aliases who admitted stealing $600 from a bank teller in the Ger man bank by prying bills with a wire. Police say he robbed New Yorks Metropolitan National Bank of $10 000 on July 28 1890 was jailed two and a half years in Sing Sing and was identified by Captain Cothan of Chicago as Phillip Batley once indicted for stealing a $10 000 diamond pin on State street Chicago.
An ex robber recounts his capture after a careless spree. He robs a ranch with a courteous hostess who later haunts him as he recalls a dinner and her innocent gaze. A posse tracks him down at the same ranch after the woman he met identifies him as the suspect.
A speaker reflects on crime and remorse in a courtroom tale. The narrator says the one decent act led to trouble and laments his fate. He claims if he had stolen valuables and remained cruel he might be free, but his soft heart doomed him. The note is signed Jacqueline Eastwood.
A New York Herald clipping describes a hangman charging magnates to avoid public view and erecting scaffolds at different houses before finally finishing at a forest site. Science notes discuss a rare ear shape variant linked to evolutionary history and persistence of wisdom teeth in some individuals.
Lippincott's recalls the stern Alabama pioneer Methodist preacher Reverend John Mathews and his liberal wife who once sold a bureau to buy a hat. At a later service he named late arrivals aloud including his wife, quipping she was coming with a bureau on her head.
Trivvet says Poor Bickers has a hard hearted wife. Dicer asks what is wrong. She broke a broomstick on him and forced him to buy a new one at the store.
A pager message from the Philadelphia Record notes a quip about a joke that has aged but remains referenced. The line plays on humor longevity and human memory, suggesting one comedian’s gag outlived its shelf life.
A discussion on maternal instincts and the moral choice of seeking a healthy child. The text argues that a woman’s desire for a good outcome outweighs price, stressing that a child’s health is the mother’s gift and requires careful care and consideration.
The Reliance defeats Shamrock in a fog shrouded final race to clinch the series and keep the America Cup in the United States. Shamrock lags, misreads finish, as spectators watch a dramatic, atmosphere filled finish.
Newark N J Sept 4 Chief Justice Gummere granted dismissal of the indictment for manslaughter against directors and officials of the North Jersey Street Railway Co over Ernestine Miller's death. The state failed to show a specific act of neglect to hold them criminally responsible. The case included A J Cassatt, president of the Pennsylvania railroad. Barrow in Parnes England Sept 4 The Iron and Steel Institute closed its autumn meeting and accepted an invitation to hold a meeting in 144 in the United States. Andrew Carnegie called the invitation an international event with beneficial results. Pittsburg Pa Sept 4 Dissatisfaction among the Window Glass Workers union leaders over wage-scale withholding prompts a plan to form a third organization to allow independent plants to hire union workers.
Readable lines show multiple team matchups and scores with venues such as Toledo Milwaukee Toledo Minneapolis Lawleville and Columbia Kansas City. Mixed city spellings and typos obscure full results but suggest a busy intercity schedule with losses and wins across several games.
In Kokomo Indiana Sept 4 Ther man Applegate a two year old son of LT Applegate of Harrison towneulp has fasted for the thirteenth day with no nourishment except rare water swallows. Doctors call his case extraordinary noting his vitality yet predict he cannot live beyond three days.
Edwin Neeley, a 10 year old South Birmingham resident, died as the Starminstrel troupe performed in Library Hall Bessemer. A volley of loaded revolvers fired near the end of the show fatally struck Neeley. Wade La Salle surrendered to authorities after discovering his revolver chambers still held ball cartridges.
Omaha report says a new company is forming with 1,000,000 capital to equip and operate a coast to coast train. Backed by Union and Southern Pacific, Northwestern, New York Central, and Lake Shore, the service is projected to cut the ocean to ocean trip by ten to twelve hours versus current best connections.
John Ralston, a married man from Lansing, lost his right arm in a Crawford County press room incident. While brushing dirt from a form in a cylinder press at Wynkoop Hattenbeck, his arm was drawn in, torn from the socket and crushed. The amputation was done at the city hospital.
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions in most areas with cooler readings in the north portion. Southerly winds prevail in Indiana while lower Michigan expects partly cloudy skies with possible showers and a shift to the northwest. Iowa and Wisconsin should remain generally fair with variable winds becoming northerly.
Georgia journalist Jean Temple Graves addressed the University of Chicago’s fortieth convocation on September 4, arguing racial separation is divinely sanctioned and proposing the removal of Black people from American life. She urged Caucasian unity and the elimination of the Black presence to fulfill a supposed imperial destiny.
Scores from Chicago on September 4 show the League games with Pittsburg 6 over Pittsburg 3, Philadelphia 4 over Boston in the first game, Boston 2 to Philadelphia 0 in the second, New York 6 over Brooklyn, Chicago 5 over St. Louis, and American results with Boston 6 over Philadelphia in twelve innings, Detroit 6 over Cleveland in eleven.
The Yarkets Chicago data shows hog receipts around 16 000 with varied prices from 5.60 to 6.15 per 100 pounds and peaking near 6.00 for select 165- to 300-pound pigs. Cattle receipts near 8 000 with best steers 5.40 5.65, common 3.75 4.10, western cattle firmer. Sheep and lambs receipts about 18 000 with best natives up to 6.00 and western lambs to 5.10. feeding lambs 4.25 4.60. St Louis wheat and corn futures noted with mixed quotes. Buffalo and East Buffalo merchants quote cattle and sheep market steady with varied carload prices.
A threshing engine exploded on a Kane County farm near Geneva killing John Stevens from West Virginia and injuring about a dozen others including Frank Updike and Otto Gard of Geneva. The boiler ends blew out as crew stood nearby with flying debris and scalding steam.
Lebanon Ind Sept 4 Charles Laud 16 in a Titus farm sawmill slipped fell on a belt was thrown against a pulley fracturing his right thigh and injuring his shoulders in the incident near Lebanon Indiana
In Milwaukee on September 4 the crew of a United States ship protested alleged poor rations served aboard their vessel, signaling rising discontent among sailors and prompting authorities to assess supply and safety conditions.
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