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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1900
Page
1
A preacher urges parents to protect their children's bodies minds and souls. He cites parental faults in discipline and overzealous religiosity, warns against lax or harsh training, stresses early formation, and pleads for personal example to keep children safe and faithful to God.
English guests journeyed from London to Acton to entertain the Home of Rest for Horses. The Duke of Portland presides this asylum aiding overworked beasts with a pensioner class and old favorites. Amid the menu of chopped apples and bread the horses sniffed potpourri, led by Boxes the Tel-el-Kebir survivor.
A humorous exchange notes Miss Gettingold guiding gentlemen on a walk to a large oak. She modestly boasts of the tree’s centuries while dismissing her twenty five years as a trivial span, as described in Fliegenda Blaetter.
A provocative editorial asserts that the world would regain paradise if men adhered to the collective wisdom of women, urging changes in behavior and social norms for harmony and progress.
Washington reports the House rushed through 122 private pension bills in sixty two minutes before resuming debate on the army appropriation bill of 111 million. Debate centered on military expansion and the number of wounded and dead in the Philippine Islands since 1898. An Alaska civil government bill and liquor license rates drew amendments, while an aliens mining claim restriction failed to advance.
Washington March 28 The house committee on territories considered the Hawaiian bill for a delegate to Congress. Chairman Knox read a senator's letter arguing against a delegate and requesting a declaration Hawaii would not be made a state. The committee nonetheless voted unanimously to support a delegate.
The Supreme Court heard arguments on March 28 regarding the validity of the US provisional court in Puerto Rico. F D McKenney argued for Ramon Baez seeking habeas corpus and certiorari, contending the provisional court lacked jurisdiction and Gaez should have been tried in ordinary civil courts of the territory.
Indianapolis owner John C. New of the Indianapolis Journal says the paper has not changed its attitude on the Puerto Rico tariff bill. The Journal has long criticized the measure and is seen by some as backing General Harrison for the presidency in the current political climate.
Raphael Ortiz a native Puerto Rican stood before a federal court in St Paul on habeas corpus. He was tried by a military court without jury for the murder of an American soldier found guilty and sentenced to death which was commuted to life imprisonment. His lawyers now claim Ortiz was an American citizen at the time of the killing entitling him to a jury trial.
Senator Davis of Minnesota introduces a substitute for the Puerto Rican tariff bill proposing free trade between the United States and Puerto Rico and extending internal revenue laws on the island. The act is provisional and expires March 1, 1902, as the Senate Puerto Rico committee considers its fate.
Fragmentary text notes a delay or decision in the Republican caucus regarding separating the tariff feature from the Puerto Rican bill, with no final action indicated.
Washington March 28 The third Republican caucus in the senate on Puerto Rico legislation ended in disagreement on every point and a vote to send all bills and amendments to open senate consideration without any binding policy from the majority.
In Chicago on March 28 a widowed coal dealer Charles Bartlett faces a breach of promise suit from Rebecca Greenwood over potential $10,000 settlement. The Rev Willard J Frost resigns after admitting immoral conduct at Harvey Congregational Church. Isabelle Warner of Lafayette Ind seeks arrest warrants for her eloped fiancé. Cincinnati attorney Charles S Sparks is blinded by vitriol thrown in street attack.
Smallpox breaks out at the Academy of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart six miles north of Fort Wayne Indiana. Mrs R N Reats of Chicago relative of a pupil is the payer. She was stricken while visiting the institution. The academy is quarantined and all pupils and teachers have been vaccinated.
Indians claim the lake front in Chicago after the Supreme court's decision depriving the Illinois Central railway Representative Hamilton of Michigan introduced a bill in the house to grant jurisdiction to the Court of Claims to hear and decide the claim to the property.
Kokomo Ind March 28 Francis Schlatter the divine healer occupies a cell in the county jail charged with disorderly conduct his wife causing the arrest Schlatter has been conducting a large business here for four months he says his wife overwork drove her to drink brandy and opium and prompted the arrest
Comptroller Dawes reports 400 applications for national bank charters since December 1 1899 under the new banking law. Most requests seek $25 000 capitalization. Some towns have sent multiple applications.
Admiral Schley arrives at Bahia Brazil aboard the Chicago. The Chicago met the disabled French steamer Bretagne and towed her into port. The Montgomery was last seen at Montevideo and the Wilmington is there.
The Penny Savings Society of Chicago reports it received seventy thousand dollars on deposit from school children via their teachers during the previous year.
A strange process yields paper teeth supposedly superior to traditional materials. Experts note comfort and function but advise many to keep stomach health to protect teeth. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters touted to cure constipation dyspepsia and biliousness. The ad warns the devil tempts youth via fathers.
In Washington D C a 16 month old boy suffered a rash misdiagnosed as measles then mumps then scrofula. After four months with doctors and salves the sore worsened. A neighbor’s tip led to Hood's Sarsaparilla which improved the boy's health, and after a relapse the medicine again cured the neck infection. Mars Nurmi 47 K St N E.
A collage of snippets includes a chiding note on Beauchamp’s official door policy with blue and white tickets, a Cuban leader accepting American occupation posts, Baltic wrecks claim, a dye ad promising fast colors, a grammarian quip on women, and a real estate purchase by Charles Major after years as a lawyer.
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