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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1902
Page
7
Dr James W Kidd of Fort Wayne Indiana announces a free to trial elixir claimed to cure rheumatism neuralgia stomach heart liver kidney blood skin and many other ailments. The advertisement asserts miraculous recoveries and offers to send the remedy with no cost upon request.
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Editorial praises Eugene F. Ware of Topeka Kansas as an excellent choice for a difficult pensions commissioner post. It critiques Democratic push on an Isthmian canal route, notes Republican stance, and laments shifts in party ideology and the loss of Christian sympathy amid social drift toward paganism.
Bishop Henry C. Potter of New York told Yale undergraduates at Battell chapel that urban life and growing wealth threaten a return to artificiality. He warned that modern machinery and corporate power could narrow real thinking to a few, urging sympathy and simple living.
The piece argues against alarm over the army in the Philippines, noting two opposing plans and the need to keep troops there for years. It criticizes anti administration rhetoric, defends Roosevelt as commander, and urges political opponents to wait for a more statesmanlike policy instead of scuttling McKinley.
After the twentieth meeting the new Cuban government will handle its own finances. The United States troops and most American influence will depart, leaving Cuba to operate its fiscal affairs independently.
A Nevada Representative critiques a proposed gratuitous American market present to Cuba. He warns it favors American speculators and Cuba risks improper interference. He suggests Cubans should pursue independence before annexation and U.S. privileges are fully extended.
Washington reporters praise Judge Conner congressman from the Tenth district for his campaign leadership and success in securing ten city appropriations in one state. They note his tact as a persuader and his dedication to Iowa over local interests as a sole Iowa member on the committee.
Taxpayers sign petition urging trustees to fund half the cement sidewalk project from village funds. Opponents cite costs for those with stone walks and fear burden on the poor. Supporters compare to highway taxes and public use of sidewalks. question fairness of current maintenance. Also lists uncalled letters in Webster City post office for week ending April 29 with names including John W. Wright Lizzie Wallis Ola Bingtson and others.
The Chicago Great Western Railway offers excursion tickets to Dallas for the General Conference M E Church South meeting in Dallas from May 7 to June 6 1902 with travel May 4 5 and return by June 7 at one fare plus two dollars. Apply to any Great Western agent or J P Elmer G P A Chicago for details.
Meiers Wright & O'Brien awarded top prizes for bowling, A L O'Connor scored 268 at ten pins setting a Webster City record, Harold Mason earned a silver match box for nine pins, with remarks on forming a local team. The piece also recalls Dewey and Manila and announces a Kamrar restaurant opening.
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