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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1902
Page
4
The Weekly Tribune notes growing congestion expected on routes to the North Pole amid expedition plans. It also jokes about ice pricing, social observations, and a roundup of assorted curiosities from finance to politics.
The old saying that figures cannot prevaricate is invoked to praise a widespread revival of interest in baseball across the country, noting renewed enthusiasm and participation.
Many newspapers debate the so called downright folly of the beef combine while most readers focus on the ensuing inconvenience.
Fragmentary notes describe Mathewson’s second inning remarks with plays rising high and dropping into Yeager’s unit. The piece also jokes about goat lymph claiming youth, a door portrait misread as a lymph shop sign, and quotes debates on women proposing and society women swearing, with Browning study warnings.
The Marquis of Queensberry has exhausted a great fortune in ten years and is the son of the famed author of the Queensberry rules. It is only fair to acknowledge the elder man’s lasting contribution.
Alphonso XIII will likely not telegraph his congratulations for Cuba’s birthday celebrations three days after his coronation, and Cuban festivities proceed with the republic’s anniversary noted.
A widow from Dayton and a Hopkinsville merchant have wed by long distance telephone. The piece humorously notes that a genuine "blushing bride" would prefer a wireless ceremony with minimal space between stations.
The article notes J. P. Morgan will get 12.5 million dollars in stock for organizing and financing a shipping combine. It asserts the price reflects his need for the deal and mentions his other purchases of Old Masters.
The text shows attendance at several large universities. Harvard reports 5 576 students, Columbia 4 422, Michigan 3 812, Chicago 3 727, California 3 540, Minnesota 3 536, Cornell 3 216, Wisconsin 2 812, Yale 2 680, and Pennsylvania 2 520.
The Tenth district Republican convention in Fort Dodge renominated Congressman J. P. Conner with unusual honors as he sought to succeed himself. The paper also notes various Iowa crime trials, accidents, fires, and local incidents from the era.
A 4 PM fire at the Iowa school for the deaf in Council Bluffs destroyed the main building and chapel, with $100000 actual loss and $200000 replacement cost. The 26 pupils and 63 staff escaped. the uninsured campus relied on weak city protection. Superintendent H W Robert and staff saved belongings as flames spread from the kitchen area to the elevator shaft.
Des Moines May 12. The board of control reports emergency plans after the Institution for the Deaf at Council Bluffs burned. Chairman Downie Judge Kinne and State Architect Liebbe visited, arranging to send home about half the children this week while keeping others at school until term end. The fall term aims to reopen with improved accommodations for all pupils.
The Iowa Supreme Court reversed earlier rulings and held wife not relieved from personal safety duties in railroad crossing. in Willfong v Omaha & St. Louis Railroad and Willfong v same, verdicts against the railroad were partly upheld. Mrs Willfong losing protection claim. husband’s case remains valid.
W E Stanbra of Humboldt was held up and robbed on a Minneapolis street as he entered a train station. The culprits escaped with two thousand dollars in securities and one thousand dollars in cash. The item appears in a short dispatch from Fort Dodge dated May 14.
Terrifying eruption of Mount Pelee near St Pierre Martinique razes the city and nearby towns. Lava flows 4400 feet to the sea wiping out plantations factories and tens of thousands are feared dead or missing. Survivors seek aid as ships report ash and fire storms and authorities rush relief efforts.
A Paris widow who ran a small shop was found dead in her chair from the violent emotion of winning 25 000 in a lottery. The report notes the unusual death linked to sudden fortune and mentions a fetter in her hand. Governor Crane of Massachusetts signed a bill to medal every man who answered Lincoln's first call for troops, and the signing pen was later given to President Pierce of the minute men of 67.
A terse aphorism notes that love for enemies grants inner strength, suggesting that true compassion empowers individuals to endure conflict and seek reconciliation. The line frames a moral philosophy where empathy equips one to confront opponents with resolve.
The apple has become a leading fruit in northern Japan and yields strong profits for growers as area expands. In Michigan a company forms to produce sugar from corn. In Servia a cottage doll in a window signals a marriageable daughter resides inside.
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