Happenings of the Week From Westville and Beyond
A seven day roundup notes a tense world with Russians failing to retake 203 Metre hill, famine in Gishelinsk district and Port Arthur’s fate. U S President Roosevelt marks his eighteenth wedding anniversary quietly at the White House. Local accidents and crimes are listed alongside major national events and labor disputes.
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Gish- 4Linsk
Russia
Roosevelt
White House
Columbus
Ind
Matthias Haines
Mexico
A. A. Ames
Minneapolis
Elliott
Carnegie Steel Company
Youngstown
Girard
O. Jacques Krakauer
New York
C. L. Chadwick
Cleveland
O. Krakauer
B. T. Bridgeman
Irvin Cregs
Bridgeman
Stevensville
Mich
Ohio
Chauncey F. Black
Pennsylvania
Democratic Party
Brockie
York
Fred Wittrock
Frisco Road
Leavenworth
Kan
Post Office Department
St. Petersburg
Stoessel
Port Arthur
United States Mint
Gilbert
Sherman House
Chicago
Nogi
St. Louis
Japan
Old St. Louis
Bowery
Pike
Tait
Philippines
Wilson
United States
Banks
Cassie Chadwick
Cleveland (O
Jeans
William Davis
Jacob H. Effertz
Wilders
Porfirio Diaz
Republic of Mexico
Senor
Don Ramon Corral
Washington
New York Herald
Army
Navy
Congress
Alexandra
England
Ehrling
Keekwan
The
Hague
Francis
Enterprise
Philadelphia
Indian Territory
David M. Parry
Indianapolis
Citizens’ Industrial Association
North Woods
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Jacob Moore
Mount Auburn
John Hash
Hash
Moore
William T. Manning
St. Agnes Chapel
Trinity Parish
New York City
Harrisburg
Charles H. Davis
Dogger Bank
Mascillen
New Orleans
Internal Revenue Bureau
Illinois
Kentucky
Indiana
Gees
Miami Pewcer Works
American White Cross First Aid Society
Red Cross
America
Clara Barton
Richard Yates
Springfield
Nelson
Jimmy Britt
San Francisco
Italy
Navy growth signal in Secretary Morton’s annual report
Secretary Paul Morton declares the navy must be large and formidable and cites the largest ever fiscal estimates, though cut by 17 million dollars from bureau requests. He notes a banner year for ship launches and asserts American ships will compare well with any, stressing cost per capita and war insurance.
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Washington
Paul Morton
Morton
Panama and United States Reach Trade Agreement
An executive order signed for President Roosevelt and endorsed by Panama's Amador settles US Panama differences. Customs receipts from canal zone ports go to Panama. Panama lowers tariffs to ten percent except wines and opium. free trade between canal zone and Panama. postage lowered to two cents. Panama must adopt the gold standard. Order takes effect December 12 1904.
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Panama
United States
Taft
Roosevelt
Amador
Canal Zone
Republic of Panama
Republic
Immigration to United States Falls Slightly in Fiscal Year
Washington reports a material decrease in immigration last fiscal year while noting higher moral, intellectual, and physical qualifications among admitted aliens. 812,870 arrivals included 549,100 males and 263,770 females with 3,953 reading but not writing and 168,903 unable to read or write. Total disclosed funds stood at $20,894,383, up $4,776,870 from the prior year’s arrivals.
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Washington
United States
Frank P. Sargent
First Arrests in Chadwick Bank Case Shake Cleveland
Federal officers arrested Banker Beckwith and cashier Spear in Berlin on charges of violating federal banking laws by making excessive loans to Mrs. Chadwick. The case follows the Chadwick scandal and involves a bank with capital of 60,000 while loaned amounts reach over 219,000.
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Cleveland, O
Chadwick
Beckwith
Spear
Berlin
United States
Ciue Ue
Rational Bank
Cassie L. Chadwick
Chicwick
Sredba
C Oaly
Federa
Des Moines Doctor and Former Nurse Die After Fatal Acts
In Des Moines Iowa on December 5 a wife’s jealousy led to the deaths of Dr. James H. Tucker and Anna Clark. Clark fled Tucker’s home, died after taking poison at a boarding house. Tucker then shot himself at his residence. Police say the crisis may have been premeditated.
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Des Moines
James H. Tucker
Anna Clark
Tucker
Ingenious Inventions Parade From Swiss to Edinburgh
A Swiss inventor creates an air quality indicator for rooms and a folding telescopic umbrella. John Eggen of Norway patents an acoustic fish finder for ships. Swiss watchmakers add a hourly phonograph. An Edinburgh design shelters dry seats on electric cars. Brazilian quartz glass resists thermal shock for lab ware.
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John Eggen
Edinburgh
Medical notes on insomnia and medical history funding
A correspondent suggests a hot water bag with ice water at the base of the brain as a remedy for sleeplessness. German medical journals number 230 at end of 1903, with ten added in nine months. Dr Edward Smallwood endorses motoring for insomnia and other ailments, and a Vienna donation funds a history of medicine museum and historiography seminary.
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Germany
Edward Smallwood
British Medical Journal
Puschmann
Vienna
University of Leipsic
Outwitting the Cashier
Quote from a New York Weekly cartoon panel where Minks defends Gunton’s lack of management saying his wife has access to the safe. The exchange satirizes running a business and employee trust with a wry joke about salaries and safes.
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Minks
Gunton
Winks
N. Y
Why Wheeler Speeds Down the Street
In the Kansas City Star a passerby asks why Wheeler always drives so fast along this street. The reply notes that his tailor lives on the corner.
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Wheeler
Kansas City Star
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Levi Z. ‘Leiter
Colin ‘Powys Campbell
Gov
Mickey
Nebraska
Lulu Johnson
Valentine
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Interstate Commerce Commission
William R. Hearst
Richard M. Scruggs
Parker
Swallow
Debs
Watson
Wynne
New York State Court of Appeals
Enoch Sloan
Shelby
Burrows
Reed Smoot
Richard Swartz
William Hoadley
Bryant Paper
Kalamazoo
Norway
Oliver Mining Company
Loeb Hag
Mr. West
Rhode Island
Corbett
Denver
Zeigler
Leiter
Paul Schumann
Mme. Schumann-Heink
Boston
Dresden
Mme
Janauschek
Long Island
Carbondale
Jacob S. Coxey
Mount Vernon
Commonwealth” Army
Wade and Morgan
J. D. Rankin
Howard University
Washington, D. C
O. Raymord Wilsey
Wilsey
East Berne
John Mitchell
William Lewis
W. B. Wilson
United Mine Workers
A. Ross
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
William MM. Paxton
Princeton University and Seminary
Princeton
Paxton
Arade Center
Oberlin
Dora B. Frazier
Althea St
Providence
R. I
Dr. Wiliams
All Druggiste
Western
Canada
Ottawa
C. J. Broun
Quincy
Til
W.H. Rogers
T. O. Currie
B. Callaghan
Milwaukee
Wis
Crawford
Kansas City
M. W. McInnes
6Th Ave
Detroit
G. W. McCormick & Bons
Walnut St
Cincinnati
Bears
Ise
JAK City
W. L. Douglas
U.S. Int. Revenue
Richmond
L. Douglas
Corona Colt
Beuglas
Brockton
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