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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1904
Page
6
A compact survey spanning conflicts and disasters, political moves, market shakeups, and weather notes. The week’s events touch multiple regions with reports on casualties, fires, leadership changes, corporate failures, and resumptions, outlining the global mood.
A Texas fire killed J. A. McBeth his wife and five year old daughter and his brother-in-law Bert West. The blaze at Ballinger also left a community grieving as investigators assess the cause.
A long list of 1903 national statistics notes 8,976 deaths from violence, 232 weekly business failures, 122 executions, 104 lynchings in 1903, and a high railway death toll. adds in pensions, embezzlement losses, gifts, and a Chicago theater disaster with casualties.
Mrs Margaret F Sullivan a leading newspaper woman dies in Chicago at 56 Gordon Trumbull an artist dies in Hartford Conn Catherine McVey a Danville pastry cook who hosted Lincoln dies at 104 Thomas Connolly a Du buque carriage magnate dies at 66 Robert C Harper oldest Minneapolis resident dies aged 104 James J Belden ex congressman dies in Syracuse at 78 Capt Frederick Pabst famed brewer dies in Milwaukee at 67 Georgia Republicans set state convention in Atlanta on March 23
The cruiser Olympia arrives at Colon from Cartagena with United States Minister Beaupre aboard. Reports note Japan-Russia tensions rising as Tokyo warns of a critical far eastern situation amid growing war talk. A Calumpit fire destroys 250 houses and leaves several dead, with 1,000 homeless.
A South American diplomat says Colombia must fight to preserve her integrity as bitterness toward the United States and Panama grows. An American warship reportedly sank the Colombian gunboat General Pinzon in a naval battle in the Gulf of Darien. Fargo Squiers, eldest son of the U S minister to Cuba, accidentally shot and killed himself in Havana.
The Chicago theater disaster now claims 588 dead with six unidentified. One day saw 226 funerals, the greatest in any U S city. Theatres closed until safety laws are met and owners Will J Davis Harry J Powers and Building Commissioner Williams face manslaughter bonds of 10000 each.
Chicago, Jan 2 The Iroquois theater disaster prompts Mayor Harrison to close seventeen theaters lacking asbestos curtains. Prosecution moves against managers Davis Powers and inspector Williams for manslaughter as city declares a day of mourning with city hall closed.
Rail leases extend 99 years as the St Louis and San Francisco lines entwine. Pope Pius XX receives two oil portraits as a New Year gift. Mrs. Ida Rowan dies in Atchison while John Snyder inherits 250000 in bonds, real estate, and cash. Young teacher Glen Harrison age 13 near Gainesville, Missouri shocks the nation. Turks arrest over 100 in Salonika amid Christian massacre plots. Parley Prophet dies in Utah pulpit with final sermon. Redfield Proctor and others to investigate the National American Red Cross. Captain Anderson teaching at Massachusetts Agricultural College. Knoxville editor William Rule eyed as Republican governor. Oberlin murder convict John Bennett slated for electrocution. Carnegie Institute to build four solar observatories. Oklahoma’s Mrs. Ferguson leads territorial journalism. Panama treaty flags and United States flag proceed to and from Washington.
A letter from Governor W. M. Lord praises Peruna as an excellent remedy for colds and catarrh. The ad extols Peruna as universal protection, urging households to keep the remedy for coughs and winter ailments and to request Dr. Hartman’s free book.
The Philadelphia Press summary mentions 250 Filipino students in US colleges, high school property valued at 125 million dollars, and notes on educators C. D. Tenney in Chili, Edward Mallinckrodt funding Harvard libraries, Rev. S. W. Howland becoming theology professor, Rev. E. J. Bodman reducing his salary, and Filipinos at Yale including Juan Alegre with a Manila schooling and Barcelona degree. It ends with a banquet quip about a messenger boy turned speaker.
A humorous exchange at a reception features a husband longing for more liveliness while his wife retorts that the lively woman is a rich widow, reflecting social wit of the era. The remark underscores class and gender play in social gatherings.
The note from John A. Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin touts a携 seed variety with stiff straw and long ears filled with plump kernels. It claims 80 stocks per kernel and yields of 250 to 310 bushels per acre in 1903 across 40 states. A sample promotion offers the seed and catalog for 100 stamps sent to the listed address.
Tickets are on sale via Queen & Crescent Houte, Southern Railway, and connecting lines to Florida South Southeast and Southwest. Good return through May 31, 1904. Purchases to Florida via Lookout Mountain and Atlanta, returning via Asheville and the Land of the Sky. Inquiries addressed to W. C. Rinearson Cincinnati.
A vintage ad claims a cold remedy cures in one day using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails. Quote includes customer testimonial and price, 25 cents, with branding in Chicago publications.
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