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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1903
Page
6
Riots and Crimes Across the Nation Highlight Turbulent Year
A flood of incidents spans the country from Texas and Nebraska to Virginia and Illinois. A 16 year old in Texas kills a man once acquitted of his father’s murder, a Nebraskan woman faces murder charges, a boiler explosion injures and kills dock workers, and a post office robbery nets $1,000. The era notes payoffs include a large gold dollar sale, factory fires, arson or accidents, and political tax reforms. President Roosevelt plans a March visit to Denver then New Mexico and Oklahoma amid arbitration talks over Venezuela.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shannon
Tex
Edward Fairless
Thomas Barker
Barker
Young Fairless
Lena M. Lillie
David City
Neb
Harvey Lillie
Lizzie Massey
Elizabeth River
Virginia
Illinois
Leroy
Chase & Son
St. Joseph
William Henry Preece
Institution of Civil Engineers
Marcon
Turf Exchange
Chambers & Walker
Hot Springs
Ark
Northcott
AliCullough
Minois
John McKenna
Lime Point
Cal
Marin County
Golden Gate
Upto
Burlington Road
Nebraska
Wyoming
South Dakota
Roosevelt
Denver
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Surprise State Bank
Surprise
Chicago
Freehold
N. J
Laura Biggar
Bennett
Charles C. Hendricks
Samuel Stanton
Bloomington
W. A. Nicolaus & Co
Dead-end collision kills fireman J A Wright at Petersburg
A freight train crash on the Chicago Peoria and St Louis line at Petersburg kills Springfield fireman J A Wright. The incident is part of a string of national disasters and crimes including lynching in Kansas, fires in Nebraska stockyards, and a blizzard across Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Peoria
Col. S. P. Bartlett
Illinois Fish Commission
Colorado
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Jack Donahue
Frank Dougherty
Hot Springs
Ark
Roosevelt
White House
America
Brooklyn
Arbuckle Sugar
Coppinger
Personal and Political Leaders Pass in Creek Nation and Buffalo Bill Circle
Former Creek chief Isparacher of Okmulgee Oklahoma died at 90 after a long career in Creek affairs spanning sixty years and involvement in major U.S. treaty relations with the Indians. Nate Salsbury, Buffalo Bill Wild West Show partner, died at Long Branch aged 57.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isparacher
Okinulgee
J. T
United States
Nate Salsbury
Long Branch
Various International Developments Aboard The World Stage
Admiral Dewey welcomed at San Juan Porto Rico amid salutes and revelry. Arch bishop Canterbury Frederick Tempie dead after illness. Parthenon lost with 28 aboard. Nord sworn Haitien president. tranquility claimed. Caracas forced to unload partially at La Guayra. protests. Moroccan claimant defeats imperial troops. 40 soldiers beheaded. Crown Princess Louise of Saxony found near Geneva with tutor. Archduke Leopold present. Pope warns agitators. cardinals greet Christmas. Haitian exiles to return under amnesty. Russian winter crops report dire. Castro offers Hague arbitration conditional on blockade end and fleet return. Germany demands 340000 cash. arbitration delayed. Castro insists blockade ended and fleet returned before arbitration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
San Juan
Porto Rico
Frederick Tempie
Canterbury
All England
Parthenon
Nord
Haytien Republic
Republic
Caracas
la Guayra
Puerto Cabello
Morocco
Louise of
Saxony
Salzburg Castle
Geneva
Archduke Leopold
Vatican
Hayti
Russia
Castro
Hague Tribunal
Venezuela
Germany
Astor Funds New Outpatient Dept for London Hospital
William Waldorf Astor donated 250000 pounds to build a new outpatient department for the Hospital for Sick Children in London. Reports from Andijan, Russian Central Asia mention ongoing earthquake shocks while the pope is in good health and spirits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andijan
Russian -Central Asia
William Waldorf Astor
Hospital For Sick Children
London
Fires, deaths and disasters reported in brief.
A running digest notes a woman dies in a Steubenville boarding house fire, a boarder dies from a powder explosion, U S troops guard McKinley tomb in Canton, many fire and wreck fatalities across the country, vast currency transfers, and other incidents from December including a bank safe robbery, rail collisions, and notable deaths.
Wreck Kills Thirty in Grand Trunk Collision at Wanstead
London Ont Dec 29 Thirty persons are known dead and at least 35 injured as the Pacific express crashed head on into a freight at Wanstead amid a blizzard. Bodies burn and many perish from cold before help arrives. Andrew Carson says dispatcher Kerr ordered the freight canceled, causing the crash, while Kerr remains silent pending inquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
Company M
Third United States Infantry
Fort Thomas
Canton
McKinley
Brooklyn
N. Y
Ridgewood
N. J
Crawfordsville
Ind
New Orleans
New York
San Francisco
Chicago
Schenectady
Maxon
Denmark
Montgomery Godley
Pittsburg
Kan
Dun & Co
Staples
Grand Trunk Pacific Express
Sarnia
Ont
Ulysses S. Grant
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Germany
England
Italy
Hague
Castro
Caracas
Washington
Grand Trunk Road
Wanstead
Pacific Express
Colorado
Venezuela
Union
St. Louis
Barrett
J. P. Morgan
Pope Leo
John Mitchell
West Virginia
Oliver Wideman
Troy
D. C
W. K. Jay
Volunteers of America
United States
Sherman
Luzon
Manila
Nebraska
Nelson A. Miles
Peking
John Mahoney
Groversville
John
London
Grand Trunk Railway
Canada
Andrew Carson
Watford
McAuliffe
Grand Trunk
Express
J. G. Kerr
Wyoming
Carson
Kerr
Decapitated body found on railroad tracks sparks murder suspicions
The decapitated body of John Wax of Pittson was found on Lehigh Valley tracks near Wilkes-Barre. Wax, a coal strike witness who had been threatened and whose home was dynamited, had repeatedly faced threats. investigators suspect murder amid ties to the strike commission testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Wax
Pittson
Wilkesbarre
Herald
Wax
Senator Van Wyck’s spray story at Senate Roast
Senator Van Wyck’s rapid speaking allegedly sent spray toward colleagues while he attacked corporations in a tale recounted by Senator Spooner and noted by the Washington Post. Ingalls adjusted his spectacles, asked for an umbrella, and laughed as Van Wyck continued his impassioned plea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spooner
Senator Ingalls
van Wyck
Nebraska
Washington Post
Ingalls
Mr. Spooner
Mr. Punch
Ngalls
Senator Spooner
Irish Refrigerator Failures Sparkice Dispute
An Irish woman bought a refrigerator claiming it would keep food best. After days she returned it saying it failed, since she did not use any ice and the salesman suggested more ice. The woman insisted she bought to avoid ice, not to use it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Wherein He Was Different
A clipped comic line from the Philadelphia Press notes McJigger as self centered and always seeking the best for himself, while Thingumbob points out the shared human desire for better things.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McJigger
Philadelphia Press
Proved Cough Remedies and Pugilist Banter Then Kept
A collage of old ads and quips including Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets priced at 25 cents, Piso’s Cure for Consumption praised by a Indiana tester, a boxing taunt from Detroit Free Press, and farm ad claims from Mulhall Sioux City Iowa.
Woman Praises Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound
Letter from Mrs Laura basons of Walkerville Ont recounts five years of ovarian trouble and discharge cured within weeks by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She urges others to try it, offers $5000 for proof, and invites letters to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkeham
Laura Basons
Walkerville
Ont
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