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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1904
Page
6
A compact digest of global events covering casualties and fires, notable personal and political notes, business failures and resumptions, and weather records. The column surveys ongoing conflicts, economic shifts, civic disclosures, and unusual meteorological data with concise summaries and dated context.
Frank L. Stewart is held in New York on charges of stealing 600 dollars worth of jewelry from Rutland Vermont resident Henry B. Kingsley who disappeared last November. A false bulkhead on the steamer Indrawadi hid 8000 dollars of smuggled goods.
Judge George Gray of Delaware backs Grover Cleveland for the presidency at St Louis with Parker as second choice while declining to run. Senator Bailey is set as permanent chairman and John Sharp Williams as temporary chair at the national convention. The Indianapolis prohibition convention nominates Silas C Swallow for president and George W Carroll for vice president. Gen Nelson Miles declines prohibition nomination. Bryan’s stance on the Parker ticket remains unclear.
Reports say forces between Tatchekiao and Kaichow prepare for a major clash as Oku’s Japanese army wins at Fenshui pass driving Russians from Dalin hill. Dispatches mention Port Arthur forts fallen, joint front 120 miles, and islanders seizing Wolf mountains amid ongoing engagement.
A Russian submarine at St. Petersburg suffered a disaster leaving twenty one sailors dead and others missing. The event adds to tensions as naval incidents rise in the region.
The report records the burial of Daniel Decatur Emmett author of Dixie in Mount Vernon Ohio and the disappearance and possible suicide of Louis Bruemmer in Wisconsin. It notes lynching of John Jones near Daxtersville Georgia, the installation of Morton Moody Metcalf as cabinet members, and a 1904 US debt total of 967,231,774 with a monthly drop. It covers Lester May’s murder suicide in Ocean Grove New Jersey and the Nevada Democratic death of Joseph R. Ryan. Also mentions a Jackson & Battle Creek collision near Marshall Michigan, ongoing Russo-Japanese War actions, and Tsushima Port Arthur battles with Japanese advances.
Dr George F Lee a Philadelphia chemist has found a method to produce radium cutting its price from 16 000 000 to 500 000 per pound Secretary Moody delays removal of tuberculosis patients from naval hospitals to a South Carolina camp pending congressional action Otis Elevator strike in Chicago disrupts firm’s U S German and British business Pete Marquette syndicate acquires Chicago Cincinnati and Louisville railway forming a three line system Owen McCarthy dies at 104 in Saratoga Springs Cornell president Schurman tells grads a self serving bachelor is no man Bank deposits rise in Chicago boosting cash reserves and easing money market Oregon Washington Idaho to produce over 60 million bushels of wheat Railroads report scalper activity in Chicago on St Louis fair business English wife sues to reclaim matrimonial agent fee after rejecting 696 chances American delegates admire German empress at woman’s congress Platt served Chicago in lumber suit Samuel G Smith elected president of the National Charities association
In Indianapolis the Prohibition party chose Silas C. Swallow of Pennsylvania for president and George W. Carroll of Texas for vice president after a lengthy deadlock. The platform denounces liquor, calls for party unity to enact prohibition laws, and supports direct democracy measures and arbitration. Swallow may still decline the honor per a Harrisburg telegram.
In the Philadelphia Inquirer a humorous exchange features a small son of a labor agitator asking if thunder is the lightning and the reply that lightning is, prompting the child to conclude that thunder does not belong to the union.
Frank M. Russell of Cox Wisconsin suffered with Kidney Disease and Bright's Disease until he read a newspaper claim about Dodd's Kidney Pills He took two boxes and regained strength now able to work all day He credits the remedy with a dramatic improvement in his condition and energy.
An advertisement proclaims Allen's Foot-Ease as a cure for hot sweating calluses and swollen aching feet. Sold by druggists for 25 cents with a free trial package offer. Includes address for Allen S. Olmsted in Roy, New York. Also features a collection of brief humorous quotes from various readers.
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