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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1903
Page
6
A crowded digest reports tornado damage in Faulk County South Dakota and a Whitehouse Ohio fire. It notes ship movements to Manila, U S debt shifts, weather in Montana and a docked post office physician cut. Also covered are Kishineff tensions, labor strikes in Chicago, lynchings in South Carolina, and political shifts in Washington and Havana.
The article notes town Republicans renominated A. B. Cummins for governor and John Herriott for lieutenant governor along with Charles A. Bishop for supreme judge David J. Palmer for railroad commissioner and F. J. Riggs for superintendent of schools. It backs President Roosevelt and tariff policy. Also obituary items report Clark Waggoner 80, longtime Ohio editor, and Charles Hathaway street railroad builder dead in Cleveland. Iowa socialists plan automobile campaign to win 12 000 votes.
A protest from Japan over Corean invasion by 15 Russian troops prompts warships to Yalu river from Japan and Great Britain. Bulgaria appeals to powers to avert Turkish conflict. Port au Prince court bans over 50 Haitians incl. Firmin and Salnave family. Jenatzy wins Ireland James Gordon Bennett cup race for Germany.
A series of compact items report casualties from Evansville Indiana jail assault seven killed and twenty injured, Bulgarian reserves mobilized toward the Turkish frontier, and a Colorado river levee breach near Yuma. Other notes include political resignations, weather and fire losses, volcanic cloudburst counts, and naval deploys.
A roundup of short notices reports the bubonic plague persisting in India for over six years, a German American teachers convention in Erie Pennsylvania, Rev J W Cross aged ninety five celebrating his birthday, and President Diaz initiating Pantheon work in Mexico. Other items note a government contract for money order blanks, a Pittsburg murder suicide, John Barrett named US minister to Argentina, Senator Hanna’s Salvation Army remark, plans for a 45 story New York office complex costed at 50 million, a Chinese indemnity dispute over silver, Count Cassini returning from Washington, a global engineer shortage, Marshall Field discussing western business risks, and growing labor tensions.
A July 6 report cites 50 to 75 dead after a cloudburst at Oakford park Jeannette. Floodwaters carried a car and restaurant, with electrocutions among the casualties. The flood extended to Penn and Greensburg with significant losses. total damage estimated near 800000 dollars.
Oyster Bay July 6 a world test message from President Mackay of the Pacific Commercial Cable Co marked the opening of the new Pacific cable. The round trip message from New York to the Azores Gibraltar Suez Hong Kong Manila Guam Midway Honolulu San Francisco took twelve minutes.
Lulu Prince Kennedy, serving ten years for killing her husband Phillip H. Kennedy, a Merchants' Dispatch agent, won a new trial from the state supreme court. The couple wed shortly before his suit to annul the marriage. his father in law Charles W. Prince and brothers William and Albert faced complicity charges, with William already convicted.
A Chicago Daily News vignette shows a woman debating postage with Ravenswood postal clerks. They settle on 14 cents, arguing thirteen is unlucky and could cause misdelivery or damage. The clerk insists 13 is accurate while a shopper pushes for surplus to avoid trouble.
Report from Washington notes a sentry refused passage to a carriage claimed by the Russian ambassador Cassini. The coachman urged access saying his master is Count Cassini, ambassador, but the guard insisted on the barrier. The scene drew laughter and a rebuke from officials.
Hapgood seeks experienced or ambitious young men for many city jobs in Chicago, New York and other large cities. The national firm offers plans, booklets and lists of open positions, with a focus on character and strong references. Western HQ at 580 Monadnock Building, Chicago.
A wry Philadelphia Record quip notes some men wed poor women to settle, others wed wealthy partners to secure their future. The remark reflects social attitudes on marriage and finances.
A Chicago Daily News item notes a government official predicts 50,000,000 bushels of wheat annually from unirrigated Western Kansas Eastern Colorado and Texas Panhandle using a new Russian variety called macaroni wheat. Santa Fe reports show best yields with less than 15 inches of yearly rainfall and yields per acre equal to ordinary wheat with similar prices.
A notice promoting Four-Track Series No 3 America’s Summer Resorts by George H. Daniels offers free information about hot dry weather trips to lakes rivers and seashores in New York and New England. It invites readers to send a two cent stamp for delivery at Grand Central Station New York and notes endorsements and quotes from Hawthorne J W O Brien and Chicago Daily News.
Advertising copy extols Cuticura Ointment and Soap as the best cure for torturing disfiguring humours of skin and scalp including hair loss. It claims instant relief after a hot bath, a dose of Cuticura Resolvent, and is marketed worldwide with depots in London Paris and Boston.
The text notes the Chicago and North Western as the only double track route between Chicago and the Missouri River and mentions the Overland Limited from Chicago to the Coast. It includes a collection of opinions and aphorisms about knowledge, obstinacy, and telling troubles, attributed to the Chicago Daily News.
An old Mississippian ad for Deans Kidney Pills claims relief from kidney and urinary ailments. It features patient testimonials and lists symptoms like backache, swelling, and nocturnal wetting while praising the product’s effects.
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