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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1903
Page
6
A compact World Roundup reports casualties and fires affecting civilians and political figures, along with brief notes on business failures and resumptions and latest weather records from various regions.
Navy adopts wireless telegraphy with stations at Capes Elizabeth ann, Cod, Montauk Point, Highlands and Newport. The forty ninth annual Methodists camp meeting begins at Des Plaines River grounds in Chicago. Multiple incidents include bank closures in Wisconsin, a post office safe blown in Iowa, and several fires and crimes across states.
Harriet Stanwood Blaine aged 76 dies in Augusta Maine. Cynthia Hendrix 101 dies in West Monroe New York. Hudson Samson famed church philanthropist dies in Pittsburg Pennsylvania. P M Arthur dies after banquet speech in Winnipeg Manitoba. Col John K Miller Tennessee union officer dies at 76 in Elizabethtown. Helen M Rockwell 101 dies at daughter’s Chicago home. Andrew J Shakespeare 69 Michigan pioneer editor dies in Kalamazoo. longtime Kalamaoo Gazette publisher and Democratic conventions delegate.
The report outlines multiple events including the Cuban senate approving treaties with the United States and calls for a George Washington statue in London. Other items note British rumors of American warship actions near Borneo, Russian port openings in Manchuria, a fatal coal mine explosion in Comox Canada, a ship fire near Nizhniy Novgorod with 12 deaths, and Whistler's death in London. Diplomats in Peking foresee potential war between Japan and Russia.
A river steamer named Peter on the Volga was burned causing the drowning of 60 passengers and crew. Dr. R H McDonald former Pacific bank president in San Francisco died in Montreal after exile to escape disgrace. A new Spanish cabinet approved by the king. Marquis Villaverde leads. A strong army and navy is urged by Silvela.
Pope Leo XIII died in Rome at 4 04 p m on the 20th from pleuro pneumonia at age 93. Funeral rites will last nine days with the body lying in state at St Peter's Cathedral. The news notes reactions from cardinals unable to see and various world events, including other tragedies and political actions.
Over $30 million in diamonds and gems entered the United States in the last fiscal year. The Venezuelan government paid the final installments of allied war indemnity. Langley’s 60 foot flying machine to be tested along the Potomac. Hay and Knox noted as fishing enthusiasts. Potato acreage totals drop by 49 000 acres from last year. Dietary experiments in Chicago show four people living a week for $5 53. Loubet’s London visit signals closer Franco British ties. Kidd treasure hunt yields only a big hole in a Brooklyn storehouse cellar. American Finance and Mortgage Co closes after Goslin leaves for Europe. Roosevelt orders old age disqualification removed for laborer appointments. Memorial Day date change proposed by A C Yengling. Mosquito surge blamed on heavy rains by entomologist Howard.
A July 18 tornado across Streator Illinois killed at least five people and injured many, with extensive property losses including Vulcan Western works and race track facilities. Mendota suffered four deaths as another cyclone struck the central town, with Daugherty dairy farm and Advent college campus wrecked. crop damage reported in nearby Wisconsin and Indiana areas.
Maj Edward Hughes longtime Louisville fire chief and veteran firefighter of over five decades was fatally struck by a trolley car near Beechwood on the Louisville and Anchorage line while en route to a friend's home for dinner.
A dramatist describes a new realistic society drama in which the heroine arrives in an auto and interacts with the hero and villain before a typical happy ending. The manager critiques the ending, suggesting an ambulance exit to match realism.
A crowded train car erupts as a fat man seats himself before a woman, provoking a shove from a man who pokes him with a cane. A bystander orders the cane man to the stockyards to fetch pig stick ers and the two men scold the fat man for his behavior.
William Ball of Caddo Kentucky credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with a dramatic recovery from kidney trouble and nighttime urination. He says he now sleeps through the night and feels strong enough to climb a mountain, attributing his improvement to the medicine.
An old patent medicine advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease as a cure for hot sweaty feet calluses and swollen aching feet. Sold by all druggists price 25 cents trial package free address Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York. Favorable comment has but one leg as a rule but slander is a centipede.
Miss Karl Bottman of New York testifies backache from kidney trouble and womb displacement improved after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad promises $5000 if genuineness cannot be proven and invites women to write to Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for relief.
A young Japanese compositor aboard a City Hall streetcar in New York calmly replies to a taunt about his race. The confrontational passenger backs off as the train reaches City Hall station.
The piece extols the Thousand Islands as a delightful river region with 2000 islands on a 25 mile stretch, likening it to Naples and Venice. It promotes a No. 10 in the Four-Track Series and offers a free copy on receipt of a 2 cent stamp from George Daniels at Grand Central Station. A tiny humor panel and a note about The Overland Limited train service follows.
A Washington Star quip notes a razzer is fine in a barber shop but troublesome at a pahlor social. The Chicago and North Western is described as the only double track railway between Chicago and the Missouri River.
A quoted line notes that not the first lie hurts most but the string of follow up lies needed to ease the initial deceit. The remark cites a Chicago Tribune origin and frames deceit as cumulative and burdensome.
An accounting note from Mulhall in Sioux City credits Iowan Farms with paying four dollars per acre cash for a balance on two crop till paid. Ram's Horn column closes with the line It is easier to be forgotten than to forget.
Newnenn resident B C Jones reports chronic headaches and weak health eased after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He claims improved urinary flow, regularity, and relief from bed wetting and sleeplessness after a five month period with no headaches. He praised the pills and recommended them to others.
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