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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1900
Page
6
The United States ceases pursuit of two Pacific Islands once held on maps for six decades. The remark hints at broader implications as officials acknowledge ongoing interest in other disputed territories, while critics describe the move as a sign of shifting priorities.
Twenty one war correspondents have been killed or died of disease during the South Africa war. Mortality among newspaper men is proportionately greater than in any army corps.
Dispatch reports champion Jeffries purchased the John Y Mehicane summer home at Sheepshead Lay for 25000 dollars. The mansion features twenty two rooms and underscores prize fighting as a potential gold mine for a winner.
A Philadelphia jury awarded William F. Waters forty seven dollars and forty cents for the loss of his sight following an acid explosion at the Atlantic Refining Company works.
A New York dealer received the first consignment of mahogany logs from Manila shipped to the United States. The cargo is earmarked for piano manufacture, marking a notable timber trade milestone.
Six ships brought 5,500 immigrants to New York the other day, the largest single-arrival at an American seaport. The event underscores the growing capacity of modern ships and the steady influx of newcomers to the United States.
A Canadian jury sentenced three dynamiters to life imprisonment at hard labor for attempting to blow up the Welland canal. The report notes that Canada seems a good place for dynamiters to avoid.
A New York cyclist Brown-1ame completed a 2000 mile wheel race in just under nine days, averaging over two miles daily. Three years earlier he was declared consumptive. the story questions whether the wheel journey aided his health.
Knoxville Tennessee chamber of commerce formed a committee to determine Admiral Farragut birthplace. Two reports emerged with conflicting claims one locating Farragut at Lowe's Ferry the other at Campbell's Station.
The locumentive eregineer who ran the first railroad train between Albany and Schenectady on May Day is living in New York City at age 80. His health is stated as fair. Seven decades have passed since that historic run, whose passengers allegedly included Gen. Scott Thurlow Weed and Commodore Vanderbilt.
Officials debate scheduling of athletic events with pressure to shift contests from Sundays to Saturdays. Paris hosts discussions as authorities address public reaction and potential impact on participants and audiences. The article hints at broader tensions in sports planning and public policy surrounding game days.
London observers remark on the display of pictures buttons and trinkets from the United States in popular demonstrations. A London clerk notes Birmingham makers could not supply similar items, and no other country matched the U S in neatness and low cost. America leads in small things as in great.
Francis Sicknnell Carpenter, famed portrait painter, died in New York at age 71. He sat Presidents Millard Fillmore and John Tyler, as well as Pierce, Seward, Sumner, Curtis, Lowell, Beecher, Greeley, Colfax, and Fremont. In 1864 he painted a Lincoln emancipation Proclamation scene now hung in the House of Representatives staircase. The artwork draws millions of viewers.
The Methodist Episcopal church elects Rev. Dr. David I. Moore as bishop, adding to four bishops born in Athens Ohio. Edward R. Ames was born near Athens in 1826 and served as bishop from 1852 to 1879. Charles C. McCabe, born Athens 1836, became bishop in 1866. Earl Cranston, Athens 1840, elevated in 1896. Moore, born Athens 1838, joins the ranks.
Reports from the orient tell of four Matsuyasu colliery miners trapped in Japan for 12 days. They had almost no food and only enough water to moisten lips, with light lasting two days, yet were rescued in comparatively good condition. The account notes few would choose such an experiment and accepts the miners' word on the ordeal.
Summary of congressional action and national events including a sundry civil bill with a Louisiana Purchase Exposition amendment, a constitutional trust amendment debate, private pension bills, river and harbor and extradition measures, and casualty figures in the Philippines.
From Washington a public debt update shows a May decrease to 2 .274. The treasury balance stood at 200 750 420. The total debt minus cash equals 622e08. Government receipts exceeded expenditures by a large amount in the last 11 months. May saw a rise in national bank note circulation and US coinage reached 560 6065. Exports for the fiscal year to Hawaii Cuba Porto Rico Samoa and the Philippines rose sharply.
The Populist Party nominates for president and the acceptance is noted by Wharton Barker of Philadelphia. The report also lists notable church leaders and a New York arrival of Princess Aribert incognito. The piece covers a Baptist clergyman’s death and a baseball league summary with team standings.
In Tutwiler Mississippi a Black man named Dago Pete was lynched by a mob of Black residents after being accused of assaulting a Black woman. The incident highlights violent vigilante action in the region.
Reports of killings in Clair Michigan and St. Louis mob violence on streetcars, a mine and well explosion near Whipple Ohio killing four, and a bank robbery in New Lisbon Wisconsin. Hawaiian plague declared eliminated. Railroad and tramway unrest across cities with strikes and riots. Political nominations listed for several states and districts.
Reports from India note cholera spreading rapidly and killing hundreds of famine victims. At Taku, 23 foreign warships with Russia owning nine and 11,000 soldiers aboard. Lords Roberts nears Pretoria while Kruger amasses for a siege in the Teydenburg area. Boers move into the Orange Free State as fighting near Ventersburg and Harrismith continues.
United States senate on the fourth discusses the Philippine question with Teller and Pettigrew opposing administration policy. Mason introduces a resolution hoping for an early war end and Boer independence. Otis nominated for major general is favorably reported.
A digest of assorted items notes Denmark’s literacy pride, labor unions in Chicago urge burning naval tugs, a German boycott on independent centers, and US crime stats showing six percent female criminals. It reports Thomas Minco’s will, memorials for Maj. Gen. Sedgwick, postal card losses in Germany, Clan na Gael canal claim, Yale’s oldest living graduate Stillman, Liliuokalani’s suit against the U S, Dry Tortugas fortifications, and shifts in volunteer troops from the Philippines plus Carnegie wealth estimates and other brief items.
The first session’s record notes a busy six months with major actions on territorial governance for Puerto Rico and Hawaii, a financial act establishing gold standard rules, and the Nicaraguan canal bill. It also covers anti trust efforts, pensions, free homesteads, and Alaska’s new code, plus treaties, investigations, and Cuba and Philippines discussions.
In Peking 349 American and other guards arrive as the Dragon festival unfolds with crowds and calm reactions from locals. Refugees continue to seek safety as Boxers move, arrests are few, and authorities occupy disturbance sites. News from Tien-Tsin reports more refugees, missing persons, and potential murders of mission staff.
Three Yosemite Stage Co coaches, a private carriage, and two U S soldiers were held up near Grub Gulch as part of a second season raid. The band collected about 359 dollars from stages plus 150 dollars from a passenger, while mail and express items were left untouched.
The Philadelphia union machinists convened on Sunday to demand a nine hour workday with a minimum of 25 cents per hour starting Labor Day September 3. If employers refuse, a strike is planned. About 6,000 machinists work in the city with roughly half organized.
Topeka reports B. P. Scott says harvests in western Kansas will raise daily wages to 3.50 dollars within two weeks. Farmers are already recruiting men from nearby areas and will soon extend to eastern counties as harvest nears.
George P. Anderson long time secretary of Crown Hill cemetery and the oldest Odd Fellow in Indiana died at his home in Indianapolis aged 76. He was a prominent midwest figure for 30 years in cemetery management. Death occurred in Indianapolis on June 4.
A Daly in a quiet draw game is described as sharp and unhurried as he lays down cards. A Chicago Chronicle joke unfolds with his tailor calling, the voice mix ups, and Daly calmly ending the call with a quick quip and a hang up.
A young woman rides uptown and, lost in daydreams, picks out Fournier talc or scarf samples from her pocketbook. She offers them to the conductor with a vacant gaze as bystanders grin, then reddens and searches for a fare ticket. The scene ends with her embarrassment as onlookers laugh.
Sedalia attorney Henry Lamm told a Missouri Bar reception joke that drew laughs from Kansas City Star reporters. He improvised, claiming a dry paper awaited tomorrow and joking about a Texas tale of dirty collars and a Dutch barber who tries the joke on the next customer.
Two Chicago reporters and a lone chair occupied the Illinois Senate chamber during a brief adjournment. The episode featured jokes about press influence as lawmakers prepared for a dull session and sought interviews after adjourning.
A Pittsburgh News anecdote recalls a man who buys a book for 9 cents and is praised for waiting for change. A counter clerk’s gift of a cent causes a gossiping display that brands him tightfisted, leaving a lasting reputation.
A benevolent clergyman, who had to dismiss a crafty gardener who stole fruit and vegetables, gives him a charitable character reference for his wife and family. The note says the gardener has worked over two years and that he got more out of the garden than any man the clergyman employed.
An advertisement urges readers to use Hood s Sarsaparilla as a cure for tiredness pimples sores salt rheum scrofula and catarrh claiming it rapidly improves blood and health. The copy promotes starting a bottle immediately to reach a Good Health point.
A May 8 1899 amateur Histrian club performance earns Violet Florida Waters high praise for stage technique and promise. A May 12 1900 review rebukes her Camille portrayal as amateurish and poorly trained, urging years of refinement before serious acting.
A bitter sarcastic note compares a moneyless salary to the elasticity of currency, as a learned financial article promises to stretch funds from one pay period to the next. The quote from the New York Press frames the topic with irony.
A fragment notes Mrs Grogin-Pat securing work in Bronx tube-works and Mrs Dugan-Arrah’s taunt about bronchial tubes as a judge comments drift through the brief.
An old newspaper fragment promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a money back guarantee if they fail to cure a cold. The trivial notes mock advertising lines and various quips from Chicago Daily News and other papers.
Clara Kopf writes of her experience with Mrs Pinkham's Advice and what it did for her. The note reflects a personal testimonial in a health guidance era publication.
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