Doings of a Week A Condensed Review of Happenings
A compact recap of seven days of activity in Congress and government. Senate and House actions include debates on site acquisitions for state justice and commerce departments, a colonization bureau proposal, and impeachment proceedings against Judge Charles Swayne. Indian and post office appropriation bills dominate the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Departments of State, Justice and Commerce and Labor
House
Committee On Judiciary
Charles Swayne
United States
District of Florida
Chas Dick
Hanna
Ohio
Post Office Department
War on land frauds urged by Secretary Hitchcock
Secretary Hitchcock vows relentless war on land frauds. Reports include arson at Holden school Chicago by youths, several drownings in Jeffersonville and Springfield events, canal navigation plans, strikes, martial law in Colfax county, and other varied incidents across states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitchcock
Holden
Chicago
D. J. Sully
New York
St. Charles
Ark
Springfield
Andrew Isgrigg
Arthur Everhart
Edward Hert
Jeffersonville
Ind
Ohio River
Keokuk
United States-Des Moines Rapids Canal
Lynne
Mass
San Miguel County
Col
Robert Allison
Pioneer Type
Cincinnati
National Bank of
Holdenville
I. T
Piper City
Swayne
Florida
House Committee
Jerry Duggins
Terre Haute
Sarah Ramsey
George Kelzh
Isa Matthews
Georgetown
Seattle
Wash
United States
Daily wireless news aboard trans Atlantic steamships start May
Troops guard mining districts in Colorado amid expected trouble from striking miners. Justus L. Brodrick pleads guilty to embezzlement in Indianapolis. A storm devastates southeastern Wisconsin with six Grand Rapids houses wrecked and inmates injured. Muskegon unroofed, Holdrege fires halted by heavy rains. North Dakota and Montana report two feet of snow. Eighteen Minneapolis flour mills shut down, thousands unemployed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Justus L. Brodrick
Elkhart (Ind.) Bank
Indianapolis
Wisconsin
Grand Rapids
Mich
Muskegon
Holdrege
Neb
North Dakota
Montana
Minneapolis
Long List of Nominations Deaths and Conventions Across States
A batch of obituaries and political notes reports Judge David S. Gooding obituary in Indiana and former NYC mayor William R. Grace’s death. It also covers Milwaukee and New Jersey party nominations, Roosevelt delegates, congressional renominations in Illinois Nebraska Indiana, terminal illness at near 80, 72, 91, 42, and 74 years old, and policy debate on postponing the national prohibition convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David S. Gooding
Greenfield
Ind
District of Columbia
Andrew Johnson
William R. Grace
New York City
David S. Rose
Milwaukee
Ohio
Columbus
Missouri
Kansas City
Roosevelt
Chapman, Freeman
Indiana
John C. Cheney
Sullivan
Congress
New Jersey
Trenton
George B. Yewell
Greely
Baltimore
Tokyo reports Japan seizes Port Arthur in early war push
A Tokio dispatch says Japanese forces occupy Port Arthur after land and sea assault. In related losses, six hundred Russians were killed or wounded at Chyong Syong. Other updates note Britain’s Commons rebuke vote, a Tripartite alliance rumor, and new war anxieties across Europe and Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Port Arthur
Chyong Syong
Henry Norman
London
China
House of Commons
Japan
Paris
Korea
Russia
Anju
Korean Peninsula
Henry T. Allen
United States
Ping-Yang
Bonilla
Honduras
Labrador
Leonidas Hubbard
France
New Chwang
Sir Edwin Arnold
Asia
Japanese Forces Massed for Manchuria Invasion Landing
Nagasaki reports great Japanese forces massed for a landing at the mouth of the Tumen river to invade Manchuria and push toward the Russian base at Harbin. North of Pingyang columns are to assault the Yalu river line, while Queen Alexandra visits the Alexandra institution and dines with workers to provide cheap meals for London poor at nine cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nagasaki
Tumen
Manchuria
Harbin
Ping- Yang
Yalu River
Queen Alexandra
Alexandra Institution
London
Major fires and disasters sweep 1913 headlines
Fire destroys the Cincinnati Traction car barn at Walnut Hills causing 90000 dollars in loss and 30 cars burned. A Newcomb hotel annex fire in Quincy kills two maids. Other reports note a Washington DC death, Mauritius tornado damage, New York Adams Express fire, and floods across Michigan. Headlines cover politics, labor, and sports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Traction Company
Walnut Hills
Newcomb Hotel
Quincy
Rose O’donnell
Chicago
Nettie Bronski
Thomas O. Osborne
United States
Washington D. C
Mauritius
New York
Adams Express
Thomas Baldorf
Wooster
Panama Canal
George Crossman
London
Kersten
Neidermier
van Dine
Marx
Caruthersville
Yalu
Manchuria
Port Arthur
Makaroff
Senate
Post Office
Holt
Rock
Wheeler
Nebraska
Bismarck
N. C
Des Moines
Grand Rapids
Mich
Edward French
Frank E. Young
Jackson
Niles
Japan
Lower
Michigan
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Twenty-ninth
Market Streets
West Philadelphia
Empress Dowager
Yuan Shi Kai
Gen
China
Russia
Medicine Hat
Moosejaw
Manitoba
Jimmy” Britt
Young Corbett
San Francisco
Britt
House Committee On Judiciary
Charles Swayne
Middle States
Storm leaves death and far reaching flood damage
A Midwest storm sequence caused five deaths and about 45 injuries with property losses around 3 million dollars. Indiana Harbor and Hammond report several fatalities with houses destroyed and mills damaged. White River rose to 17 feet 8 inches in Indianapolis prompting National Guard deployment. Grand Rapids and Milwaukee show severe flooding and structural damage with no immediate fatalities but widespread hardship and business losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Middle West
Iinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Indiana
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Arkansas
Missouri
Indiana Harbor
Hammond
East Chicago
West Pullman
South Chicago
Burnside
Thornton
Dauphin Park
Washington Heights
Blue Island
Harvey
Republic Steel and Iron Mill
W. H. Hammond
Indianapolis
National Guard
Maj
Conde
Gas City
Jonesboro
Teddy McGovern
Robert Howe
William Carter
James Martin
Willis Carter
Grand Rapids
Mich
Grand River
West Side
Milwaukee
Racine
Burlington
Appleton
Peter Verbest
Little Chute
Drowned Youth in Coon River Accident at Adel
Lawrence Back of Adel drowned when he fell into the Coon river in Des Moines County. The incident occurred March 28 as the young man was near his home. No other persons were involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Lawrence Back
Adel
Coon River
Burglars Rumor Scares Couple in Quiet Night
In a San Francisco Bulletin item Mrs Swackhammer warns John of burglars heard in the basement. He retreats under a pillow, clutching a pocketbook as she frets about noises beyond the bedchamber, fearing intruders while he doubts the tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Wonderful discovery in case of Bright's disease
G W Gray of Broadland North Dakota after three months of treatment was prostrate and near death from Bright's Disease. He credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with saving his life and claim they can cure Bright's Disease and other kidney ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadland
Dak
G. W. Gray
Bright
Mr. Gray
Dodd
Clever remark earns girl’s charity over faults
A Chicago Daily News item notes a young man who offers one clever line may win leniency for his other remarks. The piece reflects social judgments about wit and flirtation in an amusing prewar urban vignette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Daily Fews
The Oat Wonder Seed Offer from Salter Seed Co
An advertisement proclaims a new oat variety from John A. Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin. It describes the straw as stiff and white with long ears, high kernel fill, and strong yield potential from 250 to 310 bu per acre across 40 states in 1903. Readers are invited to send 100 stamps to obtain a sample and the company catalog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Kind no Better Than Rough Yes, Bengali Insight
A pithy line notes that rejecting softly can be more agreeable than a blunt affirmative. The saying reflects social tact and restraint in responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bengel
Gratitude for Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound A Nashville Letter
A Nashville woman testifies to relief from four years of irregular menstruation dizziness and back pains after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports six bottles cured her, calling it better than doctor care and urges others to try it. The letter includes a $5000 forfeit if authenticity cannot be proven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. A. Blanchard
Broad St
Nashville
Tenn
Blanchard
Nashville, Tenn
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Westville
SUN
Iso
Congress AT Work
Swack
San Francisco Bulletin
TRAL _ MARK
St.Jacobs Oil
Western
Canada
Ecpiotics
Can. A
Canadian Atlas
Isis&spoon
OtTawa
J. Broughton
Quincy Building
Duncan
Roos G
Big Four
T. Holmes
Jackson Street
St. Paul
Minn
McInnes
6Th Avenue
Brock
Detroit
OG. Currie
Boom
Callahan
Sorer
Didos Cato
AJ. Towes CO
Boston
Massa
Tower Canadian CO. Limited
Carl
Mother Gray
Children’s Home
Gray
Olmsted
Fitzgerald &Co
Box ER
Washington, D.C
J. Mulhall
Sioux City
Lowa
Pris
Burns
Liniment
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