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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1903
Page
6
A compact digest covering casualties and fires, political notes, business failures and resumptions, and weather records from around the globe. It highlights notable events, shifts in leadership, economic mood, and climate data shaping the week.
Intelligence from across the nation notes a two school strike in Omaha parochial institutions demanding shorter hours. Other items report rail consolidation with Rock Island purchasing the St. Louis and San Francisco system, and various political and social tensions including a flood of murders, earthquakes, and legal actions across multiple states.
The forty third Illinois General Assembly appropriated 15 359 995 50 dollars for state expenditures over the next two years. Other items note a dynamite find on the Umbria liner, a warning letter saving hundreds, and various criminal and civic events across the country.
Mrs. Samuel F. Smith widow of Rev Dr Smith author of America dies in Newton Center Massachusetts at ninety. Charles H Egbert US consul to Durango dies in San Antonio native of Streator. Mrs Mary V Baker wife of ex Senator Lucien Baker dies at Leavenworth Kansas from apoplexy. Democratic committee interviews reveal mixed views on Grover Cleveland candidacy with a majority opposing. The south backs Parker while New England supports Olney. Nationwide dispatches report growing popular election movement for US senators. twenty one legislatures favor, fourteen oppose, ten pending.
Twelve men were killed and eight injured in a railroad disaster at Dexter Ontario. The report notes multiple international incidents and political tensions across the Balkans and Asia, including Turkish officials blaming Bulgaria for Macedonian outrages and a fire in a mosque in European Turkey.
An airship constructed for the Lebaudy Brothers in Paris completes a highly successful suburban flight. In Ottawa Ontario a fire destroys hundreds of houses and millions of feet of lumber, with losses around six hundred thousand dollars. The Colombian congress plans a convocation for June 20, signaling President Marroquin’s likely approval of the Panama canal treaty.
President Roosevelt denounces desecration of big trees by advertising cards during a San Jose talk. He predicts Pacific control will pass to the United States within the current century and announces M R Sackett will serve as U S consul at Prescott Ontario.
Weather service employs 1400 observers at 180 stations. Sugar prices cut five cents per hundred pounds in New York. Germany has charred American potatoes and preserved meat. Michigan CentralRailroad raises clerks’ wages by 10 percent. Three English kings visited Rome in history. Andrew Carnegie honored by Venezuela. Leishman wins concessions from Turkey for Americans. Wellesley College receives 25000 endowment for music chair. Vanderbilt enters Paris Madrid auto race May 25 to 27. Col W H Dewey dies at Nampa aged? years, estate 1250000. Sir George White becomes field marshal. Ireland supplied three field marshals. Montreal rescinds Carnegie library offer. Geneva treaty changes broaden Red Cross use planned in Switzerland. New York Court of Appeals upholds 100000 damages in Park Avenue tunnel death suit. Don Luis Terazas restricts prize fights and gambling in Chihuahua.
A mosque at Kinpruil in which 200 Moslems gathered was blown up with dynamite on May 2. Survivors were buried in the ruins. The attacker, named Bopow, died by suicide. a note described him as a member of the Macedonian Knights of Death. Consular reports from Monastir say Christians are being killed in suburbs as Turkish troops guard the town.
Chicago dispatches report growing support across the states for amending the constitution to elect United States senators by popular vote rather than state legislatures. Twenty one legislatures have passed resolutions, fourteen hostile, ten undecided, with two thirds needed for a constitutional convention.
A mystery murder in Lorain last week prompts a growing fund with 4000 dollars donated to J J Mahoney of the Knights of Columbus to be used as a reward. The county has already offered 1000 dollars and organizers seek more donations to attract experienced detectives. A Cleveland agency detective has joined the investigation and the bloodhounds used the day after the crime are now owned by local resident J F Sharp.
One man died and two others were seriously hurt in a Sunday night street car collision on the road to Euclid Beach in Cleveland. The dead man is named Galvin, from Cleveland. The fatally injured is 20 year old Mc Sweeney of Brooklyn, New York. The third injured is 17 year old Frank Riley, also of Brooklyn.
A Washington Times report describes a humorous misunderstanding between an American and a Chinese secretary of the legation. The American explains the pun on naturalized and vaccinated while the Chinese official smiles politely, unaware of the joke's punchline.
Mrs. M O Garrett of Brazils Arkansas narrowly escaped death from Cerebro Spinal affection after two doctors failed to help. She recovered after using six boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills and is now able to work and feels well again according to the Washington Star.
A new South Dakota book published by the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul Railway describes agricultural and stock conditions, provides stock reports, and outlines current opportunities with illustrations. Sent for two cents postage to F A Miller General Passenger Agent Chicago. Better be a good man than a man of goods. Ram's Horn.
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a money back guarantee if no cure. It credits Ram's Horn and Piso's Cure with praise and quotes J W O'Brien of Minneapolis dated January 6, 1900, plus a Johnson quote about life and time.
Frances Stafford of New York testifies to the widespread acceptance of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and related medicines. Skeptics backed by time and cures from a growing female patient group now praise the product as a merited cure attracting scientists and physicians.
Col Abraham Gruber hosts a public dinner and recounts a joke about Micky Finnigan describing America’s vastness. The tale claims you could lose Ireland in inland oceans, hide Scotland in a thousand corners, and not be found except by the odor of whisky.
Many mothers are ignorant of injuries from washing infant clothes with strong powders and impure soap. It should be done at home under the mother's directions using Ivory Soap only. Throwing garments into an ordinary wash shows carelessness. I feel happy today, said the Club Woman, planning a relaxation day to clean house and enjoy.
A Baltimore American note quotes a humorous exchange and promotes a book titled Texas and pamphlet Timely Topics No. 3. It invites readers to write to Kas y in St. Louis for copies, highlighting Texas as a land of unexaggerated possibilities and a brighter future.
A compilation of old advertisements touts Allen's Foot-Ease for tired feet with free trial offers from A. & Olmsted in Le Roy New York. Multiple quotes and product mentions include stoves from various vendors, life advice quotes, and rail service notes from the Overland Limited line Chicago to the Coast.
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