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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1904
Page
6
A compact digest surveys recent global events including human casualties from disasters, fires affecting communities, political developments, and notable business openings and failures. Weather records from the period underline regional climate variations.
Reports from Boston and across the country cover peace congress debates in Boston urging universal arbitration and debt to end the Russian Japanese war. Other items note political shifts from Mora county to Rock Island and Edison fraud orders, plus accidents and notable appointments.
Boston retailers raise anthracite price by 25 cents a ton. Burglars steal 10000 worth of diamonds from John A. Stewart in Asheville. Mrs Erma Palmer dies at 50 after 27 years bedridden. Mrs Peter Lewis dies after shooting husband mistaken for a chicken thief. Minnie Harmening 17 near Palatine believed killed but coroner cites self destruction. Nine Chicago men jailed for life after revolver crimes. Southern Episcopal delegates resist lynching condemnation. A nine passenger auto plunges into a New York embankment. three killed, one fatally hurt, five badly hurt.
News from multiple New Mexico points says floods killed at least 20 people. Reports from abroad note heavy fighting in Asia with Japanese offensives near Mukden and Liaoyang. Also: Bartholdi dies in Paris, Manchester cotton workers near famine, Libun arrives reporting Martinique eruption, Brandegee renominated for Congress.
A Greek steamer named Kelmentink, sailing from the Black Sea to Antwerp, was foundered about 23 miles northwest of Ushant. Seventeen crew members drowned. In Manchuria, Russian and Japanese forces continue a tactical duel as both sides seek favorable positions before battle.
Reports from 1904 include Kuropatkin sending guns to protect the Russian left flank, a 300 mile Vanderbilt Cup car race on Long Island won by George Heath, and a fatal shooting in Madisonville Kentucky. Also noted are political shifts with La Follette party recognition, train deaths in Reading Pennsylvania, and the world fair attendance and naval updates from Port Arthur and Luzerne.
Henry C. Payne former postmaster general and Republican stalwart died at the Arlington hotel at 6 10 PM on Tuesday aged 60 He was born November 23 1843 in Ashfield Massachusetts and spent much of his life in Milwaukee where he moved in 1868 as a bookkeeper Cortelyou designated his successor and the party mourned the loss of a long time party leader.
The article traces Payne's rise from a rejected enlistment in 1860s to a Milwaukee postmaster role, his political activity with the Wisconsin Republican state committee, and his leadership in the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Co. He later served as postmaster general under McKinley before Roosevelt, with Cortelyou expected to take over after the current campaign.
A nine passenger three seated touring car driven at 25 mph toppled from an embankment on Jerome avenue. It landed on the southbound rail line just as a fast local train approached and struck the auto. Three people were killed and four injured. The deceased include Allen Noyes the chauffeur Madge Corcoran 30 and Bella Perez.
A South St Joseph fire at the Tracey hotel Friday morning killed four. The deceased are Lafayette Frew a 50 year old livestock speculator C F Norton 35 an employee of Stock Yards Company Mrs Anna Weston a guest from Gentry county and an unnamed man remains unidentified.
Washington reports 9,984 lives lost in U S railroad accidents last year according to Interstate Commerce Commission statistics. The figure surpasses fatalities in the Spanish War.
A shopper named Mr Jenks bought red flannel undergarments touted as cure for rheumatism. After two weeks the goods faded and shrank. The shopkeeper dismissed the claim, prompting Jenks to warn his wife who pointed to a red line around his neck as a misfit joke.
Mrs Robert J Burdette recalls a tale from the Chicago Daily News about the white ribbon symbol of abstinence. A brewery worker wore it for months and admitted he kept the badge to invite temptation and then succumbed, prompting the boss to question the display.
The San Francisco Argonaut recounts Eugene Field returning from Europe and telling a hotel clerk he “just wanted to arrive” after years of hard times. A Princeton president, Francis L. Patton, offers a mother a stern guarantee of “satisfaction or return the boy” as a notable line about care and success.
Rates lower and service equal to the best on Nickel Plate Road with three through express trains daily. Modern coaches and dining sleeping cars to Ft Wayne Cleveland Erie Buffalo New York Boston and intermediate stops. Dining car meals 35 cents to 1.00. coffee and sandwiches served in seats. Stopovers at Niagara Falls and Chautauqua Lake. From La Salle Street Chicago. J Calahan Gen Agt Chicago Ill. Counterfeit note joke ends.
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Pithy quotes on real estate schemes and personal endorsements appear in the Chicago Daily News and Chicago Tribune. Mrs Robbins of Norwich New York recalls Piso’s Cure for Consumption saving her life three years ago. The notices mix sharp aphorisms with consumer testimonials.
A Canada grain forecast notes Saskatche wan and Manitoba expect 55 to 60 million bushels of wheat with good quality and prices near one dollar per bushel. The piece cites broader optimism on oats barley and cattle and argues the US may soon trade for Canadian bread supplies as rail and market signals point north.
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