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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1904
Page
6
Wire reports recount losses from the Wilts Point bank building fire in Texas and five other houses, a series of suicides and fatal falls, high level political and business figures dying, robberies, collisions, explosions, and violent incidents across the United States with multiple fatalities and inquiries underway.
The First Michigan district renominates Congressman Alfred Lucking by the Democratic party. Messages were sent to Hearst Sulzer Towne Baker and Laughlin in New York City confirming their also being named by the People’s party. The Illinois federation of women’s clubs met in Danville electing Mrs. James Frake of Chicago president and set Joliet as the next session location. The Hague signatories may form a $100,000 fund for Carnegie’s peace palace, with building cost around $800,000. Grover Cleveland in Carnegie Hall attacked Republican platforms on tariff trusts imperialism and the Panama canal, urging votes for the Democratic ticket. The Ohio Mothers’ congress in Dayton elected Mrs. M. Streibinger of Cleveland president and adopted resolutions against polygamy, divorce and politics in schools.
About 200 armed men believed to be malcontent Panamans, not Colombian soldiers, were seen near Cu lebra threatening hostilities against the Panaman government. Widening tensions raise fears of broader conflict in the region.
General Kuropatkin reports 55 868 wounded and about 12 000 killed in the Shakhe river battle. The Panama minister says Taft's visit may settle controversies between the new republic and the United States. Tokio reports Kuropatkin has 30 600 reinforcements.
The Interstate Commerce Commission resumes hearing on coal carrying railroads accused of price fixing at tidewater in a dispute tied to William Randolph Hearst. Several other stories include a fatal fistfight in St Louis, a 13 year old suspect in a murder, a Fort Wayne desertion killing, a costly factory fire in Orange Massachusetts, and major political and military notes.
News items note Chicago’s booming population and expanding post office carrier service creating a manpower shortfall. It cites renewed recruitment needs and the strain of rapid urban growth on mail delivery.
Weather halts fighting as rain fog and mud impede armies in Manchuria. Russian forces push toward Japanese positions near the Shakhe river as entrenchment grows. Fuel shortages and winter conditions threaten field operations. casualties exceed ten thousand Russian dead with around sixty thousand total losses, Japanese guns captured rise to forty five.
In St Louis a Friday arrest attempt ended in a fierce gunfight leaving detectives John J. Shea and Thomas Dwyer dead. Detective James McCluskey is critical after being shot in the stomach. Suspects Al Rose C C Blair and Harry H Vaughn are wounded or beaten and in hospital or morgue.
A second large fire in Brown's block broke out at midnight and by 3 a m the entire block was in flames. The loss is placed at 200000 dollars. Earlier Monday noon a blaze destroyed a dozen buildings causing about 75000 dollars in damage. The town faces heavy losses.
A three feet square notice in Clyde Fitch’s smoke room records the dissolution of a partnership between two colored barbers in North Cos Cob. The red ink message on yellow paper instructs that persons owing to the firm must pay to Jones, and that the firm is insolvent.
A Boston Herald retelling notes Bartholdi’s statue of Liberty as his signature work and cites a foreign visitor's quip upon sighting the gargantuan figure. The anecdote, told aboard a New York harbor approach, underscores the statue’s monumental impact and artistic stature.
South Bend Indiana October 24 Special after three years of kidney trouble and treatment from six doctors J O Landeman found relief and a cure with Dodd's Kidney Pills He reports two boxes cured his kidneys and improved general health He notes others are using them with good results and asserts Dodd's Kidney Pills can cure kidney trouble from backache to Bright's Disease claiming it is the only remedy for Bright's Disease The piece ends with a quip about baseball and gloves from the Philadelphia Press.
Rates lower and service equal to the best on the Nickel Plate Road. Three through express trains daily with dining, sleeping, and coach cars to Ft Wayne Cleveland Erie Buffalo New York Boston and intermediate stops. Stopovers at Niagara Falls and Chautauqua Lake. Chicago La Salle Street station. Also includes dining car meals from 35 cents to 1.00 and a la carte service. Physicians warn free lunches spread disease. a cigarette corkscrew joke ends the piece.
Rev Jacob D Van Doren of Fond Du Lac Wisconsin testifies to kidney disorder attacks that kept him home for days. He says Dean's Kidney Pills improved his health, reduced pain, and steadied kidney secretions. Sold by Lester Milburn Co Buffalo NY at 50 cents.
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