Global industry and labor unrest shaping 1900s markets
Industrial and trade notes describe far reaching labor agitation in the United States and Europe, with Chicago strikes and rising employer resistance. Rail, mine, and coke sectors expand, real estate and capital flow grow, while Knights of Labor challenges persist. Emigration, wage pressures, and public works also factor into mounting industrial turbulence. A correspondent essay discusses obedience and temperance, and a letter warns against natural gas expansion endangering the earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Connellsville
Pennsylvania
Knights of Labor
Order
Knights
Trevellick
Tennessee
Jesse Harper
Kansas
Shelling
Wisconsin
General Weaver
Iowa
Great Britain
St. Louis Car Wheel Company
Kansas City
Irom
The June Term opens with 22 criminal cases on docket
The June term plans 22 criminal cases, including Com. vs. Hathaway for unlicensed liquor sales, forgery charges against Wentworth, larcenies, assaults, and other offenses. Juror lists include Bell as foreman and names from Warren, Conewango, Freehold, and surrounding townships. Local improvements and notices follow, including asylum fencing, Miss Kate Berry’s medical practice, and wool mill updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Com
Wm. Hathaway
Darwin Wentworth
W.E. Darling
J. W. Cussick
Milford King
Harris Mead
J.G. Mead
Jack Murray
J. W. Cogswell
Chas. BH. Mead
John Bly
Thomas Carley
Frank Hoffman
Norru Wannes
Asylum
Warren County
Kate D. Berry
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Geo. Hazeltine
North Warren
North
Warren
A. W. Mentz
Rambling Observations on Love Bells War and Gas Wars
The piece recounts a theatrical flirtation ending with a playful but risky bouquet prank, comments on decoration day rituals and calls for forgiveness, and criticizes drunken celebrations. It also covers Jamestown gas disputes with Warren and Gerry, noting discriminatory pricing and the push for local manufacturing, plus a renewed effort toward a competing gas company.
Fire destroys A. D. Head barn at Younsville
Younsville reports a night fire that destroyed A. D. Head’s barn and contents including a thrashing machine a wagon and harnesses partly insured. Also notes an ice cream festival at the M E church fundraiser a strawberry festival next Saturday and various local updates from Warren and Jamestown areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Younsville
A. D. Head
Y’s
M. E
A. F. Strickland
North Warren
Odd Fellows
Warren Brothers
Garfeld House
Hot Water as a Medicine in Diet and Health
A New York Tribune summary notes hot water as a medicine to sip slowly for months to cleanse the liver and intestines, with limited meal intake and optional additives. It discusses relief of thirst, mucous membranes, and digestive spasms, plus cautions on overuse and overall bodily hydration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alimentary
New York Tribune
Vosburg-Trucks Case Ends in Acquittal for Ex Policeman
Ex policeman $. W. Trucks was acquitted of manslaughter in the death of G. B. Vosburg a Warren Pa law student who died after his arrest in Smethport. The jury assigned costs to the prosecution and the court deferred payment. A brass band and large crowd welcomed Trucks home with congratulatory speeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bravrorgo
Smethport
G. B. Vosburg
Warren, Pa
Vosburg
Trucks
Preferred Death to Begging in Jersey City
Professor Charles Siedhorf and his wife Matilda aged 91 and 92 died by suicide at Union Hill after a long poverty struggle. Siedhorf, once a chemistry professor at Heidelberg University in Germany, supported himself through writing translations and occasional lectures on chemistry and electricity. Their decline into filth and destitution led them to choose poison over the poorhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comrads
Oakland
Rankin
Jersey City
N.d
Charles Siedhorf
Matilda
Union Hill
Siedhorf
Hiedelburg University
Germany
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Industrial Affairs
Manufacturing and Tabor
America
Europe
Denver
United States
Alabama
Henry George
New York City
Chauncey M
John
Cana
Galilee
Jesus
Christ
Earth
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Worth Barber
Herman Barber
John McCarmnet
John Porter
Alice G. Spence
Abe Enos
Robert Feeney
Andrew J. Parsons
Elia Tome
Robert House
Bell
G F
Foreman
Reich
Abbott
Webster
Farmer
Freehold
Ino
Fine Grove
Briggs
Pine Grove
Cornell
Eldred
Campbell
W J
Southwest Crocker
Alaska
Attendant
Conewango
Davis
Youngaville
Kinzua
Farr
J M
Cherry Grove
Groh
Chas
Billison
Morris
J F
Carpenter
Tidioute
Messenger
Perry
Spring Creek
Teamster
Pittsfield
Norberg
Frank
Philo
N M
Farmington
Putnam
H M
Sanford
C O
Eldred Thompson
F M
Waterhouse
Woodard
South West
Wright
Oscar
Sheffield
Wheeler
Ebon
Traverse Aikin
Theo
Sugar Grove
Alger
Ward
Butcher
Youngsville
Barnes
Plumberman
Shefield
Benson
Boardman
Byron
Columbus To
Bartlett
Fred
Bernard
D B
Elerk
Cameron
Adam Farmer
Crooks
Jno
Corydon
Coburn
J W
Clerk
Dietek
Jos
Eastman
Frechol
Grosth
George
Stephen
Gross
Harlan
Horn
Hanley
Mead
Hertzel
Johnson
August Farmer
Keebly
Godfrey
Mfr
Lake
Daniel
Carpenter Triumph
Marsh
J E
Morrison
G W
Kinaua
D W
Munger
Edward
Columbus
McIntyre
Mechanic
McCain
J B
Watson
Welson
Christian
Elk
Page
Parkans
Ruhlman
Merchant
Reynolds
Albert
Lamberman
Sparks
Swain
Smith
Stromburg
Brokenstraw
Thorpe
Wilco
Tuaimer
York
Brokemstraw
New York Sun
Broadway
Jamestown News
Pennsylvania Gas Company
Jamestown
Gerry
Corry
Gan
Warren Capitalsts
N. Y
White & Co
K. C. DeWoody
Aoshare
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