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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1904
Page
7
A young man, once a college speaker and classmate in a graduation cohort, is found guilty of forgery. The judge notes his honest appearance hid the crime and quips that the rival was himself, not a woman, in a grim moral about ambition and wrongdoing. The verdict: three years.
Cuticura Resolvent Pills are presented as part of a complete $1.00 treatment with Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for cleansing and healing skin and scalp. The advertisement claims twenty five years of practical laboratory experience and asserts the pills purify blood and aid humors, often curing with a single set.
A comic exchange unfolds as an injured party accuses an offender of jab with an umbrella. The cheerful culprit insists the eye was not damaged and reveals the umbrella was borrowed that day, adding a witty reminder of mistaken identity.
No size smaller after using Allen's Foot Age. A certain cure for swollen sweating or aching feet. At all druggists 25 cents. Accept no substitute. Trial package free. Address A S Olmsted Le Roy NY
Stranger asks about a hotel vacancy. Proprietor questions experience. Stranger replies he waited 13 years to marry a girl, who last week wed another man. This Stray Stories quip highlights patience and a humorous twist.
A jumble of quotes and misheard phrases from early 1900s papers. The text references Speereneoee Graspit, the golden rule, and unnamed sources criticizing belief in cures. It includes small quotes from Cincinnati Enquirer and Trinity Springs Indiana with dates and the adage about making opportunities.
A Spokane reader attests long kidney trouble eased by Dean's Kidney Pills noting restored sleep and normal kidney secretions after a short course. The notice offers a free trial mailed to any U S address and lists Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as the maker with 50 cent pricing through druggists.
Albany April 19 The Democratic state convention chose at large delegates David B. Hill Edward Murphy Jr George Erhet and James W Ridgeway with alternates C N Bulger W Daryl Ely C H Ackerman and Francis Burton Harrison Parker won 301 to 149 for president Parker got party instruction to vote as a unit Tammany was allowed one delegate and one alternate amid chaotic scenes as doors were opened and police cleared seats Senator Grady spoke against instructing delegates for Parker without effect
Peter Niedermeier, leader of the car barn bandits sentenced to death, made two suicide attempts Monday as he awaited Friday’s execution. He ingested sulphur matches and slashed his left wrist and forearm in an effort to kill himself, leaving his condition precarious.
Representative Payne of New York introduced a bill to amend immigration laws by adding a $30 head tax when discrimination by foreign governments against American lines is shown, unless the immigrant arrives on an American-owned vessel. The measure targets contracts with a foreign steamship line to deliver 30,000 passengers annually or pay for shortfalls.
In St Louis officials fear for Rev. S T Verne head of Tuscaloosa Alabama school for negroes who left December for the Congo Free State to secure exhibits for the world fair. His last letter reached Africa two months ago and authorities fear he may be dead after contacting a pigmy tribe discovered by Henry M Stanley.
Fire at the Occidental hotel in Indianapolis caused a two hour blaze threatening the retail district. One person killed Harriet Leahy and several injured including Kate Beach Sister Stella and hospital staff. Loss estimates reach 75000 dollars with extensive damage to ground floor businesses.
In Zanesville Ohio on April 18 Frank Parks a 24 year old Crooksville miner shot his wife’s parents Sherwood and Mrs Crooks injuring both. He then aimed at his wife but she shielded a 17 month old child. Parks fled after the attack.
In Mount Pleasant area Greensburg on April 18 John Deltuffi was shot dead by Rosonio Galitri during a hand to hand struggle over a boarder’s eviction. Galitri is dying from multiple knife wounds after the clash and both men are named in the coroner’s report.
The Mississippi surged Saturday night tearing Killicranie Neck in Davis Bend and restoring Davis Island to the mainland. It reopened its old channel through what had been Lake Palmyra for 40 years, destroying several valuable cotton plantations. The neck breached was about 590 yards wide, and Davis Bend lies 20 miles south of Vicksburg.
Allentown report details the instant death of George Glauser 40 Edith Metzler 15 and Stella Knauss 17 when struck by a Reading railway passenger train while walking a shortcut home from a Macungie church service. Annie Metzler saved her sister by jumping aside as the freight train sounded.
A collage of verses from Westminster Gazette and J M Lewis in the Houston Post. It contrasts rough roads and longing with faith and hope and the urge for another year of love and cheer. The speaker reflects on life’s swift passage and seeks courage through poetry.
A rustic tale by Nixon Waterman in Woman's Home Companion tells of a farmer who builds a scarecrow that becomes a cozy nest for birds. The old bird teaches his children that perception shapes life, and even scarecrows can bring peace if viewed wisely.
Two poems quoted from Atlantic and Observer pages. Gertrude Buck calls for a rhythmic urging of nature and wind within a dreamlike field, while Alice D. Bankhage imagines a tranquil afterlife in the City of the Sleeping with soft nightfall, shadows, and quiet company of the dead.
Verse fragments from L Stanton in Atlanta Constitution and Kiser in Chicago Record-Herald pair themes of love life and duty. Images span feller toil river dream and hope in Good Housekeeping, Colleague Record Herald. Nonlinear snippets weave poetry and reflection.
Market report from New York Cleveland Toledo East Buffalo and Pittsburg shows dull flour in New York with steady hogs and various grain prices. Livestock values vary: best steers around 4 65 to 4 85 in Cleveland, wethers near 4 65 to 5 60, lambs 5 40 to 6 85, York Yorkers hogs in the 5 25 to 5 50 range across cities.
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