Butler Mayor Responds On Sunday Confectionery Closures
Mayor Kennedy of Butler defends a measured approach to Sunday closing of soda water and confectionery shops. He questions consistency for closing some businesses while allowing others open seven days a week. He suggests consulting the District Attorney if action on Sunday is pursued and notes oil workers’ long hours.
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Kennedy
Butler
Toby
Greater Butter
Main Street
Standard Steel Car Company
Butler Street
Pope Sarto Elected Pope Pius X After Ballot Victory
The pope was chosen last Tuesday after a four day session on the seventh ballot Giuseppe Sarto patriarch of Venice was elected unanimously. He is 68 years old, matches Leo XIII in age and shares similar culture and piety, with noted good qualities of mind and heart.
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Piius X
Guiseppi Sarto
Venice
Leo
Alarm Over Milk Supply Provokes State Action
Western Pennsylvania towns face alarming milk quality with preservative formaldehyde boric acid and contaminated samples blamed for child illnesses. The State Dairy and Food Commission vows a war for pure milk as cities protect water supplies while neglecting milk safety.
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Pennsylvania
State Dairy and Food Commission
The Joyful Life Versus Hate and Envy
An exchange extols love as the path to happiness and condemns hate and revenge. It argues hate clouds judgment, harms the hater more than the target, and distorts the world through a sour view, making the hater furious.
The Chronic Grumbler And The Weather Nuisance
A sharp cultural quip contrasts a departed complainer who found heaven adequate with the man who endlessly growls about the weather. The piece questions whether constant moaning about climate is ever agreeable to others.
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Heaven
Populists in Denver Convention Push New Platform
A handful of Populists met in Denver to declare unity and set a new platform. They demand government issuance of money in gold silver or paper and state ownership of railways telegraph and telephone lines. They also seek land ownership limits on foreigners and support American ships without subsidies. The group expects limited voter endorsement.
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Denver
Peddler Arrest Confession on Glasses Scarce Quality
A Cleveland optician named in a peddler case in Ohio last week was allegedly used as a ruse by the seller. The peddler confessed the spectacles he offered were made from ordinary window glass and cost ten cents per pair, yet were priced between three and ten dollars.
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Ohio
Cleveland
President Sends Check to 20th Child in Pittsburgh Family
The President sent a $100 check to the twentieth child of a Pittsburgh mother. The remark implies that the mother deserved the money and that large families should be favored only for the rich.
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Pittsburg
Harrisburg Judge Rules Home Lock Prevents Service
Judge Jacobs ruled in Harrisburg that a man may lock his door and block service of process while inside his home. The Mail marks issue 52 of volume 55 celebrating fifty five years. The piece laments noise from reaping machines freight trains drowning stock ticker news.
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Jacobs
Harrisburg
Editor presses readers for payment to play another joke
An editor asks subscribers to pay up so he can repeat a joke on his creditors. We support the move and back the plan.
Money Savers and the Value of Home Savings Banks
The Lancaster Intelligencer notes that the distribution of small home savings banks by banks encourages thrift. It emphasizes that saved money often exceeds previous holdings, fosters a saving habit, and reaches people denied by other means of saving.
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Lancaster Intelligencer
Home Savings Bank
Building and Loan Association
New Naturalization Oath Condemns Attacks on Officials
The revised oath for foreigners seeking U.S. citizenship adds a clause forbidding advocacy or teaching of unlawful assault or killing of any government officer due to official duties. It targets both specific individuals and officials in general, reflecting stricter loyalty requirements.
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United States
Typhoid traced to impure milk and water in New England
An outbreak in Fall River Massachusetts is linked to a farmer who watered milk from an old well. Officials warn impure milk causes as much illness as contaminated water. In New Haven fifteen people were poisoned by milk embalmed to preserve it in heat.
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Fall River
Mass
New Haven
Electric Power Plants Highlight Water Power Potential
The Review of Reviews notes three new plants in New York on the Hudson River, in Southern California, and on Mount Rainier in Washington. The projects illustrate how vast water power now wasted could be harnessed nationwide.
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Hudson River
California
Mount Rainier
Washington State
Texas Prohibition Sweep Redraws Liquor Sales Map
Texas counties show a broad wave of local option action with 130 counties voting total prohibition and 59 partial prohibitions.Only 57 counties allow unrestricted liquor sales while four fifths of the population live under local option law, shaping how drinking rights are exercised across the state.
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Texas
L S C At Chautauqua Celebrates 25th Anniversary
This week marks a quarter century since the L S C began at Chautauqua Educational movement. The group has driven efforts to cultivate reading for pleasure and to read systematically with a definite purpose in view.
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The
L.S.C
Chautauqua
King Edward’s Irish Visit Praised and Fruit Shipment Reaches England
The farewell greeting to the Irish people shows King Edward’s pleasure with his Emerald Isle visit and confidence in renewed efforts for its welfare. The first large shipment of spee packed California fruit arrived in England in good condition, drawing spirited bidding and higher prices than before, signaling England as a strong market for surplus fruit.
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Edward
Emerald Isle
California
Eng
England
Excursion by Erie Railroad to Cleveland Sharon Youngstown
A Sunday trip via Erie Railroad to Cleveland Sharon and Youngstown priced at $2 round trip. Special fast train departs Corry at 7 A M Central time with stops at Sharon and Youngstown. Return from Cleveland at 6 25 P M Central time reaching Youngstown 8 P M and Sharon 8 30 P M.
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Cleveland
Youngstown
Sharon
Erie Railroad
Corry
Special excursion tickets to Lily Dale offered Sundays and Wednesdays
D A V PR R agents will sell special excursion tickets to Lily Dale all summer. Tickets are good for the day round trip only. Also offered is 1000 yards of cloth for rainy day skirts in 30 shades at cost for cash. Jacob Keller, tailor.
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Lily Dale
Jacob Keller
Lavern R. Pagf
Pittsfield
Warren County
Penna
Deceas
Be men and build your character to full measure
A doctor urges students to be strong self controlled men who can rely on themselves and be known for character not apology. He warns against quick tempers and excuses and calls for mastering moods and temper to avoid burdening friends.
July Field Operations Signal Slower July Oil Output
The Oil City Derrick reports July field operations show the high water mark for wells completed and new production, with fewer completions in the Eastern and Western fields and a clear decline in new output. Pennsylvania oil regions gain, Trenton rock fields only slightly above June, and over 2,100 rigs active across New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, and Indiana with about 50 new wells completed per day.
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Pennsylvania
Trenton Rock
New York
West Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Oil City
Excursion to Niagara Pails and Buffalo and Toronto
Special train will leave Warreo at 5 31 a m Central time August 14 for Niagara Falls and return fare 2 00, Toronto 1 50 higher. Rates apply to the Dunkirk Allegheny Valley Pittsburg R R and L A M Ry routes. See posters or ticket agents for details.
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Dunkirk
Allegheny Valley
Pittsburg R. R
Warreo
Niagara Falls
Tororonto
Special Fifteen Day Sea Shore Excursion to New York
Erie Railroad announces a special fifteen day sea shore excursion to New York depart Tuesday August lth. Tickets on all limited trains valid for return by August 25th with fifteen days for recreation pleasure and business. Jamestown to New York round trip $11 with half fare for children. Pullman accommodations and details from F H Garfield James town NY.
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New York
Erie Railroad
Jamestown
Pullman
F. H. Garfield
Tattoo Removal Methods Mentioned in Report
The article notes that tattoo marks can be removed using tannin and nitrate of silver. It cites these substances as the suggested means for erasing tattoo ink from the skin.
Lien Sea Bridge Spans Five and Quarter Miles
The bridge crosses an arm of the Yellow sea at Sangung known as the Lien sea and extends five and a quarter miles. It rests on more than 300 stone pillars supporting the immense structure.
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Lien Sea
Yellow Sea
Sangung
Cranberries Used In Erysipelas Cases
Cranberries are used internally and externally in cases of erysipelas as noted in a historical medical reference.
Milan Student Sealed Fate With Petrifying Secret
In 1859 a Milan student reportedly found a method to petrify human flesh. He died in 1806 in a Mediterranean shipwreck, and the remarkable secret is said to have perished with him.
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Milan
Mediterranean Sea
Salk and Stock
A concise note defines Salk as the stem of a plant and stock as the stem or trunk of a tree, clarifying botanical terms for readers.
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Salk
Stock
Japanese Jugglers Form Letters From Tobacco Smoke
A vivid act sees several jugglers light into smoke bursts that rise and swirl before a curtain. From the smoke, readable letters emerge in sequence, spelling out messages as a novelty stunt.
The Peril of Kidney Disease Prompts Swamp Root Choice
A widely circulated cure for kidney trouble is promoted as addressing a dangerous disease blamed for many sudden deaths. The ad claims Swamp Root by Dr Kilmer cures kidney, liver and bladder issues and can ease urinary problems with samples offered by mail from Binghamton New York.
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Swamp-Root
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Mentior
Dr. Kilmer
Labor strife and military changes headline multiple issues
In Pittsburg over 10,000 workers are locked out by the Builders' Exchange League due to labor disputes. Gen Miles will retire as Lieutenant General on Aug 6 and Major-General Young will succeed. The McKinley monument fund reaches 500000 dollars with a plan to raise 100000 more for preservation. A Mercer court ruling questions land option practices tied to oil land mysteries. The National Editorial Association criticizes Pennsylvania libel law as an attack on press liberty.
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Pope Leo
Pittsburg
Builders’ Exchange League
Miles
Young
Congress
McKinley Monument Fund
Canton
Miller
Mercer
Real Estate Transfers Recently Recorded
Recent transfers show multiple deeds with small and mid range sums. Notable entries include Magdalena Sutton to B F McMichael for Warren at 4400 dollars and Betty Beamus receiving from Daniel J Smith in Spring Creek for 1250 dollars. Enumerated conveyances cover Limestone Warren Clarendon Brokenstraw and Sheffield among others.
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Thomas P. Green Et al
Jos
G. Tipton
Limestone
Catherine Magill
Leonard J. Tipton
U. G. Hoyt
C. M. Geary
Warren
Magdalena Sutton
B. F. McMichael
Daniel J. Smith
Betty Beamus
Spring Creek
H. B. Cherry
Hattie Cherry
South West
Ella Godfrey
C. L. Jeffords
Sheffield
Columbus Park Amusement Co
Thadeus S. Bentley
Columbus
Susan Watt
Clara Kreager
Glade
Lewia B. Silliman
John Loomis
Eldred
J. W. Newmaker
Frances L. Walker
Charles D. Jones
Walter Emery Holt
Brokenstraw
A. E. Edwards
Myrtle Edwards
Clarendon
Frank E. Rounds
W. V. Young
A. R. Edwards
W. W. Young
Harry Edwards
A . E. Edwards
A. L. Edwards
L. Edwards
Susan Rounds
B. W. Rogers
Catharine Acks
Lillian Drummond
J. W. Agrelius
Youngsville Mfg. Co. Lim
Emma N. Weaver
Same
H. Laveen Ford
Pittsfield
Youngsville Mfg. Co
Morgan Clark
Isaac Horton
J. W. Sigley
Eliza J. Bennett
Ella Beach
Pine Girove
Albert Reynolds
J. J. Lauffer
Conewango
Hiram F. Andrews
Louisa Hansen
Hidred
Samuel KE. Park
John Thomas
Gao
D. Burlingame
Selinda Place
John D. McCormick
Charles B. McCormick
Deerfield
Tailor Jacob Keller Offers New Spring Millinery at Kertcher’s
At Uost closing out at cost 1,000 yards of cloths for cash only. Jacob Keller the Tailor advertises new goods and latest styles in spring millinery at Kertcher's.
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Kertcher’s
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Auditor General
WM. P. Snyder
Chester Co
Vor Sherif
Ralph N. Brown
Farmington
Por
Clark
Alson Rogers
Money Savers
Niagara
Buffalo
Toronto
Omaha
Salus-Grady-Pennypacker
N. K, Wendelboe, Wate, Serren
Eberhart & Miller
Suspension Bridge
Warren, Pa
Hammond Iron Works
Struthers Station
Warren High School
Ewing and Dressmakin
O. A. Pressel
W. L. Macgowan
Uost
Pronday
GrovGr
Milo Adams
Scott Dublin
Pittsfield, Pa
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