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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1902
Page
4
The Frank lin Spectator suggests the Republican senatorial deadlock could become a mine of deadhead amusement. It proposes a public trial of endurance in an oratorical match between the two candidates, the G A R veteran and the hero of Coamobest, to decide the nomination stake.
The Republican headquarters was formally opened in Philadelphia last Monday with Secretary W R Andrews in charge. Senator Penrose will be present nearly every day and Senator Quay, back from Maine, will visit from Atlantic City occasionally, owning a sea shore cottage. Active campaign work will begin about Sept. 1.
The Williamsport Grit celebrated its twentieth anniversary on July 27 with a grand reception attended by thousands of friends and visitors. The event featured the distribution of thousands of silver spoons as keepsakes of the paper’s success and its recent move to a large new building.
Pittsburg Gazette readers learn C. M. Payne, its co editor, has invested in Idaho gold mines and achieved success. His pictures draw national notice and his work remains prized. The note ends with the witty contrast to a duster.
The government crop report forecasts this year's corn crop will reach 2,500,000,000 bushels, a record national total. Local corn fields, however, are not expected to contribute much to the two and a half billion figure.
A Western woman advertised for a husband and found one for a total cost of 11 dollars including invitations. Within a year her husband died and left a 2000 dollar life insurance policy. The tale is cited to question the value of advertising.
The Republican Senatorial Conference meets in Warren next Tuesday August 12. Officials urge nomination of Capt. Cumings for another term, stating he is the right man in the right place.
The United pay of officers and men for the Gettysburg division encampment totals 141000 plus dollars with the full amount listed as 141,779.05. The report notes the troops enjoyed the event and had a good time.
The quote “I am a Democrat still, very still” attributed to David B. Hill during Bryan's nomination reappears as a factor that could hinder Hill's own 1904 presidential ambitions. The remark underscores party loyalty tensions and opposition rhetoric in New York political circles.
A bulletin from the Adjutant General in Washington compiles Philippine War losses from February 4, 1899, to April 30, 1902. It records 2,561 engagements, 69 officers and 936 enlisted men killed or dying of wounds, plus 47 officers and 2,535 enlisted men dying of disease and other causes, with further deaths by accidents, drowning, suicide, and murder.
The Iowa Republican platform defends protective tariff principles while endorsing selective revisions. It rejects free trade, argues for prudent changes to meet evolving conditions, and distinguishes reciprocity from free trade in guiding policy debates.
Harris will begin paying the school appropriation in the first week of September. Some districts already received funds, but full distribution starts next month. Banks holding state funds are notified that 50 percent of deposits will be drawn in September. Total disbursement this year, including a $250,000 special fund, is $5,750,090. completion expected within sixty days.
A western exchange quotes a blunt view on life warning against taking oneself seriously. It argues most men amount to little and that today is to be enjoyed without mortgage on tomorrow.
The piece notes 813 deaths and about 10 000 injuries on U S railways in the first quarter, contrasting with safer travel abroad and urging improved passenger and worker protection on American lines. It also reviews Scribner's Magazine August issue praising Kipling Barrie and other top contributors.
The notice promotes elegant wedding invitations and ball programs sold at the mail office. It highlights neat design, refined style, and low prices for invitations and calling cards.
A Kansas farmer in Kingman County planted a corn row twenty five miles long and can point to his own row for proof. The report also notes various political and labor tidbits from multiple papers including Bryan and Cleveland anecdotes and river traffic prospects in Pittsburg.
The Oil City Derrick defends General Charles Miller, arguing a wrongful public attack on his wife’s mental illness failed. It praises the general for devoted care, noting Mrs Miller's health had been improving under his support and that lunacy commission findings show he acted properly within his means.
Jacob Keller the tailor advertises 1000 yards of cloth available at cash price for rainy day skirts in thirty different shades. The note also touts best job printing at the mail office.
The Warren Borough School District invites sealed bids to purchase its grounds and brick building at Water Street and Public Way in the 4th ward. Bids due by 7 pm September 1, 1902, with 15 percent cash at acceptance, rest in seven yearly installments at 6 percent interest, secured by mortgage.
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