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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1905
Page
2
Brief digest of global and domestic items arranged for quick reading. Summaries cover political events, cultural happenings, and notable developments from various regions, aiming to inform readers in concise, accessible notes.
Amid tropical rains in Manchuria and flooded terrain hindering operations, history unfolds in Oyster Bay where a Russian and Japanese executive meet peace envoys. Japanese forces in Manchuria total 450000 infantry and 1600 cannons with a Hazegawa detachment in Korea. Russian lines report village evacuations and temporary Japanese advances on August 2 and 3 near Nanchenkensi Suisuluchua and Taogau.
A heavy thunderstorm injures property in Philadelphia while the regional death toll rises. The Guyandotte Valley train from Logan West Virginia kills three and injures one. Reports from Hattiesburg Mississippi claim two lynchings. Weekly U.S. failures hit 232 with Canada at 26. Yellow fever in New Orleans adds 43 new cases and 89 deaths to date. A 30 year old Italian shoots a girl then himself in Philadelphia. E H Harriman plans 10 million railroad investments in the Pacific Northwest. Knights of Pythias general James Carnahan dies in Indianapolis after two weeks ill. Four colored children drown in Grenloch New Jersey. A Donora murder suicide follows a lover's killing. A boy hospitalizes his brother over a bat dispute in Oakdale Pennsylvania. Columbus attorney John J Stoddart travels to Germany to claim a $90 million estate. Nome residents rebel against government mining claims. Nearly 10,000 harvest workers needed in the Northwest with wages 1.75 to 2.50. A Philadelphia blacksmith is stabbed to death in a street fight. Ground breaks at Pittsburgh for two large Pressed Steel Car Co plants. A Scranton hotel keeper is shot dead amid a quarrel at a mine hospital.
Mrs Mary J Carlisle widow of ex Secretary John G Carlisle dies at her West Islip home. Arrests in Cleveland over Detroit pawnbroker murder. Mine accident in Cumberland Wyoming kills two, injures others. Union Carnegie mills strike called off in Youngstown. Amtrak road collisions injure several in Baltimore. Gen Roy Stone dies in Mendham New Jersey at 60.
A section of the John G. Myers Co department store on North Pearl Street collapsed Tuesday. Between 20 and 30 workers, most of them young women, were killed or wounded as debris trapped more than 100 people. Rescue efforts saved about 50. total losses estimated at 200000 to 300000 dollars.
Portsmouth New Hampshire August 9 The Russian and Japanese peace missions begin with formal welcomes in New Hampshire and prepare to meet at the Portsmouth navy yard to review credentials and discuss possible peace terms. A second session may consider armistice or peace terms with five weeks expected for a final treaty.
Mrs. Albion W. Lewis of Westfield Mass guards for her brother Capt Edward T Lewis a confederate flag that had waved over Port Hudson. The flag was recovered by soldiers and later exhibited in civic events but a Massachusetts law barred public display at one monument unveiling.
Graham West recalls catching a young Northern diver on a calm July day in a secluded Lau rentians lake. The loon, coal black, fought but was seized in a brief 20 minute chase. The mother circled and cried Whe-ou-ou-ou as West released the exhausted chick after paddling it a mile away.
A wry exchange plays on town fundraising with a councilman asking a resident to subscribe to the cemetery fund and the old resident quipping he has already subscribed three wives in a Life magazine style joke.
Maintenance of Way crews advance 350 miles of 90 pound steel rails on the Erie main line. This yearly mileage exceeds all previous records as heavier rails are required for hundreds of new engines. Much rail removed after four to five years will be redeployed on branch lines.
The New York Tribune characterizes tipping as graft, calling it a corrupt practice that amounts to graft in the eyes of the editor.
Cure for swollen feet improves fit and comfort for women. Sold by all druggists for 25 cents with trial package free. Address A. S. Olmsted Le Roy New York. Quote about courage from Puck at end.
Grocery ad touts Red Cross Ball Blue para with a large ounce package priced at five cents claiming it belongs in every home and urging customers to ask their grocer for it.
An ad touts EGG-O-SEE as a ideal healthy food for modern living. It describes the product made from California white wheat kernels steamed cooked flaked and flavored with natural fruit juice and grain sugar. The copy claims the cereal imparts strength energy and overall well being.
In 1925 the grand stand and bleachers overflowed as an umpire counted about 500 on the grounds and directed play. The scene captures the start of a baseball game with a crowded stadium and the official's command to begin.
Smithers earns a windfall from a market turn and returns home with a large roll. He greets his son and learns his wife is upstairs sorting last summer’s dresses. He pockets the money again, fearing his generosity could cause trouble.
Market notes from New York Cleveland Toledo East Buffalo and Pittsburg. Prices span flour wheat corn oats butter eggs cheese potatoes hay cattle sheep hogs with ranges for steers lambs and calves and cash figures listed for regional markets. Cattle and sheep varied by location with several price bands and new york wheat at 86 1 4 cents per bushel and hogs around 6.25 to 6.55 dollars per hundredweight.
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