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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1902
Page
3
King Edward and Queen Alexandra were crowned in Westminster Abbey in a splendorous service. The ceremony featured the regalia reconsecration, oaths, anointing, and the transfer of crown and orb with a large royal and clerical procession.
Aug 11 report describes the coronation day scene from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey. Crowds camped along the route with police lining the way as the royal cavalcade and the prince and princess of Wales passed. The king appeared pale in the state coach but greeted by roaring applause. The royal bulletin called his condition satisfactory after the ceremony.
Spokane dispatch reports outlaw Harry Tracy killed himself after a long manhunt in Lincoln county Washington. Posse members and Creston citizens engaged Tracy in Lake Creek country, with Tracy wounded and eventually dying by a self-inflicted rifle shot. Rewards totaling 5 600 were offered for his capture with portions paid to the Merrill and other victims’ relatives.
In Webb City near Joplin Missouri two officers attempted to arrest Joe Gideon and his brother Jim early Sunday. Joe Gideon shot City Marshal Jich and was killed by a police officer during the ensuing confrontation.
Tilted Italian Getting Well New York Aug. 11 Marquis Carlo di Rudini son of Italy's former premier was operated on here for appendicitis and is progressing favorably.
The body of Harry Tracy lies in a pine box on a baggage car at Portland Union Station guarded by three of the men who fired the shots that led to Tracy’s suicide. The body was sent to Salem on Saturday, with the infamous 30-30 rifle in tow to be presented to Governor Geer.
A wind storm at about four Sunday morning lasting thirty minutes caused severe damage in Kansas City Missouri. The business district saw plate glass fronts shattered signs and awnings torn down and damaged structures while residences lost thousands of trees and many windows were broken.
Manila reports the civil commission plans a Philippine exhibit at the St. Louis exposition with an appropriation of 250000 dollars in gold. The paper says the event will let mothers country people study local needs and open a wider market for Philippine products.
W Monday night in St Louis Riley Watkins, a laborer, shot and killed his wife Lilli in front of her parents and neighbors, then shot himself in the head and died. Domestic differences were cited as the motive.
The American Federation of Catholic societies plans to seek a government probe into the Philippine question and alleges that friars have been misrepresented.
Police arrest Edward Flanagan 20 in Peoria Ill for setting fires that damaged five structures including Neumiller’s livery and Clark flour mill. Loss estimated at 25 000 dollars with 12 000 dollars insured as crowds moved the suspect to county jail for safekeeping.
President selects Oliver Wendell Holmes to succeed Justice Gray on the United States Supreme Court. Holmes, 74, chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, succeeds Gray who resigned after strokes and ill health. Holmes is a native of Massachusetts and son of the late poet Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
The commissioner of pensions clarifies a mistaken belief among ex Confederates that recent federal action pensions former Confederates. The law simply removes disabilities for those who served in the Confederate army and later joined the Union, not granting pensions.
Pittsburg reports a six week summer stop in the chimney branch of the flint glass trade ends and several factories restart Monday. The hand-made paste and iron mold lines settlement hinges on the scales for machine-made chimneys by the Macbeth-Evans Glass Co. An advance is granted the gatherers if the hand machine differential is kept.
San Francisco August 12 John P D Spreckels proprietor of the Morning Call swore out a police court warrant charging Governor Gage with libel The libel stems from a Call article stating that charges against the governor were published to defeat his renomination.
Cloud burst in Hillside cemetery near Madison washed out about 75 caskets from graves. Water backed up and swept coffins across the lower slopes, with some bodies found a mile away and others into the Passaic River.
Poem excerpt titled Meadowlark celebrates memory and faith as a spirit flute calls across twilight fields. The speaker longs for solace through music, envisioning graves and heavenly meadows where dreams and devotion endure beyond life.
A reflective critique questions the glorified heroism in poetry while contrasting sober bravery, sanctified duty, and everyday virtue. The piece cites S I Kiser, London Globe, and Baptist Union verses, noting varied views on heroism, fate, toil, and nature.
A poetic excerpt from Hester Caldwell in Woman's Home Companion speaks of light as a divine sign. It contrasts sunshine and rain with a message seen by the heart, calling tears interpreters and describing light as a heavenly oracle guiding perception.
A Denver News poem urges resilience and self-reliance. It counsels hard work, personal responsibility, and grit to overcome a harsh world, ending with a call to speak up, act with purpose, and prove strength.
A fragmented verse evokes time for sorrow and hope as bells ring and light streams. The speaker envisions a bright heaven and a return home, referencing Stanton and a trance. The lines blend sorrow with relief and a sense of arrival.
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