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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1905
Page
2
Brief item summary from the page notes a collection of world and domestic happenings. It highlights items of public interest, random curiosities, and quick-read snippets designed for busy readers to scan in minutes.
A Chicago raid targets bucket shops while Portage Wisconsin reports a wife killed by throat slashing. Other items include a Rock Island wreck near Limon Junction Colorado killing Dr. Andyman and Joseph Miller of Omaha, and widespread crime, accidents, weather, and political notes across the United States and abroad.
At Portsmouth Aug. 15 three Japanese peace articles agreed between Witte and Rosen include Japan's preponderant influence in Korea with suzerainty, Manchuria open door pledge, and cession of the Chinese Eastern railroad to China. A fourth article on Port Arthur leases was accepted, Sakhalin discussion ongoing.
The Interstate Commerce Commission began an investigation into railroads and refrigerator lines amid long‑standing complaints of rebates and rate discrimination against small shippers. Respondents include Armour Car Line American Refrigerator Transportation Co Santa Fe Refrigerator Dispatch and major railroads. Proceedings require written answers by September 5 and aim to inform possible new national controls.
Detroit reports at a factory inspectors convention the Chicago education chief cites federal data showing women and machines displacing men from cities into mining and farming. He predicts the rise of the eternal feminine and a society top heavy with fashion and neglect.
Eastbound passenger train No 31 on the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton line collided with the engine of a local freight on the Pennsylvania road near the C H D depot. Both engines were damaged with the freight engine crashing through the depot shifting the building. Three people were injured none fatally.
The steamer New Shoreham struck a sunken wreck entering Block Island harbor from Providence with 100 passengers. The ship sank to the main deck just as she neared the pier, but passengers escaped onto the dock via the gang plank.
At Dunlevy Brothers construction camp near Durbin West Virginia nine Italians were blown to shreds and their hut reduced to atoms by a dynamite blast early Tuesday. Authorities say the blast may be tied to a feud between a gang of desperadoes and Italians.
Portland residents organized by Chinese community announce a drive to raise ten thousand dollars in aid of the boycott movement against American goods in China.
A Scottish tale reports Mr Macpherson devising a nightly trick to reduce gas use by reversing the meter wheels with a breath. After a month a gas inspector reveals the trick backfired. the bill shows the company owes him 1 pound 15 shillings 11 pence.
In Sault Ste Marie on August 14 C L Smith of 30 Anne Street testifies Dodd's Kidney Pills cured his crippling pains once blamed on lumbago sciatica or rheumatism. He says after two boxes he walked without aid and was entirely free of pain. He also notes a Ball Blue advertisement in the piece.
An artistic passenger recalls three months in Rome admiring the Colosseum and Rome’s glory while another passenger jokes about selling cotton hats in Rome. The exchange ends as the artist ignores the talk and reads war news.
A brief exchange parodies diplomatic names as a Times-Democrat cartoon caption. It notes the three nation pact as a driebund and jokingly labels a France Russia pact as a moribund, then comments on how agreement reveals wisdom.
A Colorado man, rejected for heart trouble by life insurers, quits coffee and adopts Postum Food Coffee. He reports rapid health improvements, restored digestion and normal heart rhythm, leading to life insurance acceptance after his second exam. The ad cites Postum Co. Battle Creek and the brochure The Road to Wellville.
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