Sheatz Enters Senate Race Against Penrose
Philadelphia November 27 State Treasurer Sheatz admits authorizing friends to announce him as a candidate for United States Senator to succeed Penrose. Western Pennsylvania lawmakers plan a caucus fight while backing Frank B McClain for Speaker. He says he is a candidate and will discuss after hearing from western organizers. Senator Penrose declines comment noting the move aims to embarrass him and Philly opponents of McClain.
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Sheatz
Philadelphia
States
United States
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Frank B. McClain
United States Senate
Mr. Sheatz
Captain McJunkin
Sheath
McClain
McJunkin
Messrs. Scott and
Deardon
Senator Arose
Republica
Rail line orders 77 all steel passenger cars
The Pennsylvania Railroad expands its tire and collision resistant fleet with 77 new all steel passenger cars. Producers Pressed Steel Car Company American Car and Foundry Company and Standard Steel Car Company share orders for 70 foot coaches baggage and mail cars.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pressed Steel Car Company
American Car and Foundry Company
Standard Steel Car Company
New Steel High Comfort Train Cars Feature Central Box Girder Design
Progress in railcar design favors passenger comfort with elimination of wood from interiors and increased steel use. The 116000 pound coach will hold 1300 pounds of open hearth steel per passenger, a magnesium cement floor, electric lighting and forced ventilation.
Trade Condition Improves Amid Holiday Weather Impacts
Dun's Review reports gradual recovery in industry and markets despite severe weather. Wage earners rise as mills reopen, imports exceed exports in New York, railway earnings edge higher, and commercial failures total 204 in the U.S. with manufacturing and trading most affected.
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New York
United States
Canada
Dun
Pennsylvania Vote Count for President Completed
The official Pennsylvania vote tally shows Taft 745,779. Bryan 449,785. Chafin 36,694. Debs 33,913. Hisgen 1,057. Socialist Labor 1,222. Taft leads Bryan by 296,994 with an overall majority of 224,108.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Department
Taft
Bryan
Chafin
Prohibition
Debs
Hisgen
Cox Mentioned as Next Speaker in Pennsylvania House
Philadelphia November 26 The Republican leaders of the state have definitively settled the question of the next Pennsylvania House Speaker by selecting John F Cox of Allegheny County.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
House of Representatives
John F. Cox
Allegheny County
Labor's waning role seen in future political contests
The observation notes that the current election points to labor not being a factor in upcoming political contests. It argues organized labor will likely have diminished influence, suggesting shifts in political dynamics ahead.
Stevenson Christmas Sermon Reverberates Through Time
The piece recalls Robert Louis Stevenson's 1888 Scribner Christmas Sermon as a farewell message of courage and cheer. It highlights its universal spiritual significance and the author’s steadfast fortitude and kindness, praising its enduring literary impact and the gospel-like life Stevenson lived.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
San Francisco Monument
Why Motherhood is Unpopular
A column cites Nevada Davis Hitchcock describing the modern critique of mothers who limit family size. It contrasts past duties with today’s demands for medical, hygiene, and ethical training, noting women balance home care with work, church, and social roles as the modern ideal becomes increasingly burdensome.
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Nevada Davis Hitchcock
New Idea Woman's Magazine
Peru's Early Roots of Progress and Railways
The article recalls Peru's formative period starting in the 1870s with Henry Meiggs financing the Central and Southern railways that traversed the Andes. It notes further groundwork after the 1895 revolution as Peru pursued political stability and development ahead of broader economic plans.
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Peru
Panama
Henry Meiggs
Andes
Nervous Prostration Relief Promised by Nervine
A Cleveland woman Mrs D I Jones testifies that nervous prostration nearly defeated her until Dr Miles Nervine restored her health. The ad extols nervous origin of illness and claims Nervine soothes irritation and aids nerve force, offering money back if no benefit.
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Miles
Nervine
D. I. Jones
Broadway
Cleveland
Peru Seeks Stable Growth Under Civil and Foreign Investment
A historical overview notes Peru's shift to gold basis under General Pierola, then a business influence shaping policy. It cites American investment in Cerro de Pasco reaching about 20 million dollars, Candamo’s pro business measures, creation of a permanent railway line, and later Rio Blanco and London rail disputes resolving to attract foreign capital. Jose Pardo's presidency followed, with continued American mining investments and easing of English capital distrust.
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Peru
Pierola
Cerro de Pasco
Miguel Candamo
Lima
Jose Pardo
Senor Pardo
Rio Blanco
Peruvian Corporation of London
Public Documents for Subscribers At Office
A list of public documents available to subscribers at the paper office includes titles such as Statistical Record of the Progress of the United States Test of Mechanical Cow Milker Penn State College Cost Capitalization and Estimated Value of American Railways by Slason Thompson Address by Prof Surface Paris Green Inspection Pa Dept of Agriculture Annual Report Penn a Society for Prevention of Tuberculosis The Net Result at the Hague Potato Beetle Tree Declining etc Pa Dept of Agriculture Annual Report Penn a State College Some Poultry Experiments 99.
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United States
Penn
Slason Thompson
Surface
Paris Green Inspection
Dept. of Agriculture
Society For Prevention of Tuberculosis
Hague
Dep’t of Agriculture
The Capitol Paintings in Scribner's Christmas Number
Royal Cortissoz writes an appreciative article on Edwin A. Abbey's Harrisburg Capitol decorations. Abbey's studies show how patient labor at every detail yields great success in the series of pictures displayed in the Capitol.
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Scribner's Magazine
Edwin A. Abbey
R.A
Harrisburg
Royal Cortissoz
Capitol
Depew critics Root succession plan as self-disposal hint
Senator Chauncey M. Depew opposes the push to make Secretary Root Platts successor and sees it as a prelude to his own disposal, analogous to Governor Hughes in 1911.
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Chauncey M. Depew
Secretary Root
Platt
Hughes
Fall Plowing and Local Goodwill Around Mount Oak
Farmers plowed in warm weather as Thanksgiving activities filled the area. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Days visited Grand Valley for Thanksgiving. S A Oviatt and son Glen returned from Nansea. Ray Hatch moved into the Robinson house. Archibald and Mrs. Smith vacationed in Erie for eye care. Elga Oviatt of Youngsville stayed with her parents. Trims school held a Thanksgiving program. Residents attended a masquerade at Bennett's Hall in West Spring Creek. Liye L Daye, Irvington High principal, visited family here. L Smith and Grace of East Branch spent Sunday with Frank Nichols. Glen Oviatt visited Atlantic, Pa.
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Robert Days
Grand Valley
S. A. Oviatt
Glen
Nansea
Ray Hatch
Robinson House
Archie Smith
Erie
Frank Nichols
Glen Oviatt
Atlantic, Pa
Ackley Hollow Notes and Local Visits
Ackley Hollow news lists residents visiting relatives over Thanksgiving and during the week. Gust Akeley and Miss Freeda Mattson travel from Jamestown and Farmington to see family. several locals visit churches, revival meetings, and friends in Scandia Warren Russell and Youngsville areas.
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Navy
Clark
Warren
Gust Akeley
Jamestown
Iva Johnson
Freeda Mattson
Bertha Passinger
Elmer Wirley
Geo. Graham
Wm. Madigan
Rena Fox
Fox Hill
Agnes Barstow
Russell
Georgia Barber
Scandia
A. S. Passinger
Henry Akeley
Loyd Sampson
Farmington
Flora Kelley
Henry Walker
Sylvester Passinger, Jr
Georgia Coffman
Wm. Allen
George Carroll
Youngsville
Georgia Scott
W. B. Culbertson
Germany
Real Estate Transfers Reported From Local Deeds
A list of property transfers includes D S Randall and wife to Frank Hegg in Pine Grove for 237.88. Henry P Hunter to F T Frost in Pittsfield for 35. J S Carr to W E Welch in Freehold for 1485. John Best Estate to Amelia Best in Pine Grove for 5. Best Estate to Edward Morrison in Conenango for 5. J S Bovee to Mary Watt in Grand Valley for 275. Willis E McGee to Adelia L Morse in South West for 180. Co Y Canby to James T Brown in Sheffield for 2200. Charles J Nelson to Andrew J Smith in Sheffield for 1. O A Kyler to Elvie M Kyler in Warren for 300. West Warren Real Estate Co to Anna M Manning et al in Warren for 1. Wm C Gorton to W F McIntyre in Deerfield for 40. Edward Grimm to T Clifton Jenkins in Triumph for 1. May G Foster et al to L S Chapman in Freehold for 200. Robert Falconer Estate to Mary L Lacy in Warren for 1. H D Ruland to Frank Woodard et al in Eldred for 300. Joseph Patchen Estate to Geo E Deming in Spring Creek for 400. Deming in Spring Creek for 200.
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D. S. Randall
Frank Hegg
Pine Grove
Henry P. Hunter
F. T. Frost
Pittsfield
J. S. Carr
W. E. Welch
Freehold
John Best
Amelia Best
Edward H. Morrison
Conenango
John S. Bovee
Mary Watt
Grand Valley
Geo. E. Deming
Spring Creek
Joseph Patchen
They broke the news to Tim Wood Ruff about his Senate bid
Report says Tim Woodruff was informed he cannot run for senator with abrupt force, conveyed harshly as an ax was used. The fragmentary note hints at a hostile, sudden rejection.
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Tim Woodruff
Marriages in Warren Area 1908 Celebrations
Notices record multiple 1908 Warren area marriages with couples from Shefield Barnes Youngsville and Bear Lake. Entries include Lawson Barnes Sullivan Finlan Schatzle Lee and Chadwick nuptials with dates November 19 to November 26 and officiants Rev Brinkman Rev Conaway Rev Crow.
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Schatzle —Lee
Warren
Price A. Crow
Walter Schatzle
Cecelia Lee
Norson—Chapwick
Bear Lake
Frank Neeson
Hettie Chadwick
Larson Baby Born in Akeley Pa
At Akeley Pennsylvania on November 26 1908 a son was born to David and Alice Mack Larson in a birth notice.
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Born. Larson
Akeley, Pa
David and
Alice Mack Larson
Mrs Clara Goss Willison Dies at 27 in Warren Pa
Mrs Clara Goss Willison wife of H C Willison and daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Goss of Franklin died at her Warren Pennsylvania home at noon Monday from a complication of diseases after about two weeks illness. She was 27 and born in Smethport McKean County. Survived by her husband and parents and three Franklin brothers Harley Robert and Charles Goss all of Franklin.
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Franklin
Clara Goss Willison
H. C. Willison
Edward Goss
Warren
Smethport
McKean County
Harley
Robert
Charles Goss
Wright to Fly or Dine as FrenchmenEntice Wilbur Wright
Unclear excerpt hints at Wilbur Wright influenced by French guests who lavish meals and hospitality. The fragment suggests a tension between social indulgence and Wrights aviation ambitions, implying distractions from airship pursuits.
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Wilbur Wright
Fortune waiting for Bryan at campaign end
A speaker notes a fortune for Mr. Bryan as his campaign closes and a professor of voice culture remarks on the outcome.
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Mr. Bryan
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the Mail Publishing CO
W.S. Pittman
Warren County
Hickory Street
Bell Phone
I Piri
Pimier
Cox
Stevenson
Public Documents
Citizens National Bank
Warren, Penn’a
Ackley Hollow
Lawson —Barnes
W. E. Brinkman
Harry A. Lawson
Sheffield
Myrna A. Barnes
Barnes, Pa
Sullivan—-Finlan
H. M. Conaway
Ralph L. SuLlivan
Rose Finlan
Youngsville, Pa
Doctor
Rex
Siegfried
Warren PA
Marts Desians Vvnye CopvricuTs &c
Munn & Co
Scientific American
Washington, D. Cc
T. J. Foley
A. A. Davis & Co
B. Warren Tel. Co
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