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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1909
Page
2
Compact round up of notable events across the globe highlighting key happenings and items of broad interest. Quick summaries cover politics, economics, culture and society with an emphasis on timely developments for a time-pressed audience.
William A. Harris former U S senator from Kansas died in Chicago of heart disease. Owen Kildare a writer is critically ill in New York. Dr H W Wiley criticized the constitution over interstate commerce and impure food rules. Jose Madriz former Central American judge was elected president of Nicaragua. Baroness Vaughan left Belgium for France at government hint. Brig Gen Green Berry Baum died in Chicago at 84. Thomas J Lynch elected president of the National Baseball League in New York. Mrs Horace B Taft died in Baltimore. George Parish says England is the top money lender and the U S is the top borrower. Sen W W Dudley died in Washington. John E Berwynd donated 100000 for care of poor women and infants. Emmett Delton Williams died in Kansas City aged 54. He led a paint company.
The battleship Utah the largest of its class built in the United States was launched at Camden New Jersey with Miss Alice Spry daughter of Utah's governor christening the vessel. Other notes include Ballinger seeking congressional inquiry into the Pinchot controversy while Columbia University reports a near five million dollar gift haul led by Crocker and Kennedy bequests.
Secretary of State Knox says U S policy toward Nicaragua will not bend with Madriz succeeding Zelaya. Capt August W Loose accused of faking polar records for Dr Cook, offers no foundation. Loose denies confession. New York City bonded debt hits 1 billion, with sinking fund over 200 million. Leopold II of Belgium dead at 74. Penelope fires off after ice battle. crew survives. Managua women petition U S consul Henry Caldera for intervention over Zelaya prisoners. East St Louis motor man killed. streetcar crash injures conductor. El Paso rail wreck injures and kills. Golden State Limited derailment. Copenhagen panels doubt Cook polar findings. Harris family robberies lead to fraud accusations. Nelson County votes dry. Pittasburg streetcar driver shoots himself. dies. Wisgahicken crew rescued at Lake Huron. Three sisters jailed in East Orange for murder. Union City jury deadlocked in Rankin case. Cleveland traction fight nears end. city grants 25-year franchise. Grand Island man settles $1,000 to victim’s children. Solomon Islands headhunters angered by mixed marriages. Fort Morgan test fires hit 12 of 14 targets. Harriet Smith killed in Honolulu car crash. German steamer Atgard wrecks off Chile.
A Danish university special committee declares Dr. Frederick A Cook’s North Pole discovery claim unproven and brands him an impostor. The inquiry finds Cook’s notebooks lacking original observations and notes the documents offer little reliability for his expedition.
In Rosebud Texas Coke Mills a negro who fatally wounded City Marshal Williams was lynched after being taken from jail. In Grand Cane Louisiana a white and black clash left three dead and six wounded. In Magnolia Alabama Clinton Montgomery and others hid in a house as white mobs burned it. Montgomery died in the blaze while Ernest Slade was fatally shot.
In a farewell address Chancellor Day at Syracuse University urged students on holiday to celebrate Christmas in the old fashioned way. He hopes for snowballing and sleighing and adds a quip about driving with one arm, saying he would not ride with a one armed driver if he were a girl.
London reports a devastating fire at the Arding & Hobbs drapery store in Clapham, southwest London. An electric bulb likely sparked the blaze among celluloid wares, trapping workers on upper floors. Three deaths confirmed, about 300 employees evacuated, massive damage valued around 2.5 million dollars.
Washington reports a public investigation requested by both sides of the Ballinger Pinchot controversy. President Taft agrees to open inquiry into charges and countercharges surrounding the interior secretary and the forestry chief, amid cabinet tensions and threats to Ballinger’s tenure.
A time fuse bomb exploded in a Prince Street tenement hallway causing heavy damage and a hole above a basement fruit shop run by Dominica Ambrose. Thirty families fled in panic but no one was injured. Ambrose’s daughter once kidnapped and ransomed. one kidnapper later received 15 years in prison.
Former Sharon officer Matt Barbian ate 42 raw eggs at a table, costing 2 dollars 10 cents. State police activity draws wide attention during game season. Over a score of illegal hunter arrests reported. Pennsylvania Railroad operations add trains due to cold weather, with one trainman killed on average daily. Chief Factory Inspector Delaney answers questions on the new employment certificate law effective January 1, noting general cooperation.
Dairy and Food Commissioner James Foust orders arrests in western states for illegal oleo sales. He predicts this year will set records for prosecutions of law breakers in this line.
The Washington and Jefferson College faculty raised the penalty for spitting tobacco juice on classroom floors. Previously students could atone by paying the janitor 25 cents. The new fine doubles to 50 cents per spit.
The soldiers' orphan school commission selects Capt. W. H. Stewart from the industrial department of the Scotland school as the new superintendent, succeeding the late Capt. George K. Skinner.
Gov. Stuart accepts the resignation of Judge Robert Von Moschzadeh, supreme court justice elect and Philadelphia common pleas bench member. The successor will be named soon and will serve until January 1912, with election in 1911.
The state capitol insurance is cut from 4 million to 3 million. The board of public grounds and buildings deems 2 million sufficient for the fire proof building and 1 million for the contents. Bids will be invited.
Deputy Attorney General Hargest states Pennsylvania Mutual Life must choose between issuing policies at fixed premiums or selling certificates of membership due to its old charter. The opinion concludes the company can do only one of these options.
Mrs Annie Jeffries filed suit in Washington county against her late husband's executors to recover five thousand dollars on a note signed by her husband. The action, joined with two similar suits, was described as a mere formality.
Residents of Columbia county accuse the Susquehanna Bloomsburg and Berwick line of mismanagement dirty stations and cars and lack of schedule adherence. The complaint, first of its kind to the commission, prompts an inspection of conditions.
Government whisky tax stamps worth over 250000 dollars were mutilated or blown away when an iron arm on a mail car failed to connect with a registered bag and threw it under train wheels at Gibsonton. Only a fraction was recovered by agents.
The board of pardons has extended the Bratton case from Mifflin county for a month after Bratton received five years in the penitentiary. It recommended commutation for Clinton county’s Frank Latampo, who was slated for hanging January 4. Other actions included Clinton burglary refusals, Allegheny forgery refusals, Philadelphia jury verdicts, a Fayette assault rehearing, and Chester forgery granted rehearing while Allegheny rape was refused.
Application has been filed for a charter of incorporation for the Preachers' Aid Society of the East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Evangelical Church.
Adjutant General Stewart prepares the final order on the National Guard reorganization and will announce it within a few days. The move has broad support from Governor Stuart and United States authorities and arouses widespread interest.
A clipping advertises a rheumatism and backache remedy using one ounce compound syrup Sarsa parilla, one ounce Toris compound, and half a pint of whiskey. Shake well and take a tablespoonful before each meal and at bedtime. Drugists can supply ingredients or obtain them from wholesalers.
A patient suffered terrible eye inflammation affecting the eyeballs and lids and could not function. All other treatments failed, but a remedy ended the condition.
G B Halsey of Mouth of Wilson Virginia reports severe eye inflammation improved after one week with Cuticura Ointment. He sought multiple physicians with no relief before trying the ointment and notes near complete recovery within two weeks. The testimonial is dated April 4 1908.
A Sunday Magazine note explains a weekly five cent post age stamp mandatory for German servant girls. If illness occurs the stamps are redeemed by the government or the servant may keep them until retirement when a government premium is paid.
In Toledo Ohio 1886 Frank J. Cheney & Co. offer to pay $100 for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The sworn statement notes the firm will compensate and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally for blood and mucous surfaces with testimonials and family pills for constipation.
A exchange centers on a wife’s satisfaction and a husband who says she has her own way. The husband contends she would be more content if she faced resistance and had to fight for it. The dialogue hints at domestic irony and power dynamics.
Mrs Corbett endorses Dyola Dye as producing a fine color on cotton wool and blends. Available at 10 cents per package from dealers. if out of stock send 10 cents to Dyola Burlington Vermont with color request to receive dye, color card, and instruction book.
Mr. Cumrox compliments a party as a great success saying a crowd feeling like a stranger in his own house signals brilliance. His wife questions how he can tell, prompting a wry exchange about social reception.
Pettit’s Eye Salve advertised as a tonic for eye strain and weak watery eyes. Promoted by druggists or Howard Bros. in Buffalo New York. The note adds a quip about a mean man enjoying being mean.
Sufferers can soothe tired aching feet with Hamlins Wizard Oil we’re told rub it in at night and wake with thankful feet. The ad suggests resolutions fail because makers are bad people and hints at white magical relief.
The advertisement touts Dr Detchons Relief for Rheumatism claiming radical cure in 1 to 3 days. It states the treatment removes the cause and disease vanishes after a first dose with quick benefits. It directs readers to druggists and ends with a proverb about money and know how.
An advertisement touts Allen's Lung Balsam as a long used remedy for deep seated coughs colds and bronchitis. It claims safety and effectiveness for general respiratory issues and urges readers to try the product.
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