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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1899
Page
1
The Cleveland Leader text critiques women pursuing political power, preaching, banking, law, writing, and driving, arguing they cannot claim men’s prerogatives like sitting with feet on the desk. It frames women's expanding public roles as progress yet questions dominance in certain spaces.
Poem fragment reflecting on shared steps with familiar feet. The speaker urges patience as both parties move forward, acknowledging small missteps or flowers harmed along the way. They accept a brief, forgiving time together and promise restraint rather than blame.
A 16 year old boy, Matthew Maher, in Harlem faced arraignment for attempting suicide by gas. Magistrate Wentworth expressed support for self death, then remanded the youth to his sister to take him home after remarks about shuffling off life.
Five people rescued after drifting on a Lake Michigan ice floe for more than 15 hours. Arthur Fletcher, who paddled his frail boat through the night, suffered severe frostbite to both feet and may be crippled for life.
Albany report states a blaze destroyed 150 feet of the South Pearl street business portion. Eight firms suffered total stock losses in the blaze with a projected damage of 250000 dollars, about half of which is insured.
A powder explosion at Moss Grove on the Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburg railroad killed one man and fatally injured Juan Ferris. The victims, members of a construction gang blasting rocks, were not all named in the report.
New York money markets show money on call at 3 percent. Prime mercantile paper quoted at 2 3 4 percent. Sterling exchange bids $4.86 and $4.84 for 60 days. Posted rates range from 4.84 to 4.86. Commercial bills about 4.82 to 4.83. Silver certificates and bar silver quoted near 59 4 to 60 cents. Mexican dollars at 47 percent.
Wheat No 2 red at 84 cents fob afloat. Barley malting 56 64 cents delivered New York. Butter Western creamery 16 22 cents, eggs state and Pennsylvania 23 24 cents. Rye flour 3.25 3.60, corn May 41 43 cents. Pork family 10.50 11.25 dollars. Cheese large white 10 11 cents. Hay shipping 40 62 cents. Trade details include bids for winter patents 3.75 4.00 and Minnesota patents 4.00 4.25.
Buffalo market report dated February 14 shows prices for wheat, corn, oats, rye and flour. Highlights include No 1 hard wheat at 83 3/4 cents, No 2 yellow corn around 39 1/4 cents, oats at 35 cents for No 2 white, butter 23 24 cents, cheese by the pound at 9 10 cents, eggs 24 25 cents.
CATTLE extra export steers bring 5.65 to 5.75 with good demand 3.40 to 5.60 for others and heavy butchers at 4.20 to 4.50. Cows and heifers 3.20 to 3.30, calves 3.85 to 4.25, veals 7.50 to 7.75. Sheep and lambs show wethers 4.45 to 4.60, sheep 4.20 to 4.40, common stock 3.25 to 3.75, spring lambs 5.15 to 9.29, other 4.90 to 5.10. Hogs heavy 4.20 to 4.25, medium 4.15 to 4.20, Yorkers 4.15 to 4.20, pigs 3.90 to 4.00.
Buffalo market reports list No. 1 timothy per ton at 9.50 to 10.00 dollars No. 2 timothy 8.50 to 9.00 dollars baled hay 9.50 to 10.00 dollars baled straw 5.00 to 5.50 dollars banded rye 11.00 to 12.00 dollars.
At an Academie des Sciences meeting in Paris M Mascart described a system to fix a ship’s position in fog or darkness. Two shore stations linked by a telegraph wire emit distinct notes Do and Me in a controlled sequence so a shipboard listener can measure the time gap between sounds. The time interval times sound velocity yields the ship’s distance difference to the two stations.
A fragment quotes a Chicago Record line on rushing to work despite death, noting an employer would expect attendance downtown tomorrow and work until the funeral hour. The remark highlights burnout and duty amid mortality in urban life.
A condensed retrospective covers the Manila siege, Filipino casualties, Cuban transport issues, Harbors and governors in Havana, beef scandals and various U S war measures. It notes clashes near Manila, Senate actions on Confederate disqualifications, and storms or fires across North America with multiple fatalities and losses.
A prepared Epworth League article by William K. Fisher argues the Methodist church is a missionary church and urges young members to focus on local outreach. It cites Christ’s call to spread scriptural holiness and stresses that cities and towns need missionary effort at home as well as abroad.
An instructional sermon on Romans 14 21 stressing communal sensitivity for Jewish and Gentile believers. It cites Paul teachings on avoiding actions that may cause a weaker brother to stumble and highlights Christ’s self sacrifice as example. The piece emphasizes self denial for others and mutual support within the church.
The wife of a clergyman has collected offertory buttons from the last two to three years and arranged them into animal, bird, and flower shapes on cardboard. She has had these button pictures photographed for sale at the upcoming bazaar exhibition.
The Series service at Windsor Castle is touted as the world’s most expensive dinner set with a value around 150000 dollars. Compared with Sevres pieces sold at Bernal and similar auctions fetching thousands, the price seems less astonishing.
A compilation notes quirky data from history: Sicilian farmers earn about $2.20, the average person wears 14 pounds of clothing, over 10 million oil lamps burn nightly in England, and a census records 1,577,252 hens in a state. It also explains blanc-mange origin, misnomers like chocolate, and a Salvation Army notice in telephone boxes.
The piece argues that a church without missionary zeal loses its purpose, urging believers to seek Holy Spirit empowered witness. It cites Acts 1 6 8 Pentecost and urges daily readings, prayer, and patience until Pentecostal power enables local and foreign witness for Christ.
A six foot Indian in top hat demands a letter at Susquaha post office. The distressed postmaster finds no letter for Guahano, while a British resident helps by suggesting a tactful bluff with wrapping paper and ink.
The article ranks European powers by years of war versus peace from 1800 to 1896. It lists Turkey as the most warlike, Spain second, then France, with Russia Italy England Austro-Hungary the Netherlands Germany Prussia and Denmark following. It notes peace periods 1816 18 1841 47 1879 81 and 1886 onward until the Turkey Greece war.
A playful newspaper quip features two children comparing their fathers talents. One says a father makes pictures and is a painter, the other boasts his father makes busts and is a buster, delivering a lighthearted glimpse of family pride.
A playful examination questions why common phrases and objects misalign with their literal senses. It probes contradictions such as sea cows producing milk, dirt carts as conveyances, and a sober observer mistaking an object for a tool, inviting reflection on metaphor and usage.
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