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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1901
Page
2
A compact digest of seven days of items including industrial field notes, personal and political happenings, and events from home and abroad. This weekly summary gathers notable developments across sectors and regions in a concise format.
The report chronicles congressional activity from mid month through late here summer, detailing agricultural and sundry civil appropriations, military pensions, and foreign affairs. It notes bills, amendments, filibusters, executions, crimes, and crises from Washington to the Philippines and beyond.
Northern and central New York suffer deep snow as a blizzard brings record depths and widespread disruption across the region. Authorities warn of ongoing travel hazards and dangerous winter conditions.
A roundup of notable deaths includes Mrs. T. C. Platt in New York at 66, Peggy Jones in Ghent Kentucky at 124, Gilbert A. Pierce former Dakota governor and U S senator in Chicago at 67, Dr Edward Payson Goodwin Chicago pastor at 69, Maurice Thompson Craw fordsville Indiana writer at 57, Justice Jesse J. Phillips Hillsboro Illinois at 64, Susan B Anthony 81 in Rochester New York, Marshall S. Pike Upton Massachusetts at 82, Annie D Tallent first woman in Black Hills at Sturgis, Ethelbert Nevin New Haven composer at 38.
Floods destroy La Paz Peru causing loss of life and damage. First Filipino provincial government launched in Pampanga. Gen De Wet invades Cape Colony, Gen Kitchener confirms in Pretoria. Madrid under martial law as Weyler commands. Edward VII opens Parliament after a state ride. Earthquakes hit Mexico cracking Chilpancingo and more. Infanta Maria de las Mercedes wed Prince Charles of Bourbon in Madrid. Sixty workers entombed at Union Mine Cumberland. Allies in China report being tricked by Chinese authorities.
The snippet surveys global and local items including silk industry employment in China, a Missouri poultryman Henry Coop, arrests by Russian secret police, William H. Merrow named Lawrence city messenger for the 30th time, and European emigration shaping gender balance. Also noted are future electric canal traction, threats to the Great Salt Lake, a nurses congress in Buffalo, a Victoria monument in Winnipeg, confederate veteran Linney’s unique congressional record, Hartford bird list for February, Philippine supreme court judges, Bell Telephone coils aiding cross continental talk, and Margaret Daly leading Helena banks with Marcus Daly’s legacy.
J Pierpont Morgan underwrites a new British Electric Traction Co issue, signaling Morgan interests entering England. The firm aims to develop electric traction with about 10 million dollars in capital, operating 230 miles with 58 more under construction across English towns.
The Times Herald editorial extols Canada's low murder indictments in 1899 and cites rapid punishment, few delays, and strong deterrence. It frames Canada as a land of honest policing and invites Americans to settle Western Canada with open land and railway sales in 1901.
A Washington household considers a colored applicant Evangeline for cook due to elegance of the home. She insists she can cook at $25, while the family offers about seventeen dollars and thirty five cents. A separate note from Atchison praises a new clerk whose popularity comes from laughing at customers.
Commodities and livestock prices across multiple cities show dull wheat and steady beef, with flour, corn, oats, butter, cheese, eggs, and potatoes trading at modest ranges. Cattle, sheep, and hogs display varied cash bids, with notable figures from New York, Cleveland, Toledo, East Liberty, East Buffalo, and Cincinnati.
Belva Lockwood lauds Peruna as a cure for cold and catarrh influencing her views as a presidential candidate. Letters from Mrs. Hannah Bennett, Mrs. T. Pelton, and Julia C. Brown extol Peruna’s health benefits and tonic effects for tired or frail individuals. Dr. Hartman emphasizes catarrh can affect any organ, urging consultation.
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