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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1913
Page
8
Engineers struggle with repeated slides in the Panama Canal at Culebra Cut delaying operations. Large landslides sweep earth and rock into the cut, burying steam shovels and dirt cars while crews attempt rapid removal and blasting to clear debris.
A dove dislodged a lantern at Edward B. Diver’s North Pembroke NY farm causing a 68 by 20 foot gambrel barn and attached wing to burn. Thirty one sheep perished after livestock were moved and grain, wagons, and tools were lost with partial insurance coverage.
Ashland County Ohio reports a hen that supposedly yields a premium with breakfast. Frank Reep and Otto Hornburger found a hard boiled egg containing a safety pin firmly imbedded through yolk and white. Half the egg with the pin remains for inspection.
A trunk received at Rochester from a station on the Rochester & Eastern drew attention of baggage officials who opened it. Dressed chickens were found inside and the check holder paid the higher poultry rate beyond the standard 25 cent trunk fee.
Dispatches from Selkirk Manitoba claimed John Clemens of Elmira New York was killed in a hotel fight and a nephew of Samuel L. Clemens Mark Twain. The report proved false as Mark Twain had no nephews and the Elmira estate relatives were not related to him.
Daniel Beach, vice chancellor of the regents of the University of the State of New York, died at Watkins, New York, last Saturday. He was 83 and had suffered failing health for some time. His widow, two sons, and three daughters survive.
A proposed Pennsylvania measure would make giving soliciting or receiving a tip a misdemeanor punishable by a 25 dollar fine. The bill was introduced in the legislature last week and applies to tips given directly or indirectly.
Farm and Garden outlines silos as a conservation tool for livestock. It highlights waste in corn and stock feeds, claims silos cut butter costs and beet production expenses, and asserts silage boosts forage efficiency, soil fertility, and land carrying capacity with strong return on investment.
A roundup notes a New York fur store robbery after a police watch, reveals alleged Castro arms purchases, and reports Panama Canal opening slated for January 1, 1915. It also mentions a bomb blast at Lloyd George and Emmeline Pankhurst attacked during a suffragette meeting.
The House Naval Committee votes in favor of the battleship plan following fierce park hunter protests. A Boston brain specialist treats divorce as a mental vacuum needing intellectual love as justification. A New York schoolteacher, who wed a wealthy widow by mail, inherits 72 cats and a ruined house under her will. Governor Wilson defends anti-trust measures, saying honest men have nothing to fear and rivals ruin the people.
Five Erie railroad coal yards strikers in Shadyside New Jersey are found guilty of murder in the second degree for deaths of two detectives. A Montclair club federation plans a week of cleanup for unsightly spots in town. Zelaya contemplates strikes across Nicaragua Honduras and Guatemala forming a Pan American union. Titanic heirs may sue for full damages under a US appeals court ruling.
Two men in an old cider mill near Albany discuss a plot to kill Governor Sulzer though he says he is not afraid. Rev Dr Robert Bruce Clark tells patriotic groups Lincoln surpassed Washington as a general. A New Jersey school superintendent is stunned by telegraph officers saying pupils cannot eat lunches on telegraph poles. An Albany conference aims to bridge employer and labor sides on a workmen compensation bill.
Edward L. Rantoul of Boston says he will forgive his wife for her alleged "intellectual love" for a former friend. West Paterson residents plan to urge Carnegie Hero Fund Commission to award a medal to Miss Sarah Schneider who rescued a drowning boy from the Morris canal. Edward E. Grimmell, freed from Dannemora in 1912 after surgery, is sentenced to life at Auburn for burglary in Buffalo.
A Chicago traveler is found shot to death in an Atlanta hotel while his wife is held as a prisoner. The case unfolds amid a spate of dramatic incidents across the nation.
Umpire Byron ascends from the International to the National League this year and gains a reputation as a comedian. He roars like Bill Brennan while signaling third strikes, delivering a lively monologue as he calls batters out.
Entry blanks have been sent for the national indoor track and field championships at Madison Square Garden New York on March 6. The Amateur Athletic Union aims to make this the most attractive meet yet with gold silver and bronze medals for the top three in each event. The ten lap mile track will be board surfaced but spiked shoes are allowed.
The Philadelphia Racket club's Jack Soutar and England's Charles Williams will compete for the world title in a $10,000 home and home match. First half likely in March in Philadelphia with the return in London England. Williams holds the crown after defeating Jamsetjee in 1911 and Standing in 1912, while Soutar rises as a strong challenger backed by the Philadelphia club.
Our Carpet Store invites you to explore a vast second floor selection of carpets rugs curtains and draperies. We promise wide variety high quality designs and economical prices with large spring purchases to ensure ready stock and savings for every home.
The groom, nervous yet calm, says yes and signs the register after Mendelssohn and a rainstorm. At the church door rain causes exasperation and the crowd laughs while his mother in law bristles and his wife remains silent.
Aso san in southern Japan Kiushu holds the earths largest known crater about fourteen miles by ten to eleven miles with walls about two hundred feet high though the volcano remains active its eruptions are limited to ashes and dust. A line of later volcanic mountains crosses the old crater resembling lunar craters in their long history of weakening eruptions.
The hawks bill turtle, valued as the finest in the world, is caught in Bahama waters and fetches high prices in Europe. Green turtles from these waters are often shipped alive to the United States for food, notably soups.
St Laurence Gomme says music helps his work as he recalls starting his official career by tallying long columns of figures to a Gregorian tune and always arriving at the correct totals.
Mrs. Marsh questions Norah after the cake is baked with six eggs instead of four. Norah admits she followed the recipe but added two extra eggs to compensate for bad eggs, aiming to even them up.
A widow recalls her daughter admiring a gentleman who flattered her, saying the girl would like him as her father. The exchange appears in a London Tatler excerpt.
Article notes silk industry importance in Switzerland second only to watches, with Zurich as a historic silk center. Also mentions theater questions posed by a visitor and a quotation from the Baltimore American about icy treatment and a bet.
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