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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1903
Page
2
A compact summary of weekly items across home and abroad. Industrial sector updates, personal politics, and notable happenings highlight the period. Names, places, and organizations appear in concise notes reflecting the era’s events and concerns.
A wide sweep of events includes 16 year old Edward Fairless killing Thomas Barker in Texas, Barker once acquitted of his father’s murder. a 50 000 dollar Louisiana Purchase exposition souvenir sale. Lena Lillie arrested for murdering her husband in Nebraska. Harvey Lillie shot in his bed in October. a deadly boiler explosion on the Lizzie Massey towboat in Virginia. a Leroy Illinois post office robbery of 1000 dollars. the Chase & Son candy factory fire in Missouri causing 105000 dollars loss with two girls fatally hurt. and various political and crime notes including Roosevelt’s Denver visit plans and a Shullsburg Wis fire loss.
A severe blizzard paralyses Northwestern states slowing railroad movement and causing hardship. Other items report political diplomacy over Venezuela arbitration proposals by The Hague, Castro's arbitration stance, and related regional upheavals including fires, lynchings, and cold weather impacts across the U.S. and Europe.
President Roosevelt and family return from Rapidan Virginia. Ex Senator Dwight M Sabin of Minnesota dies suddenly in Chicago of heart disease. Former Creek leader Isparacher dies at Okmulgee Indian Territory aged 90 after long Creek affairs career. Nate Salsbury Buffalo Bill partner dies at Long Branch aged 57.
Admiral Dewey welcomed at San Juan Porto Rico with salutes and reception. Archbishop Temple of Canterbury dead after illness. Parthenon Greek steamer reported lost with crew and passengers. Nord sworn in as Haiti president amid calm. Caracas ship forced to leave La Guayra. protests fail. Moroccan throne pretender defeats imperial troops. 40 soldiers beheaded. Crown Princess Louise of Saxony seen at Geneva with tutor. Archduke Leopold present. Papal warning to agitators at Christmas greetings. Haiti exiles may return under forthcoming amnesty. William Waldorf Astor funds London hospital out patient department with 250000 dollars.
A Brooklyn candy factory fire causes 100000 in damage. A trolley wreck in Atlanta kills one and injures six. A Caneyville rail crash kills three and injures two with engine loss. Michigan sues Michigan for 6 million over charter repeal. Eight fall from 35 feet in Erie scaffold collapse. three may die. Beaumont oil field and Jennings region control by Standard Oil. oil at 1 dollar per barrel. San Pedro fire destroys 75000 in downtown property. two men die. Two brothers found dead from gas asphyxiation in Allentown. Colorado legislative disputes begin with filings in Arapohoe and senate contests. Mollie Gibson mine snowslide near Lake Kootenai rips bunkhouse, possibly nine dead.
Secretary Shaw doubts a currency bill passage this session. Elkins plans a 500000 dollar home for orphans of Pennsylvania masons. Secretary Root may resign in April with Taft in line. Ford aged 85 dies. Polk appointer. Anti Saloon league seeks prohibition in DC and territories. New York opens slot machine restaurant. nine more planned. Col Bobo of Mississippi dies after Roosevelt bear trip. Morris Sheppard, Texas congressman, age 27 looks 17. McKinley memorial push from Reynolds. Life policy on murderer struck down by Supreme Court. Regan's Jefferson Davis cabinet portrait to Richmond museum. Bertillon system to enforce Chinese exclusion. rare since fingerprints. Guasp Vergera first Porto Rican in US government service. high civil service exam score.
Gen Vidal and five supporters flee Curacao toward Venezuela signaling renewed revolt against President Castro. 1,200 revolutionaries clash with government forces near Coro as armistice expires. Britain and Germany keep the blockade during Hague arbitration while Venezuela contemplates concessions and possible loan guarantees.
From Yokohama via the Tartar comes details of a deadly baby farming conspiracy in Osaka. An elderly woman, her daughter, husband and two others are under arrest for infanticide with about 300 children killed since the scheme began this year. The Japan Times reports a Koohi man marrying a corpse in a ritual funeral between the living and the dead.
A three mile race between the boats of the US battleships Alabama and Massachusetts for 10000 dollars ended in a tie yesterday in Port of Spain Trinidad. The course time was 29 minutes 28 seconds.
William L. Elkins of Philadelphia plans to found a Free Mason orphan girls home in the city costing 500000. He revealed the gift at a Christmas dinner for Masonic home inmates, with grand lodge officers in attendance. The home is to be built in the northern part of Philadelphia.
A Ohio delegate reports Western Canada near Lacombe Alberta as a fine country with good water wild grasses and abundant hay. He notes two brothers who moved seven years ago now own land and cattle and he plans to immigrate with cattle. A British journalist cites a Somersetshire farmer who moved to Manitoba ten years ago now owning 320 acres and abundant wheat prospects.
A retired British officer’s letter extols a man who started penniless in Assiniboia fifteen years ago and now owns 7000 acres, 30 horses, 30 to 40 cattle, and a stone house. He is married and prosperous, with more growth ahead. He praises Western Canada’s bracing climate and urges perseverance as the key to success.
A brief exchange notes a character named McJigger who claims the best for himself while Thingumbob concedes everyone desires that. The Philadelphia Press quote highlights the character’s self interest and cleverness in obtaining favored things.
A brief remark contrasts being recognized as an American in London with the anonymity found in New York. The exchange hints at identity and public perception across two cities.
A collage of early 20th century marketing lines and quotes extol cough remedies and tonics. Mentions Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets at 25 cents, Piso’s Cure, Hamburg Breast Tea, and various quotations from newspapers and letters, including F Boyer and Uncle Eben, reflecting period beverage and patent medicine advertising.
The advertisement touts Doan's Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney ills and urges a free trial. It recounts Samuel J. Taylor of Goshen Indiana describing thirty years of suffering, crutches, and gravel before a permanent cure, and notes the product is sold nationwide for 59 cents per box.
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