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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1900
Page
1
We offer nearly five hundred men s suits and overcoats marked to sell before the holidays at ten dollars. All wool garments in latest style with hundreds of patterns and colors. Sale begins January 3, 1900, subject to withdrawal at the marvelously low figure.
The notice touts a premier selection of suits and overcoats described as unrivaled in opportunity, inviting buyers to explore the finest garments available. It emphasizes quality, urging readers to act while inventory lasts.
A collage of verse and prose pieces from Denver News and others. It includes a dialogue between dough and violin on art and bread, a meditation on space and the spirit of the worlds, and Edwin Markham’s The Man With the Hoe. Also a playful nautical tale of Crotchety and Cross aboard Sulky bay reacting to changing winds.
A forceful speaker declares power over life, promising fertility and abundance. The vivid metaphor describes plowlike action guiding prosperity, with crowds energized by the largesse and satisfaction it brings to people.
Canadian poet Arthur Stringer travels to Oxford with letters from Prof. Goldwin Smith and brings a basket of autumn peaches from Ontario. The incident amuses regius professor York Powell who suspects fruit from the south of France, then learns Stringer’s whale blubber and harvest from Kent County, Ontario, explain the mix of delicacies.
Two men in a Montgomery County field recalled a rabbit they called tame though wild. A boy kept a tame wild rabbit with a guinea pig and an alligator, but neighbors killed them with an ax, leaving the claim of a domesticated wild rabbit as a remarkable anecdote.
Recent experiments in Vienna used captive balloons as masts for wireless signals. A copper wire linked to earth transmitters, while a freely rising balloon carried the receiver with a 60 foot hanging wire. Messages traveled up to six miles from about a mile elevation, though weight and spark danger complicate station feasibility. Future tests will interest researchers in wireless telegraphy.
The U S consul general in Frankfort notes the need to study consumer color preferences for abroad markets. He cites Saxon needle makers winning Brazil with pink wrapping over black, Germans appealing to Russians with red, and France learning green offends a Chinese taste, albeit pricey to discover.
In parts of Spain hats are rarely worn. men cover their heads with cloth tied and women wear flowers instead. The vignette notes regional customs where the hat is seen only in pictures.
The southern region of Africa near Kimberley is described as volcanic and sulphurous soil that prevents any ant life, indicating extreme ecological conditions in that area.
The Boston Herald traces crackerjack to a Mexican jag with mescal and the word carajo. It notes a vociferous Grunk shouted caraho and, through corruption, crackerjack emerged to denote supreme cleverness or first class quality.
A New England woman boasted of earning through eggs in summer. She explained she sold fresh eggs at 35 cents a dozen to buy limered eggs at 25 cents, then kept the difference for the houseful of summer boarders without them noticing.
The long summary notes Ladysmith bombardment and raids by General Hunter with 500 volunteers, recaptures at Simonstown, political calls to seize Delagoa Bay, Philippine skirmishes, fires, deaths, and various dispatches from London, Washington, and abroad including Churchill in Durban, Buller in South Africa, and famine reports in India.
A Tacoma dispatch reports two new Alaska gold discoveries near Dawson City drawing a stampede. Bench claims grabbed. dirt yields up to 90 cents per pan. A Golovin Bay find sent in notes describes several rich creeks draining into Golovin with daily take of $600 to $1,100 per six men in September.
Manila reports Colonel Pettit of the Thirty first Infantry and Lieutenant Colonel Hayes confirm in official reports the hardships endured by the battalion aboard the transport Manauense. The ship was deemed unseaworthy and undermanned with few provisions, and Pettit urges a claim against the owners for ruined uniforms.
Andrew Carnegie gives $300,000 to Cooper Union to establish a day school named the Mechanics Arts High School of Cooper Union. The new program mirrors the existing night school and completes Peter Cooper’s original plan for the institution.
Hamburg reports the German foreign office has summoned the managing director of the German East African line, Herr Woermann, to Berlin over the seizure of the steamer Bundesrath by the British cruiser Magicienne for contraband of war aboard.
The will of Daniel Sharp Ford publisher of The Youth's Companion disposes of about 2.5 million dollars. It directs 77000 to public charities and religious institutions and provides income from several thousand dollars for similar ongoing use.
Albany dispatch reports Attorney General Davies named Captain Arthur Fortunatus Cosby of New York City as deputy attorney general to assist Deputy AG Coyne in the investigation of charges against Major Asa Bird as district attorney.
The schooner Puritan driven ashore on Cabot island during a heavy gale. Eight of the nine crew members drowned while six were married men with families. The survivor was injured with a broken arm.
New York money market report shows on call at 3 percent and prime mercantile paper at 6 percent. Sterling exchange quotes include bankers' bills at around 4.3744 for demand and 4.8244 for sixty days. Posted rates near 4.55 percent. Commercial bills about 4.81. Silver certificates at 5.yaa tec with bar silver at 487gc and Mexican dollars at 474.
Milling and agricultural prices listed for flour varieties rye cornmeal and oats, with values for barley malt and fat pork butter eggs cheese potatoes and related regional quotes. Notable items include Minnesota patents at 3.85 to 4.10, water straights 3.40 to 3.15, no 2 western rye 60 c.f.o.b afloat, and butter ranges from 16 to 29 cents per pound.
The article notes frequent misstatements in printed accounts where the subject and object are reversed, producing odd phrases like Admiral Dewey Given a House. It cites educators and lawmakers as examples, showing how careless wording makes the recipient appear as the action's subject.
A lavish edition presented to the dowager Empress of China marks a contrast with a nickel Bible for the poor. The royal quarto, weighing 10% pounds, features silver covers with bamboo designs, gold page borders, and a silver casket. The gift was from Christian women in China, prompting palace officials to seek a common copy for comparison. العلماء
A feature on cheeses labeled imported but produced domestically, detailing varieties crafted locally that cannot be distinguished from those made abroad. The article examines labeling practices and regional producers shaping a domestic scene that rivals international equivalents.
A humorous line inspired by the Indianapolis Journal notes a progressive yet selective emphasis on competition, joking that the club has weeded out women who always win prizes.
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