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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1904
Page
4
The piece reflects on December as a true winter month and questions a January thaw while noting lengthening days and strengthening cold. It mentions a common social watch meeting in a parlor and reports Lancaster young Republicans organizing a campaign club with a uniform committee.
Missouri man H C Todd from Maryville has created a device using ordinary telephone wire that handles both telephony and telegraphy. The invention overcomes earlier limitations by performing double work in one system. The piece notes innovation and potential for broader adoption.
Gen. James Longstreet, the last lieutenant general of the Confederate army, died in Gainesville, Georgia, at 83. He stood out among surviving Confederate leaders and later accepted the South's defeat, became a Republican office-holder, and sought peaceful, practical aid for his people.
The Pittsburg Gazette reports that anti Roosevelt promoters failed to gain traction within his party. Senator M. L. Quay predicts Roosevelt will be nominated by acclamation at Chicago with no convention vote against him, and the old man’s word is portrayed as final.
In local politics a Corydon businessman named Everts announces his candidacy for County Treasurer as a Republican. He is described as active and popular, promising to guard the people’s money, while other aspirants seek both the office and Assembly. The piece notes possible additional announcements and hints at more candidates for the two offices.
A newly opened East River Bridge dominates the skyline linking Brooklyn and Manhattan. The structure surpasses the old Brooklyn Bridge in width and length, with two thirds of a million daily capacity and a 7 200 foot span. It reduces cost by about 3.5 million and cuts build time by five years. The complex carries four trolley tracks two elevated tracks two driveways two footpaths and a cycle path across 118 feet of width. Twenty thousand tons of dead weight anchor the granite foundations before traffic begins.
An official inspection shows 33 157 veterans cared for in the past year with per capita maintenance at 141 70 up 20 percent in three years due to food costs. Pensions total 3 166 734 to 25 168 recipients. Inmates died 1 863 and 3 582 new admissions. Land cultivated 1 441 acres with 98 acres vegetables. farm products worth 59 051 while maintenance costs 602 403.
The January McClure's features Carl Schurz on Can the South Solve the Negro Question, a masterful, provocative essay destined to stir heated discussion. Closely paired is Tarbell Part Two Chapter Two The Fight for the Pipe Lines tracing Standard Oil battles.
The Franklin Spectator notes that Congressmen increasingly act as pension agents with many solicitors. It praises the district representative, Mr. Sibley, as one of the most active and effective in this field, keeping multiple solicitors busy.
The Mail and the New York Tribune offer farmer and Tri-Weekly Tribune plus mail subscriptions at 150 dollars and 2 dollars per year respectively. Wen delboe’s at 217 Liberty Street advertises made to order picture frames.
A proposed forty five story building in Lower Broadway New York would be tallest structure in the world. The note highlights rapid urban development and compares it with older forms of transit and technology.
An article promotes Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp Root, a kidney liver and bladder remedy. It claims rapid relief and offers a free sample bottle and a booklet by mail, directing readers to send address details to Kilmer & Co. in Binghamton New York.
Jacob Keller the tailor announces a large lot of cloths just received and promises skilled men to make garments with a guaranteed good fit. Visit his new store on Penns Avenue to see Jake.
The Mail Office displays latest engraved stationery styles and fashion forward samples with listed prices for customers seeking refined writing supplies.
Monogram Stationery promotes latest styles of paper and envelopes with good stock and low prices. Samples are shown and orders are taken at the store.
The Borough of Warren Pennsylvania will hold a February 16 1904 election to approve increasing bonded indebtedness up to 40000 for a Conewango Creek bridge at Pennsylvania Avenue and a Third Street foot bridge and fire department system improvements. Existing debt is 104000 with last valuation 3567747. proposed increase 40000 equals about 0.112 mills. Burgess W S Peirce signs the proclamation with Clerk W B Weed.
The court lists sixteen cases to be called January 25 1904 including Blanche S King vs Myra Grannis A Livermore vs John A Smith C E Spetz vs J D Harris Township of Mead vs Warren Street Railway Co John Cooney vs C A Swanson E V McDonald Adm vs D Ridelsperger Penn Tanning Co vs Arthur Brooks Use of Nellie Palmer vs Press Publishing Co Fred Wentz vs J W Newmaker Geo L Hopkins vs G P Mead Sarah A Nichols and Perry Nichols vs Pittsfield Tp Dora and Geo Vollmer vs Warren Street Railway Co yy of Foreign Missions vs Sam Q Smith xr W G Lyons vs Carl and S L King C T Widdifield vs James Peer Brown & McMainigle vs C S Morris D L Beebe vs Addie Beebe Proby H M Putnam Warren Pa January 5 1904
In the Court of Common Pleas Warren Pa No 34 June Term libellant M Shirley vs Mary E Shirley Respondent Commissioner Frank J Lyons will take testimony at his Warren office January 15 1904 at 10 A M. Also annual stockholders meeting of Warren Trust Company for election of Directors January 14 1904 at 2 PM in Warren Pa.
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