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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1903
Page
2
A weekly digest reviews home and foreign events from the past seven days including industrial sector developments and notable personal and political items. The column highlights happenings at home and abroad in a concise summary while signaling broader economic and social trends.
Across the globe the year 1902 saw crop shortages, strikes, and falling trade set against philanthropy and progress. Carnegie grants boost New Orleans libraries while fires in New York cause heavy losses. disasters, reform efforts, and public works mark a volatile year with broader advances and setbacks.
Mrs W A Clark Jr daughter in law of a Montana senator and mother of the million dollar baby died at Butte Ex Congressmen J N Castle died at home in Stillwater Minnesota aged 65 Irving M Scott builder of the Oregon announces his candidacy for the seat of Senator Perkins of California Mrs Mary Elizabeth Dockery wife of the governor of Missouri died at Jefferson City aged 52
The report of the Falke threatening Maracaibo is false. President Castro accepts Hague arbitration in Venezuelan disputes. Jaipur maharajah donates about $50,000 to famine relief. The Venezuelan blockade harms commerce and U.S. interests. Lieut de Magnie and party were killed at Port Beni by cannibals. Editor Insula shot by Corona during a politics dispute. Sixty-eight miners die in Bachmut Russia fire. China warned over indemnity fund payment in gold notes. Philippine naval maneuvers show a hostile fleet cannot reach Manila harbor.
Wages rise across railroads and industry with 656800 workers gaining 38.35 million dollars. Detroit to sell coal at cost. Dr. Hill resigns as assistant secretary of state to become U S minister to Switzerland with Loomis succeeding. Brig Gen Eli Long dies in New York. U S Supreme Court rules for Western Union in Pennsylvania case. Pottsville steel mill to open in July. Connecticut river ice jam dynamiting injures boy. Venezuela crisis concerns rise as Castro resists abdication amid arbitration talks. German marines land at Puerto Cabello amid regional tensions. Berlin downplays incident while US calls for adherence to Monroe Doctrine.
A batch of 1902 era items covers world debt at 80 billion dollars, Canada needing 600 snow plows, 9000 beers entering the U.S., a stock plan by United States Steel, preservation of Paul Revere’s Boston home, union building checks, Turkish recognition moves, British navy luck trends, Germany’s 1903 naval build, Hawaii land openings, 1.2 million acres government land, Ohio Wesleyan gains via a bank offering, Fulton’s 1903 rail outlook, Lord Roberts’ invite to Boston’s artillery group, and 1902 winter wheat and corn acreage and production figures.
London reports Capt. Shane Taylor, Irish landlord, who attended the Dublin landlords and tenants conference, sailed on the Ivernia to consult with President Roosevelt about Ireland's land problem. The purpose beyond that is not disclosed.
John Leavy a carpenter and contractor in Pittsfield Massachusetts received a $1500 check for building work and cashed it at a local bank. He carried the funds in his pocket in various bills and later, after tending the furnace, found the money missing. He suspects it slipped from his pocket and was shoveled into the furnace.
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