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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1903
Page
4
Notice to Republican electors that the party primaries for nomination to be voted in February 1903 will be held statewide on Saturday January 24 1903. Precinct vigilances will fix the exact times and locations. W W Windsor chairs the campaign committee.
Harrisburg notes an orderly start to Pennsylvania's new General Assembly with a Republican majority reducing conflict. Speaker selection, committee placements, and gubernatorial inauguration plans dominated the opening, as Penrose and Guffey faced light opposition for the U.S. Senate seat and key legislators settled into posts. Senator Cumings and Representative Baker from Warren County gained influential committee roles.
The Methodist Episcopal Church completed a $20,000,000 fund with Pennsylvania giving the largest share. Pennsylvania members raised $3,000,000. Reports nationwide note unusually large holiday business and record expenditures.
The 1902 review notes Martinique and St Vincent eruptions with 30000 deaths, a destroyed city, and calls the disaster Pompeian. It cites Edward VII coronation, Cuban independence May 20, and the fading Transvaal and Orange Free State after May 31. It highlights Panama Canal purchase bill, a long coal strike, Venezuelan arbitration case, Salisbury’s retirement, Alphonso XIII’s accession, Marconi wireless transatlantic, first Pacific cable, Assuan dam, Prince Henry visit, Roosevelt accident, Philippine civil government, and Henderson’s political decline. It lists Rhodes, Sampson, Reed, Zola, Krupp, King Albert, Temple, Grant, Stanton, and Fremont among notable obituaries.
Admiral Walker, president of the Isthmian Canal Commission, rejects claims of extravagance and favoritism raised by Representative Hepburn. He says no commission hires relatives of officers or prominent figures, notes over a million dollars spent on essential work, and invites full congressional or Treasury scrutiny of all vouchers.
Standard Oil Co will pension workers after 25 years of service. The policy favors liberal wages and now adds a pension guarantee for later life. The piece also notes a Review of Reviews discussion on Venezuelan affairs and congressional questions alongside municipal issues.
Announcement proclaims invention of a successful steel tie for rails as wood becomes scarce and costly. Railroads currently transport ties over long distances, highlighting the urgent need for a substitute.
Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules the Wabash railroad must obtain council approval in the usual process to enter Pittsburgh. The decision allows city officials opportunity for argument and negotiation.
This collection notes varied 1903 topics including rural delivery route growth, fire insurance trends, a new cable to Honolulu, tea duty abolition, and optimism for 1903. It cites bank openings, US gold holdings, and a warning on railway telegraph operator competence amid wrecks.
Notice of the thirty third annual meeting of Warren Savings Bank stockholders for election of a Board of Directors. Meeting at the bank in Warren Pennsylvania on Tuesday January 13 1903 at 3 PM. G B Ensworth cashier issues the notice dated December 17 1902.
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