Announcements and Senate Victory Highlight Local Politics
The notice announces Z T Weaver of North Clarendon and John Siggins of Tidioute as candidates for Associate Judge of Warren county, pending Republican primaries. Col M S Quay is re elected U S Senator with a 130 vote majority, ratified in joint session, and Quay plans to take his Washington seat as Hanna’s move vacates it.
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Z. T. Weaver
North Clarendon
Warren County
John Siggins
Tidioute
Repubican
Senator Quay
Col. M.S. Quay
U. S
Washington
Penrose
Senate
Hanna
Senator Cumings
Baker
Quay
Coutt
Forest County
Dalzell
Emery
Venango
Hoskins
Erie
Smith
Walter J. Christy
Harrisburg
J. C. Sibley
Col. Quay
Washburn
Sibley
United States Senate
Court of Common Pleas
Warren _ County
Linnie Bell Travis Libellant
Charles Travis
Libellant
Warren Boro
Said County
James W. Wiggins
Com’r
Seed Distribution Begins for Southern States
The Agricultural Department starts its annual seed distribution. A $170,000 appropriation funds the 28,000,000 seed packages planned for this season, averaging about 8,000 packages per Senator and Representative.
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Agricultural Department
Record Year for Pennsylvania Oil Hits New Highs
The 1900 oil season saw a record number of wells drilled and production near three million barrels per month, totaling about 36 million for the year. Prices fluctuated from a high of 1 dollar 68 cents to a closing level around 1 dollar 20 cents.
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Pennsylvania
Colorado in peril says Gov. Thomas
Gov Thomas asserts Colorado faces bankruptcy as the state’s credit is exhausted and he blames McKinley prosperity a surplus of populist policy for dire straits.
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Gov. Thomas
Colorado
Commonwealth
McKinley
Nominations for Bore and Township Offices Deadline
Nominations for bore and township offices must be made by January 19, thirty days before the election on February 19, the third Tuesday. Republicans should be active and careful in selecting their best men.
Flinn Faces Dramatic Political Decline Predicted
The Philadelphia Inquirer forecasts Bill Flinn will suffer a sharp political defeat soon. It labels him a has been and suggests his race is effectively finished, emphasizing an impending consequence in his own home.
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Bill” Flinn
Phila. Inquirer
Broad rule on marriage judgment from Mr Armour
The late Mr Armour held that the daughter of any good mother is the one to pick out for a wife. In a rule so broad the mother-in-law comes in for a share of just appreciation.
Wisconsin becomes first state native governor inaugurated
Wisconsin enters its fifty third year since admission to the Union and inaugurates its first native governor. Senator Quay is cited as proving that those who laugh last laugh best, while Republicans are urged to share in the merriment. Blank deeds and mortgages for typewriter use are offered for sale at the mail office.
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Wisconsin
Senator Quay
Toronto
U.S
Butler
Blairsville
Philadelphia
Ham
Grip Epidemic Warns of Four Illness Stages and Home Remedies
An eastern M D outlines grip causes and four common results from infection: cold in airways, nervous temper, stomach upset, and high fever. Prevention centers on disinfectants and nasal spraying. home cure advised includes rest, warmth, hot lemonade, and Dover's powder. Strong emphasis on staying home during epidemics and seeking a physician if fever persists.
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M. D
Bright Business Outlook Amid Rising Trade and Bank Clearings
The Buffalo Express notes a robust general business climate with rising transactions and strong future orders. Bank clearings totaled $2,643,000,000 last week, up 47 percent from the 1900 week, with Southern cities up 10 to over 60 percent. Higher cotton prices boosting available funds is cited as a factor.
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New York
Buffalo Express
American genius lauded for modern progress by British editor
Alfred Harmsworth writes in the New York World praising American advancement in daily life technology. He highlights Morse telegraph the telephone phonograph incandescent lamp and many inventions as signs of U.S. leadership in surface transit and industrial progress and commends America's public school system.
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American Enterprise
New York
Alfred Harmsworth
America
Linotype
Westinghouse
Burleigh Apportionment Bill Passes House 165 to 102
The House approves the Burleigh Apportionment bill by a 165 to 102 vote, raising total seats to 386 with New York Illinois and Texas gaining three each. Pennsylvania New Jersey and Minnesota gain two, while fourteen states gain one. The plan requires district boundaries to be compact and contiguous. The current district, including Elk and Forest counties, would meet compactness and contiguity under the bill.
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House
Census Committee
New York
Illinois
Texas
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Minnesota
Elk
Forest
McKinley Prosperity Pills Advertised as All-Sorts Cure
An ad promotes P. P. McKinley's Prosperity Pills claiming relief for hunger and poverty related ailments while noting authenticity only with the word Protection stamped on the bottle. It stresses non discrimination across races and conditions.
Pennsylvania Gives McKinley Roosevelt Victory Favor
The electoral vote of Pennsylvania was cast at Harrisburg last Monday for McKinley and Roosevelt, who are sure of 32 votes at least.
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Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
McKinley
Roosevelt
President McKinley to Speak at Lincoln Birthday Event
President McKinley will deliver an address at the Lincoln birthday celebration in New York on February 11. The impending speech is described as a good talk.
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McKinley
New York
Grippe or grip spell hits residents with illness
Some spell it grip while others call it grippe, but both refer to a bad spell of sickness affecting residents with influenza like symptoms and lingering fatigue.
Pennsylvania's Agriculture Standing Confident in Wheat and Corn
A 1900 Department of Agriculture stat summary shows Pennsylvania ranks high in corn and wheat among Midwestern states. Despite being viewed as industrial, Pennsylvania produced 32,707,900 bushels of corn and 20,281,334 bushels of wheat, outpacing several peers and contributing to national totals of 2,105,102,116 bushels of corn and 522,229,505 bushels of wheat.
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Pennsylvania
Keystone
Department of Agricultural
Middle States
New York
New Jersey
Folksien
Delaware
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Keystone State
States
Union
Pan American Exposition Sculptures and Plans
The Pan-American Exposition features over 125 statues and groups by leading American sculptors. New York State Sidepath Commissioners set their 1901 session for Buffalo during the exposition. A pipe organ for the Temple of Music costs $15 000 and an exhibit features women manufacturers and a dairying milking device claimed by a Glasgow firm to use pneumatic valves and suction rubbers.
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America
New York State
Buffalo
City of Good Roads
Glasgow
Scotland
Guffey Strikes Big Oil Gusher in Southeast Texas
Col James Guffey, a fortunate oil operator and defeated Democratic politician, hits a giant gusher in Jefferson County Texas. The well on a 3 800 acre tract 18 miles from Sabine Pass near the Sabine River yields 20000 barrels per day. No tanks or pipelines exist yet. Spectators and land grabbers gather around the site near Port Arthur.
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Texas
James Guffey
Sabine Pass
Sabine River
Port Arthur
Jefferson County
Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday section promises record color features
The Philadelphia Inquirer announces an expanded Sunday section with international writers, popular novelists, and top color artists. It pledges modern journalism, vivid color sketches, and fine halftone pictures to strengthen Pennsylvania's leading newspaper. Subscriptions offered at five cents per copy or 2.50 per year for Sundays and 25 cents per month for the daily issue.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Phila Sunday Inquirer
Sunday Inquirer
Pennsylvania
Inquirer
Wyoming Borough School Board Case Reprimands Solo Action
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania last Thursday Judge Halsey ruled a school board president and secretary acted illegally by contracting supplies individually. The court held that board powers must be exercised jointly by the entire school board, not by individuals.
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Wilkesbarre
Halsey
School Board of
Wyomingborough
New Great South American Kidney Cure Promises Quick Relief
Belief in a six hour relief for kidney and bladder distress is claimed for a remedy named New Great South American Kidney Cure. The ad asserts prompt relief of bladder, kidney and back pain for both men and women, including immediate relief of water retention. Sold by Iertzel and Saner, druggists, Warren, Kansas.
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Iertzel & Saner
Warren, Ku
Hertzel & Saner
Warren, Pa
Supreme Court orders Neely's return to Cuba for trial
The U.S. Supreme Court decides Neely must be sent back to Cuba to face trial for stealing a large sum of money and to serve his punishment.
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Neely
Cuba
U. S. Supreme Court
Noted Health Strains and Public Tidbits From The Atlantic Coast
A collage of items notes winter deaths from grip and pneumonia stressing coastal hospitals, calls for a West Point honor code, cheap canned vegetables, a schoolgirl quip, Armour on silence, a Toronto book sale scam, governor hopefuls and cotton exports, dead letter mail losses, a Butler wedding train joke, and a Pullman seating mix up.
Kilmer’s Swamp Root Promises Kidney Relief Sample Offer
Readers are urged to try Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp Root for kidney liver and bladder troubles. The ad touts a free sample by mail and a book on diagnosing kidney or bladder issues, with purchase options of fifty cents or one dollar sizes.
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Kilmer
Bright
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
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James D. Woodard
Frank Larson
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Warren Mica Lab
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