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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1905
Page
7
John Burroughs recalls visiting Orr in his town and meeting six children who form Orr’s collection of orchids. The naturalist notes every man should have a collection to add zest, as Orr proudly presents his floral hobby to his guest.
Estherville Iowa January 23 Special George J Barber a well known citizen says his Bright's Disease was cured by Dodd’s Kidney Pills after fifteen years of illness He tried doctors in Estherville and Chicago before two boxes ended his suffering He proclaims the remedy the best in the world and claims it cures all kidney diseases to which these pills are applied.
A Birmingham Age-Herald note contrasts spring flowers with high priced year round blooms grown in hothouses, noting the flowers appear poor by comparison to expensive blooms.
Tickets for travel to Florida New Orleans and other southern points at reduced rates are available with return by May 1 1905. Variable route tickets to Florida and Cuba via Atlanta and Asheville are advertised. For rates contact W A Beckler at 113 Adams Street Chicago D P Brown 11 Fort Street Detroit W W Dunnavant Warren and W C Rinearson Cincinnati.
The Cleveland Leader quotes a side show manager offering a high salary to reveal the person who threw a stone at a suburban lot advertisement near a station. The dialogue notes the ad promises “go stone's throw from the station” and features an open challenge to identify the stone-thrower.
In a witty exchange from Tit-Bits a character bows to a man named Dobson, identified as the great composer, while another calls him a manufacturer of soothing syrup, revealing a playful misunderstanding of his reputation.
A Yonkers Statesman cartoon caption presents a cremation advocate who quips that cremation is a “live subject” and you can be “dead sure of that” in a light editorial line.
Mrs Lizzie Williams of Quincy Illinois relates a thirteen year fight with nervous prostration weakness headaches and rheumatic pain. After kidney and menopause worries she found relief in two months of Dr Williams Pink Pills which she credits with restoring appetite nerves and strength and says she looks better than in fifteen years.
The article traces China’s long pacific tradition from the Chow dynasty through Confucius and Mencius, arguing that peace shaped governance for two millennia. It contrasts China’s scholar leaders with soldiers, notes global shifts toward arbitration, and warns that disarmament remains distant while world peace depends on restraint.
The speaker argues that the national irrigation policy marks beginnings, not completion, urging sustained funding, forest preservation, fair land laws, and social reform. He envisions scientific farming, industrial cooperation, and community living as essential to developing the western valley civilization and proving a broad public-spirited precedent.
The London Lancet compares turkey and beef noting turkey yields more protein per weight and less fat while beef provides more extractives that stimulate digestion. It argues beef is often cheaper and suggests moderate use of stimulants with turkey is more justified than with richly flavored meats like beef.
Alfred Henry Lewis ranks Washington Franklin Jackson and Lincoln among the greatest Americans noting their feats in war and peace. Franklin is praised for intellect and achievement from science to statecraft including a fire and police department and postal service. Lincoln’s era defining leadership and Morrison recalls Lincoln’s Douglas debates as uniquely powerful speeches.
The piece reflects on happiness from mutual sympathy among relatives and friends and notes that each person carries a private inner world. It urges sensitivity and candor toward others to prevent blind insensitivity in daily encounters.
Prices for flour wheat corn oats hay cattle and hogs listed across cities including New York Cleveland Toledo Buffalo and Pittsburgh. Notable ranges include wheat around 1.20 per bushel No 2 red and hogs Yorkers near 5.00. Sheep and lamb values vary by grade with lambs around 7.25 to 8.20 in some markets.
An article cites high hospital rates of ovarian and womb troubles among women and promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy to prevent surgeries. It features testimonials from Mrs. Seydel and Miss Mushrush praising recovery and urges sick women to seek advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
A bald headed dentist boasts that his work is so painless patients fall asleep in the chair. His rival counters that patients demand photos to capture their facial expressions during the procedure.
The quote notes that a man shows ignorance of language when he gratuitously injects common expressions into ordinary conversation, criticizing such habits as signs of linguistic shallowness.
A reader from Trinity Springs Indiana cites a 1900 testimonial on Piso's Cure while noting a quote on great hearts combining generosity and tenderness attributed to South.
N. B. McCarver of 201 Cherry St Portland Oregon swears by Doan's Kidney Pills for chronic back ache and kidney trouble. He credits the medicine with relieving months of discomfort after a cold triggered symptoms. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
An advertisement claims hoarseness signals irritated air passages from a cold and touts Shilohs Consumption Cure as a remedy with a money back guarantee if it fails. It asserts thousands know the product and urges purchase.
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