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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1908
Page
4
Harrisburg Telegraph notes Governor Stuart’s speech on better roads and reconstructing the old State road. Newspapers praise the vision, but warn the program will take a decade and millions, yet promise high economic value with legislative action.
After about six months since the blaze that killed 171 people, Dr. Thomas H. Rhoads, owner of the building, is arrested on charges of violating factory laws by keeping a dangerous structure. The coroner's jury urged indictments against the manager and deputy inspector, but the district attorney declined to act.
State Dairy and Food Commissioner Foust recommends forming a commission to revise the Commonwealth food laws and press for new milk inspection pure drink and stricter provisions. He notes oleo license receipts reach 32549 dollars for the first six months, a new half year record. Blizzard advice on taxes urges paying claims promptly without arguing.
West Newton Mass veteran Captain John Ryan adds a canelike relic to his trove of over 800 items. The cane comprises materials from three wars he fought in: the Mexican, Civil, and Spanish-American conflicts.
Despite amassing 18 million from a famed silver mine, Pedro Alvarado known as the Mexican Croesus has fallen into debt and agreed to lease his property for fifteen years to an American syndicate.
Trade remains quiet yet healthy with moderate progress in the past week aided by favorable crop reports. Insolvencies in June decline from last year while manufacturing slows for mid year inventories. wages see concessions with price declines. Railway earnings dip, exports rise while imports fall. June treasury balance improves reducing the year’s deficit.
A July Review of Reviews note extols American Express Company travel checks for Europe. They are portable, widely accepted, come in small denominations, and simplify spending as you travel from Paris to the Black Forest, with clear face values and easy tear-out vouchers.
A local appeal urges readers to support home merchants as community mainstays and to patronize businesses that advertise, emphasizing the value of local commerce and advertisers.
The first annual report of Pennsylvania's Bureau of Vital Statistics under Commissioner Dixon shows a gradual drop in birth rate tied to later marriages and more women in work. Many first births are to women over 25, and state efforts include reporting more diseases, placarding infected homes, and using diphtheria anti toxin to cut child deaths. The piece contrasts past and present medical practices and lifestyles in a brisk, essay like tone.
Assistant Secretary of War Oliver disclosed at Pine Plain New York a plan to amalgamate state militia with regulars into a 250000 strong standing army ready to answer the President. He said the term militia is outdated and state troops will join the United States volunteers under federal control. Eight corps would form the regulars and guardsmen, each with a concentration camp for drill and mobilization in war.
Harry Orchard, a self confessed murderer who said he killed for hire, has had his sentence commuted from hanging to life imprisonment. The public discusses the irony that he may eventually gain freedom after admitting a businesslike pattern of killings.
The Equitable Life Assurance Association intends to build in New York a 62 story office tower reaching 909 feet to the curb with a 150 foot flag staff and a top ball 74 feet above the Eiffel Tower. The project costs 10 million dollars.
After July 4 all flags made for government use will display 46 stars. This follows Oklahoma's admission as a state. The stars will be arranged in six horizontal rows with eight stars in rows one three four and six and seven stars in rows two and five.
The article notes Chief Justice Fuller turned seventy five last February and took the oath on October 3, 1888. It states he will reach two decades of service as Chief Justice before the next Presidential election. The piece ends with a subscription line for the MAIL.
Vice President-elect Wim. R. King died in his residence on the 18th after returning from Cuba where he had received the oath in his invalid state. The public mourns a man lauded by his state and nation, who refused the oath at the Capitol. In Pine Grove, George Tisdale faced examination for setting fire to John Russell's house and was bound over. The steamer Justice and Belle No. 2 were reported moving on Monday nearby.
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