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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1897
Page
4
The passage discusses tragedy's core in fate versus will, questioning why battle shocks sometimes lack moral cause. It follows Rudolph pushing for a deep dive into Franco German politics and asks why Napoleon sought war, hinting at concerns over French national fatigue.
A first person narrator recalls teaching in a mixed rural class in a southern mining town. Rudolph, a bright German boy, forms a bond with her as she helps him pursue knowledge. While returning from a nutting trip they are endangered by a cliff, Rudolph improvises a pole rescue, saving her life, but Rudolph later dies by self harm.
Detroit July 14 delegates fill the hall for the off year convention. Governor Pingree rebukes favored corporations while Colonel Duffield argues the Republican party is the hope of the people. Addresses by Professor Woodmansee and President Dingley are well received as the gathering adjourns after routine business.
Governor Black and Secretary Treadwell visited the state camp at Peekskill. They were met by officers and escorted to headquarters where troops stood in formation and a 19 gun salute was fired by the Third battery. The governor reviewed the troops after lunch and hosted a reception at headquarters.
After an extended hearing on the petition for the pardon of Cole and Jim Younger, the surviving members of the Missouri outlaw band, who attempted to raid a bank at Northfield, Minn., in 1876, the state board of pardons refused relief by a unanimous vote, declaring they should complete their term of life imprisonment.
About 175 druggists from New York and surrounding states gather at the Manhattan Beach hotel for the 20th convention of the New York State Pharmaceutical association. President R K Smither presides as Corporation Counsel Burr extends welcome on behalf of Brooklyn.
A survey of diverse topics notes Cairo's electric railway over 20 miles and 600 miles of wire, Avon's Welsh river etymology, Bank of England note production, Paris mahogany paving, Leadville streets, Santee Sioux petitions to Congress, and Scottish led Britain naming reform aimed at replacing England with Britain in official language.
Echoes from philatelists describe surcharged Ecuadorian Provisorio stamps and Chinese post boxes valued at ten dollars a year, while Jhind stamps bear Raghir Singh’s initial. The universal stamp movement faltered due to currency fluctuations. Persian stamps honor Muzafer ed Din in multiple denominations. A St. Louis collector owns a rare uncanceled US three cent 1869 with a morbid envelope note.
A collection of wry observations about manners and aging noting suspicions of a childless woman and the value of genuine humor. It mentions Alexander Dumas the younger and hints at subscriptions being collected for an unspecified project in Paris.
Captain Flindt unveils a fish shaped boat powered by a novel propeller after 14 years of work and 50 prototypes. The oak and steel craft is 67 feet long with a 6 1/2 foot beam, draws six feet of water, and will carry 30 men with two staterooms and a 43 foot saloon. Engines arrive in three weeks, trial trip next, expecting 800 rpm from a 50 horsepower setup.
Americans were prominent in the jubilee procession with Mrs. Bradley Martin at the Bachelors' club and Mr. William Waldorf Astor hosting at Lord Normanton's Pall Mall house. Lady Beresford and Mrs. Mackay hosted luncheons, while Mrs. Cavendish Bentinck and others attended Clarencehouse. Mrs. Reid and Mrs. Hay hosted a luncheon, and Mrs. Chamberlain joined all events. St Pauls cathedral seen in green silk, Mrs Curzon in pale lilac. War wick house hosted a large concert, draped with white roses and orchids.
Mrs George B Swafford wife of a Washington university manual training professor in St Louis Missouri living on Theodosia avenue faced a burly intruder in the wood shed and after he drew a revolver she took the weapon and the intruder fled with the rake left behind. The story also notes a China labor demand claim for railway workers being warned as exaggerated.
Last year Germany used 4 117 348 short packs and 74 143 full packs of cards, roughly one pack per 12 inhabitants. The playing card tax of 11.9 cents per 52 card pack and 7.14 cents per 36 card pack brought imperial revenue of 302 801.66 dollars for the year.
Increasing poverty in Spain drives mass migration, with most flow heading to French and Portuguese harbors. The note highlights the rapid rise in emigration over recent months.
Princess Ingeborg, daughter of Denmark's crown prince, to marry Prince Karl of Sweden, duke of Westrogothia. Garibaldini label arouses indignation among Garibaldi followers in exile. Westley Richards died at 83. helped invent the Enfield rifle and breech loaders. English workhouse master funds a chapel for paupers and enters holy orders. A Church of England note on class and faith.
Philatelists nationwide protest the Walter S. Scott Stamp Co seizure as the government claims the periodical stamps were stolen. They cite sales to collectors from 1875 to 1885 and a March 27 1875 circular, noting U P U transfers. Chicago Philatelic Society vows action with a New York committee already raising funds.
A New York City assay office roof yielded dust rich in gold, with earlier sweepings from Kuhn Loeb & Co. at Pine Street showing $200 per ton in gold. Commission from Washington oversees the verification of accounts of B F Martin and Andrew Mason as cleaning of furnaces vats and floors proceeds to recover gold and silver.
A small museum of costly gifts arrives for the queen with more on the way. Queen Victoria receives a jewel studded chain and diamond brooches with jubilee inscriptions from royal and noble figures including the Prince and Princess of Wales and the Duke and Duchess of Connaught. An ivory and gold casket encrusted with gems is sent by the Cingalese, and Indian chiefs are sending presents.
A collage of brief items notes a Mexico railway ad touting strawberries every day of the year, government urged to curb horse thieves, a Beaman Missouri death tied to a late doctor visit, and famine aid wheat stories from Kansas.
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