News of the Week condensed from March 3 to 9
A broad roundup notes Vizcaya’s Havana arrival and Maine dive work, court inquiries in Key West and Wilkes-Barre, Lake City postmaster murder probe, and political debates in Albany. Senates, disasters, and protests across the U S and Cuba mark this week with ship movements, executions, fires, and war talk.
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Defense Cabinet
Lake City
S. C
Redington
Albany
Louis Halle
Chicago
England
Giorgili
Capitol
Maine
Winslow
Key West
Paducah
Wetmore
Mich
Robert Little
New York
McCoy
Joe Choynski
Hot Springs
National Baseball League
Peter Horne
Columbus
Miss
Havana
United States
Olympia
Asiatic Coast
Senate
Alaska
Bradstreet
Baker
Kid McCoy
Nick Burley
Ark
Pennsylvania
Cleveland
Judson Root
William Drake
Mayville
N. Y
Auburn Prison
Martin
Wilkes-Barre
el Nacional
Madrid
Spain
Cuba
Joe Leiter
Market Report New York Money Market
New York March 8 Money on call 2 3 per cent Prime mercantile paper 4 444 per cent Sterling exchange actual bank bills 4.8444 for demand 4.81414 for 60 days Posted rates 4.824 4.83 and 4.8514 Bar silver 544c Commercial bills 4 804 4.81 Mexican dollars 4434c Silver certificates 54 55c
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Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
New York Produce Market Prices Hit Slump and Rise Across Staples
Market notes show flour values for patent and winter grades, rye flour, buckwheat, cornmeal, and barley with varied prices. Wheat and corn options quoted, oats and pork ranges listed, butter and cheese prices, eggs in-state and western ranges, and regional creamery figures among scattered tasks.
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City Mills
Winter
Winter Straits
Minnesota
New York
C.i.f
Western
Milwaukee
C. If
Northern
Duluth
Manitoba
White State
Western Creamery
Do Factory
Elgins
State
Pennsylvania
Western Fresh, LLC
Icehouse
Acuthern
Miscellaneous Observations From a Lighthearted Column
A collection of witticisms and anecdotes on topics from presidents and lawyers to Christian Science, fashion bracelets, and family life. Jokes span marriage, work ethic, cooking, farming, and daily quirks with a humorous, late 19th to early 20th century newspaper tone.
Faith in a Tablet Turns Out A Pants Button Tale
A sick wife benefited after a man offered what he claimed was a powerful remedy from mountain tea berries. In a separate incident a young woman faintly felt better with a tasteless tablet whispered to dissolve in the mouth, only to find a pants button when she examined it at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Editor Advice On Subscriptions And Integrity
A 19th century style note warns readers not to cheat editors over subscriptions or payments. It cites Bill Nye on editors as guardians of future influence and recounts the risks of refusing payment, likening it to stealing and noting the press and printer as laboring to keep papers alive.
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Bill Nye
Breadth of God's Love And the Narrow Mind
Lesson for the week begins March 13 by Rev. W J Yates on the breadth of God's love. The talk warns that clinging to limited truth fosters sectarian arrogance and excludes sincere believers. It cites Peter at Cornelius and urges repentance from exclusiveness to embrace all who seek God in good faith.
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W. J. Yates
God
Peter
Cornelius
Jesus
Simon the Tanner
Apostle
Jesus Christ
Ruskin
St. Mark’s Rest
Prayer meeting moves from chance to duty in decision
A speaker notes a young man and another debated between attending prayer meeting or a concert, flipping a cent twice which favored the concert both times. They chose duty and attended, signaling a shift toward reason over luck in moral choices. The piece criticizes religious gambling and reliance on lotteries to meet church obligations, urging honest contributions instead of pay through chance.
The Christ Soul Life and True Joy
Sir William Hamilton argues life has two ends perfection and happiness which are one when centered on Christ. He urges active self denying love and noble service as essential, claiming true joy comes from self sacrifice and serving others through Christlike living. Do you know it.
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Sir William Hamilton
Christmas Carols and Easter Anthems
The piece contrasts simple Christmas carols with grand Easter anthems noting the Easter festival inspires the finest music. It praises Mozart's Gloria from the Twelfth Mass and Handel's Messiah with its hallelujah chorus as pinnacle works. The article asserts music uniquely conveys human emotion beyond other arts.
Woman’s Deep Feelings Clash With Male Stereotypes
A fiery female orator challenges male claims of superiority, asserting women feel more deeply. Lively crowd responds with a chorus of no, a male quip about bald husbands sparks laughter as the debate ends with a hasty exit.
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Pearson’s Weekly
Wedding Invitations and Programs at Low Prices
At the office, guests are invited to view neat and elegant wedding invitations and programs offered at affordable rates. A simple, stylish option for couples seeking quality printing.
How to keep the Christian Endeavor pledge
Rev. 8S H Doyle discusses keeping the Christian Endeavor pledge through the parable of the talents. Christ as master entrusts gifts. members must use talents faithfully, according to ability, and account to Him. The talk urges humility, duty, and faithful stewardship with Bible readings listed.
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H. Doyle
Christ
Mount of Olives
Jesus Christ
Endeavor Society
Society
Christian Endeavor Society
Christ’s Vineyard
What makes a Christian different to others
The Congregationalist asks how a true believer is distinct beyond virtue. Virtue alone proves not Christianity, since many share purity and diligence. The key lies in a life animated by a distinct purpose: to imitate and honor Jesus Christ above all else.
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Christ
Jesus Christ
The Call to Churchgoing by a Church Evangelist
A church evangelist urges regular church attendance as the Christian’s highest duty and privileged path to God’s blessing. He warns that forsaking church weakens faith and endangers the soul, stressing the necessity of the sacraments and communal worship for salvation and divine favor.
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God
Prayer of Guidance and Sacrifice by C G Rossetti
A devotional petition asking divine guidance through life and death. It seeks grace to follow, obedience in daily acts, truthfulness, humility, and kindness, and the strength for self sacrifice and heroic courage in service of truth and others.
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C. G. Rossetti
Moody Warns Against Reform by Marriage
The article cites Evangelist Dwight L. Moody in Ladies Home Journal condemning the idea that marrying a man can reform him. He argues many homes fail and lives are wrecked when young women marry hoping to change a partner. He insists true reform must come before marriage.
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Dwight L. Moody
Ladies Home Journal
Aple
Since Baby Came We Find Joy In Home Life Bright
The text notes a shift to happiness after marriage and a brighter daily life. The speaker reflects on why quarrels arose before marrying and declares the couple is now married, with daybreak and cheer replacing darkness.
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Baby
Heaven
Earth
Florence C. Baird
Ladies’ Home Journal
The Motto In a Wedding Ring
Poem fragment where a lover asks a goldsmith to engrave a tender thought in a ring. The master engraves the line Till death us part as the symbol of enduring affection.
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J W. Dunkle
Warren
Cezin Hazeltine Building
Nosey & Pabelee
Lave
Johnson’s Exchange
Edward Lindsey
Seanenn
Geo. Ball’s
Warren, Pa
Fata G. Ball
Warren Savings Bank Building
Je & Peterson
Attorneys At Law
Warren Savings Bank
Chas. Dinsmoor
Chas. A. Peterson
Joseph T. Danforth
Dennis
Keller’s Sons
Second Street
H. Perry
Justice of the Peace & Conveyancer
Nater Street
Woodard & Lesser
MCC Alpin & Stuart
Third Street
A. C. McAlpin
R. W. Stuart
Tilb & Schnure
Yarren
Hazeltine Ding
Liberty Street
W. Wilbur
WM. Schnur
A. Greaves
Arren
Are & Thompson
Beaty In
Ball
Thompson
Local Directory
Congress
Charles W. Stone
Charles M. Shortt
Assembly
E. W. Parshall
Charles H. Noyes
J. H. Sandstrom
Z. T. Weaver
Frank M. Knapp
Wm. McCray
John H. Fuellhart
M. A. Myers
J. F. Rounce
W. J. Mead
H. M. Preston
Fred B. Jackson
C. A
Warren Borough Officers
Peoria A. Cowan
O. W. Beaty
W. M. Baker
J. M. Davidson
W. D. Hinckley
C. W. Brown
C. D. Arird
W.G. Shreeves
J.C. Magee
Railroad Guide
Philadelphis & Erle B. B
West Eastern Standard
R. B. West
Eastern Standard
Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley
Pittsburgh
B. B
C. Smith & Son
Baker & Bowman Co
Utz & Dunn
Levis & Pifer’s
Ladies’ Fine Shoes
Goker & Son
Golden Horse Shoe
Second St
Wright Tor
Smart, Silberberg & Metzger
THE
Pickett Hardware CO
Syracuse Steel Plows
Planet Jr
the Pickett Hardware CO
Lin’r’p
Impany
Mars
S.co
Peal Medicine CO
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Montgomery
Nashville
Alger
Thomas Sweet
Buffalo
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Livingston
Ala
Katie Reitzenger
Trenton
N. J
John Mehan
A. J. Cassatt
Chesterbrook
Berwin
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Fla
Leo XIII
Fayetteville
Vassar
Rochester
Merritt
Department of the East
Speedwell
Marquesas
Summit Lake
Wheeler
New Haven
Mayor Good
Springfield
Simcoe
Ont
Harvey Wooden
Smith
Cornell
Varsity
Jeff Satler
Monroeville
St. Johns
N. F
W. W. Howard
New York City
Gwyn
Talbot
Dubois
John Mixley
Philadelphia Record Publishing Company
William M. Singerly
William Jennings Bryan
Mobile
Steel Works
Reading
Muskegon
Fred Ruth
Menominee
Germany
William C. Whitney
Aiken
Siskiyou County
California
Illinois River
David Seeley
Kalamazoo
Peter E. Freas
Niagara Falls
New York State
McKinley
Lee
Fern
Russia
Port Arthur
Ta Lien Wan
Kiao Chou
Chilkoot
Gold Country
Los Olivos
Cal
Seattle
Adrian Braun
Sing Sing
Charles Fisher
West Point
Will Jones
Lake Cormorant
David B. Hill
New Zealand
John Newton Hendren
Confederacy
Staunton
Board of Trade
Saul Jacobs
Aaron Hendricks
Blue Springs
War
Long
New Hampshire
San Francisco
Klondike
House of Representatives
Wheat Shorts
Joseph F. Loubat
Columbia University
Falkirk
Black
Black Hawk
White Buffalo
Black River Falls
Wis
Bourbon
Ind
Corean
Dominion Militia Department
Michigan
Detroit
Lansing
Pingree
Market Report
Weeks
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Hyar
Marie George
Epworth League
Castoria
Christian Endeavor
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Royal Baking Powder CO
GEMS
Adam
Miss D
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Juno-Venus-Naiad
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the Hero
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