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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1906
Page
4
A call to Republican voters to participate in the Saturday May 7 primaries. The piece notes no contests in Senate Assembly Prothonotary and District Attorney, while urging selection of worthy candidates for Congress Sheriff Associate Judge and Delegates to the State Convention. It emphasizes duty to unite the ticket and elect it in November.
In remarks labeled as a Republican rallying call, Speaker Cannon urges unity among Republicans for the upcoming campaign and Congress sessions. He stresses immediate work on proper legislation before presidential ambitions, saying the presidential bee is not on his mind and that he would seek the greatest good for the greatest number through policy and enactment.
Fred M. Hartmann, a Republican sheriff candidate, adopts a large display advertisement in this issue of THE MAIL. The tactic, common among merchants for profit, is suggested to be potentially valuable for political campaigning.
Philadelphia rejects one set of political managers for another and faces hostile press. In Chicago a five cent thief gets one year, while a man who embezzled $8,000 also receives the same term. Such cases fuel revolutionary sentiment.
A May docket shows 22 divorce cases before Judge Criswell, suggesting strained marriages in Venango County despite a veneer of domestic harmony. The list highlights ongoing marital breakup amid local social shifts.
A reflective note on using read ing to aid thinking and pursue ends. It contrasts striking a person with aims at character and mentions a Santa Cruz narrow gauge railroad, its tunnels, earthquake twists like corkscrews, and months needed to restore operation.
A mixed economic survey notes strong charitable response to the earthquake, improving labor talks, robust manufacturing, and growing railway earnings with slight import/export shifts. It mentions stock market trends, bank gains, and a few failures, followed by a book notice on Idella and the White Plague by Joseph C. Lincoln praising its humor.
A reader notes that American schoolchildren paid 130000 dollars seven years ago for a Lafayette statue in Paris. The dedication has not occurred and work may not have begun. The writer argues school subscriptions should be banned for nonlocal or charitable causes to avoid public ridicule of poorer children.
Postmaster General Cortelyou has sent a bill to Congress proposing a postal-note system for small sums. Special notes from one to ten cents would be issued free at money order offices, with larger amounts in 10 cent multiples up to one dollar and half-dollar notes up to two fifty. The plan seeks to replace stamps and coins for small remittances by mail, and it is hoped Congress will pass the bill.
Testimony from multi millionaire Herman Oelrichs credits Mayor Schmitz with decisive leadership during a great emergency. He dismisses prior criticisms, saying Schmitz proved himself a man and was active when the city faced its burning crisis.
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