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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1903
Page
3
The text argues that invention widens wealth gaps and poverty remains, proposing Henry George’s single tax as a solution. It explains land value drives rent, wages rise with labor, and taxing land rents would lower prices, curb land speculation, and fund communal benefit without harming improvements or growth.
The author laments reduced Christian teaching in colleges and rising secular emphasis. He cites few students pursuing Christian service and many future ministers shifting to other fields. He urges earlier training stronger preaching and specific Bible instruction chairs in every institution to counter infidelity.
New York detectives and postoffice inspectors raided the British American Finance Company on Wall Street and arrested John J. Prince Joseph R. Prince and Horace Blackmur on grand larceny and mail fraud charges. The firm sold bonds and stock of the mythical Nokanna Co. Ltd. claiming diamond fields in South Africa. Police found a list of about 300 customers and letters acknowledging small dividends.
Washington May 5 census preliminary report on street and electric railways shows 987 companies with operating net income of 30 955 233. Salaried officials 2 749 with 4 301 clerks, and 131 133 other employees. Total track length 16 648 miles main and 22 589 single track. 67 199 cars. 1 216 killed and 47 428 injured. Miles by power type climbed for electric and fell for animal and cable.
Police reserves were deployed across New York to quell strikes as subway workers and Italian laborers clashed. Crowds blocked Broadway blocks from 64th to 110th streets and at Forty second street. foremen were nearly overwhelmed. In Brooklyn, 500 strikers attacked workers on Rockaway Avenue, dragging them from duty. about 50 Italians and several policemen were injured. weapons included pistols, clubs and stones.
From a voyage that began March 28 in St. Malo France the Sans Souci crew of 72 saw 65 reach New York aboard the St Andrew from Antwerp on May 5. Six were washed overboard and drowned in a gale on April 25 and one died. The rescued crew had despaired of keeping the brig afloat after ice damage and a later storm wrecked its masts.
A Festus man, Lilly age 76, recalls long kidney trouble until Dodd's Kidney Pills brought relief and sleep. The letter-style promotion urges others with kidney inflammation to try the remedy, claiming strong, lasting improvement after a few boxes. The piece blends humor and ads with clippings about health.
An 25c drugstore remedy promises relief for swollen hot feet with a trial package offered free. The ad urges acceptance of no substitute and provides A 8. Olmsted Le Roy New York as the address for order. The page also quotes several proverbs and witticisms from various publications.
A witty exchange on female judgment and character ends with a sharp line. Grace asserts women trust themselves as judges while Gwendolyn adds a quip on execution. The vignette showcases dry, urbane banter characteristic of the era's periodical humor.
A New York Sun exchange contrasts a professor and a purist on gender traits. The professor says most Americans are gentlemen while the purist claims statistics show nearly half are ladies.
A child recalls tucking wedding cake under a pillow to dream, then a prank by a brother swapping for limburger cheese. The dream shows the speaker buried alive, a humorous family anecdote from the Cleveland Leader.
Kansas City Star reports a letter to the Weir City sheriff asks to locate a missing wife. The note describes her ginger cape collar, 4 feet 6 inches tall, weight 103, red waist with black trim, black lawn skirt with red flowers, star earrings, strawberry facial mark, and notes her mental state per a doctor. A large reward is offered for information, with contact at once if found.
A foreign painter at a New York party caused a scene by leaving during a soprano’s Ave Maria. He called the hymn a battle song and departed, leading to his ban from the hostess’s home. The incident drew astonishment from guests.
The Chicago and North Western Railway announces sale of circuit tour tickets to Sidney Australia and return via Royal Mail Line to Vancouver or via Oceanic U S Co direct to San Francisco. Tickets are very low rate and promise a rapid trans-Pacific journey with scenic travel and high quality service.
A Wichita poisoning case prompts a correspondent to seek a dependable method to distinguish mushrooms from toadstools. The Kansas City Journal notes Artemus Ward’s quip that eating and living means mushrooms, eating and dying means toadstools, calling it a simple test fit for every family.
The Yellowstone Park is larger than Delaware and nearly twice Rhode Island, surpassing all other national parks in size and grandeur. Mount Washburne rises to 10 388 feet. The park lies 1000 to 5000 feet above sea level, offering two seasons. The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway invites trips with route options and tickets on request from F A Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago.
A humorous quip contrasts bachelor life with married status as a public joke. The exchange notes that bachelors face mockery while husbands are teased at home, reflecting social tensions in relationships.
George H. Daniels denies rumors that the Four-Track News was sold to Frank Munsey for four million dollars. He states the paper will continue publishing at the old stand. Albany Journal report.
Quote from the Philadelphia Record notes a sharp social truism about inheritance and the timing of wealth. It reflects on how waiting for affluent relatives to pass can seem like a gold worth waiting for.
Mrs Tupman of Richmond Virginia describes suffering from backache leucorrhea and womb prolapse she says Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound cured her after ten bottles She weighs 109 pounds now and credits the remedy with a full recovery She offers to testify and mentions a $5000 forfeit if the letter proving genuineness is produced.
A humorous exchange in a Woman's Home Companion piece shows a prospective pupil claiming bold renunciations of Paderewski Tchaikowski and Gabrilowitsch in reply to a professor about musical education.
The fragment cites East Texas as a fast developing truck and fruit growing region. It references a pamphlet titled Limely Topics No. 2 and urges readers to consider Texas resources as limitless, with contact address in St. Louis.
An OCR fragment advertising cough remedies and tonics, including Laxative Brome Quinine Tablets and Piso s Cure for Consumption. It cites testimonials from N W Samuel of Ocean Grove New Jersey dated February 17 1900. The passage also includes short moral quips and ads for butter color and opium and liquor habit treatment.
A stream of testimonials extols Doan's Kidney Pills for back pain urinary problems and kidney issues. Observers from Everett Mass Saint Louis Aspen Colorado Taylorsville Mississippi Junction Missouri West Branco Michigan and more describe relief after using samples and full courses noting improved urination less pain and renewed energy.
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