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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1900
Page
1
A brief poetry card notes the burial of a stout hearted boy on a spring day. It reflects on youth lost and the enduring Christian faith, ending with a call to trust Christ and move on.
A list of local government roles includes Town Council with L T Borchers president Jas Brann Jos Hill John Masterson Levi Smith and others. Also named are Clerk E H Beshlin Treasurer A J Hazeltine Justices H B Perry C H Meacham Collector E R Peirce Attorney Wm Schnur Engineer D F A Wheelock and constables from wards 1 through 4. School Directors D J Ball Pres Wm S Leffard and peers.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a late 20th century notice from Pittsburgh area outlets. Names and exact places are unclear but mention of a valley region and local organizations appears. More legible text would clarify persons, places, and the event or notice type.
A roundup notes Danish West Indies policy, Schofield mine disaster with 250 dead, Berlin embassy plans, New York civil service ruling, marriages, deaths, and various international reports. Also covers coal mine, Danish West Indies talks, and multiple U.S. local and global events through May 9.
The verse and prose pieces explore a humorously framed court case on spectacle ownership between Nose and Eyes, with Tongue as advocate and Ear presiding. Included are Cowper and Longfellow passages and a Shakespearean Wolsey speech lamenting fallen glory and urging integrity.
T O Slater & Co advertises roofing plumbing sheetiron pipe fittings plows harrows seeders weeders cultivators hay machinery and farm tools. It lists bicycle brands Sterns Racyle fishing tackle housekeepers furnishings freezers refrigerators hammocks lawn swings curtain stretchers hot plates ovens stone filters water supplies paints white lead oils glass brass goods pipe fittings and hardware items.
A lyrical meditation on the afterlife and heavenly realms. The speaker envisions a land of immortal beauty beyond death with glowing fields and unfading love, invoking Death as a gatekeeper and a silent guide to eternal vernal pastures.
A Pontiac Michigan asylum uses electric trons in its laundry as a safer method for patients to operate. The devices stay at a constant temp and avoid fire risks, reducing need for judgment by patients. The note also cites a Philadelphia North American remark about Irish discontent over a royal visit and a quip about visiting the United States.
Harrisburg reports the retirement of state treasurer James S. Beacom and the swearing in of Col James E. Barnett. The piece lauds Beacom for faithful service and notes Barnett offers continued careful administration. It recounts prior western and eastern treasurers, and discusses liquor license revenue and Fusion politics led by Col James M. Guffey.
Governor Stone directs continued prosecution of oleomargarine and counterfeit butter cases across counties after recent arrests. Grout cites Stone’s work as key in national butter legislation while preparing for the Republican Convention in Philadelphia. Cooper predicts GOP gains and fusion tactics amid internal party tensions with insurgents.
Neely posted the required twenty thousand dollar bail and was released. A. C. G. Smith stated Neely spent fifteen months in Cuba's postal service handling millions of dollars and that the shortage blamed on clerical errors would be corrected. Smith noted Neely's prior Cuba ventures included cocoanut shipment. Charles F. Neely, Indiana native, led Cuba’s finance division. Postmaster General Smith said a prior internal inquiry led to the action.
The Atlanta city council adopted a resolution urging Mayor James G. Woodward to resign, following a sermon by Rev. L. G. Broughton that attacked the mayor’s personal habits. The measure requests resignation before the council’s next meeting in two weeks. The mayor says he is bound by a prior statement to resign but declined to comment.
United States legation in Constantinople is not acting on the indemnity issue. Direct communications are reportedly taking place between the Yildiz Kiosk and the Turkish minister in Washington. Rear Admiral Ahmed Pasha, ordered to study warship construction, has not yet departed Constantinople.
General Pantelon Garcia, second only to Aguinaldo among insurgent leaders, was captured yesterday by Lieutenant E. V. Smith of General Funston's staff in Jaen town, three miles northeast of San Isidro in Nueva Ecija province.
Market report shows money on call at 4 percent, prime mercantile paper at 3 to 4 percent. Sterling in bankers' bills posted at 4.85 to 4.89, actual business near 4.88 and sixty day 4.84. Commercial bills around 4.83, silver certificates at 60 to 64 cents, bar silver 59 1 2, Mexican dollars about 47 to 44 cents.
The bulletin lists prices for flour and rye flour in various grades, including Minnesota patents at 3.65 to 0.85, rye at 56 to 57 cents, cornmeal and buckwheat quotes, and wheat No 2 red at about 60 to 66 cents fob. It also shows oats, hay, pork, butter, cheese, eggs, potatoes with regional differentials.
Wheat No 1 hard afloat 745 c f o b No 1 northern 72%c winter No 2 red 74c. Corn No 2 yellow 14c No 3 yellow 4414c. Oats No 2 white 29 294c No 3 mixed 26c. Flour spring best patent per bbd 4.00 4.25 low grades 2.00 2.50. Butter creamery western extras 20%4 2lc State and Pennsylvania creamery 20c dairy extra state 1844 1$e western extra 181 1%c. Cheese fancy full cream 11 1144c fair do 10 10%%c. Skims 5 8c. Eggs State 13c western 1244 13c. Potatoes State No 1 white bu 45cj fair to good 38 40c Jerseys per dbl 3.25 3.75.
Cattle prices show extras and shipping grades from five to six dollars, with fat steers at about 4.75 to 5.10 and branded corn fed steers around 4.25 to 4.85. Heifers bring 4.75 to 5.10 while cows sell 2.00 to 3.78, bulls 3.90 to 4.15. Sheep range from 5.50 to 6.75 with best lambs at 6.60 to 6.75, hogs at 5.40 to 5.50 for mixed grades and higher for heavy stock.
In Utica on May sales of cheese and butter are listed. Cheese prices include No 1 timothy hay related terms, baled hay and per ton rates, with multiple lots and box sizes priced from 9 ½ to 19 ¼ cents. Butter shows a single creamery package at 18 18 ½ cents.
In Little Falls New York on May 7 cheese sold 52 lots totaling 1 752 boxes at 9 10c for large and 9c for small. Butter offerings were minimal with sales at 18 to 19c.
The Geographical Society of Philadelphia plans to launch several oaken casks afloat on Arctic ice north of Alaska. Each cask will carry a bottle with a blank form for finders to fill out, aiming to prove a northeast drift of Alaskan waters within four to five years between Greenland and Spitzbergen.
The article notes that the billionth minute since chronology will occur at 10 40 a m on April 30 1902 based on rough calculations. It highlights how few realize this milestone in the new century.
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