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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1897
Page
2
Garden work offers outdoor exercise and health benefits even when vegetables cost more than market prices. Growing one's own produce provides satisfaction and happiness, encouraging continued gardening for those with space to plant.
The Titusville Herald reports George W. Peck of Grand Valley plans an independent bid for Warren County Sheriff after a primary defeat. The newspaper notes Peck’s stance against the regular nominee Fuellhart and mocks Popocrat slogans.
President McKinley sends Senator Wolcott Adlai Stevenson and General Paine to Europe to push bimetallic policies. While prospects of major results are uncertain they will likely be well received abroad and incur expenses for the United States.
Thirty five of thirty six Grand Army Posts in Philadelphia resolved to celebrate Memorial Day on Saturday May 29 in line with current law and without regard to any expected amendment. The G A R will hold their ceremonies on that Saturday in this section.
A Western saying links a good dog to five horses. In Warren last Saturday auctioneer Ben Smith sold a span of horses for 27.50, a price lower than typical for buyers and sellers.
The article notes President McKinley now handles daily crowds more swiftly due to constant practice in handshaking and has sharpened his ability to shake office seekers as well.
A Georgia town declares a China man white to grant him church membership. He then marries a Black woman and is ordered to attend the African church. He notes the color line in America remains complex.
A reader suggests sending a notice to Mayor Strong of New York asking for a brick from the demolished Grant tomb. The appeal seeks an interesting relic from the historic site for EvERRY G A R Post.
The total price for the new Library of Congress stands at 6032124 dollars, surpassing the original projection by 32124 dollars. The remark notes that even this amount would fall short for the stairways planned in New York’s capital.
A veteran can now transact business in the pension department during his lifetime and receive decent and fair treatment as reform efforts remove the old privileges and barriers.
Senator Quay denounces claims he will desert anti combine leaders and align with the Martin Magee and Flinn faction. He says he is not that kind of Republican.
The article notes the Greece Turkey conflict nearing end as Greece agrees to the terms set by the allied powers. It says Greece showed more spunk than sense in fighting Turkey.
On 10 Republicans will renominate Bushnell for Governor Jones for Lieutenant Governor and Hanna for Senator. They have been tried and meet the requirements.
Secretary Sherman observed his 74th birthday last Monday May 10 receiving many bouquets and congratulations from colleagues and friends.
Governor signs charter forming five boroughs Manhattan Bronx Brooklyn Queens Richmond with ten council districts each. Mayor earns 15000 annually and appoints most officers, Comptroller elected by voters. One police force with bi partisan board. Public Works replaced by water sewer and bridge bureaus. Municipal Legislature includes Council and Assembly. First Mayor to be elected November 2.
Chief Justice Groesbeck responds to Miss Blackwell showing Wyoming’s laws on gambling liquor minors homicide and temperance. He notes Laramie bans gambling, liquor licenses are high, excusable homicide repealed, and age of consent eighteen. He praises women voters for morality and good government and cites strong schools prisons and irrigation laws.
The Buffalo Courier’s plant and goodwill were sold to W. J. Conners of the Record. He issued a ten page Courier Record at one cent a copy, claiming it to be the largest, best and cheapest paper outside New York. The Courier, a sixty year Democratic organ, is crowded out by newer rivals.
Next Saturday Philadelphia hosts a major event with a Washington monument unveiling in Fairmount Park. President McKinley and other officials attend a grand parade of U S troops and the State Guard, civic societies, and a naval parade with warships from England France and other countries alongside U S vessels.
Potatoes have been low for two years and in some regions farmers cut acreage. The prudent farmer will plant the crop others reduce because scarcity one year may lead to abundance the next and vice versa.
The article notes Queen Victoria will reach her 79th year by month’s end and four weeks later begin the 60th year of her reign, with preparations under way for a notable celebration in an extraordinary manner.
The United States now has 352,810 telephone stations, 16,000 more than Europe, which has a population six times larger. The report notes no delay in recognizing merit for this improvement.
The article notes the rush of wool into Boston as fifteen wool laden ships arrived while Parliament delays the tariff bill, a holdup costing local producers money.
Governor HastTings learned to ride a bicycle and joined the L A W. He received by mail an elegant gold badge worn by league members with compliments from the secretary.
A collage of cynical quips and political riffs notes the Dingley bill, Turkish rugs, railroads as baggage, whisky views, and editorials on Bryan and tariff drama. It reports on Kentucky politics, editor-grocer fairness, and Potter County GOP delegate fights with Charley Stebbins’ push amid a brewing breech in Kane Republican.
Ruth Ashmore urges women to evaluate love, companionship, growth, and honor before marriage. She stresses happiness, shared values, and the importance of choosing a truthful, earnest partner who will endure life’s trials with them.
Secretary of Agriculture reports to the Senate on white pine and conifers, noting decades of supply left, limited stumpage later, and current US and Canada consumption. Since 1873 Wisconsin and Minnesota totals reach 154 million and 83 million shingles. pulp uses 800 million feet annually, total US burn about 200 billion feet in 18 years.
The Maryland Steel Company plant at Sparrow's Point near Baltimore, idle three years, reopened fully last Monday. It employs over 2,000 workers and has enough work to keep the mill busy for months, promising living wages for about 10,000 people.
Reports from Memphis say the Mississippi flood is nearly forgotten with levee weak points identified and strengthened. Planters have large forces already at work planting the cotton crop along the river.
The New York Herald lists bicycle components and their prices from washers at three cents to tires at two dollars. The total cost to build the best wheel on the market reaches 30.31 dollars.
In Harrisburg lawmakers fail to amend the Hamilton road bill. The House votes 99 to 78 to delay any act until Pennsylvania allocates 1,000,000 dollars for highways, citing treasury不足. Meantime Mead Run railroad charter is issued from Mt. Jewett to Mead Run head, Elisha K. Kane president.
Papers in the Juniata Valley confirm floods have destroyed many thousand dollars worth of crops. The reports underline widespread agricultural losses across the region, intensifying concern among local farmers and officials.
William L. Skinner of 2606 Locust street seeks government approval for a perfect invisible electrical device. Three St. Louis witnesses will testify to its efficiency. Skinner, a lifelong unfortunate, asks royalties for his patent to benefit his comrades.
Philadelphia scholar Prof Henry C Bryant met with Secretary Long to outline a Mount St Elias expedition in Alaska. He plans to travel soon with a Coast and Geodetic Survey expert and Peary's men to explore behind the mountain, aided by letters to Lieut Commander Symonds aboard the Pinta for potential gunboat support.
In a Corry Telegraph column readers are urged to shift crops to meet world and domestic demand. The piece notes competition from Russia, Asia, Australia, France, Egypt, and South America, and argues farmers should grow more small fruits, sweet corn, peas, and beans while supporting canning and creameries to boost profits per acre.
The Erie Railroad offers deeply reduced round trip rates to California for the Christian Endeavor Convention in July 1897. Tickets are valid nearly sixty days and may permit different outbound and return routes. Local excursions will depart from this section with maps and details available from F. H. Garfield in Jamestown New York.
Mrs Casemere offers clothing repairs at 305 Second St next to the Mails office. She sews rips and patches with high quality, claiming to make garments look better than when new and available for contact.
From May 1 to October 31 the Erie R A will offer excursion tickets to Nashville and return at extremely low rates. Inquiries available from any Erie ticket agent for particulars.
Distressing kidney and bladder diseases relieved in six hours by the New Great South American Kidney Cure. The remedy supposedly eases pain in the urinary tract for both men and women, with rapid relief from water retention and painful urination. Sold by Noyes Drug Store in Warren, Pennsylvania. Also notes address cards with embossed emblems for secret societies available at the office.
The method describes filling a glass bottle with urine and letting it stand for a day to observe sediment. It claims sediment indicates kidney disease, and notes urine staining linen as positive evidence. It also mentions frequent urination and back pain as signs of kidney and bladder disorder.
An application will be made to the President Judge of Warren County Court of Common Pleas on June 7 1897 at 10 AM under the act of 1893 for the Keystone Benefit Society a fraternal beneficiary society to unite healthy members and provide death benefits and related rights and privileges.
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