Attorney at Law and Notary Public in Warren PA
Prompt attention given to collections from an attorney at law and notary public with offices in the Warren Savings Bank building Warren Pennsylvania.
19 May 1898
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1898
Page
1
Prompt attention given to collections from an attorney at law and notary public with offices in the Warren Savings Bank building Warren Pennsylvania.
A call to the buying public to judge merchandise and methods, seeking no fairer or surer judgment than public intelligence.
A stock of straight from the shoulder fabrics and weaves from home and foreign sources hits the market. Competitive pricing slashes original figures as makers and importers push volume with notable discounts and bold fractions off list prices.
Consolidated dispatches describe Admiral Dewey blockading Manila and Cavite, U S forces sailing to Cuba and the Philippines, and Spain's fleets moving around ports. Reports note troop transports, rations purchases, diplomatic maneuvers, blockades, and exchanges of prisoners amid ongoing hostilities in the Caribbean and Pacific theaters.
The report lists money on call at 14 2 percent, prime mercantile paper at 5 6 percent, sterling exchange with bank bills at 4.8534 to 4.8648 for demand, 4.824 to 4.483 for 60 days, posted rates 4.8848 to 4.877, commercial bills at 4.811 to 4.824, silver certificates at 5 754 to 5 73 and bar silver at 5 74 to 5 73, Mexican dollars at 4 5 cents.
The market reports patent flour ranges from 6.50 to 7.50 and //1620 rereporting Minnesota and Wisconsin grades, with rye flour and cornmeal varying. Spot wheat prices show No. 2 red and No. 1 northern Duluth values, while corn and oats list spot and options. Pork, butter, cheese, and eggs note regional variations in price across states and trade lines.
Dispatches report Wilmington sinks a derelict possibly set adrift by Spaniards to threaten American ships. A Spanish gunboat fired as Wilmington engaged. A large warship looms off Santa Lucie with other vessels nearby, raising fears Spanish ships await Oregon.
A cablegram from Hong Kong reports Consul Wildman has returned from Kowloon Bay where he brought the insurgent cabinet aboard the dispatch boat McCulloch and arranged for insurgent forces to storm Manila. A major battle is anticipated.
A dispatch from Turks Island notes the United States cruiser Minneapolis moving southwest. The ship sails with Commodore Schley’s squadron and is part of the blockading fleet in Cuban waters.
Havana dispatch reports an American ship engaged in removing torpedoes at Cardenas blew up and the entire crew of 17 perished.
Kingston dispatch reports three warships seen off Jamaica likely Samp son scouts. The sighting prompts cautious analysis by authorities awaiting confirmation of the force and origin.
Eighty two thousand volunteers have now been mustered and are being sent to mobilizing points for deployment.
In Trenton New Jersey on May 17 Sing Lee a Chinese immigrant was killed in his Willitt street laundry. Police found Lee slain with a crushed skull and a bullet in his arm after a pistol shot drew a patrolman. The money drawer was found upset and robbed. Three men fled through a back yard joined by two others. Authorities hunt these suspects.
Ten leading envelope firms representing about ninety percent of U S envelope output consolidate in Worcester creating the United States Envelope company with seven million dollars in capital. The Plimpton Morgan firm making government stamped envelopes declines to join.
The piece blends a medical update on Mr Gladstone of Hawarden with a review of Camillus Leonardus jewels. It recounts the alecoria and bazoar myths, notes Elizabeth I and Charles V wearing them, and highlights four papal rings given to King John with symbols of faith, wisdom, and virtue as a timeless gift.
The May 22 week features a Sermon by Rev. W J Yates and A M Topie on honoring father and mother. It argues reverence forms character, stresses parental duties, and urges respect from children, noting parental worth as the basis for a child’s politeness and truthfulness. It calls for gentleness and reverence toward all.
Ten years of service in the far east followed by months of rest in Louisiana Missouri and now Rinkiang China. Rev Don W Nichols and his family promoted Chinese work through lectures in costume stereopticon views and curios inspiring interest in western chapters. He urges personal religious activity and speaks of Jesus as the example calling leaders to act and invite others to follow.
The piece notes live foreign game birds arriving in spring with Egyptian quails first then Italian quails arriving by rail from Paris. Birds are fattened in London or kept in Paris for winter fattening.
Rev S H Doyle outlines Christ as the model for Christians, urging followers to imitate Jesus in thought and action. The study stresses humility, love, patient suffering, and surrender to Christ, with Bible readings from Matthew, John, Paul letters, and Peter.
The article urges total devotion to Christ with a call to open confession of loyalty. It cites the Galilean fishermen and Matthew as examples who left nets and the tax bench to follow Jesus, stressing a life of positive allegiance and no compromise.
In this American Friend excerpt the author speaks of one God and love as the core truth. He argues that from eternity God generated the Son as the express image of the divine person. He compares the Logos to light that manifests as color, stressing that Father and Son are one essence rather than two.
A reflection on how unseen divine intervention appears over time. The writer suggests that though immediate results seem absent, persistent prayer yields gradual, real relief as the causes of trouble fade away. The message emphasizes patient spiritual trust and persistent faith in God’s hidden responses.
A concise reflection quoted from Bishop Hall noting that moral guilt remains regardless of peril or sea death, equating the fate of drowning on shore to that at sea. The text emphasizes the soul's judgment over physical peril and moral consequence.
A devotional verse by Jacob Henn encourages praise and trust in Jesus amid trials. It calls readers to tell the gospel story and let faith illuminate daily life with divine radiance.
The essay discusses purists condemning phrases like no sort of kind as tautology, noting this phrase as a linguistic landmark from Saxon and Norman French fusion. It also covers bilinear influence, the verb voice from American sources, Ameri canisms as provincial old English, and printers treating none as singular or plural.
A satirical poem recalls a former “ladies man” who changes to a subdued husband. The speaker hints at a domineering wife who controls the household and silences him. The verse plays on gender roles with playful rhymes and ironic transformation.
A short verse from the Atlanta Constitution about rumor and honesty. It notes that mothers sense misdeeds and that a small bird of gossip reveals truth instantly. The poem urges honesty, bravery, kindness, and truthfulness to silence rumors.
A philosophical piece equates liberty with justice as natural law guiding health and strength. It likens liberty to the sun driving life and growth, asserting liberty sustains all being and beauty through its universal beams. It's a reflective oration on freedom and human flourishing.
A quoted trio of personified plants speaks during winter. The apple tree claims life beneath drooping moss and waits for May buds. The quick grass asserts safety beneath snow while awaiting spring. A seed hidden in the wind promises renewal and a hundred flowers in time.
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