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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1907
Page
4
A series of self announcements from candidates seeking the Republican nomination for Warren County Treasurer. Names listed include James R. Mitchell Irvington C A Love Chas A Keefer Grand Valley and C J Swanson with dates in January and February 1907.
The Pennsylvania Legislature and Governor Edwin S. Stuart delivered on a sweeping reform program promised in the fall. Measures include railroad regulation, lower fares, abolition of old franchises, employers liability, asylum funding, and major school and road appropriations, with broader legislation also enacted. The John F. Carll collection will join the Titusville Daughters of the American Revolution memorial project, and Jamestown show managers back John Smith as patron saint, promising strong attendance at the Exposition.
Condition of trade notes improvement with seasonable weather and brisk wholesale fall goods, though crop damage keeps prices volatile. Wheat gains spark speculation, but confidence improves with rebounds. railway earnings rise, and April exports and imports hit new highs. Bank rates steady as Dun's Review cites mixed results across sectors.
Democrats in Beks county debate the shift to an act of the Legislature for nominations. The old party rule assessments no longer bar candidates. under the new law any person with enough signatures can enter the primary and have their name printed on the ballot regardless of payment. The mayoral office is no longer controlled by party rules. The Philadelphia Press notes the change broadens candidate access.
The piece condemns a fatal railroad accident killing over twenty pleasure seekers as a special train raced at 50 miles per hour. It urges rail executives to slow speeds and warns that public pressure and state legislatures may force a rate cut to curb extortion. It contrasts bankers in Leavenworth with trust magnates escaping punishment.
Warren County Republican Committee announces primaries on Saturday June 1 from 2 to 8 pm at each election district polling place under the new law approved February 17 1906. Regular election officers act as primary officers with clerks wallets blanks oaths and return sheets supplied. One coroner one surveyor one county treasurer one county committee member per district fifty one total two delegates to state convention. voters mark an X beside chosen candidates. EK W Parshall chairman May 14 1907
A Washington Post quotation extols the Senate as the guardian of minorities and condemns government by popular majorities. It laments the House’s supposed decay and warns that pure majoritarian rule endangers republican principles.
The Chicago Record Herald argues for reduced newspaper size due to rising paper costs and reader fatigue. It notes publishers should shrink editions as demand for compact formats grows and large dailies fail to sustain profit.
An elderly reflection on how time alters perception while everyday routines persist. The piece notes constancy in weather and nuisances like flies and mosquitoes, yet claims fewer troubles in youth. It underscores that personal attitudes shift, not the world, as neighbors and family recall past behavior.
The text explains how glazed paper edges can resemble knives under a microscope. It notes that sharp paper teeth lack steel strength, yet swift, light contact can cut flesh due to inertia before the teeth break.
A Washington dispatch reports the dead letter office returned 459,409 letters and packages in April, representing all returnable matter. In April 1996, 220,145 items were returned, about 60 percent of recoverable mail.
Irvine reports arrivals and departures of residents including Claud Cochran Charles Johnson and Samuel Peters. Posts at M E church discuss services and two young people societies under Mr Boyd and Miss Mabel Waters. Sneak thieves threaten village. trespass notices torn, willows cut. Allegheny Springs plans undetermined for season.
May items from Sugar Grove report visits by Levan t Ricker and wife in Jameston, grape farm work near Westfield, and a hotel sale rumor. Births include a Frear boy and a Grettenberger boy. Murray Paddock wed a Tidioute bride in Buffalo. Memorial Day plans and a Woman's Hour program are announced by local Granges.
The next regular meeting of Warren County Pomona Grange will be held with Farmington Grange in Lander on June 6 and 7 starting at 1 30 p m on the 6th Visiting members should notify Mrs C R Hodges at R F D 2 Akeley Pa in ample time stating pickup place A W Dennison Farmington Grange will give the welcome and R J Weld Sugar Grove Grange will respond The program includes music questions for discussion and various Grange discussions on state legislation and agriculture
The body of Geo. W. Hussenplug was found Sunday morning on the Pittsfield and East pair track and taken to Rouse Hospital after letters led to relatives near Williamsport. Memorial services are planned for May 26 at the M E church in Youngsville with a church sermon by Rev. Burns.
The Swedish Lutheran church of Ludlow marked its 25th anniversary with services on Friday to Sunday. Pastor Rev. C A Hallberg led a regional lineup of clergy including Rev. Ahlquist Warren Rev. Enstam Ridgway Rev. J A Rinell Freehold Rev. Oscar Nelson Titusville Rev. P S Miller Chandlers Valley and Rev. F A Alfred Falconer. A woods accident claimed John Kalcic, a German youth, killed by a falling tree. Hallberg plans a three month European sabbatical beginning May 31 from Sheffield. The graft bark peelers plan a busy season in late spring. Mrs E W Wood and child left for Punxsutawney to join Mr Wood at the new home.
The piece traces the origin of the phrases admitted to the bar and before the bar. It explains how after completing Inns of Court training a lawyer earned the right to appear before the bar on behalf of clients, linking to the term barrister and its technical sense.
The Oil City Blizzard condemns W. E. Corey for abandoning his devoted wife after rising to wealth. It laments his replacement of the faithful spouse with a stage performer, describing the act as disgusting and a betrayal of shared hardships.
The public is urged to notice the harm caused by snug blinders that press against a horse’s eyes. The piece advocates the harness blinder should project away from the head to prevent constant eye irritation. It cites concerns from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Last year the United States shipped more than twenty million dollars in iron and steel goods to Great Britain while the remainder went to other regions. At the Alexandria docks in Egypt coal is unloaded by American machinery into pressed steel cars drawn on Pittsburgh rails by Philadelphia locomotives to Khartoum.
Col Westley R. Andrews will not seek re election as chairman of the Republican state committee and his successor will be chosen at the June convention in Harrisburg. Andrews is regarded as one of the party’s best organizers, making a successor hard to find.
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