A Week's Record of Home and Foreign News
A condensed recap of seven days covering domestic and international events. Includes industrial developments personal items political notes and notable happenings at home and abroad.
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1901
Page
2
A condensed recap of seven days covering domestic and international events. Includes industrial developments personal items political notes and notable happenings at home and abroad.
A sprawling digest reports J W Brown killed by thieves in Forest Lawn Illinois. A B&O collision near Washington Pennsylvania kills three and injures ten. Treasury shows 587 million receipts and 510 million expenditures in the last year. Fire, murders, arson, plunder, and political turmoil span Chicago Warrenton Tex Centropolis Kan and more with multiple deaths.
Mrs. Cynthia Prentice dies at Utica Illinois aged 104. Gerard Bruce editor of the Live Stock Record dies in Sioux City Iowa of pneumonia. Mrs. Elizabeth Hanbury dies in London aged 108. John O'Brien a prominent Illinois citizen dies at Middlesworth at 108. Judge John Paul United States judge dies at Harrisonburg Virginia. Edward S. Stokes dies in New York after a long career noted for the Fisk killing in 1872 amid a quarrel over Josie Mansfield.
Battle reports say 40 Boers and 28 British were killed as Boers attacked a British column near the Great Marico river and were repulsed after fierce combat.
Minor items report Italy restricting emigration to Naples Genoa and Palermo. Wireless links connect the Campania and Lu carie while 93 miles apart Spezia to Cape Corson Sar dinia. Alaska context not present beyond.
Burglars raided the Broadheadsville undertaking shop of William A. Kreske on the night of the 3rd, stealing a coffin and silver items from caskets. They examined the shroud stock and secured the best pieces. Authorities investigate the theft and haul.
Washington cabinet discussion centers on president’s recess appointments for next congress and the abrogation of the Browning Indian school ruling. Hitchcock suggests restoring the ruling if abrogation harms Indian children, while Jones opposes it but agrees to tentative repeal with conditions.
Valparaiso Indiana November 2 Two men died instantly and about a dozen were injured when a local freight on the Pennsylvania road collided with Clifford Construction work train at Plymouth grade. The dead are Joseph Clifford and Conductor Tompkins the fatally injured Charles Coyer and Brakeman Johnson. The wreck left cars and locomotives crushed. wrecking trains were rushed from Plymouth Chicago and Fort Wayne and Pennsylvanias division trains were delayed for hours.
A Lake Shore & Michigan Southern locomotive leased by the Pittsburg & Lake Erie road exploded near Shanopin station killing Harry Walters of Sheraden and injuring J. F. Sullivan of Cleveland W H Porter of Ashtabula and B B Joy of Youngstown Sullivan is badly scalded and may die
Vada Agnew in Judge argues marriage brings unhappiness for many women. She notes men are courteous to other women but not wives, businesswomen prefer marriage, matrimony ends nine women’s ambitions, and a husband’s first deception scars a wife’s heart, while other husbands ease life for many wives.
Booker T. Washington's Up from Slavery quotes a former slave recounting birth in Virginia and sale to Alabama in 1845. He mentions there were five individuals sold together: himself, his brother, and three mules used as barter.
A playful exchange from the St. Louis Republic describes a dinner invitation to meet a quirky uncle named John. The contrast with a past label of “old boar” is explained by a brother's fortune left to the uncle, hinting at a dramatic family twist.
A maid asks if any hitch remains in their elopement and the lover reassures there will be none since they are to marry by automobile, as reported in the Chicago Daily News.
An advertising claim touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a universal cure from headaches to cancer, stating it restores bowel health with natural movements. The genuine product is boxed in metal with C. C. stamped on each tablet, warning against imitations and noting a 10 cent starting price.
Mrs Wanterby apologizes for the dirty state of their house and its upset condition. Mrs Kauler notes the house appears unchanged, defending its continued appearance as usual.
Advertises a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease powder from Allen S. Olmsted in Le Roy New York claiming to cure sweating damp swollen aching feet and to ease breaking in new shoes available at druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents
In Detroit the Free Press notes a shift in winter routines as residents greet milder weather tips compared with last season. The piece highlights small domestic frictions such as interactions with ice men and coal suppliers.
An old Chicago Daily News advertisement promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets with a promise to refund money if the remedy fails to cure a cold. The copy asserts rapid relief for everyday ailments and includes a note about the product price of 25 cents.
A compact look at a 1900 newspaper snippet highlighting Piso s Cure for Consumption as a cough remedy praised by Samuel of Ocean Grove New Jersey. It also contrasts old fashioned praise with today s cash balance and notes humorous ad like lines from Putnam Faceless Dues and a vanity quip from Chicago Daily News.
A condensed markets note lists prices across commodities and livestock. Wheat, corn, oats futures and cash values appear for New York Cleveland Toledo East Liberty East Buffalo and Cincinnati with figures for flour, butter cheese eggs potatoes cattle sheep hogs and lambs reflecting varied regional prices as of November 5.
Mrs Ida L Roser of Denver writes of relief from long standing menstrual troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She claims four bottles cured her and restores energy for domestic and official duties. A $5000 forfeit is offered if testimonial is not genuine and advises writing to Mrs Pinkham for advice.
A Kansas politician’s wife tells a tale from the Kansas City Journal about her husband who digs potatoes, finds a silver quarter and a silver half dollar, and then naps while she completes the harvest, realizing she’d been worked.
A board of public improvements office discusses suppressing abbreviations after a letter addressed to “Mr. So-and-So, Board of Pub lic Imps” arrives. The exchange questions whether it was a joke or a serious misaddressed message, with cautious speculation about intent.
A Brooklyn Eagle cartoon caption notes Brinkerhoff remarks on pursuing piano virtuosity while Beecroft jokes about planned baldness advised by his barber. The gag reflects light literary humor in the paper.
A Chicago Tribune humor snippet records a neighbor asking why the baby is jogged when crying and a proud mother replying the tremmiyo makes her cry with a beautiful tremor.
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