Election Echoes Amid Bitter Campaign Rhetoric
In a citywide post election scene Roosevelt defeats Parker by fourteen votes in his district while Parker loses by 144 in Oyster Bay. The piece mocks Parker, praises Roosevelt, and notes media backing from the Telegraph and Telephone companies as celebratory cheers fill the town.
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Dave Hill
Parker
Philippines
Bryan
Parker’s Landing
Salt River
Teddy
Warren
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Cleveland
Ragpicker to Senator Aims for Massachusetts Seat
A Massachusetts senator-elect rose from a ragpicker job to the United States Senate. His grandfather Zilnas Crane founded a Dalton paper mill and his father Zilnas Crane led the business before the son. Murray Crane started in the mill at age seventeen as a ragpicker.
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United States
Massachusetts
Zilnas Crane
Dalton
Zilnas
Murray Crane
California Ranchers Thrive In Dry Year Of 1904
A California newspaper touts the ranchers' resilience through a dry year with a pumping plant delivering water where needed, stressing that sunshine and sand replace rainfall in this arid region. The editorial credits efficient water access as the key to stability in 1904.
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California
Tapley
Veterans and treasury funds cited by Geo Howard
At a New York ratification meeting Geo Howard spoke saying some claim veterans drain the Treasury. He argued that without veterans there would be no Treasury, a point he defended as accurate.
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New York
Geo. Howard
United States Treasury
Treasury
Predictors of mild winter face changing winds
Forecasters and observers who expect a gentle season based on animal behavior may be surprised as cold weather arrives. Early cold snaps and gusty winds challenge the there is a belief that animals' coats signal a mild start to winter.
Farmers are urged to store summer tools this winter
A farmer’s preface urges practicality by comparing leaving a ten dollar bill in a field to leaving a ten dollar plow out in winter. The message stresses prudent maintenance and preparation for the off season.
Thanksgiving Work Rules for Postal Carriers
Rural mail carriers may stay home and enjoy Thanksgiving meals like others. Railroad and express employees must work as usual.
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Railroad
Express
Subscriptions Appeal for The Mail and Tribunes
Public notice urges readers to subscribe to The Mail and the New York Tribune Farmer at $1.50 yearly and The Tri- Weekly Tribune and The Mail at $2 yearly, calling it the time to subscribe.
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MAIL
New York Tribune
Tri- Weekly
Tribune
The
We live in deeds not years or breaths
The quote emphasizes valuing actions over time, thoughts, or feelings and suggests real life is measured by heartbeats, noble thoughts, and virtuous deeds rather than clocks or figures. It echoes Bailey's idea that life is a path of beginnings, means, and ends through God.
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Philip James Bailey
Republicans sweep Northern states and key victories
Dispatches report a broad Republican landslide with Roosevelt winning 343 electoral votes to Folk and Parker’s losses, carrying Maryland Missouri and Pennsylvania with large plurality. New York favors Parker in city results, Massachusetts backs Douglass, and Nebraska Republicans win the Legislature, preventing Bryan U S Senate election.
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Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Maryland
Missouri
J. W. Folk
Parker
Roosevelt & Co
Pennsylvania
New York
New York City
Massachusetts
Douglass
Shoeman
Teddy
Nebraska
Bryan
Tribute to the country newspaper by Senator Depew
Senator Chauncey M. Depew praises the country newspaper and editor in a New York Press Association address. He lauds their community role, restraint from printing gossip, and guardianship of public morals over metropolitan profit.
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Chauncey M. Depew
New York Press Association
Depew
Cabinet Members of President Roosevelt Listed
The Roosevelt administration cabinet includes John Hay as Secretary of State from District of Columbia Leslie M Shaw as Secretary of the Treasury William H Taft as Secretary of War William H Moody as Attorney General Robert J Wynne as Postmaster General Paul Morton as Secretary of the Navy Ethan A Hitchcock as Secretary of the Interior James Wilson as Secretary of Agriculture and Victor H Metcalf as Secretary of Commerce and Labor from California Iowa Ohio Massachusetts Missouri Illinois Iowa California.
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President Roosevelt
John Hay
District of Columbia
the Treasury
Leslie M. Shaw
Iowa
William H. Taft
William H. Moody
Massachusetts
Robert J. Wynne
New York
Navy
Paul Morton
Interior
Ethan A. Hitchock
Missouri
James Wilson
Commerce and Labor
Victor H. Metcalf
California
Should Young Men Enter Politics
The November issue opens with an editorial by John Brisben Walker urging every young man to read it. It asks Should Young Men Enter Politics and provides a clear answer with practical advice. The issue also offers engaging reading and striking illustrations.
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Cosmopolitan
John Brisben Walker
New England Witchcraft Explored by M I Taylor in Four-Track News
The November issue features fine full page illustrations including a frontispiece showing a view above the clouds at Wilson's Peak near Pasadena California. The leading article by M Imlay Taylor examines New England witchcraft with other engaging pieces scattered throughout the issue.
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Wilson’s Peak
Pasadena
Cal
M. Imlay Taylor
Teacher's Lesson Sparks Funny Definition Of Dry Dock
A schoolteacher asked pupils the meaning of dry-dock and a student quipped it is a doctor going after a drink. The lighthearted exchange shows classroom humor in a nearby town.
Engraved Stationery Styles and Prices Displayed
Samples of latest engraved stationery are shown and priced at the Tax Mail Office. Prices and styles highlighted for fashionable writing sets and correspondence supplies.
For SALE Pressed Brick At Mail Office
About 150 pressed brick offered for sale with purchase at the mail office. Also ad seeks an old pair of andirons for a small fireplace and notes a new lots of quitclaim deeds printed for sale at the mail office. Legal blanks also at the mall office.
Thanksgiving Proclamation by Roosevelt Sets Day of Thanks
President Roosevelt issues the Thanksgiving Proclamation on November 2, praising divine blessing over the nation. He calls for a nationwide day of festival and thanks on November 24, urging citizens to cease work, worship, and give thanks for peace, prosperity, and guidance from Almighty God.
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Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Advertising Pays for Pennsylvania Banks in Atlantic City
At the Pennsylvania bankers meeting in Atlantic City W S Powers of Pittsburg argued for advertising in banking. He cited Pittsburg data showing advertising banks rose 21 percent in assets while non-advertisers fell 5 percent. advertisers gained 16 percent in surplus versus 10 percent for non-advertisers. deposits rose 22 percent for advertisers while non-advertisers declined 7 percent.
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Pennsylvania
Atlantic City
W. S. Powers
Pittsburg
Monogram Stationery Offers New Styles and Low Prices
THE MAIL OFFICE presents latest paper and envelope styles with good stock and low prices. Samples on display and orders accepted.
Timely Topics and Notable Data Highlights
The note surveys immigration to the United States with 200000 Finns. New Yorkers complain of subway overcrowding. It cites cotton production through Oct 18 1904 at 5,776,565 bales across 668 counties, and last year’s 3,345,702 bales. Education data report 16,009,361 public school pupils and costs of 251,457,625. Rural mail boxes rule allows shared boxes with notice. signals required for mail. A fall and winter millinery display is advertised at Kertcher’s.
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Commissioner of Education
Post Office Department
Booth Admr Warren Pa Estate Notice
H A Booth administrator for the C T A Warren estate in Pennsylvania dated October 22, 1904 seeks to settle claims and manage assets per probate notice.
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H. A. Booth
Admr
C.T
Administrators Notice for Estate of Dr Myra Nelle Secor
Evelyn H. Radeker admix announces letters of administration for the estate of Dr Myra Nelle Secor late of Warren Pennsylvania. Proceedings call on creditors to pay promptly and on claimants to present duly authenticated demands for settlement. Warren Pa October 3 1904.
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Warren
Warren County
Penna
Myra Nelle Secor
Penr’a
Evelyn H. Radeker
Admix
Warren, Pa
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Willis Cowan
Dwight Cowan
the Country Newspaper
Ohio
Illinois
Monogram Stationery
Kertcher’s
R. N. Brown
Court of Common Pleas
Act of Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
First Presbyterian Church of
Church Corporation
E. H. Beshlin
J.T. Danforth
D. I. Ball
J.W. Kitchen
Warrena County
Alice Frazier
Libellant
Geo. H. Frazier
D. A. Arird
Penn’a
Peer Guy C. Swanson
Orphans’ Court
Eliza T. Rollins
John O. Rollins
Ellena M. Hoop
John F. Seaman
John M. Davidson
Jennie Waggand
Adelia Waggand
Jesse Baccus
Alfred S. Skinner
D. L. Gerould
Sextus Keller
T. S. Stanford
Veter Benson
Fred Sechrist
Andrew Sechrist
W. J. Richards
Patrick Carroll
Clarence L. Walton
Cynthia A. Walton
Levi Walton
Henry Flacke
Marie Flacke
Louise Flacke Werle
Second Street
McCall Magazine
Jarvis & Baker
Penn
Warren Savings Bank
Resources
Sss
Honor Roll Bank
Storm King
Snag
Gregory
Prertcoe
N. K. Wendelboe
Liberty St
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