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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1905
Page
2
A fires claim five Italian tenement victims in New York while a powder explosion near Peoria kills two and injures several. The national baseball commission bans Owens and Heydon for contract jumping as fires, floods, and fatalities ripple across the country.
In New York on Nov 22 Senator Thomas C. Platt testified to regular cash contributions from Equitable Life, Mutual Life, and New York Life to state campaigns. He said Equitable and Mutual Life each delivered 10,000 dollars and New York Life gave smaller sums, with funds routed through his office to the state committee. Senator Depew’s “cantankerous friend” was identified as W S Manning in related testimony by John A Nichols of Equitable Life.
New York reports Joseph Headley earning 1,000,000 in minutes from a sharp cotton price rise sparked by census data showing 7,498,000 bales ginned by Nov 14. New Orleans trading echoed the shock with futures jumping up to 105 points, chatter of 8,000,000 bales, and estimates tying the crop to a potential near 9.8 million bales.
Four men including J W Redpath, superintendent, were blown to pieces in an explosion at the International Smokeless Powder and Chemical Co laboratory in Parlin New Jersey. Only the four men were present. the cause remains unknown. The blast damaged the building and ignited a nearby storehouse.
The price of ivory has risen sharply in London and Antwerp by about 50 percent, yet sales volume grows. African natives value tusks more as wealth and now quote cash values, aided by transport and telegraph links. American makers primarily fashion ivory for toilet goods, a delicate process demanding skilled work with careful sawing and waste control.
Philadelphia Press reports a gossip filled tale where a man nicknamed Main chant schemes to capture Gotrox's young widow. The dialogue hints at a scheme beyond simple gardening interests and labels the planter as plotting a dramatic social move.
A brief dialogue shows Dr Fissick recommending a mild tonic while a character eagerly asks for beer. The doctor demurs noting beer is Teutonic, with a playful aside referencing the Philadelphia Press.
Market rounds from New York Cleveland Toledo East Buffalo and Pittsburg report prices for flour wheat corn oats butter eggs cheese potatoes hay cattle sheep and hogs. Notable ranges include New York No 2 red wheat 91 6d per bushel and lambs 6 75 to 7 65 at New York and Pittsburg cattle 5 25 to 5 50 per cwt hogs 4 95 to 5 15 in various markets.
A collection of society notes mentions Lord Roberts rising early, Lord Sheffield with a photo of the Billington cricket club including an Oxford student King Edward, and Princess Louise selling her memoir manuscript for 200000 to a Brussels editor. Leopold orders seizure. Baron de Forest muses on a Sahara empire. Brassey offers to build cottages for Italian quake victims. Duke of Argyll writes nonsensical verse. Sir William Macgregor praised as governor of Newfoundland. Princess of Wied buys ill-used horses for her stable.
School notes report Ellen Stone, the American missionary captured by brigands years ago, will start a female college at Monastir based on American ideas. Rhodes scholars at Oxford are called Rhodesters and are highly successful. Ramsbottom grants half holiday for circus visit to help poor children see exotic animals. Germany promotes plant culture in public schools with a gardening prize program. in Würzburg 133 children won prizes for caring for their pots.
A society leader's husband draws unexpected sympathy, while a misanthrope with no friends could be likened to a book agent. The piece cautions that heated temper leads to harsh language and warns about liquid courage evaporating under pressure.
A Huntsville Ontario reader recounts dramatic health gains after substituting Grape-Nuts for porridge. Her invalid husband recovered strength and gained weight in a month, their 5-year-old no longer suffers stomach pains, and the family now prefers Grape-Nuts for breakfast with cream. The letter, signed and released by Postum Co. of Battle Creek, Mich., promotes reading The Road to Wellville.
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