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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1903
Page
4
A local newspaper serves as an untiring weekly letter to readers, chronicling marriages births deaths community events and all manner of happenings. It notes how sharing even half the news would exhaust an absent friend and reveal the paper's work as a steady, sustaining record.
The State Highway Commissioner reports twelve applications filed for new roads under the Sproul road law. Crawford County ranks third for the Titusville city to Hyde town route. Commissioner Hunter says there are already enough projects prepared to strain department resources next year.
A Post Office Department ruling lets residents with rural route delivery call for their mail at the distributing office during office hours. In practice a rural route resident can fetch Saturday mail in the afternoon when in town, avoiding Monday wait.
In the Philippines Gen. Leonard Wood fights Moros risking health and life while enemies in Washington attack him in the rear. He is described as Roosevelt's friend and a rapidly rising officer capable of further promotion.
The death of Hon. Morris M Estee presiding judge in the Sandcz Islands occurred on Oct 27. Born in Freehold Warren County he moved to California at 19. A prominent lawyer and Republican politician he was active in California for many years. Burial took place in San Francisco.
Actress Iva Hunter says you cannot be an actress and a Christian while Actress Helen Marvin counters the possibility. The dispute heats Western papers with the Philadelphia Inquirer noting multiple interpretations among actresses and Christians.
The Standard Oil Company declares a 12 percent quarterly dividend, bringing the annual rate to 45 percent on $100,000,000 capital. John D. Rockefeller is believed to own $65,000,000 of the stock, earning about $20,200,000 from Standard Oil holdings this year.
The statement lists 2,226 daily papers, 12,979 weekly, 62 tri weekly, 637 semi weekly, 1,817 monthly, and 505 quarterly or semi occasional publications totaling 18,226. It claims one publication for every 4,170 people.
Senator Hanna rejects presidential ambitions and warns that a movement by friends would put him in an embarrassing position. He states he has no personal aims to seek higher office.
General Reyes told Admiral Coghlan that failure to achieve goals in Washington could force a US war with the Colombian people, likening it to a second Boer war. The remark is dismissed as hot air in the current debate.
The Kansas City Journal fears Democrats must arrest the Republican winner for Goebel murder before he is sworn in and takes his seat in Congress.
Pittsburg organizes to secure the Republican National Convention next year while Chicago also pursues the prize. Crude oil prices rise alongside refined oil, affecting gas belt consumers with higher costs.
Fresh lot arrives including preserved and crystallized ginger walnut and pecan meats shelled Jordan almonds at W A Smiley Best Job Printing Mail Office store.
A Collier's Weekly commentary rejects a harsh toast wishing Uncle Sam harm to Canada. It argues the two nations share tongue origins and interests, favor friendship over conflict, and should toast each other to continued prosperity regardless of empire ties or leadership opinions.
The editor of What to Eat warns about poisons in food such as coloring agents and preservatives that can cause poisoning and digestive disruption. He argues for labeling laws to reveal real contents and urges comparable standards for domestic producers as we apply to imported goods.
The 1903 Poor's Manual advance sheets show United States railroads with over 14.031 trillion in resources and gross earnings near 1.721 trillion. Passenger ridership reached 655 million with 19.706 billion passenger miles, while freight moved 156.624 billion ton miles. The report notes the vast employment and economic spin-off generated by the railroads.
The Christmas Scribner's issue is lush with fiction and poetry, boasting eight color pages. It features Jessie Willcox Smith's The Child in a Garden in picture form, a Parrish frontispiece, Dutch scenes by Penfield, Sommer cover art, and a piece on Sargent’s new wall painting in the Boston Public Library.
A Dispatch from Washington notes Representative Sibley is slated by Speaker Cannon to chair the Committee on Manufactures. The post includes a fine committee room and a $2000 annual clerkship. Sibley will keep his seats on the Insular Affairs and Post Offices and Post Roads committees, signaling strong recognition of his influence.
Jacob Keller the Tailor offers 1000 yards of cloth for rainy day skirts in 30 shades at cash only with prices cut to cost. This closing out sale emphasizes quantity and color options for immediate purchase.
Latest fashionable engraved stationery samples displayed at The Mail Office with prices.
Dry lawmakers must rely on their own supplies as the Capitol enforces the prohibition on intoxicants. Germany uses far more potatoes for auto power than the United States, while a Connecticut farmer grows a 270 foot seed pumpkin vine bearing twenty large pumpkins.
Representative Joseph Sibley of Pennsylvania hosts Congressional friends at his Lake Champlain shore retreat near Plattsburg New York. John Sharpe Williams recounts a poem about lovers on the park fence but Sibley notes the fence is barbed wire.
A judge remarks that one candidate leaves his future to friends while another relies on friends to fund him. The exchange contrasts dignity in candidacy with dependence on supporters, illustrating the gap between standing for office and running for it.
An ancient court record notes Francis Broune in Banff was convicted on September 9 1637 for stealing golf balls from Patrick Snand’s property and was ordered to be taken to the gallows to die as punishment. The piece mocks modern light commentary on golf while recalling stern historic justice.
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