29 Nov 1893
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1893
Page
1
A New York World poem celebrates Thanksgiving on a sunny farm scene. Children and animals share joy as pumpkins chestnuts and apples brighten the frost kissed ground. The poem urges rest, good conduct, and return to study after holiday cheer.
Lawyer Jackson and family wait for Jimmie as Thanksgiving unfolds. The boy returns with a tale of charity after helping Mrs. Hurlburt, a tenant in need, by buying a chicken and provisioning her home. The feast finally proceeds, highlighting a moral: kindness enhances the holiday.
The article credits Egyptian origins for geometry and notes astronomers finding 29 new planets last year. A geologist, based on rock experiments, estimates Earth's age as 24 million years. Uranus has four moons Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon. a Neptune moon traverses the sky. Mercury and Venus lack satellites.
A broad digest of world events includes Blount’s Hawaii report charging Stevens with collusion, US Supreme Court ruling Great Lakes high seas, Mello rebellion notes, Gresham frees Russian convicts, Leopards of labor strife, Lehigh Valley railway disruption, Canada's tariff talks, and multiple political, naval, and crime items across the United States and abroad. Headlines touch Hawaii, Brazil, Russia, Italy, France, and domestic unrest, with notable incidents in New York, Philadelphia, and Detroit.
The tariff bill is described as radical with a free list including wool iron ore coal timber and various minerals. It also notes changes in the sugar schedule reducing refined sugar duty and repealing the McKinley bounty progressively over eight years.
Danbury Connecticut November 27 Most hat factories have shut down endangering town life due to fashion change and disputes between employers and workers.
A second steel rail pool formed in New York by Carnegie Bethlehem Cambria and Lackawanna firms has leased the Pennsylvania Steel plant at Sparrows Point Maryland. The group fixes rail prices at 24 dollars a ton and blocks competition, strengthening control over industry exits in the region.
The new steel rail pool leases the Sparrows Point plant in Maryland and the Pennsylvania Steel plant at Steelton, Pennsylvania. Both mills will be kept closed indefinitely. Carnegie and Illinois firms hold western trade, Bethlehem Cambria and Lackawanna hold eastern markets. About 6,000 workers are affected by the shutdown.
Charles ONeill a Philadelphia native born 1821 and Dickinson College graduate died Saturday night. He served in the Pennsylvania Senate in 1853 and was elected to Congress across many terms from the Thirty-eighth to the Fifty-second, with a brief re election to the Fifty-third.
Beaver Falls reports W. W. Fish of Bridgewater fell into an open grave he had just dug for his stepdaughter. He broke his neck and died as the funeral procession neared the cemetery. The undertaker paused the procession to allow recovery, and the family learned of the accident after the burial.
Terra Feucht aged 63 sister of Henry Feucht a leading figure in the Economite secession was burned to death at her Leedsdale Pennsylvania home while winding a clock. Her clothing caught fire and she died before aid arrived. She was born in Harmony and had recently left the Economite society.
In Erie Pennsylvania on November 24 a half century since the U S ship Michigan was launched the vessel returned to port from Chicago and naval circles report plans for a new cruiser to replace the ancient sidewheel warship in Erie.
The trial of Henry S. Cochran, former chief weigher at the Philadelphia mint, opened before Judge Butler. Cochran's counsel offered no defense and the jury quickly returned a guilty verdict without retiring from the box.
Notices posted at Homestead steel works show a wage reduction effective immediately from 14 cents to 12 cents per hour for a 10 hour day. At Beaver Falls the Carnegie Steel nail mill shut down last evening at 6 drawing 250 to 300 workers idle.
Six rioters were arrested at Port Bowley as they attempted to storage a freight train. The Lehigh Valley company reports moving eight freight trains out of Coxton to avoid disruption near Wilkes-Barre.
The jury found ex-Banker Rockefellow guilty of embezzlement in Wilkes-Barre. Sentencing was postponed. Prosecutors still have 12 indictments pending against him.
Harrisburg November 25 A movement gathers to make Congressman Stone the Republican candidate for governor of Pennsylvania as party leaders seek a strong statewide slate.
Kinaston New York November 28 The Highland public schoolhouse was draped in mourning by Principal Gray after taxpayers voted down a planned academic department. Assisted by pupils he displayed emblems of mourning and a placard declaring The Union free high school of Highland is dead. The event triggered widespread talk and expected trouble.
Wesley Parsons, a well known farmer in Laurel Maryland, broke into an uncontrollable fit of laughter while joking with friends. He laughed for nearly an hour, then began hiccoughing and died two hours later from exhaustion.
London reports in the House of Commons that at least 227 mariners died off the British coast during the recent gale while coast guards and life crews rescued 506 lives.
Readable lines evoke gratitude and faith across seasons with names that feel traditional. A medley of verses from Whittier and Browning voices, ending with a reflection on forgiveness, inner conflict, and gratitude.
A reflective verse fragment obsesses over holiday fears and ritual feasting. The narrator imagines avoiding the turkey’s traditional display and the pale thinning look it might bring, blending humor with historical phrasing.
In 1721 Massachusetts Bay faced a grim Thanksgiving under Governor Samuel Shute as New England rebels against royal rule. The old regime restricted lumber trade for the king’s navy while the colonial assembly opposed him, ending with Shute’s return to England and a shift in leadership.
A Philadelphia Ledger editorial urges charitable acts in winter, urging that aiding the poor is a Christlike duty. It asserts benefactors help widows, orphans, unemployed, and the destitute, stressing compassion amid city contrasts between wealth and squalor.
The passage reflects on grateful acts and pure motives inspired by grace, likening generosity to water wheels and undercurrents. It honors memories of loved ones at past Thanksgiving gatherings, contrasting barren fields with enriched hearts and the comfort of a cherished, once familiar home.
An old promotional rhyme traces Castoria's role from baby to mother to grandmother. It highlights consistent use across generations as a reassuring remedy for common childhood ailments.
Ertcher's showcases a vast selection of trimmed hats touted as the largest and cheapest in town. Shoppers are urged to visit for affordable styles that mix fashion with practicality.
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