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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1905
Page
2
Readers scan a compact round of brief items from home and foreign shores. Short summaries cover notable happenings, with names and places sketched for quick familiarity. A brisk digest designed for rapid reading.
A wide array of events is noted: fires destroy the Neversink Mountain hotel near Reading Pennsylvania. deaths include Mrs. Phoebe J. Adams in Oregon and Capt. John F. Dravo in Beaver Pennsylvania. Legal actions span a Mississippi court sentence, a New York company arrest, and a Chicago suit. Labor strikes, international diplomacy, and rail fare cuts are also reported along with a Rockefeller grant and University of Chicago enrollment growth.
The report states Chino Oreill, a feared Cuban outlaw, was killed by rural guards. The incident adds to a string of violent events reported across the country.
The weather week ending October 2 brought generally favorable conditions for agriculture. Warm dry weather accelerated late crop maturation across central valleys and coasts, with frost in some regions causing no serious damage. Corn yields look large in the belt while apples are light and potatoes poor due to blight and rot. plowing and seeding are aided by the fall weather. In Ohio, frost was light, corn ripening rapid, wheat seeding advanced, pastures good except in extremes, and cloverseed yields poor. potato prospects are poor.
General Manager D. S. Elliott reports the Overland passenger train was held up near Seattle by masked men ten miles north on Puget Sound. The robbers exploded the safe with dynamite, took little money, left passengers unharmed, and likely fled by boat after looting small remittances under $1,000.
Nevada officials revoke the New York Life Insurance Co license pending an investigation into corrupt management and funds. A two week notice to agents follows sending a warning to the statewide agency network. Meanwhile other regional items report a deadly derailment in Terre Haute and an expansion of rural free delivery routes nationwide.
Dayton Ohio October 4 Reynolds and Reynolds Co. announced an open shop policy for its printing department triggering immediate walkout by printers. Machinists union demanded reinstatement of 300 discharged workers from National Cash Register Co. and rejected. A general plant strike is threatened.
The Democratic county and city convention nominated Edward J. Dempsey for mayor along with full legislative, county and city tickets. State senators Samuel Church John W. Harper Arthur Espy and Edward A. Hafner were named. Fred W. Kean and Charles G. Roth were chosen for probate judge and county treasurer. Judson Harmon presided.
The state board of public works awarded the excavation and dredging contract to D E Sullivan of Columbus for 200000 cubic feet of earth between Akron and Cleveland. Price 14 to 15 cents per cubic foot. Channel depth to rise from three to five feet.
After 35 years of marriage Mrs. John C. Hemmeter, 60, shot herself during breakfast in Cleveland on Monday. Her husband, seated nearby, had tried to conceal a revolver she then retrieved and used. She stepped into an adjoining room and fired.
Columbus Ohio October 3 W H Holbrook appointed motive power inspector for the Pennsylvania Southwest system a new office He joins the general superintendent staff but reports to the motive power chief Formerly road foreman of engines on the Cincinnati division He replaces no one noted in the dispatch
Mrs. Mary Sweet of Unionville, about 38, died by hanging Monday morning. She had undergone an operation in July and never fully recovered.
Canton Ohio October 4 The Stark county grand jury reported at noon Tuesday that 55 indictments were returned during a 16 day session.
Norwalk Ohio reports improvements and an immediate rise in the shop workforce due to a sharp increase in business on the Wheeling and Lake Shore division. Salem Ohio notes an exceptionally large chestnut crop this season with the first new crop arriving at markets along with other nuts being plentiful.
Excerpt recounts William Browne of St. Joseph Missouri crediting Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring appetite and stopping nerve twitching, stomach trouble and cold sweats after using one box. The ad asserts the pills build new blood and cure anemia indigestion and nervous disorders, with a guarantee and availability through druggists or the Schenectady company.
In a playful classroom moment students tease a teacher over spelling burglars. The exchange shifts to light banter about shells and eggs and a gas meter as a joke punchline. A sober man mulls the past and the idea of living life again.
A dismissive citizen questions whose children would benefit as an insurance agent urges leaving something behind to provide comforts and luxuries for the little ones. The exchange highlights skepticism about the purpose of savings for dependents.
A customer asks what butter to-day is and the grocer replies with a joke about butter being indeed butter to-day while recalling the previous stock as axle-grease, drawing a cheerful reaction from the customer.
A distressed mother sobs at her newborn child and fears the boy may grow up with side whiskers. The brief scene captures anxious maternal hopes and humorous superstition in early life.
A reflective exhortation urges immediate action over idle hope. It challenges readers to fulfill promises send gifts visit invalids reply to letters and foster a hopeful supportive atmosphere for others. The piece emphasizes that time passes and deferred goodness loses value.
A reflective note on social pressure as the shooting season begins, forcing a free citizen to participate or risk losing caste. The piece frames sport as a social duty and moral test rather than mere recreation.
A testimonial claims weekly stomach spells vanished after stopping coffee in 1901 and switching to Postum. The writer says pains eased, digestion improved, and health restored with Postum, praising the product from Postum Co. of Battle Creek Michigan and recommending the booklet The Road to Wellville in each package.
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