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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1900
Page
2
Brief digest of industrial, personal, political items from home and abroad. Highlights include domestic developments, overseas events, and notable public affairs impacting readers. No single dominant event identified in the fragment.
George Brooks a farmer of Owensboro Kentucky committed suicide on his eighty fifth birthday. The item notes other world news including a Chicago church ministerial effort to change marriage laws and various national events.
A report lists several notable political deaths and nominations. Allan D. Chandler is elected Georgia governor. Benjamin Price, New York’s oldest citizen, dies at 106. Crane and Stair receive nominations in Massachusetts and South Dakota. Various state officials and public figures pass away across the nation.
The German government will submit a new note to the powers after revising its stance on punishing Boxer leaders. The United States asks for assurances on accountability, while France and Russia issue joint notes aiming at understanding. Other items report Boer attacks near Dejager's drift, Cape Town war damage, and various international actions.
A survey of global notes reports 30000 lepers in the Philippines, Cuba adopts modern farm machinery, a German firm builds a locomotive in the American style, and the Chicago and Alton restricts news agents on trains. Also cited are gold yields in Cripple Creek, dueling in Italy, Kruger's United States visit hints, a Paris peace congress verdict on Britain, Atlantic crossing ambitions, and gold imports for South Africa.
Secretary Hay warns state department workers against political contributions. Chicago sees eight injured in a Calumet electric car and Lake Shore South ern train crash. Robert Lansing named receiver for Ellwood Silk Co in Watertown, signaling dissolution with assets 112280 and debts 53132. Seventeen Pittsburg picnickers suffer injuries in a wagon collision with a suburban trolley. a child dies. George R. Blanchard dies in New York City. Cooke locomotive works to build 58 engines for Southern Pacific with 6 months of steady work. Prof Robert Koch claims malaria cure proven after year of tests in Dutch West Indies and German East Africa. Hamilton print works strike resumes in Lowell as bleach house workers allege breach of agreement.
The United States weighs Franco-Russian plans for punishing Chinese offenders, arms interdiction, indemnities, and guarantees. Germany may resist arms bans. talks aim for temporary measures and avoid permanent foothold. Reports from Tien Tsin Canton and Pekin describe Boxer clashes and imperial decrees. Russian advances near Niu-Chwang. Triads threaten in Canton area.
Dennis M. Blackmer, 60, a Bennington resident and Civil War veteran, shot himself in the forehead in a municipal court in Bennington while facing a felonious assault charge involving a 10 year old girl. He was a former adjutant general of the Vermont G A R.
A Boston Journal item recalls a dry goods clerk named Maud who saved a young lady's life at the seaside last summer. The two reunite over purchases, with the clerk humorously offered two yards of ribbon.
An advertisement by Alfred B. Wenrich of Philadelphia cites a customer tale of eyelid cure and eyebrow restoration using Palmer's Lotion. It promotes Palmer's Lotion Soap as complementary and invites readers to request testimonials and samples from Solon Palmer in New York.
An Indianapolis Press editorial asks if the time has come to retaliate, framing a provocative stance on escalation and public sentiment. The piece analyzes moral, strategic, and societal implications without endorsing a specific course of action.
A two minute Jell O dessert suggestion with no boiling or baking required. Flavors include Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry. Available at grocers for 10e.
A rejected lover warns that a name will become a hissing and byword, while the proud Delia Miller retorts that her name will endure. The exchange appears in a Chicago Tribune item highlighting sharp dialogue and social conduct.
A fragmented humor piece notes Lane's Family Medicine and daily bowel movement claims while a punning exchange jokes about mud depth on a city street. The Philadelphia and Chicago papers contribute quips about mud seriousness with Indianapolis framing.
The market notes flour and grain prices along with livestock values across New York Cleveland Toledo East Liberty and Cincinnati. Beef veal sheep hogs and lambs show varied gains and declines with prices listed for each item by city. Cattle and hogs move within broad ranges while grains quote No 2 red and yellow varieties and butter cheese eggs and potatoes state current levels.
The Baltimore American quotes Mr. Henpeck remarking that the powers conference focused on the partition of China as his wife and mother-in-law discuss with the cook at Powers Center.
A wall hanging map measuring 48 by 34 inches shows territorial divisions since the Revolution. It covers the original thirteen states Louisiana Purchase Texas Annexation Gadsden purchase Mexican cession and Northwest acquisitions by discovery and settlement. Sent postage prepaid on receipt of 15 cents from P S Eustis at Chicago Illinois.
A man hands a sealed letter and two cents to a stamp clerk, asks for an automobile, and responds politely. The scene unfolds with the clerk’s gruff question and the man’s calm reply as reported by the Philadelphia North American.
An old advertisement promotes Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a natural cure for bowel issues from headaches to cancer. It claims gentle relief, easy movements, and that genuine tablets are stamped C. C. C. in metal boxes, warning against imitations and noting a ten cent starting price.
A witty exchange from the Boston Post shows a customer complaining about a haircut and a barber retorting that if the customer dislikes it, he should chew it off himself in a light hearted, free speech era jab.
Business lines seek openings along the Chicago Great Western line in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Missouri. First class openings in growing towns for many occupations including Blacksmiths, Doctors, Dressmakers, Furniture, Grain and Live Stock Buyers, General Merchandise, Hardware, Tailors, Cold Storage, Creameries and Canning Factories. Provide full details of requirements to receive intelligent advice. Address W. J. Reed Industrial Agent C.G. W. Ry. 601 Endicott Blk St. Paul Minn.
A Detroit Journal quotation argues that only when a farmer offers his farm for sale does he grasp the value of education for youth, noting the way printed letters shape understanding.
Jell O introduces a new dessert with four flavors Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry offered at grocers for 10 cents each inviting families to try it today.
A brief humorous note from the Philadelphia Press about a child asking the meaning of disagree and the father explaining it as when two people think alike. The joke hinges on the misunderstanding that common thought equals agreement and difference implies disagreement.
An assortment of brief ads and quips. Promotions for Laxative Bromo Quinine with a 25 cent price and money back guarantee appear alongside humorous exchanges about marriage proposals and a physician’s claim in a reader letter. Listings include Putnam Faceless Dyes touting fast bright colors and Beeman's Pepsin for digestion.
An aphorism from Ram's Horn notes that if people were as anxious as they seem to appear the world would accomplish more, implying that outward nerves often mask capability and hinder progress.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally. Price, 75c.
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