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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1907
Page
2
A roundup of global and domestic items includes Standard Oil of Kentucky executive testimony on selling through perceived independent firms, political and legal clashes in the US, and notable deaths. Reports cover fires, train and ship accidents, ocean records by the Lusitania, imperial health notes, and mounting tensions in labor and politics.
Dozens killed and hundreds injured as seven Du Pont Powder Co mills explode in Fontanet Indiana, leveling most buildings including churches and schools. About 700 tents provided by Gov Hanly shelter homeless as death toll rises to about 35 with victims taken to Terre Haute hospitals.
Mrs Edward F Qualtrough wife of Commander Qualtrough U S N supervisor of New York harbor reported to the police Tuesday that her residence here had been entered by thieves who carried away about 16000 dollars worth of antique bronze statuary pedestals and fixtures
White Plains N Y Frank E Xavier proprietor of the Yonkers Herald was found guilty by a jury in the county court of criminally libelling District Attorney Jerome of New York. He was sentenced Tuesday to pay a fine of $250 and an appeal will be taken.
The stock market in Montreal panicked on Tuesday after Detroit United Railway Co declared its quarterly dividend. The stock is heavily held in the city, and investors reacted to the announcement with caution and volatile trading.
Stuyvesant Fish wins a temporary injunction from Judge Ball to restrain the Wednesday Illinois Central meeting voting 286 731 shares in the interest of E H Harriman. The suit targets Union Pacific Railroad Co Railroad Securities Co and Mutual Life Insurance Co of New York claiming unlawful stock ownership and unlawful voting in parallel lines. The petition seeks a final decree requiring sale of such stock and declares UP and RSC lacking Illinois law authority to own Illinois Central stock.
A Kimberton party of five traveling home from shopping was struck by a Pottsville express at Keim Street grade crossing. Jacob Rees and Mrs. Rees died instantly. Belva Emery aged one perished later. Mrs. Anthony W. Emery and Emery's son were among the injured.
San Francisco district attorney says Eugene Schmitz former mayor and convict has lost appeal rights due to his attorney error and must proceed to the penitentiary immediately.
Twenty five people were injured last night in a trolley collision on the Buffalo and Lake Erie Traction Company line at Moorheadville switch near Erie Pennsylvania. A majority were seriously hurt but no fatalities were reported. Authorities investigated the crash and assisted the injured at local hospitals.
A dentist recalls trying the grand sign dental drawing room to attract patients yet losing transient business. He explains how the term suggested pain to toothache sufferers, while the familiar dental parlor kept regulars, prompting him to revert to the former. The lesson: name choice can harm as well as help.
A nineteenth century paper notes a row of iron hooks screwed into a wall by Russian immigrants in an East Side tenement. Inmates are seen upside down to hinder hanging objects, and even the brainiest resident struggles to understand why someone turned around for demonstration.
John Ruskin urged young women to acquire a disciplined, economical book collection. He advised establishing a manageable, serviceable library as a lifelong furniture piece, each volume placed in a designated niche like a statue, with careful organization and gradual growth.
A wife and husband debate perfection and privacy in a witty exchange. The husband admits flaw while the wife argues neighbors would still notice regardless of eyes being closed. The quip captures domestic dynamics with light satire.
The article argues abundant sleep in favorable indoor conditions is essential for workers to approach the health of outdoor laborers, whose lifestyle aligns with the natural conditions the race was designed to thrive in.
Flour quiet but steady Wheat No 2 red at 1 13 5 percent Corn No 2 at 75 percent 4c Oats mixed 56c Hogs no sales reported Cattle and sheep listings with prices for wethers and lambs.
Market reports dated October 16 show grain prices for flour Minnesota patent at 6.15 to 6.50, wheat No 2 red at 1.06 and a half, corn No 3 yellow 7 11 cents, oats No 3 white 58 to 59 cents. Butter creamery 31 1/2 cents, cheese York state 17 4 cents, eggs 23 cents, potatoes 75 cents, hay No 1 timothy 17 dollars. Cattle steer 5.50 to 5.75, calves 8.00 to 8.25, sheep wethers 5.25 to 5.50, lambs 7.00 to 7.15, hogs Yorkers 6.85. Also Toledo wheat cash 1.06 and corn cash 67 cents, oats 57 cents, cloverseed 10.75. East Buffalo notes cattle steers 5.85 to 6.25, sheep wethers 5.50 to 5.75, lambs 7.00 to 7.55, Yorkers 6.90 to 7.00, pigs incomplete.
Cattle prices show Choice steers at 6.10 to 6.25, fair cattle 4.50 to 4.90, Hogs Yorkers 7.10 to 7.15, pigs 6.00 to 6.25.
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