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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1901
Page
2
The Bank of Custer County shut its doors in Broken Bow Nebraska with reported liabilities of 60000. The incident stands among a series of 1900 era bank failures and local financial distress reported in this international bulletin.
A concise digest of industrial field notes personal and political items and happenings at home and abroad detailing notable events and developments across sectors and nations within the week.
Former Congressman Frank H. Chapman dies at 53 in Franklin Falls New Hampshire. Samuel Burchard former Fifth Wisconsin district congressman dies in Texas. William McDonald, oldest homesteader, dies near Rapid City South Carolina at 115. H O Armour brother of D Armour dies suddenly at 64 in Saratoga New York. Nebraska prohibitionists nominate W Bert Clark Ashland for supreme court justice. Samuel Burchard is noted. James Baxter of Hiteman leads Iowa socialist state ticket for governor.
Three Filipinos join the island commission and assume duty while Dewet warns he will shoot British troops after September 15. London ecumenical conference clashes over lynching and Boer war. Edward VII health fear grows as tensions mount. Franco Turkish quarrel settlement rumored. German cruiser Wacht sunk in Baltic with crew missing. China’s Prince Chun apologizes to Kaiser Wilhelm for von Kettler murder. Munir Bey ordered back to Constantinople. Russia faces famine typhus and scurvy deaths. American teachers in the Philippines complain of high living costs. Gen Chauncey McKeever dies at Emden health resort. Li Hung Chang says peace protocol edicts have arrived in Peking.
The portrait of Gen Lawton will appear on a new postage stamp and the pictorial history of the Spanish American War will soon be published. France and Russia reportedly hold 92 submarine destroyers to be ready in six months. Navy cost estimates cover stations at Cavite and Samoa. Thirteen striking cigarmakers from Tampa have returned from Honduras. German postal parcels to major U S cities will bypass New York for inspection. London reports rising gambling causing prison and poorhouse crowding. Blaine Washington may be largely on the Canadian side per a new boundary survey. Peru appoints delegates to an American states conference in Mexico. Agriculture plans a bulletin on farm labor wages 1866 to 1899. A monument at Cooch’s Bridge marks the first unfurling of the stars and stripes. U S plow manufacturers press a 10 percent price rise for next year. Massachusetts ends the last horse car era as electric lines reopen. The state leads in trolley and third rail car use.
A New Orleans wholesale district fire destroyed J H Menges wholesale grocery and Brundswig chemical warehouse. A northern Japan mountain vanished after an earthquake. Marion Indiana soldiers home inmates jailed for Czolgosz sympathy. Chicago Democrats drop Pan-American Expo trip due to presidential distress nearby. Census 1900 cotton output shows 10,486,179 commercial bales vs 9,645,974 in 1899. Galveston memorial services for the storm. Socialist meeting rejects McKinley assassination sympathy resolution. Navy and legal debates on Schley case. Baltimore mayor offered 8 million for Western Maryland railroad stake to cover city indebtedness.
President McKinley’s address at the Pan-American exposition champions reciprocity treaties and a larger merchant marine. He calls for building the Isthmian canal and a Pacific cable, aims to boost American ships under the flag, and stresses peaceful commerce and mutual friendship among republics.
Frank Fisher of Mexico Indiana extols Western Canada after a Western tour with his wife. He notes rich loamy soil vast plowable lands, favorable climate for mixed farming, strong grass and water, low costs to acquire 160 acres, and potential profits higher than Indiana. He cites free creameries, prize oats, and a belief that Canadian farming offers ample opportunities for young or renting farmers.
Report describes James C. Drumgold, a tall gray haired man known as a track walker for the Southern Pacific. He has traveled on foot since 1882 from Deming to Yuma and sometimes El Paso, living in cast-off clothing and supported by locals. Trainmen note his lunacy yet fear he could flag a derailment if needed.
A Cleveland Leader item describes a tense restaurant exchange where a waitress delivers a minimal mash sample and quips about digging potatoes. The patron defends politely while the server insists on service hours from 1 to 2 pm, then the patron leaves after a tense finish.
A witty exchange on memory and honesty unfolds as one character admits to lying to ease another’s blow about reputation for truth and veracity. The back and forth highlights irony and social pressure among the speakers in the scene.
Mrs Hswes asks John about his activities in the back yard while Mr Howes explains he lingered listening to servants discuss Mrs Howes and her mother, finding it more engaging than discussing the servants. The exchange highlights domestic tensions and miscommunications.
A Chicago Chronicle quotation discusses the dual traits for a great financier honesty and sagacity. It frames honesty as keeping one’s word while sagacity means never giving it.
Ask Your Dealer for Alien's Foot-Ease a powder to shake into your shoes. It rests the feet cures swollen sore hot callous aching sweating feet and ingrowing nails corns bunions. Allen's Foot-Ease makes new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores 2½c Sample mailed free Address Allen Olmsted LeRoy N Y.
A brief quoted exchange shows a girl scolding a boy for taking eggs and a sharp retort reveals the mother bird is dead, discovered by a hat clue. The piece captures a tense misdirection and a dark moment in a compact vignette.
J W O'Brien of 322 Third Ave N Minneapolis Minnesota writes on January 6 1900 that Piso's Cure for coughs should not be spoken of too highly.
In a brisk display, sellers soared to the top as timekeepers reported rapid pace. Robbins praised the quick arrival noting steady momentum since departure.
An old Atchison Globe notice touts Hoxsies Croup Cure as a life saver for children with no opium and a price of 50 cents. The ad repeats the claim and echoes a humorous quip about boys choosing sides in a cat versus dog fight.
Dialogue fragment shows feelings of loss and distance as two characters recall past affection. He laments change while She cites a new pursuit in astronomy.
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