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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1906
Page
2
Maine Governor William T. Cobb wins a narrow reelection on a prohibition platform. National and international items include Russia pogrom reports, Cuban concerns, oil disputes, and political shifts in New York and Ohio politics.
The annual meeting of the National Stogie Makers league closes at Wheel ing with officer elections. Pittsburg wins next convention from Atlantic City in a close contest. Father Wernz and two Jesuits visit the Vatican for an audience with Pope Pius.
Washington officials say no intervention will occur unless Cuba’s rebellion becomes a general conflagration. The Des Moines heads toward Havana as a potential asylum ship while the army remains on standby with no orders yet from the president or War Department.
The Independence League under William Randolph Hearst held two sessions in New York City at Carnegie Hall and later last night. Delegates approved a platform opposing boss rule and party control, calling for a free vote, honest count, election law reform, and a recount if fraud or error occurs. The group endorsed a full state ticket and planned talks with Democrats in Buffalo, while Hearst did not attend. A disorderly mood followed a motion to adjourn until tonight, with delegates divided over the timing.
A Chicago grand jury returned more than 20 indictments against Paul O. Stensland former president of the Milwaukee Avenue state bank now in Tangier and Henry W. Hering former cashier imprisoned locally Both men face multiple charges in connection with the bank affair.
Robbers entered the Bank of Akeley in Minnesota early Tuesday, blasted the safe, and fled with about $10,000 in cash. No injuries reported, investigation underway by local police.
An essay arguing that lightning deaths are rare and often misclassified. It cites Boston records showing zero lightning fatalities since 1901 and compares lightning risk to dangers like feline bites and tuberculosis. The piece suggests fear stems from unfamiliarity and dramatic, sudden shocks.
An Irish widow visits a corner grocery each evening to buy a large box of matches. Curious, the grocer asks why. She explains that her husband is deaf and dumb and talks in his sleep, so she uses matches to see what he says.
Eva and Edna discuss replacing a jokesmith with a blacksmith citing wit and humor versus real-world food value as Edna argues steak and onions from blacksmith work.
In a Detroit Free Press note a sports figure named Du Sport wears a large ring he calls a family heirloom. He explains it is the sole remaining item from his family, prompting remarks about wealth.
A clipping contrasts two ideas on preserving wealth for heirs. The New York Sun notes advice on preventing strangers from inheriting money and proposes spending it as dictated by others during life.
Markets across New York Cleveland Toledo East Buffalo and Pittsburgh show varied commodity levels with flour wheat corn oats and hay prices, cattle and sheep ranges, and hogs trading at several bid intervals. Notable figures include Minnesota spring patent flour 4.20 to 4.50, cattle in New York at 5.00 to 8.75, and hogs in Pittsburgh at 6.85 to 6.90 per hundredweight.
Fred W Harris of Chestnut Street Jefferson Ohio suffered kidney disease for over a decade. After years of backache swelling and bed confinement he used Dean's Kidney Pills and found relief. about ten boxes cured him with renewed weight and no symptoms. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph anecdote recalls a Harrisburg legislator, Smith, famed for liquor tolerance. Relays of opponents aimed to topple him, but he outlasted them, ending with a comical image of beds marching to his hotel room as he slept through the next afternoon.
Report notes the Malay peninsula uses the smallest currency, a wafer like coin made from tree resin. It is valued at about one twenty thousandth of a cent and is described as the tiniest current coin in use.
A period advice piece urges chewing food thoroughly for better digestion and explains Grape-Nuts as ground by teeth to aid digestion. It notes that softening or soaking Grape-Nuts helps those with faulty teeth and claims chewing aids saliva and digestion.
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