Government Supervision of Railroads Advocated by Stanford President
David Starr Jordan argues federal oversight benefits railroads and the public, contending states cannot handle the scale. He cites the Southern railroad traveling across many states and urges the interstate commerce commission as the fair regulator. He claims railroads are creations of the people and should be governed federally to avoid state fragmentation or demagoguery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford, Jr., University
Southern
Pacific
Ter State Commerce Commission
Middle West
Interstate Commerce Commission
Governor Stuart backs Republican candidate Tener for governor
Dwin S Stuart lauds Tener as best for Pennsylvania and urges Republicans to support him. Stuart cites Tener’s fit for office, Stuart’s endorsement, and the strong support Tener received from neighbors in Charleroi after returning from vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwin S. Stuart
Commonwealth
the Tribune
Gov
Stuart
Pennsylvania
John K. Tener
Tener
Tenet
Charleroi
Roosevelt Declares Newspapers Public Service in Speech
In Milwaukee the Colonel and editor Teddy Roosevelt praised newspaper work as a noble profession and public service. He urged publishers and reporters to print exact facts, oppose colorizing news, and warned that lying degrades the profession and society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Teddy
Outlook
Milwaukee
Press Club
Lawn fetes as rain producers proposed by government
The government declares that rain cannot be produced by firing explosives high in the air and suggests examining lawn fetes as rain producers. It muses that during northwest forest fires a lawn fete in the woods might have quelled the flames immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goverment
King Menelik Dies? Ill Ruler Rumor in Abyssinia
Columbus Journal reports that King Menelik, who recently died, is seriously ill, raising questions about royal succession and stability in Abyssinia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Menelik
Columbus Journal
Uncle Joe Cannon and the Original Right Brothers
The speaker, nicknamed Uncle Joe Cannon, defends his long control of the lower house and his rule changing power. He vows to die politically with boots on and recalls how he and allies Payne and John Dalzell shaped rules to dominate Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Joe
Joe
Kansas
Congress
U.S. A
Uncle Sam
T. R
Payne
John Dalzell
Right
Local notes and notices from Warren area headlines
Local items report a bell at Tionesta not ringing due to boys sawing the clapper. Irvindale Park closes for season. Hoff Business College reports record fall enrollment. Several obituaries and moves include E. T. Wells death, G V N Yates promotion in Tulsa, and Nelson Greenland funeral. Also coverage of robberies, a section hand fatality, and various meetings and proclamations.
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Tionesta
Crippen Case Admits Uncertain Sex of Remains Found
At Bow Street a London court hears Dr. Pepper testify the cellar remains are human and middle aged but not definitively male or female. Scientist notes four month burial with no death cause found while Crippen shows composure and Lenove’s boredom draws smiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hawley Harvey Crippen
Belle Elmore
Ethel Clare Leneve
Bow Street
A. J. Pepper
London University
Travers Humphrey
Pepper
Crippen Home
Dr. Pepper
Newton
Professor i Pepper
Dr. Marshal
Hilldrop Crescent
Arthur Newton
Penner
Professor Pepper
Donora Daily News critiques fleeting street ads and local frames
The writer scorns merchants who pay ten dollars for barometer frame ads and laments ineffective signage. He notes worn, illegible names from rain in Monongahela and argues that a daily paper and its circulation better boom the town year round, though merchants rarely repay the effort with sufficient patronage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monongahela
Donora
Donora Daily News
Notice to Subscribers on Arrears and Paper Discontinuation
The Postoffice Department requires stopping delivery to addresses with more than a year of unpaid subscriptions. Subscribers owing one year or more must pay promptly or the paper will be discontinued at that address. The notice excludes prepaid or within one year payments. Check the label to see the amount due.
Arrear Reader Notices Grow for The Matt Publishers
The Matt reports that every reader with year long arrears has received a statement. Although small individually, hundreds of accounts make the matter a substantial item for the publishers.
Advertise in the Mail and Get Results
Local notice urges businesses to advertise in the Mail for strong results. Readers are told ads reach a broad audience and drive inquiries and orders, with emphasis on effective classified placement and timely deadlines for upcoming issues.
The Proof of Goodness in a Man’s Acts
The saying asserts true goodness comes from actions, not character. It emphasizes observable deeds as the measure of virtue.
Kennedy Family Escapes Fire in Oceanic Home
In Red Bank New Jersey a lamp shade crackle alarmed HKu gene Kennedy at 1 am as a fire broke out in the kitchen and spread to the dining room. He roused his wife and seven children who escaped with their lives. Two dogs died in the blaze.
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Red Bank
N. J
Hkugene Kennedy
First Street
Oceanic
Mr. Kennedy
Hanged to same tree by mob in Tennessee raid
In Tiptonville on September 15 Will Sharp and Bob Bruce two Black farm hands were lynched by an masked mob for an attempted assault on Sallie and Callie Downing at Connorsville. They were taken from Sheriff Haines and hanged from a cypress tree before the crowd dispersed.
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Tiptonville
Tenn
Will Sharp
Bob Bruce
Sallie
Callie Downing
Connorsville
Haines
Bridge Contract Awarded in New York
Superintendent F C Stevens awards Barge Canal contract No 52 to H Fitzgerald of Hoosier Falls for 110265 to construct new highway bridges and raise existing ones over the Seneca river in Onondaga and Cayuga counties.
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Albany
F. C. Stevens
H. Fitzgerald
Hoosir Falls
Seneca River
Onondaga
Cayuga
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THE
Warren Mail
Home Folk’s Newspaper
Mail Printing Company
J. A. Larson
S. M. Sloan
Warren
Penn’a
MR. Tener
Washington County
John M. Reynolds
Bedford County
Henry Houck
Lebanon County
Charles F. Wright
Susquehanna County
P. M. Speer
Venango County
State Senate
Frank M. Knapp
Warren County
General Assembly
Joseph A. Schofield
Abyssinia
Spartacus
Ytaaz
Irvindale Park
Business College
Hoff Business College
Mac Sherman
Clay Sherman
Kinzua
Michael McDonough
Warren Street Railway Company
Independence
Kas
Union Traction Co
Coffeyville
St. Marys
Edmund Hoffman
Ridgway Jail
Ridgway
Warren Insane Asylum
van Ness Yates
G. V. N. Yates
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Texas Oil Company
Yates
George Yates
E. T. Wells
Western Union
Ridgway Hospital
Emporium
Lizzie
Frank
Bradford
George and
Vox Populi
Danville
Illinoi
Ananias Club
Richard Linthicum
N. Y. World
Erie Presbytery
Pleasantville
Mercer
J. W. Smith
Bankers’ Association
Bedford Springs
Wm. A. Law
Philadelphia
A. Hazeltine
D. S. Glass
Tyrone
H. G. Mitchell
Longhorne
Trust Company
E. E. Lindmuth
Clearfield
William A. Wilcox
Scranton
H. R. Merritt
Oil City
Baptist Association
Oil Creek Baptist Association
A. C. Drummond
Warren Baptist Church
Pennsylvania Railroad
Olean N. Y
Corry
Library Theater
J. W. Neiley
Knapp
Scandinavian Brotherhood of America
Scanda Park
Fentonville
Conewango Creek
Florida
J. E. Snyder
Chautauqua
St. Petersburg
Fla
J. H. Cole
Snyder
Hunter Dry Goods
Green & Blair
H. Y. Miller
Sugar Grove
Division of Zoology
State Department of Agriculture
Hazen
Special Water Committee
A. W. MacCullum
J. M. Africa
George W. Fuller
Water Company
Warren Water Company
Clarion
A. Graham
Justice of the Peace
Perry
Justice Perry
Welbank
Andres A. Elkstrand
Sweden
Clarendon
Tidioute
John Cronn
Exchange Hotel
Berdine
Cronn
Hanchett Hotel
Christy
Nelson Greenland
St. Clair Street
First Presbyterian Church
Benjamin
Herman
Boone Greenland
Edward Beck
Edward Grunder
William Meirgard
Jamestown
N. Y
Oakland Cemetery
Crippen
Postoffice Department
Washington
Mail Printing Co
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