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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1913
Page
8
A new Sax Rohmer detective series pits Nayland Smith against Dr Fu Manchu in a fresh crime saga. The Sunday North American will print the first of ten stories on October 5, promising a major shift in modern detective fiction with unmatched novelty and suspense.
Investigation by the Bureau of Labor across 40 cities shows June 15 prices about 60 percent above the 1890–1900 average, over 3 percent higher than last year and nearly 15 percent above two years ago. Fourteen food items rose with bacon leading 128.5 percent, pork chops 111 percent, and round steak also rising.
During the period eleven of fifteen articles rose in price while four fell. Bacon led gains at 16.2 percent with ham pork chops hens and eggs also rising. Potatoes sugar and flour showed notable declines, with sugar down 8 percent and potatoes down 31.9 percent.
Harrisburg September 22. Commissioner James Foust warns owners of eggs stored in April that cold storage law requires unloading by the December deadline and labels any remaining eggs as unfit for food. He vows arrests for sale of eggs after the limit and notes other foods have been tagged for exceeding the time limit.
Mrs. Clark D. Eckles arrived in Cambridge Springs Monday morning after a several day visit with her sister Miss Ella Perry.
Job ad seeks a woman of average personality and education for child welfare work about ten months with potential permanent status. Salary 1.50 dollars per day. Address Care Mail office. Also seeks travelers for educational work at 50 dollars per month plus expenses with references required. Send to No 7 Care Mail. Date 9 28 11.
Describes a nine or ten room residence with bath and sewer, 76 foot water depth with in-house tank pumped by windmill, on Lot 146 by 165, in Sheffield PA. Willing to sell on reasonable terms or exchange for a well located 75 acre farm with good buildings near school and church. Communicate with H. A. Pinney, Sheffield, Pa. Sept. 11, 3t.
Ninety six have entered Hoff Business College as students on the road to success. The ad invites readers to begin any day and join the program for practical business training.
Nashville report says Speaker Stanton claimed Governor Hooper backers sent two suitcases with revolvers to the Capitol superintendent and gunmen were in the house to intimidate him. Inflammatory speeches followed before the house rejected an investigation. The upper chamber passed a U.S. Senate direct election bill heading to the governor.
Jail sentences and fines imposed on Maury I. Diggs and F. Drew Caminetti for Mann Act convictions. Father Schmidt hid crews and holy oils for last rites. found in a New York dentist's safe. Federal troops go to St. Huberts to combat forest fires blackening 40 square miles. Harry Thaw welcomed in New Hampshire capital. Gold standard currency amendment passes in the House. Wilson agrees to Bryan lecture plan after salary concerns raised.
Joseph W. Folk a former Missouri governor is named as solicitor for the state department. In Springfield trial of Dr. Smith over his wife’s death, the state will introduce alleged relations with a nurse. A New York wife on trial for killing her husband says he attempted to kill her when she sought food for the baby. Ireland transport workers strike could spur a new influential labor party. Princess Sophia of Saxe-Weimar Eisenach forbidden to wed Baron Hans Von Bleichroder, commits suicide in Heidel berg palace.
Monday report states a scientist upholds vaccine therapy for typhoid. A separate note mentions a New York factory incident where a girl becomes a mother and throws her baby from a fourth story window. Other items discuss Bulgaria's weakness after war, Germany building a battleship with internal combustion engines, a New Jersey missing woman eloping to Idaho, and a stained clothing bundle found at a Port Monmouth farm, suggesting murder.
President Huerta declares Mexican elections will be held in October. The nation awaits the electoral process as political tensions rise and the public prepares for the vote.
Wednesday report notes the Packers predict a $1 beef and horse steak if the cattle industry rebounds. Greek authorities seize an American mission school at Koreha in Albania while currency reform stalls in Congress. Hans Schmidt faces a state alienists test as the body is confronted. Suffragists deny responsibility for indecent dresses and dances. Impeachment court upholds the Assembly’s right to impeach Governor Sulzer. President Wilson opens the Montana state fair in Helena via White House electric button.
Police tie Indianapolis hotel murder to a crime spree by the same man. A Brooklyn cooperative fruit and vegetable store experiment closes after a major success. Governor Thaw faces a potential jury trial after returning to New York, while United States Express warns banks worldwide about counterfeit fifty dollar travelers' checks. Navy bids open for a second hand brougham for Secretary Daniels use. about 25 bids submitted.
James B Nakada a Japanese interpreter in United States courts was shot dead as he entered his San Francisco home. Police say the killer fled unseen. Authorities suspect involvement by Japanese white slavers he had helped prosecute for trafficking in girls.
Rockefeller seeks permission from North Tarrytown village trustees through attorney John J. Sinnott to connect his sewer with the village system. He plans to lay sewers on all his property and would need village approval or to construct a large disposal works.
A Kansas City Star item describes a baby as a unique visitor who coos and talks with his mother, contrasting him with typical visitors who talk and lie. The mother expresses pride while a caller remarks on the baby’s pleasant chatter.
New York market report lists WHEAT futures Sept 93 4 to 95 1 2 cents, OATS No 2 white 47 44 to 48 cents, PORK Mess 23.00 to 23.50, BUTTER Creamery extras 32 32 4 cents, EGGS State and Pennsylvania white 40 to 46 cents, POTATOES Long Island barrels 2.75 to 2.80.
Buffalo September 24 market notes for commodities including wheat No 1 Northern at 90 cents, corn No 2 yellow 78%4 cents, oats No 2 white 45% cents, flour blends and patent prices, butter creameries 80 to 83 cents, eggs 32 to 33 cents, cheese 16 to 16.4 cents, potatoes white round fancy 90 to 95 cents per bushel.
CATTLE Prime steers 9.00 to 9.25, shipping steers 8.25 to 8.85, choice cows 7.00 to 7.50, choice heifers 7.75 to 8.50, export bulls 7.25 to 7.50, choice veals 12.00 to 12.50, fair to good 10.00 to 11.50. SHEEP AND LAMBS Choice spring lambs 7.49 to 7.50, yearlings jambs 5.75 to 6.00. HOGS Light Yorkers 9.40 to 9.50, heavies 8.85 to 9.10.
Holland doubles beet sugar output in twenty years. Ohio inventor gets patent for a stamping tool used in cement finishing. English firm unveils a collapsible life boat with self healing rubber skin. A Philadelphia inventor creates a portable brick cleaning machine capable of about fifteen bricks per minute.
L. C. Eddy advertises agency service at 410 Pennsylvania Avenue focusing on general law business and prompt collections. The notice emphasizes prompt attention to collection matters.
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