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Newspaper
Warsaw Union
Location
Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1902
Page
3
A poem contrasts two classes, lifters and leaners, arguing the world splits into those who lift and those who lean. It questions the reader’s own stance and asks which class they belong to amid the universal balance of effort and care.
Mrs John Andrews, elected manager of a rummage sale, pursues Miss Mira Lanter who hesitates at the gate. The visit prompts Mira to revisit relics of past days, including her war- era coat and a cherished love letter from Caleb about marriage. Reflecting by the meadow, Mira contemplates opening old wounds and perhaps helping with the sale.
The Thomas W Lawson, a 408 foot steel sailing vessel built by Fore River in Quincy costing 250000, launches as the first steel schooner with steam power and electric lighting. Syndicate led by Capt John G Crawley plans coastwise coal trade then possible Philippines service, crew of 16, vast cargo capacity and modern systems.
A collage of curiosities from a periodical page describes a microscopic eye image and an enlarged head. It narrates a comic royal encounter with John Wanamaker aboard a ship of the Hamburg American line and pokes fun at manners in a lighthearted, satirical tone.
Reverend J W Barrett argues that history reveals God and humanity forming a universal brotherhood. He stresses duties to past present and future generations, the need to extend fellowship beyond class lines, and religion as companionship with God rather than fixed creeds.
Fragmented sermon snippets from various denominations discuss faith in God over labor issues, the word’s power, and how Christ is recognized as divine. It cites bishops and pastors from Episcopal, Lutheran, Presbyterian traditions and reflects on biblical authorship, race, and religion’s place in civilization.
The New York World recounts the home life of John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers. Mrs Mitchell remains thrifty and unpretentious in Spring Valley, living in a half of a double frame house with four children, six rooms, and simple furnishings. She sews, tends the home with help from a cousin, and values prudence and habit over status, despite her husband’s rise.
A fragmentary historic note describes Potawatomi trail markers of bent oak saplings set along a line from Lake Michigan near Chicago to Skokie swamp, with a circle of stones in Highland Park marking a council fire site, and references to a Bendonka sentinel route to Denplaines waters.
A sermon note reviews Numbers 10 11 13 24 33 and 24 through Sinai wanderings. It discusses the cloud guiding the march, the need for obedience, and the dangers of disunity. Hobab’s role as guide and Moses' leadership amid trials are examined along with reflections on patience and endurance.
The article notes rapid Methodist growth in New York up 47 percent since 2785 and counts over 100,000 members in Kansas with more than 74 churches and 400 parsonages. It mentions Ann Eliza Walsh of Brooklyn receiving about 800000 for Catholic ties, and plans for a Northwest Indiana conference session while a Duluth Minnesota Salvation branch expands activities. A Baltimore rabbi, Joseph Elsner, and his wife are referenced in a summer weather note.
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