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Newspaper
Warren Evening Times
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1918
Page
2
A handsome new post office on Pennsylvania Avenue will receive Uncle Sam’s employees of Warren on October first. The structure’s upper stories are nearing completion with completion anticipated around November 1.
A new Warren post office will open October 1 featuring a three story brick structure, marble and terrazzo interior, mahogany finishes, quartered oak furnishings, and 368 automatic keyless lock boxes. The work space covers 4900 square feet with daylight from large windows and a rear mail receipt area.
A short local note reports the birth of a healthy girl at Grand Valley with parents Sarees. Tom Clark, a Warren figure, is recovering well after an Erie hospital removal and should be up soon. A Crownright driver sustained a broken leg in a grade crossing crash near Warren.
A Williamsport boy dies from wounds received in air combat with the American Army in France. He was reported to have been wounded during air warfare over France and died as details reached home. The incident is part of ongoing World War I action involving American forces.
An advertisement touts a blood cleansing remedy S. S. S. as the universal cure for eczema. It claims skin treatments only mask pain and that the cure reaches the disease by cleansing the blood. It directs readers to obtain a bottle at drugstores and to request free expert medical advice from the Medical Director at Swift Laboratory in Atlanta.
Warren residents will read about Pennsylvania and New York Central railroad equipment changes in a short time but longer delays are expected.
George S Hoskins of Warren is reported wounded for a second time with a gunshot wound to the left arm. He has been admitted to Fresham Hill Military Hospital at Farnham and is described as recovering to return to service. His prior service with the Canadian Army includes fights at Ypres Hill 70 and Vimy Ridge.
Washington reports four newspapers barred from the mails under the espionage act for alleged seditious utterances. The Milwaukee Leader, Novy Mir of New York, Atbalss, and Cronaca Sovversiva of Lynn are named by the post office.
Henry Foeustermachker of Allentowa describes catarrh of the stomach and severe abdominal pain. He details constant nausea, headaches, and poor appetite before Tan jac relieved his symptoms quickly. The advertisement notes Tanjac, the Master Medicine, is sold by Siegfrieds Pharmacy.
In a Yonkers Statesman snippet, a mother scolds Johnny for dreadful language while a dialogue jokes about Shakespeare. The exchange turns to Muggs and his wife, with social satire on appearances and "doing his bit."
Myron Nelson died at Bon Air sanatorium near Bradford yesterday. His body was brought to Warren and taken to his parents home on Rankin Street. Funeral arrangements will be set after distant relatives arrive. A child named Frances Elizabeth, daughter of Me and Mrs. York Timmis of Hartford, Conn., died last Wednesday. Mrs Hedlund will travel to Hartford for the funeral. The funeral for Mrs. Sarah Brooks occurred at St. Joseph's Catholic Church with Rev. Father Gieverding officiating. Interment followed at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
W D Todd food administrator says Warren county farmers should notify him if wheat cannot be marketed. The government will arrange for immediate handling to supply war needs. Mills in the area are limited with Garland as the only local custom mill.
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