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Newspaper
Warren Evening Times
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1918
Page
6
Warren council K of C will exemplify the First Degree on a class of candidates Sunday afternoon. Also items note a lack of buyers on Hickory Street due to cold weather and job calls for returning soldiers as Pennsylvania Railroad seeks firemen paying 140 to 150 dollars monthly.
The Warren Mirror urged the city police to curb games of chance at the county seat and criticized past lottery advertisements from the C. H Smith Co. store. It urged stronger action against larger gamblers and violations of federal law.
Private John Fuhrer of the 1st Marine Aviation Force arrived home from Norfolk on a thirty day furlough becoming the first Russell boy to return from France. He served on the Flanders front with British and American forces and participated in air raids aimed at Zeehrugee. Enlisting in 1911, he sailed from Norfolk July 18 aboard the N Australia Mercury, then arrived in France July 29 and front lines August 1. He traveled home on the converted German ship Prince Eitel Frederick with 1500 wounded.
The Ellis lodge plans charity minstrels at Temple theatre on January 13 and 14. Miller and Draper, producers of last winter's Eagle minstrels, are secured. Mothers of Warren Elks are rehearsing for their year end performance over the two nights. Corry bootlegging scrutiny rises as dry counties curb liquor shipping from the city. Officials in Warren Jamestown Titusville watch for bootleggers and arrests are expected after Crawford county action. A local liquor firm reported sales of 2400 dollars this week with most liquor going to the dry region.
A 1931 advertisement from Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Co promotes home safety during winter. It warns of slipping on porches and steps and urges readers to ask doctors about recovery times for broken limbs. J R Stuart, Warren, Pa., is listed as district merchant.
D W Griffith’s Hearts of the World uses British and French war office cooperation and on location battlefields in France. The film depicts Ham before and after bombardment with love amid danger as troops fight gas and shelling. Also showing Daughter Angele starring Pauline Stark as a French refugee facing spies and an unscrupulous housekeeper under director William Dowlan.
Secretary McAdoo in a telegram to James Francis Burke urged western Pennsylvania to fulfill War Savings Stamps pledges before year end. He warned November expenditures were high, troops must be paid and maintained, and borrowing from the people would finance war needs. He called for continued holding and increased purchases as feasible.
G G Smith, agent for Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Springfield, Massachusetts, advertises life insurance services with Bell phone contact 352 W. Includes dated line 12 27 1mo0.
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