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Newspaper
Warren Evening Times
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1918
Page
2
Believed first million in Liberty Loan subscriptions will be in by Saturday as over $100,000 a day has been received. With full steam turned on, the campaign gains momentum every moment and the loan’s purpose is sinking home to supporters.
Subscriptions today reached 28 050 with 200 from Meade township, pushing hopes toward a half million by evening and a million by Saturday. Crowds rally in Corydon echo support as New England presses large totals and Cleveland reports strong bond sales across the Fourth Liberty Loan. Chester W Kyler reaches France with news of overseas service.
Farm Labor Manager B G Gregory urges professionals and mercantile workers in Warren to volunteer extra farm labor for the fall harvest. An appeal from the Council of National Defense affiliated with his office asks for help from non war workers. Ten cents a bushel is paid for apple picking as farmers fear waste without timely labor.
Members of the Woman's Benefit Association of the Maccabees across Warren and nearby towns gather for the Victory Contest Rally at the R of P Hall in Warren. The afternoon session begins 2:30 with West Review No 4 officers, led by District Deputy Miss Margaret Browne, featuring a flag service and a prayer in song for service members. Welcome address by Mrs Lettie Wiggins of Warren and a response by Mrs.
Robert Alexander Siggins, born August 24, 1840, in Youngsville, died October 1, 1918, at 7:15 am. He was the last of his paternal line, remembered as a model citizen and benevolent neighbor. Surviving are three children, interment Thursday at 2:30 pm under Odd Fellows auspices.
Belgian refugee Miss Van Gastel, from Antwerp, will address Warren county Sunday afternoon at the Library Theatre. She will recount German brutalities and destruction in Belgium, describe her escape after serving as a nurse, and speak in fluent English as a noted patriotic lecturer for the Allied cause.
H M Ellsworth Great Commander Corry presides over county reviews featuring readings, four minute talks and a Liberty loan address. Miss Martha Jones visiting nurse speaks to all members. Guard Team from Kane arrives for hospital drill. Fourth Liberty loan topics, exemplification of the First Degree, and Navy/Army notes. Rehearsals scheduled for 6:30 and 7.00 PM.
A Warren telegram informs Larry Krespan his brother Arthur Krespan was severely wounded in action in France in August. Known locally as Moxie, he was a Carver House clerk who joined last summer and saw service in France weeks before his injury. A national mobilization prospect for essential versus non essential industries is to be announced when the active canvass begins.
A large gathering at the First M E church welcomed Rev L L Swisher back for a second year as pastor in Warren. About 250 members and friends filled the church parlor, with patriotic decorations and a fine musical program by Suter's Orchestra and Prof A J Mooney. TheLadies choir opened with Carry Me Back to Old Virginia as Rev Swisher expressed pleasure in returning to his flock.
The federal government plans to classify non essential industries to force men into essential jobs under the work or fight policy. If public opinion falters, drastic measures will be taken to aid the Warren draft board, with 4,000 local employment boards listing open-for-women postings. The move aims to support a 4,000,000 soldier force bound for France by next July. The essential versus non essential distinction will be announced soon, triggering a national canvass of mercantile establishments and industries.
Attendees expressed thanks for the pleasant event as Prof Campbell spoke on behalf of the congregation. Mrs Swisher gave a replying talk to greetings from the congregation. The gathering sang Sons of America and Keep the Home Fires Burning, followed by the ladies choir and a closing America. Refreshments were served.
Questioning lasting pain from rheumatism, the appeal claims germ in blood causes rheumatic pain and asserts S S S is the effective blood remedy used for over fifty years. Readers are urged to write Swift Specific Co. for personal medical advice.
Army doctors in Sacramento could not hear Cree Calloway’s heartbeat and then found his organs oddly misplaced. The liver and heart stood on opposite sides, the stomach was out of position, and the appendix lay on the left side instead of the right.
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