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Newspaper
Warren Evening Times
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1918
Page
4
Announcements report the marriage of Miss Esther Schuler daughter of Mr and Mrs Schuler hast Wayne street to John G Berdine son of Mr and Mrs J P Berdine of Frank street at Jamestown on Thursday October 1. The groom has returned to the Great Lakes Training Camp while the bride visits relatives in Erie.
A column lists local visits and movements including Mrs Elisha Robinson in Dunkirk E D Crosby of Bradford in Warren J and H Bosworth of Corry Joseph Almendinger of Irvine Prof A J Mooney in Kane Mr and Mrs J A Speaker visiting Pittsburgh Congressman E Y W Beshlin left for Washington J P Ostergard to Union City for the week Mrs Chas Arnold improving after appendicitis Mrs T B Clawson to Leechburg for brother Henry Basec illness Miss Helen Morris returning to Lander John Weigle of Oil City praises Warren post office service. influenza impacts Liberty Loan progress and a public appeal urges continued support for the Fourth Liberty Loan during wartime.
The Draft Board seeks to finish classifying a large share of questionnaires from the 18 to 45 age group before completing the current round. Exemptions for industrial claims loom large if granted. Erie District Board expects to receive most questionnaires and local boards to send many, signaling a busy session in Lake City to fill fall and winter quotas.
The Warren Times notes a new state game preserve designated No 24 in Green township Forest county, the largest in the northwest, covering about 7 000 acres. Completion this fall is doubtful due to labor shortage and layout challenges, with plans to stock multiple game varieties and enclose about 3 000 acres with a single wire.
Martin Sikstrom writes from abroad to his mother in Sept 1918 praising the old U S A and noting rough Atlantic seas. He describes travel, hopes for news, and affection, while King George V offers a wartime message of welcome and resolve to U S forces joining Allies.
Extraordinary efforts and a large rush marked the distribution of The New University Dictionary offered to readers of this paper. Professor Forrest M. Lunt of Horace Mann School discusses Practical Syntax and the importance of clear sentence structure in written expression.
Thousands seek Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle remedy for indigestion and a sour mouth. The ad claims they stimulate the liver to restore natural function, easing constipation and abdominal discomfort with one or two tablets at bedtime. Available 10 or 26 cents per box.
The Pennsylvania State Sabbath School association meeting at Johnstown is postponed indefinitely because of quarantine for Spanish influenza. The article also notes local items including ambulance driver certifications, a gambling arrest, hydrant installation, a serious pneumonia case, a gun accident, a license matter, a false arrest claim, a fatal hunting accident, and other local notices.
London dispatch reports a dramatic sea tale from a U S Navy record. Two American destroyers rescue four Chinese sailors from a lifeboat adrift after a British ship was torpedoed. One Chinese man dies, another refuses whiskey, declaring Germans sunk their boat while the survivors are taken aboard. A mob in West Hickory planned to lynch a foreigner who would not buy a Liberty Bond.
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