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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1912
Page
4
Vague lines reference fans, teams, and seasonal elements with playful rhythm. No clear event or entities emerge to identify a concrete sports or news item.
The Canton Sentinel criticizes cheap print and ad services, noting coffee price differences in daily buying but equal expectations in printing and advertising. It laments cheap “Cheap Johns” who offer low quality work for modest fees and contrast with real newspapers. It cites Warren and local readers who seek affordable memorials and obituaries but turn to foreign cheap printers for $2.50 jobs.
The plain man is defined as the everyday worker who supports himself, avoids societal cornering of output, and remains free from ambition’s pull. He loves God and neighbors, believes in home as haven, and lives by live and let live doctrine. He is satisfied and avoids yearning for oversized desires.
A Beloit newspaper printed a peculiar card from a man asserting the report of his release from jail was mistaken and he remains incarcerated. The notice stands as a rare example of a self referential card to a public audience.
The excerpt presents a heroine described as a modern, advanced girl who has ideas of her own and resists marriage. The colonel questions such a type, and the dialogue hints at social expectations and evolving viewpoints on women's independence.
Republican papers across the state including Warren harshly critiqued Roosevelt and anxiously assess the weekend ballot results. The county returns hint at modest influence for the local paper, while the 13th day of the month proved unlucky for several candidates.
Rudyard Kipling publishes a vehement verse titled Ulster denouncing the Irish home rule bill. The poem portrays the home rulers as England’s foes and warns of war and ruin for those who oppose Rome.
The city will enlist supervisors and enumerators for the compulsory education census starting May 2. It will record each child’s name, address, sex, age, and nativity, plus parents’ nativity, and tally illiterates aged 12 to 21, working and nonworking youths, and counts of deaf, mute, blind, crippled, and epileptic children, as well as babies under four.
An orchestra in Portland, Greer? Actually Portland, Gre., is said to be the only such group with one armed musicians. Two men are needed to operate instruments requiring two hands, yet this ensemble adapts with ingenuity and inventive playing arrangements.
The Lyric theater owners announce 24 hour operation becoming the first all night theater in the United States. The move keeps the venue open day and night to attract more patrons.
A humorous Louisville Herald item lists steps for a satirical do nothing routine. The sequence mocks daily habits and political talk with repeated Kat and crude actions to lampoon urban life.
The clipping shows a cacophony of opinions from different medical groups. Allopath recommends a strong dose while Homeopath prescribes a small dose. Osteopath advises no medicine. Prof. Muldoon touts fresh air. Wabbard condemns the current state as a disgrace. Science Healer claims illness is not real.
A promotional exhortation urges readers to place ads in the paper with promises of payoff, claiming high praise from wealthy patrons and urging consistent advertising to sustain revenue.
A promotional ad urges readers to advertise to gain wealth and prominence, claiming the merchant’s success comes from advertising and encouraging others to advertise in this paper.
Unable to determine a coherent event or entity from the provided text. The fragment resembles an advertisement cue with misspellings, offering advertising opportunities and potential results. No clear persons organizations dates or places are present to anchor a factual summary.
Senator Shelby M. Cullom of Illinois ends nearly fifty years of service, leaving a cheery, regretful senate scene at eighty-two. He notes being poorer with time in public life, plans to go away and sit down, and thanks reporters for kind coverage while defending his simple, honest lifestyle.
The Philippines division will be reorganized by July 1 leaving two cavalry regiments and four infantry regiments, a 50 percent cut. Remaining units will reach full war strength, equaling the rifles of current twelve regiments. Homeward movement has begun with several regiments slated for depart or return through April to June.
The Aero Club of America with regional aero clubs proposes a 1,810 mile Great American circuit starting and ending in Chicago. The route passes through Milwaukee Cedar Rapids Des Moines Omaha St. Joseph Kansas City Jefferson City St. Louis Charleston Indianapolis Cincinnati Columbus Cleveland Toledo Detroit and back to Chicago with control stations at each city. Open to licensed pilots of all nationalities not under Wright patent injunctions. Prizes total about 100000 dollars with a 25000 dollar grand prize and awards for efficiency innovation and performance across multiple categories.
Navy reports from the Atlantic fleet say the Dreadnought Utah’s twelve ten inch guns hit every target during the third day of firing. At 11,000 yards six and a half miles, while steaming at 15 knots, the targets were swept away as umpires confirmed perfect accuracy.
H O Granberg of Oshkosh pays 38500 for an 1815 five dollar gold piece bought from Max Mehl of Fort Worth. The coin, minted in 1815, has rare status with only three others known. Earlier sales: 1906 for 1000 and 1907 for 2000. one piece belongs to W Brand, another to John C Clapp, and a fourth in the U S treasury. The sale marks one of the highest coin prices, second only to 1804 dollar sold for 5600 by a New York firm.
Captain William L. Rogers announces tentative reopening plan for the naval war college. Class reports and quarters will be arranged May 381, with regular courses starting June 1 lasting four months. A top official from the Navy is expected to attend the opening address. The long course of twelve months will begin after the short term ends.
University for Atlanta to cost about 500 000 dollars will be housed in Atlanta Georgia as a reorganization of the old Oglethorpe university founded in 1836 at Milledgeville moved to Atlanta in 1870 and closed later. Forty two Atlantans pledged 1000 dollars each along with eight others to form the first directors and construction is expected to begin within a year.
The Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco will run from February 20, 1915, to December 4, 1915.
Major General Frederick Dent Grant eldest son of President Ulysses S. Grant died recently. Born May 30 1850 in St Louis he served with his father in the Civil War and rose through West Point the frontier and staffs. He held numerous commands from New York to Luzon and Porto Rico and served as minister to Austria. His reverence for his father's memory and a blighted health were noted factors in his career.
A French wine grower was convicted of diluting his vintage with water. He received a fine of $100 and a one month prison sentence. He was ordered to pay a heavy forfeit and his wine was confiscated as the final punishment.
The British battleship Ajax, recently launched at Greenock Scotland, is the sister ship of the King George V and the twenty sixth Dreadnought in the royal navy.
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