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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1909
Page
7
A reader asks if a widow with three Civil War husbands can draw pensions. The answer confirms eligibility for pension on each husband’s service from death to next marriage, with limits on overlapping periods, and notes a 1908 act for a widow’s pension if the third husband served 90 days and marriage occurred before June 27, 1890.
A widow petitions Alexandria VA seeking proper pension as the widow of a lieutenant colonel. The answer explains she cannot prove service-connected death and thus receives $12 a month under the 1908 act, which caps pensions for such cases and back pay begins from filing date.
In Front Royal Virginia a reader asks how to obtain increased pension after 15 years service and discharge on a disability certificate. The answer notes the need to specify the disability and current rate, and to file for increase with a physician affidavit. It also outlines age-based pension, $12 at 62, $15 at 70, $20 at 75+, contingent on Civil War service of 90 days and honorable discharge.
Fremont Wisconsin pension inquiry shows Michael McC asks if a $30 monthly pension forfeits on living in Ireland for a year. Answer: notify pension agent of address change. residency abroad does not forfeit the pension.
A French general’s wife demands dismissal of an old servant who served with her husband. The servant exclaims joy at leaving but then pleads that the general must stay, revealing a twist in the tale.
A detailed plan describes building a road grader drag from a mowing machine bar and wooden frame. One man and one team can maintain dirt, clay, and gumbo roads with regular after rain dragging. The design uses a cutting bar, central dirt slide, and a rear weight wheel to minimize friction and improve effectiveness.
A Washington fruit grower designed a 54 quart box refrigerated crate with a separate ice compartment to hold a 25 pound ice cake, total weight 67 pounds. Crates require icing every 24 hours by the railroad to maintain salable condition, enabling Washington berries to reach Chicago in good order.
Property owners often seek the cheapest painter or paint to cut costs but risk poor results. National Lead Company offers a free House owner s Painting Outfit No 49 from 1902 Trinity Building New York. It includes color schemes specifications and a paint adulteration test instrument.
A brief exchange quotes a man and a woman about weather and luck. The man jokes that sun brings work interruption while a passerby comments on missed chances. The dialogue captures a rustic humor tone.
An old farmer calls a mule a missionary mule for inspiring a man to preach after being knocked down by the animal. The tale ends with humor about the sheriff chasing the mule and a light jab at the office habit.
A group of scholars returns to Sunday school after illness. One girl mentions measles and another mumps. The superintendent asks Charlie what he had, and he replies that he had no little brother, in a high pitched reveal.
The text notes that Eratosthenes taught the earth's rotundity in 250 B C and that the concept of a sphere with poles axis equator arctic and antarctic circles plus solstices was widely discussed by Roman scholars who created globes illustrating these ideas.
Howell questions the break with his fiancée. Powell says she lacked practical knowledge, citing a misunderstanding when she claimed that hens not laying would affect the price of egg coal.
A New York woman credits quitting coffee with Postum for resolving long standing heart and stomach troubles. She describes years of milk and toast, then a 10 day trial showing improved digestion and vitality. She urges others to switch to Postum and cites a personal transformation.
The article advises shaping shrub borders like picture frames to harmonize with the yard. It warns against patchy contrasts from mismatched colors and stresses selecting plants by foliage, flower, size, and season so blossoms appear across the border throughout time.
A fragment from Lip pincott's humor where a heiress presses Duke about his father's mood. He admits nerves and recalls the duke’s tale of a grinning father in an office, noting a painting titled the battle of Bunker Hill.
Readers learn Hall's Catarrh Cure claims a universal cure for catarrh, a constitutional illness, taken orally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. The advertisement offers 100 dollars for any failure to cure and invites testimonials, listing F J Cheney & Co of Toledo as proprietors and marketing through druggists.
Grace argues with her mother about a young man who kisses her, while the mother admonishes proper decorum and chastises the behavior in a domestic scene.
An old advertisement touts Lane's Family Medicine tonic tea for head and body aches. It claims to clear headaches back and abdominal discomfort, restore strength, and aid stomach and bowels, sold at druggists for 25 cents.
A witty exchange features Jonah admitting to a strange tale of visiting a fish dinner that his wife may not believe, highlighting humorous biblical miscommunication.
A Camden New Jersey woman, Mrs. W. J. Walker, says Allen's Foot-Ease cured burning itching feet and coins. She reports buying another supply and cannot be without it. Sold by all druggists for 25 cents.
A witty exchange from Brooklyn Life features a man asking about unwanted kisses and a clever reply. The brief quip highlights the paper’s humorous tone and urban literati flavor.
An ad touts Marine Eye Remedy as a soothing solution for red weak weary and watery eyes. It claims to be prepared by experienced physicians and conform to Pure Food and Drug Laws, with a warning that Marine does not smart and relieves eye pain.
Souders' Vanilla Extract is made from fine Mexican vanilla beans and offered in 10 15 and 25 cent bottles. The note ends with a remark about someone listening to an honest opinion because it differs from his own.
A vignette from Delineator recalls three year old Baby Jess visiting her devout grandmother. She affirms mother taught her prayers and answers that she prays to mothers knees or to the bed. The piece blends moral tone with a light domestic scene.
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