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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1918
Page
4
The excerpt argues politeness reduces conflict yet can mask true attitudes. It notes early humanity relied on force, later forms like After you, my dear sir, lowered death rates. It warns when kinship grows intimate politeness fades and true selves emerge, risking greater tension.
The passage argues that nations mimic polite behavior while individuals show less faith in each other. It notes that European leaders used frugal politeness before a major massacre last summer, and warns against overreliance on pleasantries, praising blunt, loyal friends over polished talkers.
The piece extols daily brushing and bathing as vital for health and longevity. It urges visible personal hygiene, contrasts tubs with showers, and notes rural households may access cheaper water and fuel. It frames baths as safe, beneficial, and accessible to all ages, urging immediate adoption.
A reader notes the propaganda for a League to Enforce Peace while urging focus on defeating the league to pursue war. The report claims Germans destroyed the cathedral at Novon, arguing that razing cathedrals is tactically essential in a self defense war.
Salem reports the House of Seven Tables, famed by Nathaniel Hawthorne, renewed as a soup kitchen serving meat soup at 12 cents a quart. It now operates as the headquarters of the Liberty soup kitchens with two large wash boilers before a gas stove near the historic fireplace.
In New York a man at a Flatiron War Savings booth bought stamps to satisfy a craving for whiskey. He paid a quarter for each stamp and explained he uses the stamps to resist drinking by purchasing a second stamp as will power.
The German American alliance of Connecticut has dissolved. Funds on hand will be divided among charity organizations in which the group held an interest, mainly in war savings certificates.
Mrs. Wilds of Canton Ohio alleges in a petition for divorce that her husband Homer D. Bowles took money she earned selling her hair for five dollars and spent it himself, prompting the suit filed by Bowles.
Mrs. Adele Wightman of St Louis has given six sons to the armed forces. Three sons, Thomas J. William R. and Charles M., serve in the flying service while Richard M Joseph and Paul V. have enlisted in the infantry.
A candidate announces for State Senator from the 48th Senatorial District subject to Republican primaries on May 21 1918. The pledge supports ratification of the National Prohibition Amendment.
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