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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1914
Page
4
Federal Commissioner of Education amplifies prior statements on summer schools. Dr P of Claxton argues schools should reduce academic time and add productive work in shops gardens or at home. He envisions a year round program with about three hours of study daily and four to five hours of productive work supervised by schools.
Professor Bergonie of the University of Bordeaux reports to the Paris Academy of Sciences that the best main meal is at 7 30 A M when energy use rises. He warns against heavy meals noon to 1 P M and 7 to 8 P M as liver strain. A light meal at 4 30 P M and a moderate meal at 8 P M are advised, with his family following the schedule six years.
Washington reports the National Museum is assembling a small Ceratopsia specimen about six feet long and three feet high, the first complete connected fossil found. The creature, a new species, had a turtle like jaw with no front teeth and a beak, herbivorous teeth farther back, and four toes on the foot.
A New York Weekly quip notes the couple’s humor during their honeymoon. The bride recalls discovering love when she grew angry at insults toward her husband, highlighting playful affection.
A child asks for a haircut for 10 cents while the barber quotes 20 cents. The child says his mother cut half of it already, highlighting a humorous take on partial work and payment.
A fragmented dialogue scene features a Sunday school teacher and Benny in a humorous exchange. The emphasis centers on marriage and a prophet called by a judge, illustrating light social banter. The text reflects casual rural humor and quoted remarks.
The speaker argues against paying 25 million to Colombia after a failed canal treaty. They praise Roosevelt for decisive action that secured the Panama Canal and condemn Colombia as piratical. The piece presents a staunch pro Roosevelt stance and anti treaty doubt.
Voters at the May primaries will receive a nonpartisan ballot as judges from all courts switch to nonpartisan elections after an 1913 law change. The four candidates for the January vacancy are Gustav A. Endlich Berks Robert Sielers Frazer Allegheny George Kunkle Dauphin and Emory A. Walling Erie each serving as a county judge.
Agricultural expert John H. Barron argues diversified farming yields higher, steadier income than specialization. He cites New York studies showing farmers with multiple major products earning $2,500 or more, stressing soil fertility, crop rotation, and cash crops like corn, oats, clover, and timothy.
Joseph H. DeFrees announces candidacy for State Senator in the Warren Venango district subject to Washington Party primary voters on Tuesday May 19 1914. Warren Pennsylvania.
John G. Smith announces his candidacy for Member of the General Assembly representing Warren County subject to Washington Party voters at the primary on Tuesday May 19, 1914.
Practical health note says chronic nasal mucous inflammation harms health and nutrition. Recommends thoracic acid powder mixed in hot water for nasal douche, then sniffing powder daily twice a day until improvement noted. Emphasizes perseverance.
Arthur Law of New York testified he was robbed of $47 by a woman who demanded the money at a dark spot and fled after surrendering the bank roll. Police arrested the alleged assailant, May Howard, who was held without bail.
The state department completed the official list of May 19 primary petitions. It names western Pennsylvania district representatives in Congress and senators and state representatives with incumbents in parentheses, spanning twenty-first to thirty-fourth districts and the twenty-sixth senatorial district, including parties and home towns.
The Nebraska Forest County death of Truman D. Collins on April 16 led to a filed will in Tionesta naming Everett S. Collins as sole executor with no bonds. He inherits all real and personal property including timber tracts across Oregon Washington California and Pennsylvania. The will, dated September 25 1910 in San Francisco, directs fulfillment of moral obligations exceeding 250000 to Methodist Episcopal missions via manager F R Klinestiver in Nebraska. No property schedule is public. estimates range 25 to 40 million dollars, with no collateral insurance required in this state.
The City of Mexico sits 7 400 feet high, 264 miles inland from Vera Cruz, reached by two rail routes climbing mountain passes. One route mirrors Cortes in 1519, and Gen. Winfield Scott’s expedition in 1874. The article notes Mexico’s dense population and the distribution of railroad mileage by altitude.
Charles W Metzgar a longtime Warren County newspaper man died by suicide at his Washington home after swallowing poison in the presence of his wife. He was 54 and had worked for Pittsburgh papers. he left notes including a message to his wife regretting the act but believing it would end well. He is survived by his wife and two children.
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