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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1915
Page
4
Editorial by Ottie E Colburn notes fatigue from daily chores in furnished flats and housekeeping duties yet contrasts this with energy for enjoying moving picture shows. Published in June Photo Play Magazine.
A Toledo News-Bee inspired reflection on rapid progress through telegraphs, submarines, airplanes, dirigibles, and motor cars. It notes Western expansion in Alaska and rising hopes for Philippine and Chinese republics, while warning about war’s impact on liberty and society. The piece celebrates invention and mobility as history moves forward.
A poem recalling a dismal baseball game where a fan laments an umpire’s call that spoiled the result. The piece contrasts a fan’s devotion and costly bleacher seats with a controversial decision, highlighting frustration over a misplayed safe call and missed understanding. The narrator rails at the umpire as the decisive flaw in a tied contest with two outs.
A man and woman rode into a small town, checked into the best hotel, procured a rig, and traveled to farmers asking for chickens for an orphanage in St Louis. After two days they sold the fowl for 30 dollars, keeping several cash donations. A badge wearing man posed as an official.
A health official pressures farmers to condemn and kill diseased poultry then offers to take and dispose of the stock by selling it through a commission merchant. The scheme is spreading nationwide. If someone demands inspection of your stock, contact local authorities and then the police.
A reflective poem recalls childhood scenes of farm life and a cherished schoolhouse on a hill. The speaker longs to answer the backward call, imagining golden days, familiar sounds, and a beloved figure tied to the old home place and long-ago lights.
A newspaper editor muses after putting the paper to bed and enjoying a lazy week. He wonders if the fish bite on Yaller Creek and jokes about loafing, poking into others' business, and the calm ahead.
An editor learns the harsh realities behind a bustling newspaper office. Press shortages, rail wrecks, and declining readership threaten the paper while workers rush to collect subscriptions, ad space, and bills. Despite satire, the tale ends with the editor dragging on to eight more hours.
W C Anderson a Topeka wholesale commission merchant sits in a ball park box with a telephone and stenographer directing his business during games. He closes a deal by phone for 250 cases of strawberries and buys a carload of berries from Van Buren Ark using long distance service.
In Charlestown South Carolina on August 3 Willie Johnson was arrested for larceny from a trunk and a suitcase. A rabbit's foot found on him sparked a joking claim about luck as officers tossed the talisman into a waste basket. Johnson admitted the charge and awaits arraignment before Recorder Jervey. He allegedly moved Mr. E O'Brien's belongings from Hanover to Bertha streets and stole a pistol a razor a stickpin and other items.
We have several hundred dollars due on subscription accounts and need the money. Statements have been sent and more will follow. Bills should not be needed as each label shows how much is owed, with dates indicating paid through. We urge settlement now to avoid further notices.
A humorous tale contrasts a self confident young man with his lavish style and a self assured maiden who flaunts fashion and cosmetics. The piece playfully notes social expectations as the pair meet at a shop and on the street while surviving on limited funds and boasts about appearances.
General Secretary Kottcamp at the annual meeting presented the first report since the Y M C A moved into its new building. Total membership reaches 562 with weekly gains. Building cost 67010.02 dollars, furnishings and equipment 11959.81, site payment 10500. Of 75000 subscribed, 68359.50 paid. notes cover the rest. Building debt free and revenue covers running expenses. Secretary expects greater achievements next year.
A cloudburst and electrical storm along Hale run north of Akeley damaged fields, bridges, barns, and roadbeds for miles. Officials estimate thousands in losses as farmers begin cataloging ruined wagons hayracks and other supplies after the 3 pm storm lasted over an hour.
Clayton Bowers of Centerville Pennsylvania fed wheat into a threshing machine when his right hand was drawn into the cylinder teeth, tearing off three fingers.
Polly Pepper muses on social changes and urban migration. She jokes about motion picture houses and tango parlors on farms reducing city departures. She envisions gadgets that cause a scream and a clever hat reused to ease living costs.
Lawrence E. Greenlund and his wife are in Warren due to the serious illness of his brother James Greenlund of South Street.
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