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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1916
Page
4
The North East Advertiser urges subscribers to pay up amid rising paper costs and printing rates. It notes many papers raise prices or cut services, urges readers to check their payment labels, and emphasizes paying in advance to steady costs. It warns that arrears reduce funds and threaten local papers' viability.
Washington dispatch highlights Grosvenor’s National Geographic bulletin praising U S beauty and resources. It contrasts American landscapes from Yosemite to Grand Canyon with European art and ruins, arguing nature and vast variety outshine foreign wonders.
A red automobile ran over a yellow dog on the east side last week, causing loud protests. The vehicle then moved west toward the hills, producing a muddy path before returning nearly as good as new the following day. Porkey Cor. Forest Republican. Subscribe for the Warren Mail $100 a year in advance.
Tickville Saturday tales and small town jests recount a quiet moonlight picnic at Hog Ford. Local characters like Yam Sims Jeff Potlocks and Poke Eazley appear in humorous vignettes about daily life and social quirks.
Aug 9 report from Cole Hill notes funeral attendance in Excelsior. Visiting family includes Theodore Burdick and children from Buffalo. Ice cream social at Cole Hill school raised 5.50. Local teaching staff updates Ros Hill and Cole Hill schools. Encounters visit Warren reunion and Sunday school plans at Ross Hill.
A Memphis Commercial Appeal note remarks that ideas outside the State Department lack formal weight yet possess a pointed urgency. The line imagines a sly whisper to Uncle Sam to strike swiftly, framing a sardonic take on foreign policy ideas becoming action.
The Grand Rapids Press notes that auto races continue to advance scientific knowledge by showing drivers rarely survive a repeated crash into a concrete wall, highlighting risks in high speed competition.
Italy announces severed relations with Germany and denounces the commercial treaty. The government will take over all concerns financed by German capital and prohibits further German business activities within Italy. An official statement confirms the actions and authorization for seizure.
Advertising note urging readers to subscribe to the Warren Mail at a price of $1.00 for a one year advance payment.
Miss Hostetter Hocks writes to an unknown correspondent that she is willing to send a letter by the mail carrier riding toward Tickville with hope the message reaches its recipient before she changes her mind.
A Wild Onion school teacher identifies several misspelled entries in the district dictionary. The discovery prompts review by the school board and spelling corrections slated for the next edition.
Miss Fritzie Allsop wears a new hat praised by neighbors though she will not own its charm without prompting. Atlas Peck visits a wealthy uncle at the upper Musket Ridge, then returns home as doctors hint the elder may recover.
Isaac Hellwanger improves his premises by cutting down sprouts and trimming his whiskers. Filmore Hocks moves to a house near Gander creek bridge and, being left handed, will navigate awkwardly for a time as his new home sits on the right side of the road.
Early reports note 28 dead and 10 missing from a cloud burst in Barren Creek Tennessee. New York reports 1 000 infantile paralysis deaths. A Katy Special wreck near Lancaster Texas injures 25 to 30, four killed. President Wilson to stress prosperity and foreign trade in a forthcoming address. Harry Monroe dies in Chicago at 68 after converting Rev. W. Sunday to Christianity. Severe forest fires hit northern lower Michigan with dry timberlands and camp losses. Heat wave abates in parts of the country easing prostrations. Ammunition explosion probe on Black Tom Island continues. Judge John H. Clarke takes US Supreme Court oath. Zeppelins employ aerial torpedoes in Angland air raid reports. War Risk insurance profits surpass 2 million for government.
The article notes the Chautauqua assembly's Founders' Day continues with the debut of soloists Miss Adelaide Fischer of New York and Mr. Vivian Gosnell bass. They joined the program on August 2 and will perform in concerts with the orchestra beyond choral works during Music Week.
George Daly an oil well contractor was burned to death in the Cushing field Friday night. A small blaze atop a derrick drew him to the top with a pail of water to fight the flames when gas erupted from the ground and ignited, enveloping him and causing fatal injuries.
The piece notes a seven year old boy’s humorous misunderstanding of milk origins and argues that children today lack direct knowledge of how everyday items are produced. It suggests involving parents and schools to expose kids to farms, factories, and the supply chain for practical learning.
A 1916 essay argues that many women, especially workers, suffer fits of blues but should cultivate cheerfulness. It praises working girls for optimism and resilience, contrasts homebound drudgery with business life, and urges gratitude, faith, and hope as antidotes to melancholy.
A hand operated leather kneader is invented in Oklahoma. Sun goggles come with a nose shade. Italian nettle fiber yields 60 miles of thread at 2.5 pounds. An egg cup lid cuts shell without spilling contents. U S rail electrification totals about 1729 miles. foreign lines 1278 miles. Bombay rainfall exceeds seven inches monthly in peak season. Germany builds a metal scrap compression machine. A new wall tie grips six bricks instead of two by a Scottish builder.
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