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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1915
Page
3
Washington reports three British notes defend interference with neutral goods as lawful blockade while U S insists internationals invalidity of detaining German origin cargo. Britain frames actions as legal response to German submarine warfare though U S dismisses reprisal claims.
In Hackensack on August 4, a skeleton of a man was found wedged between rocks near the Palisades by boy campers. He wore duck trousers, a black coat, and a soft hat with no identifying possessions besides a tobacco package and a comb. County Physician W. E. Orden suggested he may have slipped over the cliff.
In Drumtight Oklahoma a mock dry town is challenged by a trash yard find. A three month stack contains 27000 beer bottles and 7000 whisky bottles, suggesting liquor presence contrary to law. The evidence raises questions about enforcement and local statutes.
The Unitarian minister Rev von Petzold of Birmingham England was expelled by order of the home secretary. Born in Germany and educated in Scotland, she lived mostly in the UK with two years in the United States. Her naturalization was renewed at the war's start but refused with no stated reason, and she is expected to leave for the United States.
Walter Johnson reported a missing diamond ring at his Atlantic City boarding house. Detective Captain Whalen questioned boarders George and Edwin Griffith. George suddenly began choking, then vomited revealing the ring. The detective and Johnson helped him recover. the ring rolled from his mouth, exposing the alleged evidence.
A rural Oklahoma wife, influenced by Washington dispatches, wrote to Secretary McAdoo asking for $1,000 claiming she needs it more than the government. She said if granted she would buy a cow, a Ford, and a set of false teeth with the money.
Philip Fisher of Chicago reportedly bathed his feet in gasoline after a friend recommended it to treat tender feet. He lit a cigarette and dropped a flaming match into the basin, suffering extensive burns. He was hospitalized as doctors assess skin damage and risk of blood poisoning.
A. Connor of Newburg purchased a Holstein calf four weeks old for slaughter in New York markets. The animal is yielding two milkings of a pint daily, with perfect udders and milk of good color and consistency. Veterinarian Finke examined it and notes the milk for scientific publications.
Surface told Columbia county farmers at Benton that farmers should boost crop size and lower production costs through scientific farm management. He condemned those seeking high prices for crops as traitors to the public good.
In New London Connecticut Mayor Miner was fined $30 and costs for selling short weight butter at his grocery. Seven other prosecutions by state inspectors were reported.
A collage of quirky and court notes: Altoona reports a seven year old boy trapped in a big ice cream freezer. Plattsburgh cites longevity cases tied to gin intake. New York marks Huan Schuenkel as the first Chinese American admitted to a federal court bar. Camden links a youth’s religiosity to Billy Sunday. Eureka records a homesteader hearing of war. Chicago paroled two lifers and a joke about theatre stock ings. Chicago notes pickle pride and the temper of pickle eaters.
Erie August 8 crowds flocked in by train and car to view flood wreckage. State police kept crowds from the flood zone as salvage progressed with several thousand workers and 200 teams clearing debris. Three more bodies were found raising toll to Timothy Carroll 61 Daniel Carroll 29 and Rose Bichton 22. Oil lamp ignited escaped gas killing John McGrath and Frank Vokes. Mayor Stern awaits War Secretary Garrison’s Washington conference on Mill Creek relief.
The Associated Press notes nineteen states are dry and three more head toward prohibition. The temperance belt spans from the Pacific Northwest to the South Atlantic and Gulf, with Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa and Arkansas among those in transition.
The article notes a clean sweep for prohibition across the South and Midwest, with only South Carolina planning a popular vote this fall. It contrasts urban shares in dry, near-prohibition, and license states, citing January 1, 1915 figures and the Anti-Saloon League’s terminology to outline broad regional trends. It reflects on the limits of state-wide prohibition movements.
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