Muzzling the Press and the Fight for Independence
A Current Literature writer argues that major magazines once known for muckraking have been silenced or acquired by moneyed interests. The piece cites Success, McClure’s, Pearsons, and Hampton’s as examples and warns that only a press free from advertising dependence can defend public scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClure
Ida Tarbell
Standard Oil Trust
Standard Oil Company
Paper Mills
Pearson's
Hampton’s
Keeping Up With Lizzie Reassures Times and Tastes
A columnist lauds Harper and Brothers printing another edition of Irving Bacheller’s Keeping Up With Lizzie. The satire on high living spans a town mortgaging itself for luxuries and shows common sense persists through humorous critique from readers in Waterbury and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Harper and Brothers
Irving Bachellor
Lizzie
Europe
Rome
Theodora
Escheller
Waterbury
Connecticut
Cash Only Policy Proposed by Wearren to Cut Living Costs
A businessman argues that credit and drink drive up prices. He claims working men earn weekly, spend at saloons, while wives buy groceries on credit. He says grocers face losses from bad debt and double cash prices, urging cash transactions for food and trust for alcohol to halve living costs.
Man Treated Like Dog Amid Narrative Cutoff
A London n Tatler note describes a man being curtailed in his narrative, likening the treatment to an animalistic prompt and calling it mistreatment of storytelling.
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Londonn Tatler
Official Ballot Officials Names List
Auditor General A. W. Powell of Pittsburgh State Treasurer Robert S. Young of Tioga Congressmen at Large Frederick E. Lewis Lehigh Arthur R. Rupley Cumberland John M. Morin Allegheny A. H. Walters Cambria State Assembly Jos A Schofield Warren
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A. W. Powell
Pittsburgh
Robert S. Young
Tioga
Frederick E. Lewis
Lehigh
Arthur R. Rupley
Cumberland
John M. Morin
Allegheny
A. H. Walters
Cambria
State Assembly
Jos. A. Schofield
Warren
Warren Must Stir To Ride The Coming Boom
The piece urges Warren to shake off lingering fear and focus on the outlook ahead. It argues past glories comfort but do not fix present fate and calls Warrenites to unite as the country stirs east, west, north, and south with optimism about prosperity and a booming economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Rules for Pedestrians Warns and Licenses Night Walkers
A satirical set of ten rules outlines pedestrian behavior on boulevards. It includes wearing lights at night, horn signaling before turns, hiding behind a tree if frightened by drivers, banning pocket sharp objects, speed limits in dodging, annual license fees, smoke restrictions, and a demonstration requirement before licensing. The piece cites George Fitch in Colliers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Fitch
Colliers
Remarkable Miss Rodman Visits Bedford Family
Miss Jennie S. Rodman from Elmhurst New York visits Bedford with Samuel Dodson and his family. The report praises her charm and poise as she enjoys a pleasant vacation in the area.
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Jennie S. Rodman
Elmhurst
N. Y
Samuel Dodson
Sam
Bedford Leader
Political malice and flies in a midwestern scene
A montage of political jibes and budget crankiness. A Connecticut congressman vows to quit this term while Pennsylvania members fear similar exits. A doorfront scene shows a tired man besieged by flies who quips about advertising as a remedy. The Boss dismisses lavish ward funding, citing a mere $35 payoff as sufficient.
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Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Large Warren County sheriff sale includes oil leases and property
The sheriff will sell at the Warren Borough Court House multiple leaseholds in Sheffield Township on lands of C. W. Stone and E. O Emerson plus oil producing machinery and fixtures. Also mortgaged property of Doll A Knight and A S Knight and parcels in Warren Borough including a two story dwelling on Water Street and several adjacent parcels. The sale is by execution against N H Spencer Rick D Myers and William D Rodman with details in Warren County records.
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Court of Common Pleas
Warren County
Pennsylvania
Warren Borough
Sheffield
County of
Warren
C. W. Stone
L. M. Rowland
Perry L Barnes
Ada A. Barnes
A. S. Knight
Percy L. Barnes
Recorder's Office
Sheffield Township
E. O. Emerson
N. B. Speicher
Doll A. Knight
Clara A. Case
A. A. Love
Recorder’s Office
C. A. Love
State of Pennsylvania
Seventh Street
Water Street
Burgess and Trown Council
General Assembly of
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Clara M. Myers
James N. Myers
Conewango
Hartman
State of
General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Christian Gander
Carver Street
Henry Cobham
William D. Rodman
Mary J. Rodman
George L. Rodman
Flora Billings
Warren County Sheriff sale notices list multiple parcels
Public sale at Warren County Court House on September 2 1912 includes sold parcels in Sugar Grove and Gonewango townships with detailed boundaries, reservations, and parcel numbers. Properties include farms along Allegheny river and West Warren Real Estate holdings, with notices to Emeline Thomas and others and other ongoing suit actions.
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Gonewango Township
Warren County
State of Pennsylvania
Sill Street
D. I. A. Wheelock
Pine Street
Warren Borough
Sill
Hoffman
Hall
Struthers Street
Allegheny River
American Turret Lathe Manufacturing Company
Best-Scott Foundry and Machine Company, Limited
Allegheny Foundry Company
Recorder’s Office
West Warren Real Estate Company
Joseph and
B. R. Owens
Recorder
West Water Street
Warren
Irvington
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
West Warren
Recorder’s
Notice of Estate Proceedings for Robert McGee
Notice is hereby given that on Monday September 9 1912 at 7 o clock a m the distribution of the estate and funds in the hands of the administratrix will be heard in the Orphans Court of Warren county Pa All claimants must prove their claims or be barred from funds EDNA MCGEE ALEXANDER CLARK Administratrix Attorneys for Estate 8 15-22-29
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert McGee
Deerfield Township
Warren County
Pennsylvania
Orphans’ Court
Edna McGee
Alexander & Clark
Experts Solve Pittsburgh Flood Problem After Four Years
Pittsburgh engineers conclude floods can be abated at small cost with storage reservoirs. The Flood Commission says methods to control floods at their source can be applied statewide, lowering flood crests and enabling dry-season benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Flood Commission
Morris Knowles
Flood Commission Engineering Committee
Pennsylvania
Knowles
Best Dairy Cow in World Valdessa Scott Sr. Tested in New Jersey
Valdessa Scott Sr. a Holstein cow owned by Bernard Meyer of Finderne New Jersey was subjected to a thirty day test claiming to prove world leading dairy production. The cow yielded 2929.9 pounds of milk 131516 pounds of fat and 164.27 pounds of butter under continuous supervision by experts including Professor Alfred S. Cook and W D Golding from the New Jersey experiment station.
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Valdessa Scott Sr
Bernard Meyer
Finderne
N. J
Alfred S. Cook
New Jersey Experiment Station
W. D. Golding
Poet's Path to Survival Advised by Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair told a young poet that earning a living from poetry in a commercial age is nearly impossible. He argued the only viable route is to keep pigs as a means of support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upton Sinclair
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THE
Warren Mail
the Home Folk’s Newspaper
Mail Printing Company
J. A. Larson
S. M. Sloan
Proprietors and Publishers
Penn’a
American Press Association
New York
Chicago
Republican
D. I. Ball, Warren
P. M. Speer
Oil City
Warren Needs
Chicago Record-Herald
Scott
Ross
Sweitzer
Sugar Grove
Peter Cawnae
John B. Dallas
Philip Phillips
C. L. Lindsey
Emeline Thomas
Alice Thomas
Earl
A al Une
Henry Park
Irvine
Tidioute
Railroad Company
C. D. Cross
Charles H. McCook
Robert Slater
Pittsburgh Commission
New Jersey
Warren National Bank
Rexal
Seigfrieds’ Pharmacy
Warren, Pa
Kopf & Henry
Pennsylvania Avenue West
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