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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1913
Page
4
The piece outlines Congressman Claude Weaver's reasons for attending church. He finds peace and a guiding light in worship, praises church music and preaching, and notes the church's role in charity, moral discipline, and uplifting hope amid life’s troubles.
A poem laments a child labeled normal by contrast to peers with disabilities in a harsh portrait of institutional schooling, arguing for acceptance over segregation while condemning specialty labels and mockery.
A Washington Star quotation notes that some men excel at making money but fail in how they spend it, highlighting a critique of financial judgment.
A New York World writer George Alfred Maurer parodies tariff levies in rhyme listing taxes on food clothes tables chairs carpets soap sewing machines watches clocks cotton stoves coal buckets wringers lines irons nails hammers boards and wax dishes towels oil paper leather washstands beds pillows toys and more. He ends by noting labor enters duty free, prompting a question.
A New York Journal joke shows a stenographer quickly typing a mangled version of a letter. The mock letter mocks freelance offers and rush edits, ending with garbled phrasing and comical errors.
A Philadelphia Public Ledger snippet shows a guide explaining he no longer guides hunting parties, tired of being mistaken for a deer. He now earns a living guiding fishing parties, noting no one mistakes him for a fish yet.
A brief item from Sacred Heart Review questions a butcher who short weights. It asks where a pound would go if sixteen ounces make a pound, implying skepticism about fair measures.
A compilation of disparate figures and developments including shipping tonnage around Cape Cod, vast Scottish land held as game preserves, South Africa butter production, European and American sugar stocks, Missouri mineral output, U S lard volume, Dutch Zee drainage plans, dam reclaimation of 500000 acres, stump pullers loaned by Western Railroad, the fashionability of dolls, daily complaint records at Russian railway stations, a potato price spike in Manchester, lemon market dominance by Southern Italy and Sicily, California as a rival, and a new cheaper fuel from England blending gasoline kerosene and benzol.
A satirical tale of Jim Jones who buys a printing press to edit a paper but learns editors in town mock him. He follows their advice to please everyone including churches and merchants, freebies and promotions, until he shelves the issue and ends his life. The piece appears in Madison Echo.
Ruth Grayson of England, a socialist suffragist and writer, complains the United States limits personal liberty. She cites hotel smoking bans, bar service refusals, and beach resort dress rules as evidence that the so-called freedom is a horrible place.
A Youngstown Vindicator paraphraser argues that Sunday travel in a flannel suit is dangerous due to rain every Sunday. The piece notes autos and motorcycles pose risk, with drivers likely to cause accidents and injuries.
In a small scene at Scene A village post office the caller asks for mail. The postmaster and wife confirm a postcard from Mrs Metcalf’s aunt, noting she is coming on Thursday.
Peter Cooper urged every resident to place notices in local papers even for simple name and trade cards. He argued that consistent ads show a thriving community to distant readers and pay off as seed sown yields fruit.
Acting Governor Glynn and Alfred E. Smith met with a majority of the state public buildings board to designate the assembly parlor and adjacent room as the executive offices for the Ways and Means Committee. Glynn, still acting governor, signed requisition papers for Governor Fielder of New Jersey for Alfonzo Visconti's return on a conspiracy to defraud insurance charges.
M. H. De Young, owner of the San Francisco Chronicle, has purchased the Morning Call, the city’s oldest morning paper, and will discontinue publication on September 1. The move ends a long era for the Morning Call and consolidates its readership under a single publisher.
E. B. Whiting once assistant treasurer of Warren Trust and later with Jamestown Candy Company has bought Samuel Frantz’s share in Frantz and Maitland on Pennsylvania Avenue East. The firm will be Maitland and Whiting with plans for new fixtures and improvements.
A wedding ceremony was held Thursday afternoon at Grace M. E. church with Rev. Barr officiating. Miss Hazel Phillips and William P. Taylor were married in the presence of about a dozen close friends. A luncheon followed at 8 Orr Place, hosted by the groom’s mother, before the couple departed by evening train to Olean and then Buffalo and other eastern cities.
Harry Ralph Smith and Alice Kath leen Driscoll, both of Clarendon, wed Tuesday morning at the bride’s parents home. Rev. A M Lockwood officiated before immediate family and friends. The couple left for a ten day wedding trip and plan to reside on Fourth Ave once their home is finished.
Maj John C Groome head of the State police orders 26 sub stations to be set up across the state. Troop D based in Butler will have posts at Annandale Reynoldville Franklin Emporium Bradford and Greenville with funds and barracks ready. Demand for stations far exceeds available personnel.
About 2,000 people attended Farmington township’s fourth annual picnic in Preston's Grove on Friday. E F Atecore of Jamestown handled meals amid a flood of orders, while township stands sold soft drinks and ice cream. The Sugar Grow band provided music as program events ran from 9 AM with B E Firth, David I Ball, Miss Emma Arnwald, Elmer Hodges, and S A Cramer among speakers. A Dodge N Y vs Lander Pa baseball game ended after nine innings with Dodge forfeiting amid disorder.
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