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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1918
Page
2
Corinne Lowe exposes how a Fifth Avenue milliner cultivated rich Midwest patrons for the Fern Piper by paying chauffeurs to summon fashionable women and bribing hotel clerks to recommend the hat. The plan aimed to spur prestige and lure money from wealthy customers who would sponsor the shop.
An essay argues that charm stems from selfless regard, not beauty or intellect. It contrasts Napoleon's self centeredness with Josephine's warm, inclusive interest in others, claiming kindness appraises social appeal more than status or wit.
A Philadelphia Telegraph humor piece recounts William Thompson of Kansas praising patience at a dinner. A couple, John and Mrs Smith, drive a broken mobile, argue over language, and joke about Job while the husband frees the cog wheel from the machine.
Classified notice offers money to loan and mortgage options. It invites inquiries to P. O. Box 224, Dun kink New York. August 22 single insertion.
In a small town seven miles from elsewhere two rival physicians Doctor Smith and Doctor Brown compete for patients. An urgent call brings Smith from his office to a country house where a three year old farmer has cut his finger. Smith laments calling him in while Brown is busy.
The oldest resident of Little Cockleton recalls a broken telescope that once showed the distant church steeple five miles away. A neighbor asks why he doesn’t use it, and James blames a mischief by a neighbor named Joseph who bent the lens while trying to spy a much farther chapel ten miles away.
A home guard commander notes a boy in a too large uniform on the platform. He turns him around to inspect the fit and remarks the suit does not fit. The boy replies that it should not mean he is a windmill. Lock laughs at the exchange with the comufer.
A proposed constitutional amendment aims to cap county city borough and school district debt at seven percent of property value. Philadelphia’s city debt may rise to ten percent with restrictions on new debt and voter consent. The measure details debt deductions for public works and outlines borrowing terms and sinking funds.
The document outlines amendments to article nine and section eight of the Pennsylvania Constitution, preserving county and municipal debt caps while allowing Philadelphia's debt to exceed 7 percent up to 10 percent with a deduction mechanism. It describes debt calculations, sinking fund requirements, and conditions for public works or utilities financing without immediate tax levies, ending with signatures and dates from the Commonwealth secretary.
Legislative text proposes amending Section 16 of Article Sixteen to require state expenditures follow a specific Assembly act detailing amount and purpose, with time limits for appropriation, all public money paid by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the Auditor General. Cyrus He Woods signed as official.
The amendment to section one of article nine of the Pennsylvania constitution proposes a state wide tax structure. It would allow exemptions for public property religious sites burial places and purely public charities. It would set general laws for taxation and allow a statewide vote on the measure at the November election in 1919.
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