The Confession of Mr. Breene
Franklin News condemns William J. Breene for publishing a call to arms after losing the Democratic nomination. The editorial argues his plan would split the party into a new faction, harm the Democratic organization, and offer a “beauty show” alternative rather than public good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Breene
Congress
Oil City
Johnstown
Breene
Democratic Party
Mr. Breene
National Party
House of
Franklin News
St Paul Library launches innocent games department
St Paul Minnesota opens a library department to lend innocent games to keep youth off streets. Materials are issued like books with two week loan periods every Saturday for takeout or return. The plan aims for inexpensive, home based amusement and has shown positive results so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Minn
Origin of the saying He isn't in it editor in heaven
An exchange notes the phrase originated with a newspaper editor who died and found his paper marked refused in the post office after it was taken by a man who disappeared three years earlier. The anecdote places the editor in heaven surveying the situation.
Startling claim on hiring ease for life work
An exchange remarks that a man can start out any day and in an hour and a half engage a woman to work for him for life at nothing a week, while it will take two weeks of solid search to find one to work at fair wages and board.
A Union of Housewives Proposed by Mrs Berger
The piece describes Mrs. Victor Berger advocating a union of housewives and the New York Journal proposing rules for a benevolent union. It outlines ten rules covering pay, work hours, baby duties, clothing, seating, nerves, income, maternal authority, and affection within marriage. It frames the idea as social satire with Berger spending winters in Washington and potentially developing the concept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Berger
United States Congress
Milwaukee
Washington, D.C
New York Journal
the Benevolent and Protective Union of
Journal
The Santa Spirit and Christmas Faith
A speaker argues that denying oneself the joy of bringing happiness to children at Christmas destroys faith in Santa Claus and undermines belief in other important things. The message emphasizes how the season’s spirit sustains trust and moral values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Pittsburg bakers used bread stored under beds for preservation
Warren Board of Health should study Pittsburg where inspectors found several Assyrian bakeries storing bread between bed ticks after baking and sleeping workers used the rooms to preserve it until sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Board of Health
Pittsburg
Farmers Institutes Planned in Warren County This December
Warren county farmers will attend a series of free institutes in Youngsville and Sugar Grove, Pa. on December 5 to 9, 1910. Instructors from other parts of the state will join local farmers to discuss agricultural topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren County
Youngsville
Sugar Grove
Highways and Byways The Chautauquan Magazine December
A summary of contents for December issue includes The Problem of the Unemployed by Percy Alden M P Cleveland's New Methods of Care for Her Words by W Frank McClure Marooned by Abby Merchant Salisbury Cathedral by Kate Fisher Kimball The London of Pepys and Addison by Percy Holmes Boynton Extracts from Life of George Herbert by Izaak Walton
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Alden
M. P. Cleveland
W. Frank McClure
Abby Merchant
Salisbury
Kate Fisher Kimball
London
Pepys
Addison Percy Holmes Boynton
George Herbert
Izaak Walton
A newspaper creed from the Louisville Courier-Journal
The Louisville Courier-Journal states a creed for printers to avoid malice and protect reputations. It urges fairness, respect for the old and the weak, and kindness to people, guiding conduct at work and play to be worthy of the kingdom of heaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Courier-Journal
Berry's Loan Repayment Ordered by Allegheny Courts
During the campaign period Pennsylvania papers criticized William H. Berry for a financial transaction with Jas M. Guffey. Allegheny county courts have ordered Berry to repay the amount borrowed from the Farmers' Deposit Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
William H. Berry
Jas. M. Guffey
Allegheny County
Berry
Farmers’ Deposit Bank
Pennsylvania Seed Improvement Show During Farmer's Week
The Pennsylvania Seed Improvement Association announces a corn and grains show during Farmer's Week at State College from December 19 to 24. Competition for prizes is open to all Pennsylvania residents with no entrance fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Seed Improvement Association
State College
Pennsylvania
Death of Big Bill Wayne the White House cow
Big Bill Wayne the Holstein calf linked to Pauline Wayne and the Taft era died after being born on election day. Stable staff gave it Henry L. Stimson as a christening name before newspaper man William Price renamed it Big Bill. Officials suggest early weaning may have caused the death, denying any election ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Bill Wayne
Pauline Wayne
Taft
Stephenson
Wisconsin
Big Bill
Henry L. Stimson
William Price
White House
John G. Carlisle Funeral Funds Opened in Covington
Reports from Covington Ky say the late John G. Carlisle the Kentuckian statesman and lawyer died in New York in poverty. Donations are being collected to cover burial costs. Carlisle served as representative in Congress speaker of the House U S senator and secretary of the treasury under Grover Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington, Ky
John G. Carlisle
New York
Carlisle
Congress
House
United States
the Treasury
Grover Cleveland
Simon Davis Dies After Brief Illness
Simon Davis known as Yack el died at his Madison Street home after a brief illness. He was 44 and had operated multiple wagons across Central New York and was among the region’s best known hucksters.
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Simon Davis
Yackel
New York
Madison Street
Mr. Davis
Prodigy Linguists From Early Childhood
The piece notes Ennius and Viscount as remarkable child linguists and scholars. It recalls Ennius reading Greek Latin and Italian before four, Montcalm translating difficult Latin works as a child, and a boy who mastered Greek Hebrew arithmetic history geography and metallurgy by age six, dying before eight.
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Ennius
Montcalm
Childish Guess About the Sky After Rain
A child asks if God washed the sky as he observes the sun breaking through the clouds. The line captures a simple, hopeful moment of a child’s wonder at nature after a storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Outwits Police to Elope in Stamford
Howard T. Walker and Miss Fefe May Blake, both of New York, fled home objections to their marriage and married yesterday in Stamford after a friend posed as best man. The bride slipped from her father's home by tethered clothing line and the trio traveled to Stamford to wed at St. Andrew's church with Rev. John D. Skene officiating.
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Stamford
Conn
Howard T. Walker
Fefe May Blake
New York
Daniel M. Polsey
Teach Girls to Shoot in Pittsburg Movement
Pittsburg authorities discuss arming women for self defense after rising attacks on women and girls. Chief Thomas A. McQuade urges teaching revolver use and permits travel with escort or weapon for protection. The stance prompts many women to carry defensive arms locally.
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Pittsburg
Yong
Thomas A. McQuade
Honor Graduate Accused In Liquor Sale Case
Dr. H. M. Moore, honor Miami University graduate and former medical director, was arrested on a warrant by Dr. Guy P. Benton alleging he sold liquor in violation of the law. The liquor was reportedly consumed at a card party held by five Miami University students in a college dormitory.
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Oxford, C
H. M. Moore
Farmers’ State and Savings Bank
Guy P. Benton
Miami University
Moore
Miami
Clergy decry Toronto drinking problem record
Toronto clergymen label Toronto the Good as failing to curb alcohol abuse. Rev. R. M. Hamilton cites one in ten Torontonians drink to intoxication, while Rev. M. B. H. Spence estimates 85,000 adult males in the city with 25,000 in bars each evening and 2,000 drunk nightly.
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Toronto
Ont
R. M. Hamilton
Wesley Methodist Church
M. B. H. Spence
Dominion Allliance
Shoe String and Laces Cause Death at Warren Hospital
William Miller a 34 year old inmate of the state hospital for the insane at Warren died yesterday of peritonitis. Autopsy found two intestinal ruptures caused by objects including balls of string shoe laces seven prune stones and two bone fragments with ragged edges. The injuries produced perforations in the intestines.
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Warren, Pa
William Miller
State Hospital For
Pennsylvania Railways Order for 150000 Tons Steel Rails
Philadelphia news notes the Pennsylvania Railway company will need 150000 tons of steel rails next year. The allocation of the big order remains split among the Pennsylvanian, Lackawanna, United States, Cambria and Bethlehem steel companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railway Company
Pennsylvania
Car Shops Burned at Schuylkill Haven
Pottsville Pa December 1 The car shops of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad at Schuylkill Haven were burned Five hundred men are thrown out of employment The loss is placed between twenty five thousand and fifty thousand dollars
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Pottsville
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company
Schuylkill Harven
Mine Workers Convention Set For Columbus Meeting
The national convention of the United Mine Workers will be held here January 17. C. Gee is listed among the organizers and speakers for the gathering.
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Columbus
National Convention of the United Mine Workers
Annual Poultry Show Opens in Warren Building
The Warren Poultry Association hosts its annual show January 9 to 13 in the C E Hamm building on Penn a Ave east. Secretary I H Mott is selling entry blanks as ad campaigns begin.
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The
Warren Poultry Association
C. E. Hamm
Penn’a Ave. East
I. H. Mott
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Warren Mail
the Home Folk’s Newspaper
Mail Printing Company
J. A. Larson
S. M. Sloan
Warren
Penn’a
Secor
Chicago
A Union OF Housewives
Farmer's Institutes
Chautauquan Magazine
Senator Stephenson
Bride
Miami Medical
Assail
Lackawanna
Mine Workers’ Convention
Schofield
J. F. Kertcher
Liberty Street
Pennsylvania Avenue West
C. F. Schwing
Sherwood Magee
Philadelphia Nationals
Williamsport
Dunkirk
Allegheny Valley
Lake Shore
Harry Hillman
Inez Parks
Sherman, N. Y
Hillman
T. E. Bush
Miss Parks
Justice of the Peace
Plumer Mead
Commonwealth
Kottcamp
Salvation Army
Relief Associations
M. E
Frank Nason
Goodwill Hill
United Brecken Church
Grand Valley
Falconer
Tidioute
N. Y
Tidioute Five
Hickory Street
EK. T. Beck
C. I. Beck
W. M. Welch
H. A. Reed
Maine
G. C. Rickards
Stewart
Charles H. Ashton
Franklin
16Th Infantry
J. C. Wilkins
William Blair
Stru.ers-Wells
Studebaker
State Hospital For the Insane
North Warren
State Hospital
Jamestown
Celeron
Billy
Billy Sunday
New Castle
Mr. Sunday
Manila
P. I
Mabel McCalmont
Albrecht Ryf
Pleasant Township
Berne
Switzerland
Walter Toner
Michael Smith
Samuel Jones
Olga
Della Ryf
W. E. Brinkman
Lutheran Church
Oakland Cemetery
Oral Hoover
Hobart Roberts
John Kinney
Barnes
P. C. Hockenbury
Kalbfus
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