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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1909
Page
8
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Wetmore notices list Mrs. Fred Jackson and sister Beda Stoneburg calling in Kane. visits from Margrette Hay, Ruth and Laura Gatewood, Kate Jerman, Florence Hoskins, Maggie Newark and family, Belle Passinger, Anna Keller, Jerman siblings, and others. A Rev Swanson Temperance sermon drew local attendance with an invitation to tonight’s discourse.
David Walton died Sunday morning at a little over 80. His funeral is Tuesday at 1 p m from his late home. He is survived by a wife. Various local residents and visitors are noted, including Thanksgiving gatherings, a temperance sermon, and upcoming community events such as a December 10 dance with a chicken pie supper at the cemetery bazaar.
Nov 29 Mrs Warren Phillips visited with Mr and Mrs Will Martindale of Jamestown and Thanksgiving guests included Mr and Mrs Tip Gardiner and Mr and Mrs Anderson of Scandia Charles Chase of Warren renewed old acquaintances Will Phillips and son Scott hunted on Thursday and secured a number of rabbits Mrs Harry French Mrs Argilla French and son George attended a show in Jamestown Thursday evening
Miss Freeda Mattison of Akeley Hollow attended Sunday School at the M E church. John Allen of Warren greeted friends on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Leonard Adams of Akeley Hollow were hosted by Mrs George French on Wednesday. Mrs Hugh Youngs visited Warren on Wednesday. James Beach drove to Germany on Thursday. Mrs Alonzo Cole, staying with friends at Akeley Hollow, has returned home.
The article forecasts two aeroplane classes slow cruisers and high speed racers with long narrow wings. It cites Wright Curtis and Santos-Dumont data, notes surface area decreases with speed, and predicts the mile a minute barrier will be surpassed though not as fast as expected.
The Pittsburg Post urges avoiding last minute Christmas shopping to spare workers and shoppers the stress of crowded stores. Procrastination harms both gift selection and stock safety and undermines the spirit of the season. Plan early to ensure peace and proper care for shop staff.
The text urges early buying and shipping, marking packages two weeks ahead with not to be opened until Christmas. It advises ministers of actual needs, giving to children, and choosing gifts with fullness or beauty. It calls for fair labor conditions and notes Christmas should be meaningful, not a display.
An early overview of heavier than air flight comparing aeroplanes, helicopters, and ornithopters. It describes monoplanes, biplanes, and triplanes, noting lifting challenges, rudder placement, and evolving tail designs as analyzed by Stanley Yale Beach.
Community editor urges residents to shop locally before Christmas. Keeping dollars in Warren supports area businesses and wages, while sending money to Chicago departs from the local economy. Local stores already stock extensive Christmas goods, so shoppers should first check home merchants.
The giraffe stands out in Africa as a striking, tall browsing animal. It moves in small parties or large herds, drinks when possible yet can go months without water, and feeds on leaves from mimosa and thorn trees. Its height grants keen vision making it hard to approach unseen.
Excerpts from Theodore Roosevelt's African Game Trails recount giraffes at rest and in alarm. The texts note awkward, long-swinging steps, abrupt gallops when frightened, and tails cocked with hind legs flaring outward. Roosevelt emphasizes giraffes are defenseless and not dangerous unless provoked, despite capable kicks if approached.
Excerpt from Theodore Roosevelt's African Game Trails recounts a charged hunt in open African terrain. Roosevelt and Captain Slatter approach a colossal rhino, his eyes dull but alert as the hunter fires a double-barrel rifle. The rhino charges, Roosevelt strikes with a second barrel, Slatter shoots the neck, and the beast collapses thirteen paces away.
The New Idea Woman's Magazine suggests practical gifts for men including handkerchiefs with colored borders and initials, shirt and waistcoat buttons, cuff links, scarf pins, book racks, library shears, paper cutters, leather cases, tie clasps, watch chains, fobs, and matchboxes. It emphasizes useful, everyday use items as ideal presents.
The office announces on hand public documents for subscribers calling at the office. Senator Penrose has sent a batch covering farming gardening fruit culture and related subjects. It includes Report Orchard Demonstrations Plant Pest Treatment Concentrated Lime Sulphur Study of Pennsylvania Butter from state institutions.
The passage urges humane treatment of clerks during holiday shopping. It notes Peary’s main complaint is a beating on gate receipts and predicts an Arctic winter with Peary and Cook both blowing. It suggests entering the game early as the holiday season approaches.
A collage of short items notes women in stamp campaigns meeting resistance to licking stamps, a St. Louis man injures himself giving his seat, moths and tails of fashion, a private secretary for Lord Kitchener, a San Francisco graft case, farm stock care, horses on icy roads, and a renewed war in San Domingo after a long peace.
An editorial condemns a motorist who struck a girl in New York and zigzagged to free the tangled hair before fleeing. The piece argues for swift punishment, suggesting pursuit and driving the suspect to justice to deter such deadly conduct.
Charles W. Morse questions Rourke Cochran after Cochran asserts that no millionaire can be convicted of crime in New York. The remark sparks debate over the reach of law and wealth in the court system.
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