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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1915
Page
1
Raymond St. John, a Kansas corn husker, tested local generosity by buying meals for beggars totaling 35 dollars. He attempted to reverse the roles by asking a man to buy him supper and was arrested. Judge Kennedy fined him 15 dollars, which he paid.
The Department of Commerce reports American hosiery makers who opposed tariff cuts on knits goods now earn about 12 percent profit on capital invested. The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce notes higher margins from goods facing foreign competition, with seamless hosiery being cheaper and less profitable for manufacturers. The study was sent to President Wilson by Secretary Redfield as part of a series on U S clothing manufacture.
White House officials in Washington report that last week’s shopping volume nationwide exceeded levels of many recent years. The observations come from trade news, private business communications, and reports from commercial agencies confirming a broad prosperity impulse.
Farmers in Southeastern Oklahoma, unable to market last year's cotton at fair prices, have switched to peanut cultivation this year seeking better income. They adapt to market realities as crops diversify to offset previous losses.
In Asheville North Carolina Oscar Ambler 23 tall 6 5 was ordered by a police court judge to choose between three months on the county roads or a thrashing from his 60 year old father. He chose the switch and his father gave welts. The son promised never to strike his father again.
In Lorain Ohio on December 29 a woman named Anastasia aged 14 died after a hen scratch at her home led to a fatal blood poisoning. The incident began when she lifted a ten from a nest and was scratched on the hand.
Henderson Kentucky December 29 A coal mine blast damages cause W S Galloway a prominent physician to sue for six hundred dollars claiming his mustache nine inches long and twenty years in growth was ruined under a sick and accident insurance contract with a St Paul Minnesota company He argues the policy should cover the loss of his facial hair and says his appearance is wrecked without it.
Dr. Charles Russell Lowell Putnam of New York City has adopted three more parentless children, bringing his total to five children he has legally named as his.
Georgia begins enforcement May 1 1916 prohibiting liquor or beer advertisements in any publication printed inside or outside the state. Alabama already has a similar law and South Carolina is next. The ban extends to sales within Georgia or Alabama of publications containing such ads, unless editions omit or remove them. Newsstands require special editions or ad removals for sale.
In Ruzapeta New Jersey on December 23, Mrs Iva ina Pallinen says she painted her kitchen floor shamrock green to celebrate Christmas claiming royal Irish blood. Her husband Paulsen a Swede assisted and asked for court help to settle rights. Judge Roux orders Mrs Paulsen to pay court costs and confine painting to the kitchen.
The Fast Liverpool section of the Upper Ohio river valley reports the greatest holiday activity to date. Holiday payrolls and Christmas business at Wellsville Newell and Chester W Va set new records, with receipts the heaviest on record. Nuttlery plants stay busy for Christmas. sheet and tinplate mills in Chester and Wellsville idle only for the holidays.
The influenza epidemic surges in Pennsylvania with a high death rate. Health Commissioner Samuel G. Dixon issues a strong warning from Harrisburg, urging sacrifices and to keep out of crowds to prevent transmission.
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