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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1916
Page
4
Editorial urges observing February 21 to 26 as a national Pay-Up Week to prompt Americans to pay debts. It argues many would pay if debtors could collect, notes reluctance to write checks, and highlights how timely payments revive confidence, stimulate business, and spread recovery. anecdotes illustrate a household impact of debt settlement.
The Leader considers printing beer advertising claims if brewers provide credible references. Proposes testimonials from Pennsylvania executives, railroad officials, Postmaster General, church leaders, teachers, and insurers to show beer usefulness. Tests include hospital patients, pneumonia prevention, and worker productivity with free print space offered.
The past month saw broad annual meetings with officers elected across churches fraternal groups and charities. It argues that a few take on many offices, driving civic life though some call for fewer societies. The piece urges readers to recognize the public service of volunteers and to consider serving before declining.
A veteran ad salesman argues that merchants must publicize goods or risk being passed by. He notes that only a tiny fraction of the population visits stores and recommends newspapers as the most cost effective method, over door to door canvassing or handbills. Merchants need to inform the public about value and bargains.
In a humorous exchange Mrs. Wombat voices mixed feelings about serving on jury duty. She says the plaintiff's lawyers seemed right, then the defense, and finally the judge left her unsure who was correct. The vignette highlights the confusion jurors face amid competing arguments.
A Franklin minister mails 99 letters asking men why they do not attend church and invites frank, confidential replies. He plans to use the responses as topics for Sunday sermons to address social, personal, and attitudinal barriers and encourage a stronger male church attendance.
Robert Bruce collected material for a book on rural schools and cites Elise Ward Morris noting most mothers neglect school air quality. She warns that students breathe recycled air from many lungs, while classrooms remain hot and crowded in woolens, contributing to poor learning and frequent colds.
In March 1916 the nation designates Baby Week with over 400 communities nationwide preparing plans to highlight babies needs. The Children’s Bureau and Labor Department back the effort urging parents and citizens to safeguard baby health and welfare, with support from churches clubs and state universities assisting rural areas.
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