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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1910
Page
8
Notice to correspondents stating copy must be in the paper by a weekly deadline and that each writer must sign an attribution for communications, though names won’t be published unless agreed. Do not write on both sides of the page.
Mount Oak notes report a prompt rural delivery during severe weather with three missed trips. Local resident B T Dodge remains ill. Mrs Lafe Oviatt visited East Branch. O A Robinson lost a horse. Residents attended a dance at Frank May’s East Branch home. Harry Hutchison and Miss Iva Armitage joined a Poverty Social at Spring Creek. Sarah May visited from East Branch and Myra Shultz visited John Brightman.
An analysis foresees growing water power in the Southern States and eventual consolidation of plants connected by transmission lines. A shared network could lower factory energy costs, but strict legal regulation would guard individual rights as power becomes a regional asset.
The piece notes Oregon relies on salmon, fruit, and lumber for wealth, with wheat fading as land shifts to fruit or hops. It cites salmon declines due to fishermen, forecasts recovery after law enforcement, and highlights Oregonís timber boom with three hundred billion feet of merchantable timber worth about three point six trillion dollars, vastly exceeding national money supply.
The piece notes improvements in lumbering methods and fire prevention, highlighting 1908 with 180 fire wardens and fewer great fires. It reflects a shift in Oregon psychology from tree destruction to valuing forests as settlers adapted to clearing for gardens.
An excerpt from All in a Day's Run by W. H. Foster describes Windy and a fireman racing the 8000 locomotive out of a yard. The engine roars over switches and bridges at fifty miles per hour while wind and exhaust fill the train shed and crew stay focused on signals and throttle adjustments.
The Arts and Crafts ethos reaches elementary and kindergarten levels with drawing, coloring, modeling, and carving. The Ethical Culture School in New York exemplifies integrated art with other studies. A National Art Teaching Association exhibit at the Museum of Natural History highlighted these advances guided by Prof. Arthur W. Dow.
A survey notes Pratt Institute under Prof Walter Scott Perry offers practical arts instruction to thousands. It cites Chicago Art Institute students applying learned basics to public works and Lorado Taft guiding students in projects like Nymph Fountain and The Blind. Taft calls the classroom The Bottega and compares it to Renaissance studios.
The Congressional Club founded by Mrs James Breck Perkins aids overwhelmed guests by hosting Friday hostesses in the late Senator Gorman residence and arranging receptions for Cabinet secretaries. Members share clippings on Tea rooms and social relief, highlighting the club as a humane social aid in Washington society.
The hackney, an old English breed, remains popular as shown at the New York national horse show. Officials praised its speed endurance and style noting a blocky shoulder and rump, tall gait and strong constitution. Crossbreeding improved both style and constitution, with the breed common in eastern and northern states and standard height around fifteen and a half hands.
The New Idea Magazine argues nursing requires decisive commitment and hard work. It says few who try nursing “to see if they will like it” succeed, and suggests ideal training ages of twenty to thirty with others as possible due to temperament and prior habits.
The report notes J B Walker ex mayor of Findlay Ohio formerly of Tidioute paid a brief visit. A court session Friday included motions petitions and transfer of the Struthers hotel license. Warren Savings Bank stockholders meet for charter extension for 20 more years. Civil Service announces Feb 19 examination for Welbank Pa postmaster Class B. last year’s postmaster compensation was $94.
The Kentucky experiment station at Lexington issued a bulle tin on sheep scab describing tobacco and sulphur dips. It lists tobacco strength by type and amounts per 100 gallons, details decoction steps, temperature targets, and the need to refresh dip solutions for successive dips every ten to fourteen days.
Leonard Fladry of Jackson Run road died Friday evening at 7 45 after a long illness with tuberculosis. He was born November 8, 1890. Survived by his parents four brothers and four sisters Victor Edwin Harry Freeman Mrs John Yaegle Anna Frances and Bertha. Funeral services at 9 o'clock Monday at St Josephs church with interment in St Josephs cemetery.
Health Board ordered Jefferson and South street school buildings closed until further notice due to measles diphtheria whooping cough scarlet fever and other diseases. Buildings will be thoroughly fumigated during closure.
The Iowa State Agricultural College outlines an ideal beef steer with a short wide head and neck, broad compact shoulders, arching ribs, broad loin, deep body, and long hindquarters. It emphasizes flesh coverage with lean meat, minimal fat, fine bone, pliable skin, and a trim body for good dressing percentage, guiding breeders toward profitable feeder or butcher stock.
Elsie Samuelson aged seven dies at Emergency Hospital Friday night from membranous croup following measles. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Alvin Samuelson of Dartmouth Street. Parents and four siblings survive. Interment held Saturday afternoon.
The buttermaker and creamery man judge milk value by butter yield and cream quality. They restrict feed types to control butter texture and flavor, driving up costs. Condensed milk producers similarly favor milk from specific feed groups, inflating production expenses.
Elijah Carel, owner of farms in Jackson and Clay counties, Missouri, advocates rock roads. He notes higher land values when roads are rock and cites his own land valued at 150 dollars per acre due to road access, contrasting Clay and Jackson counties.
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