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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1915
Page
4
The USDA and state experts urge farmers to cultivate every acre for grain vegetables and livestock as Europe war demand keeps prices high. Emphasizes expanding potatoes, poultry, and pork output to avoid imports and sustain supplies if the war lasts months or years.
A New York journal critiques wartime songs and satire about Allied and Central Powers, mocks xenophobic comic verses, and urges temperance in entertainment spending. It denounces fanatical anti-business sentiment and advises readers to drink moderately and treat goods like groceries.
The Bethlehem Globe quotes Hon William Allen White on saving about $20 per person from liquor bills. He cites how the funds redirected into other uses reveals daily spending patterns and waste beyond luxuries like tobacco beer candy and ice cream.
The Brooklyn Republican reprints arguments for and against saloons noting the line between legitimate business and excessive drinking. It critiques the view that liquor shops are harmless while highlighting issues of intoxication among patrons and the strain on law and order.
In Chicago a death notice uncovers that Ben Rosenstein was a woman who had married twice to support a family. Her wife was present at death and the two young women had married to enable a manly work life and higher earnings.
The St. Louis Globe Democrat argues love is real not illusion, contrasting caustic editorials with vivid praise of Cupid’s world. It notes love lifts spirits, quickens the heart, and inspires deep emotion despite mockeries.
Harrisburg February 16. Committees outlined early work for this session on key issues. A March 9 public hearing will consider child labor bills approved by the Governor, with access for all interested parties. Other measures include local option, registration reform, and taxation proposals.
Harrisburg reports a bill introduced by Mr. Leighner Butler to codify marriage laws on eugenic lines. It bars insane, drunkard, habitual criminal, epileptic, or unsound minds from spouses, requires disease-free certificates, and sets county examiners with $2.50 license fees and $1,200 yearly pay. Marriages must be solemnized within 60 days under licenses.
Mrs. Robert S. Brownell, the only woman Civil War veteran, died in Oxford New York. She enlisted with her husband in the First Rhode Island Battery and served nearly three years in active duty.
US warns Germany over use of neutral flags to shield vessels and urges Britain to restrain flag misuse. State Department notes outline dangers to American lives and property and the potential for harsh responses if neutral ensigns are exploited on high seas.
A drying piece of cheese on a shelf in Vernon Pennsylvania caught fire and nearly burned a house before the blaze was detected. In Post Texas officials claim their town houses the most complete cotton factory in the world processing wagons’ cotton into cloth and sheets.
The article explains that disease causing bacteria are microscopic and unseen, yet deadly. It notes common transmission through fingers, food, and insects, citing typhoid outbreaks from dairy farms and mosquitoes spreading yellow fever and malaria.
Rochester February 17 Robert J Long editor of The American Citizen anti Catholic weekly was arrested on criminal libel charges at Boston police request. The offense allegedly appears in an editorial commenting on a Boston Herald article. Long has been in Rochester since December. Paterson February 17 Rev L J King of Toledo was driven from a meeting after attempting an anti Catholic address. Eggs were thrown at him and police escorted him away. George Holley an assistant was arrested when he tried to resume the meeting despite orders.
In the Western District of Pennsylvania Howard Jones of Sheffield Warren County was declared bankrupt on February 4 1915. The first meeting of creditors is at Rooms 3 and 4 Savings Bank Building Warren PA on March 5 1915 at ten in the forenoon to prove claims appoint a trustee examine the bankrupt and conduct related business.
The Warren Mail announces it is the headquarters for all kinds of printing and invites customers to call for prices.
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