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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1916
Page
4
John Siggins Jr announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Member of Assembly, subject to the primaries on May 16, 1916, in Warren Pennsylvania.
An exhortation to give farm boys ownership in chores and a chance to study pig farming at the State Agricultural College. Encourages partnership with a boy to boost motivation and earnings, suggesting the dad provide guidance and support for a year. Ending questions if the father is ready to act.
Eyewitness recounts President Wilson making a series of perches on preparedness with his bride at his side. The depot, hotel, and hall crowds swelled as police guided eager listeners. The audience listened spellbound as the president spoke, while onlookers recalled the scene with affection and astonishment.
A brief item notes tenant leases being processed at the Mail Office, with officials overseeing agreements and space allocations. The notice highlights ongoing occupancy arrangements and administrative steps for lease approvals.
A humorous letter scolds a daughter for lacking practical homemaking skills before offering a mock cure. The piece mocks fashion focus and urges enrollment in a fictional Old Home Domestic Science University run by Professor Mother, promising free tuition and a suitor-attracting education.
The piece analyzes Leap Year jokes and the old belief that men must initiate marriage. It argues the tradition is a social curiosity, noting women use coy signals and subtle cues to prompt proposals while men often hesitate. It suggests the rule is culturally constructed, not male driven.
The Department of Agriculture has prepared a Soil of Pennsylvania bulletin available by writing to Harrisburg. Authored by Prof. Franklin Menges, it surveys soil origin and capacity for all sixty seven counties, detailing soil varieties, suitable crops, and guidance on horticulture versus animal husbandry for local farm improvement.
The Department of Agriculture provides a free soil expert to help farmers plan productive soil care. The expert analyzes needs, prescribes treatments, and advises on profitable crops, with Secretary Patton ready to cooperate. The state is divided into two survey regions with county bulletins detailing soils across numerous counties.
A Farm and Fireside writer notes both city and country dwellers face the dread of early rising. He observes city workers stay busy to seven or eight, while farmers rise early with relentless duties. The piece argues no one truly enjoys getting up and early rising feels like a form of religious discipline for some.
Berlin dispatches claim the opening of the road to Constantinople kept Germany supplied and that the nation can endure blockade. Officials say no essential need is unmet, that England cannot starve the German sphere from Arras to Bagdad, and that Germany will recover after the war.
The United States warns Germany and Austria Hungary that their new decree on sinking merchant ships conflicts with assurances given after the Arabic sinking. Secretary Lansing informed Count von Bernstorff that armed or unarmed merchantmen are in the same class and must be treated under human and international law. The Wilson administration shows no intention to abandon its stance as talks continue and the risk of a crisis grows.
A Paris physician notes a real case where a young French soldier’s hair whitened after an mining blast left him deafened and bruised. The London Lancet cites Metchnikoff on pigment cells moving to hair shafts during whitening, with nervous shock hastening the process at injury sites.
Dr. F F Lucas Benham of Exeter South Australia argues enlarged tonsils in children stem from drinking impure faucet water. He notes improvement and fewer attacks when patients use filtered or boiled water, as reported by New York World.
The Ocean waters retain a uniform salinity as riverine input from continents remains steady year after year. The inwash of salts from rivers balances out, keeping seawater salinity relatively constant across time.
A verse laments a farmer lad courting a Jersey cow, illustrating public spirited citizens who push from the front rather than behind a worthy proposition. The poem contrasts romance and patience with a critique of self-styled reformers in meadow twilight.
A humorous El Paso Morning Times remark cites an ankle watch seen recently while noting it appeared in a show window as a precaution, reflecting a light editorial tone reported by the Hartford Courant.
Lawrence County Judge Emery sped through a large licensing session. He eliminated questions on birthplace residence and property details, relying on familiarity with applicants and target permits. He processed 101 applicants in a single day.
A Scarred Heart Review excerpt warns that colds influenza and pneumonia are dangerous this season. A doctor says fear worsens outcomes and a friend recalls a man who died after a cold, stressing timely care and avoiding unnecessary worry.
A light editorial note warns against escalating terms of endearment to family insults. It playfully cautions a young man not to defend romance by calling his partner's mother an old hen.
A young woman educated at college orders cheese from a grocer who objects to using lovely for inanimate objects. He insists on lovely despite her rebuke and keeps smiling as he jokes about Gorgonzola. A London Answer quips there is no model husband, implying the pattern is lost and a wise guy knows many wrong things.
A satirical remark states sickness is caused by illness and the only cure is death before the disease becomes fatal, reflecting a grim view of medical guidance.
Albany Argus notes a minister claiming seven hearts made happy today while a parishioner points out six marriages completed. Puck recalls a man asleep before execution, arguing marriage should not be treated as a crime.
A man in a southern Pennsylvania bar room found himself amid a shooting incident and, recalling the saying to stay calm, stepped into an ice box to avoid harm. He was the only person uninjured.
A playful exchange unfolds as a wife recalls dreaming her husband gave a diamond necklace for Christmas and laughs at waking with the joke. The husband retorts that such a dream would have caused laughter to wake the neighborhood.
A Philadelphia Evening Ledger comment notes that the spring badge of the American gentleman would be a single-breasted two-button sack suit with hip drapery, while predicting some men would refuse to conform to that stereotype. The remark frames fashion as a social marker and critiques enforcing a uniform look.
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