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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1918
Page
4
Newspaper masthead and advertising note
Published every Thursday by Mail Printing Company in Warren Pennsylvania. J A Larson proprietor and editor. Paper entered as second class matter. Advertising rates on application. Represented for foreign advertising by the American Press Association. General offices in New York and Chicago with branches in principal cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mail Printing Company
J. A. Larson
Warren
Penn’a
American Press Ass
Dollar Gets Smaller Fast in 1917 War-Year Prices
Bradstreet's review shows the purchasing power of the dollar fell to less than half since the war began, with 1917 price indices up 29 percent. The report highlights record commodity prices, food shortages, and strong foreign demand as drivers, noting wheat at 3.50 a bushel and other items reaching historic highs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradstreet
Twenty Years Ago A Nostalgic Snapshot Of Rural Life
A compact reminiscence recalls 20 years past with quirks of everyday life. Bustles and livery bills mark fashion and finance while cantaloupes and milkshakes anchor simple pleasures. Ads felt untruthful and tech lagged with telephones and electric meters scarce.
Pershing Praised by French for Dignity and Courtesy
French observers describe General Pershing as tall and erect in uniform with a courteous manner pleasing to Paris women. Articles note his concise speech, self confidence, and discipline toward Allied troops, highlighting his reception of American forces on European soil and a tactful, principled leadership style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pershing
Paris
France
Europe
United States
TreSind Ou Phost
We Who Stay at Home by Robert Grant of The Vigilantes
Wartime exhortation urging citizens to endure self denial and sacrifice to defend liberty against the German threat. The verse appeals to home front duty, urging all to give up leisure and support the war effort to prevent tyranny and preserve freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Grant
The
Vigilantes
No Help Found in Wakeful Tax Burden Reflections
A reader laments sleepless nights spent pondering no wonderful plans and failing to pay taxes on household goods, expressing frustration with urgency and daily burdens.
Thirteen Cents Enough For One Day's Food
Dietitians seeking to prove living on 30 or 40 cents a day must visit again as Dr H W Wiley claims to live on 13 cents daily. He spoke at Wilson Normal School community center outlining the plan: eat one pound of wheat or corn two potatoes and drink one pint of milk for sufficient nourishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
H. W. Wiley
Wilson Normal School Community Center
Still Permitted to Breathe in This City
Louisville Miss Jan 9 An ordinance passed 3 to 1 by the city council abolishes all public amusements except dancing amid protests from women residents who secured grudging concessions. The ban targets circuses shows theatres billiard tables pool rooms bowling alleys itinerant medicine sellers and other attractions including bear exhibitions fortune tellers lung testers and roller coasters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Miss
Courtesy Day Ends in Shenandoah Schools
In Shenandoah Iowa students celebrated Courtesy Day with lessons in politeness. Children were to be perfectly polite from wakeup to bedtime, with some even choosing early bedtimes to ease the day’s strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
Wat Sonstown Faces Power Shortage in Williamsport
Williamsport Pa January 10. Wat Sonstown near here endures days of darkness as the town’s power plant runs on a limited supply. Borough council votes to shut the plant from midnight to 5 AM causing blackout and potential total suspension unless relief arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
Watsontown
Hooverized Lunch for Boys Start at New York School
Experts on dietetics begin a trial giving free warm balanced noonday meals to malnourished boys aged nine to twelve at a public school. The program uses highly nutritive foods and aims to prove the value of proper lunches for school children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S. Soldiers Reach Egypt and Mesopotamia
Word from Dr. Emmett Black of Bentleyville reports that United States troops have been sent into Egypt and Mesopotamia. Black, newly commissioned as a first lieutenant in the U S medical officer reserve corps, relayed the dispatch to Washington Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Egypt
Washington
Emmett Black
Bentleyville
United States Medical Officers’ Reserve Corps
United States
Mesopotamia
Minister Philips to Sail on January Fifteenth
Augustus Philips, appointed minister of the Netherlands at Washington succeeding Chevalier van Rappard, will sail for the United States on January 15 from Amsterdam as of January 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minister Philips
Amsterdam
Augustus Phillips
Netherlands
Washington
Chevalier van Rappard
United States
Cavell Kin's Vow Drives Army Bid for Revenge
Lawrance Cavell, Edith Cavell’s Chicago relative, sought overseas service after Canada's rejection due to size. He joined the signal corps at Camp Gordon, vowing to avenge his cousin by blood, hoping to fly bombs at German targets, while his father denounces the German regime.
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Camp Gordon
Lawrance R. Cavell
Chicago
Edith Cavell
Red Cross
Brussels
Young Cavell
United States
Canada
Kent
England
Cavell
America
Washington
War Department
Army
Signal Corps
317Th Signal Battalion
Hemphill
Edith
Mr. Cavell
Miss Cavell
Lorain Mayor Offers Free Marriage Ceremony
Lorain mayor L M Moore, two years in office, seeks to marry a couple before his term ends. He says he has studied the requirements and will perform the ceremony for the first applicants at no charge and will give the bride a present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
L. M. Moore
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Mr. Hoover
Jules Verne
Germany
Edit Cavell
Arny
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