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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1916
Page
6
A discussion on how service, beyond merchandise value, drives profits. An owner explains customers pay for service, not just goods, and attentive clerks create lasting patronage. A story of a rainy night encounter yielding lifelong rewards and loyalty, proving service yields the best dividends.
A local grocery store touts its commitment to pleasing patrons by supplying items at low prices. It emphasizes prompt delivery and careful handling of telephone orders and notes that regular customers recommend their teas coffees and spices to friends.
A medical note advises that backache and kidney discomfort signal excessive meat intake. It recommends four ounces of Rad Salts in water before breakfast for a few days to stimulate sluggish kidneys, neutralize urine acids, and ease bladder irritation. Jad Salts is praised as a safe, inexpensive effervescent remedy.
The University of Pennsylvania Amazon expedition describes Mundurucu tribesmen who behead foes then boil heads and remove teeth for belts. Dr Farabee and the team sent four belts of teeth to the university museum along with other specimens. The letter notes geographical zoological and ethnological discoveries.
Los Angeles January 13. Matthew A Schmidt convicted of murder in the Times building destruction five years ago received a life sentence in San Quentin. A stay of execution was granted until January 24 to allow attorneys to perfect an appeal.
Chicago authorities report CO W Rourke, ex mayor of Blue Island Illinois, jailed in Cook County after federal arrest on a charge of accepting a $5000 bribe. Rourke previously served as a juror in the 1915 Alaska land fraud cases.
Lucy Simms widow of W. W. Simms and reputed Kentucky’s richest woman died in Paris Kentucky at age 73. She was noted across the South for philanthropic work and was a member of the Confederate congress.
In Ithaca New York January 13 fifty Cornell students are ill with grip or influenza. The infirmary tally jumped from five to forty five in five days. Visiting hours are halted to curb spread and the university medical examiner issued a warning urging precautions against colds.
Stark Electric Railroad announces wage increases for interurban and city line workers. Interurban men rise from 20 to 29 cents over ten years with staged raises reaching 29 cents. city line wages go from 18 to 20 cents. Cleveland Alliance & Mahoning valley line trainmen set increments from 20 to 25 cents over five years.
Henry E. Gildersleeve, known as the Village Blacksmith, died at his Cold Springs Harbor home on January 13 after more than 50 years as a local blacksmith. He celebrated his 80th birthday the previous Saturday. Survived by four daughters and two sons.
France plans monuments to Pegoud in four sites. A stone marks his Alsace death place, a Montferrat birth-site monument is funded by the municipality, a Paris site monument approved by the council, and another Paris cemetery memorial where he is buried.
Small towns can obtain United States Geological Survey maps from local postmasters who act as agents after a sample copy is sent to the region. The maps are highly accurate and inexpensive, suitable for homes and public buildings. Gustaf Dalen’s sun valve will light and extinguish Panama Canal lamps. he recently won a prize for the device.
J. W. McClelland, 71, a Civil War veteran from North Beaver township, died of heart failure triggered by ten days of hiccoughs.
New York City’s marriage chapel in City Hall’s municipal building performs ceremonies for 10 cents, drawing diverse couples from locals and out of town. Matthew Dobbins says about 4,939 marriages in seven months, averaging 23 a day, with witnesses and records aiding police.
The National Association of Audubon Societies seeks to protect song birds by creating sanctuaries in U S cemeteries. Secretary PT Gilbert Pearson plans nesting and feeding habitats and berry crops to attract birds. About two hundred thousand boys will build bird boxes in cemeteries as part of the study and conservation effort.
A 50 cent bottle of Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound is advertised to darken gray hair naturally and evenly. The claim states hair becomes luxuriantly dark after one or two applications, with reduced dandruff, itching, and hair loss, for a youthful appearance in days.
A physician promotes daily hot water with limestone phosphate to cleanse the liver and bowels. The remedy is said to avoid salivation from calomel, be harmless, tasteless, inexpensive, and suitable before breakfast for a feeling of renewed health.
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