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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1916
Page
4
The piece laments discarded toys after Christmas and praises a child’s inventive play. It contrasts building blocks and makeshift sleds with careful guidance, arguing creative exploration teaches more than piling ships of toys, and warns against overcriticizing a child’s taste.
A short reflective verse on life's transience and the hope of reappearing on fairer worlds. It muses that thoughts and deeds may linger after death and prove beneficial, ensuring life was not lived in vain for the living and the departed.
The piece notes it is cheaper to buy your own paper than borrowing from neighbors and laments how June conventions may eclipse rising sons. It argues the community should produce at least one presidential candidate while warning gasoline stays steep, signaling pervasive public frustration.
A reflective verse from the Memphis Commercial Appeal recalls a year’s rhythm as an old calendar holds days of shade and bloom. The imagery links petals and leaves to life’s record, suggesting time bound in a painted scroll and silken band.
A reflective column warns that people doubt their knowledge about the war’s end and postwar Europe. It questions Congress readiness and suggests indifference may cost national welfare and freedom, urging attention to present and future consequences.
A survey of scattered facts notes phosphate of lime in the Canadian Rockies, quail in British Columbia, and about 300 species of turtles. It cites global railway length, imitation ivory from palm nuts, and animal behavior. It adds a 15 inch gun projectile weight and general human life activity tallies.
A Hogwallow community note details upcoming Hog Ford preaching next Sunday and a crowd likely to attend. It highlights the Hogwallow post office origin, its long serving Postmaster and his colorful traits including political shifts and a stray hog bite, plus local characters and lighthearted anecdotes.
The Dog Hill church Ladies Aid promises a successful event with free admission. A hat passer will solicit contributions from each spectator. Yam Sims visited Rye Straw store Tuesday morning warming his feet. The store owner jokes he is glad Yam has two feet. Slim Pickens fantasizes about a floating steel trap to catch geese. Gander Creek has frozen over while Poke Eazley’s wife handles the washing at the cistern. Hogwallow Postmaster comments on the morning topic.
A column of curious items notes Big Tom the water loving cat in Kansas City and a 500 pound man lowered into a Bridgeport grave. It reports German trenches in Austria Hungary Belgium with schools and claims Wagner music sparked the war. A Yonkers man must use an alarm clock after assaulting his wife. Byers Kansas townspeople vow a year without smoking as a result of a killing. Baron Rhondda becomes the new title for Welsh coal operator David A. Thomas after a near miss with the former name Ystradyfodwg.
A blaze in Titusville Pennsylvania on January 15 wiped out the west side of North Franklin Street from Main to City Hall. The $75,000 loss included the old Broas Block and numerous long established businesses such as Daugherty’s ice cream parlor Palm’s bakery Bailey’s barber shop Craft shop and several others along the street.
Colleges adopt preparedness efforts as part of the Wesleyan signal corps. The plan requires at least two airplanes and a balloon for observation and artillery spotting. President Wilson, former Wesleyan professor, supports national preparedness and recalls his two happy years at the college.
Editorial argues against a new state revenue plan citing $900000 allocated for armory projects. It praises existing armories valued at $750000 and urges strengthening current guard structures, warning against untested ventures and novelty over permanency.
In Chico California a crow near a construction camp south of Shippee was seen to seize a dollar bill. John Schontowan of the Chico Construction Company fired at the flock and found the crow clutched the dollar in its beak.
The D M C Club of Russell's M E Sunday School met at Miss Marjory Randell's home with fourteen members present and one visitor. Officers chosen for six months include President Ethelyn Bennett and Vice President Irene Hersh. The club plans an entertainment and next meet is set for June 29 at Irene and Hazel Heseh. A W C T U program follows with multiple speakers and topics culminating in a 4 pm closing service.
Mrs Ida Hale will host the L A H C A on the last Friday of January with all invited. Farm workers see many changes as families move between premises, including Bromleys to Scandia, Cederburg to Youngsville, Barney to Hale farms, Shaw to Eliza Hale, and Reese to Marsh farms. A thoroughbred Holstein sire joins Mrs Marsh and John Marsh herds. Grippe cases slowly recover and Mrs Larson is bedbound at Henry Larson's home.
Seattle officials traced a campus theft to an empty cottage where the electric clock system stopped at 3:40 pm and the master clock was found running. The thief ripped the clock from the wall and took part of the telephone, though the exact location and identity remain unknown.
The article notes Andrew Carnegie’s stated wish to die with little money and criticizes the idea that he would spend his fortune on indulgent companions. It frames his intent as a contrast to extravagant spending.
A farm is sought in exchange for Jamestown property. Interested parties may respond to N. Y. Mancare Mail.
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