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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1913
Page
4
President Kenyon L. Butterfield of Massachusetts Agricultural College argues the country church is essential to national life. He warns denominations divide congregations and money is scarce, but asserts religion guides civilization and strengthens farming communities beyond pure agriculture.
The Philadelphia Ledger criticizes Pennsylvania’s payrolls as corrupt and wasteful in Harrisburg. It argues the Republican machine inflated staff with sergeants at arms and assistants drawing pay for little work, urging abolition of sinecures to restore sincerity to state reform.
The tale of a dog that leapt from a moving train and left its actress owner desolate appeared in multiple papers before the show was seen locally. Critics note the coincidence with similar coverage in other towns, a point of irony for theater publicists.
The Oil City Blizzard highlights odd items from Lane West Virginia Recorder about a husband in a hay press and Christmas remedies, and Fulton Pennsylvania correspondent Ed Willing missing work after an Express collision. It also notes a Pilgrim's Progress author misnaming Bunyan and a Franklin News citizen noting a Erie city trip with the name Alonzo Sherman Nichols and asks who the old Nick is Alonzo.
The local daily notes a newly acquired cub reporter cited an oil well toppled Saturday by heavy wind. The item hints at activity in real estate, casting doubt on its reliability.
A Titusville Herald ad block boasts a public reveal of mince pie composition and promotes Putnam's Corn Extractor for corns and warts. The column notes a widow suing a paper over a death claim and includes misc notes about proofreading jobs, a jewel robbery tale, and a Rainy River homesteader losing hair overnight.
A concise account of fireships from ancient Tyre and Rhodes to the English use in 1370 and the 1809 Basque Roads attack. It describes the infernal devices by GiamBattista and Cochrane's dramatic explosion vessel against the French fleet, noting their tactical impact and legacy.
A brief caption notes a humorous exchange about distinguishing real diamonds from fakes. Gabe asks how to tell genuine stones, Steve suggests “chock it” as a method, reflecting a playful Cincinnati Enquirer snippet.
Geo A. W. Deforest announces candidacy for sheriff pending Washington Party primaries to be held next September. Karl A. Krantz announces candidacy for district attorney pending Washington Party primaries to be held near September.
Frank J. Lyons announces his bid for the Republican primary, signaling his entry into the party’s selection process. The statement frames his intent to seek the party’s nomination and compete in upcoming party proceedings.
Edwin C. Burleigh of Augusta will replace Obadiah Gardner as Maine senator after March 4. The Republican has a long state career including governor, state treasurer, and Civil War service. He has published the Kennebec Journal since 1887 and plans to take seat amid Progressive influence in the legislature.
Colonel Rienzi Melville Johnston named by Governor Colquitt to fill Joseph Bailey’s Texas senate seat. A Confederate veteran and former Democratic national committeeman, Johnston owns and edits the Houston Post and turns 62 last September. He began in Georgia, moved to Texas in 1878, rising as a major political figure and newspaperman.
Mayor Lunn of Schenectady recalls showing a visitor New York landmarks including Milionaires Row and Carnegie House before remarking on a corrupt lawyer’s pale stone mansion. He notes the joke that the lawyer did not build it from his practice or practices.
Work finishing the removal of the Maine wreck and debris in Havana harbor reports Colonel William M. Black and an upcoming expenditures estimate. The forward turret lies buried to avoid navigation hazard, the mainmast will go to Arlington cemetery for a monument, and the after turret plus two ten inch guns were given to the Cuban ibenut.
The Rev Arnold Prichard of St. Jude's Birmingham, a leader of the high church party, will conduct a Lenten mission in New York at the Church of the Transfiguration and at St. Paul's Brooklyn. Once evangelical, he used boxing club methods to reform a rough parish, even fighting bouts with parish members.
Fred J. Sierth found a glittering rock after a horse stumble while hauling logs near Haywood. He sent the stone to an assayer who valued it at $12.60 per ton. If the strike pays, he plans to pension his horse on clover to its knees.
In Wagon Wheel Gap Colorado a buried human skeleton was found forty feet below ground in solid rock. Discovered by Silwood Bergey during shaft work, the fossil appears well preserved and likely ancient, exciting local interest as scientists may gain insight into early inhabitants.
Washington reports a population estimate of 96,496,000 for the continents United States. Treasury experts use the figure to calculate total money in circulation at 1,350,727,580 dollars with a per capita amount of 3472 dollars.
Santiago Chile chemical inventors may win a 2.56 million dollar prize as Senator Barnes introduces 2 billion in the senate to appropriate 2 500 000 for a process extracting all pure nitrate from Chile saltpeter.
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