Home merchants urged to counter mail order ads in Warren
Editorial argues one and a half tons of Chicago mail order literature reaches Warren daily. It urges local merchants to advertise aggressively to show residents they can buy locally at competitive prices, saving freight and supporting the town. It notes mail order houses win trade through ads, not better goods.
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Chicago
Warren
Home Merchant
New York
Kalamazoo
Warren Mail
Warren County
Value of an Industry Boosts Community Metrics
An industry employing 200 people raises population by 1 000 and adds 18 000 to public utilities value. The annual salary payout reaches 100 000 with a 120 000 assessment increase. Investments total 400 000, while farm product purchases rise about 40 000 and clothing 30 000 yearly. Taxes and expenditures push roughly 4040 000 into the city in the year. Gas bills for December sparked consumer attention.
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Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Brumbaugh Earns Early Praise From Butler Paper
The Butler Citizen editorial lauds Martin G. Brumbaugh as a governor acting on pre election promises. It commends his inaugural address, appoints Cyrus E. Woods as secretary of the commonwealth, backs James S. Hiatt as private secretary, and calls for removing Edward M. Bigelow from the highways post. The piece cautions opponents and urges support for his administration’s push on roads, education, and reform.
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Martin G. Brumbaugh
Harrisburg
Butler Citizen
Gov. Brumbaugh
Republican Party
Pennsylvania
Brumbaugh
Progressive Party
Mr. Ambler
Richard Baldwin
Cyrus E. Woods
Greensburg
Commonwealth
Robert McAfee
James S. Hiatt
Edward M. Bigelow
Department of Highways
Garza Flees Capital as Carranza Forces Advance
Provisional President Garza and government depart Mexico City for Cuernavaca to establish a new seat of government. Carranza troops under General Alvarado threaten to enter, food supplies falter, and rail links risk worsening hardship. The convention wrestles with leadership and the capital is abandoned after a heated session.
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Mexico City
Garza
Cuernavaca
Zapata
Villa
National Palace
Federal Telegraph and Post Office
Carranza
Alvarado
Vera Cruz
Zarzy
Eresto Santosvoy
Xochimilco
Morelos
Obregon
Pallafox
Supreme Court Invalidates Union Discrimination Statutes
The U S Supreme Court invalidates state laws criminalizing union membership discrimination from New York New Jersey Pennsylvania and eight other states in Coppage v Kansas. Chief Justice Pitney and Justices McKenna Vandeventer McReynolds join the majority with two dissents by Day Holmes. Justice Day notes that the ruling voids similar laws nationwide, upholding due process protections and contract rights in unions.
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U. S. Supreme Court
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Pitney
McKenna Vandeventer
McReynolds
California
Justice Day
Justice Holmes
Hughes
T. B. Coppage
Friscolines
Hedges
Fort Scott
Kas
Kansas
Coppage
Switchmen
Frisco
Supreme Court of
Pitnew
Colorado
Minnesota
New Hampshire
Oklahoma
Oregon
Porto Rico
Wisconsin
Turks Move On Canal Invasion Skirmish Near Suez
London reports the Turkish advance guard reached British outposts east of the Suez canal near El Kantara. Dispatches say the Turks suffered heavy fire from British machine guns. one British officer wounded. Arab or Kurdish scouts likely engaged as Djemal Pasha’s forces cross the desert toward Rafati.
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London
Egypt
Suez Canal
Cairo
el Kantara
Rafati
Syria
Djemal Pasha
The Doctor and The Editor Satire on Professional Roles
Excerpts contrast the editor and the doctor highlighting apologies lawsuits and funerals. The piece notes a Uniontown bank president named J W Thompson who allegedly cleaned out the bank, framed as satire on authority and responsibility.
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J. W. Thompson
Uniontown
State to seek 558000 for foot and mouth disease costs
Harrisburg reports an appropriation of 558000 to cover the state's share in eradicating foot and mouth disease. The bill, by Assemblyman Hess of Lancaster, would fund the State Live Stock Sanitary Board to reimburse cattle owners for killings, with the federal government paying half. The session also saw bills on normal school funding and woman suffrage, plus local governance changes and a suit compared against the state. The House adjourned until Monday night.
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Harrisburg
House of Representatives
W. B. Wilson
Philadelphia
Mearkle
Allegheny
Ank
Cromer
Pittsburgh
Stern
Ehhardt
Peter Kuhn
Lackawanna County
Cox
House
Warren's Popular Shoe Store offers wide range of bargains
Warren County shoppers learn Warren's Popular Shoe Store stocks ladies' shoes and men's dress boots at deep discounts. Hurry for 98¢ ladies pairs, 1.98 to 4.00 men’s selections, rubber boots at 1.98, rubbers for all ages, and school shoes under 1.50. Store near Penna Avenue, invites customers to browse or leave parcels.
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Warren
Penna Avenue
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Suez
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St. Louis
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Penna. Ave
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