Warren Chamber Seeks Rural Survey to Boost Growth
The Warren Chamber of Commerce pushes for a rural survey to connect Warren with nearby rural families within twenty five miles. The plan mirrors Delevan Wisconsin where a similar survey increased trade, school enrollment, library use, and overall growth, suggesting Warren can replicate the success. Edwin S. Stuart is discussed as a potential Republican gubernatorial candidate, with opposition to Boies Penrose and “the gang” of privilege.
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Warren Chamber of Commerce
Warren
Delevan
Wis
Hich
Delevan School
Anothr
Chamber of Commerce
Feed the Birds Says Game Commission Secretary
The letter urges citizens to aid birds during their time of need by scattering grain for ground feeders and hanging suet or pork for woodpeckers kinglets and nut hatches. It emphasizes small personal actions can help and invites new efforts for avian conservation.
Fascination of the Unfamiliar and the Home Question
A Washington Star piece contrasts rural life with broader interests as a Boston court’s ruling says a man’s home is where his wife is and notes that few men live in department stores or bridge clubs. The poem humorously contrasts farm life with tariff talk and currency debates.
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Washington Star
Boston
Midwinter Advertising and the Local Trade Market
The piece argues January drives scientific buying as merchants cut prices and stock over to weather and taste shifts. The public scans newspapers for bargains, treating ads as a directory of economy and a guide to the lowest markets. It stresses reading ads to minimize living costs.
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Scientific House
Pennsylvania Progressive purge targets nine disloyal congressmen
Harrisburg officials announce that nine Pennsylvania representatives Charles Patton Edgar Kiess W D B Ainey John Farr Andrew Barchfield A Kiester and James Burke who won Washington party support will be refused renomination. Rep M Clyde Kelly says they abandoned Progressive pledge and allied with reactionary leadership, prompting a statewide campaign in 1916 led by Roosevelt and Penrose as opposing forces.
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Charles E. Patton
Edgar R. Kiess
W. D. B. Ainey
John R. Farr
Andrew J. Barchfield
A. L. Kiester
James F. Burke
Pennsylvania
House
Washington Party
Harrisburg
Washington
M. Clyde Kelly
Roosevelt
Penrose
Old Guard
Has the slit skirt come in to stay and wardenship issue
The question of the day is raised by a Mayfair note on fashion and public life. A wardenship candidate for Berks County prison faces opposition over his wife not being a good cook. Opponents fear she cannot prepare proper delicacies to tempt prisoners, arguing for domestic science in public schools.
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Mexico
Panama
Pacific Coast
Europe
Mayfair
Happiness in a Changing Business World
The Troy Press notes happiness comes in many forms from family moments to market gains, and argues the golden rule now guides modern business. It praises welfare clubs, fair value, and mutual satisfaction as sources of lasting happiness through helping others.
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The
Troy Press
The Power of Praise in Daily Life
A Smith's Magazine passage urges generous praise to encourage progress. It argues most people respond to recognition more than money, from cooks to office boys, and warns against excessive flattery while championing genuine compliments.
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Smith’s Magazine
Ford Profit Sharing Ties Workers To Business Success
Henry Ford argues his profit sharing is a business strategy not charity. He contends direct employee stake boosts efficiency and service, while workers gain by sharing in employer prosperity. The scheme also enhances advertising and goodwill, potentially worth millions.
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Henry Ford
Ford
Punxsutawney Spirit
Express rate changes favor parcel post in most regions
New express rates effective February 1 show parcel post remaining largely cheaper or competitive. In rural areas and first zone, express firms cannot win rural parcel business as they offer no rural service and higher rates nearby. Heavier long distance packages see only a slight express advantage.
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Parcel Post
Post Office
Runaway Freight Train Derailed by Automatic Switch Near Joliet
A Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific freight train derailed after an automatic switch failure near Joliet, Illinois. Engineer John T. Sutherland and fireman Henry Bussell survived buried under wreckage, freed after ten minutes of rescue while the coal cars burst skyward and the passenger train narrowly missed a deadly encounter.
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Specters
Joliet
Ill
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Chicago
John T. Sutherland
Rockdale
Henry Bausell
Blue Island
Sutherland
San Francisco
Good Roads Plan Committee Formed in Harrisburg
A cross party conference named a committee to draft a plan for statewide road improvement to submit to the next Legislature. Frank Bell chairs the group with members including John S. Fisher Vance McCormick William Creasy R K Young and James Mauer. They expect to recommend prison labor for road work and steady funding for township roads and state highways.
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Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Good Roads Association
State Grange
State Federation of Labor
Good Roads and Highway Associations
Frank Bell
The
Good Roads Association
Mr. Bell
John S. Fisher
Indiana
Vance C. M. McCormick
William T. Creasy
R. K. Young
James H. Mauer
Federation of Labor
Early Exercise Hens See Egg Yield Rise in Kansas
Poultry raisers should mimic a Leavenworth man who reports regular hen laying by starting the day with an exercise routine. He chases hens in the chicken house three or four times, boosting circulation before they lay. The piece likens hens to people and suggests physical culture for laying hens.
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Leavenworth Kan
Slang Outsmarts Mexico Censor in O. Henry Style Tale
The Kansas City Star notes Paul Hudson adds sharp American slang to tell truth about Huerta's regime in Mexico City. The piece mixes humor with tense sentiment among remaining Americans, referencing Lind, Fletcher, Vera Cruz, and growing anti-revolution mood. It surveys ports, embargo talk, and cross-border worries with garbled news and light satire.
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O. Henry
Latin America
Kansas City Star
Paul Hudson
Mexican Herald
Mexico
Huerta
Ashley
Vera Cruz
Muriel
Ashby
Contreras
Smallpox Fears and a Farmer’s Fiery Act in Jersey City
An eight year old boy in Jersey City proclaims fear of smallpox but a teacher urges him home. In Michigan a seventy year old farmer burns a school to force his foster daughter to return home and give up a neighbor suitor, removing her from the area.
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Tommy Fitz
Woodward Street
Jersey City
N. J
Teacher
Frederick Spreck
Michigan
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Joseph Kalefus
Game Commission
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Lind
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Jalisco
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