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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1909
Page
8
County letters instruct correspondents to submit all copy by Tuesday each week. Each contributor must sign their name to communications, but names will not be published unless requested. Do not write on both sides of the paper.
The column notes numerous visits and travels around Warren including Raymond Cain returning from Forest county, Robby Hook visiting friends on Quaker Hill, Lena Hoop in Warren, Miss Warner of Pittsburg visiting Mrs. Green, and several other local social appearances. A Fourth of July gathering at Mr. and Mrs. Holt’s hosted out of town guests and frequent trips by residents are recorded.
A four year old girl Lulu Canfield died after catching fire Thursday in an unknown manner. Funeral services were held Sunday at East Branch Cemetery. Local families and visitors extend condolences as community reports a Prohibition picnic attendance and a newborn daughter born to Harry and spouse on June 28.
Mr and Mrs A D Ewer entertained sixty members and friends at their farm July 2 with a flag raising and patriotic program led by Mrs Lelia Trisket. Julia Smith read Samantha's George Washington article. Dora Knowlton read The Flag. Hazel Armitage recited. Gertrude Monroe and Alice Crosby performed. Julia Smith won first prize in the historical contest. KE Monroe won consolation. Lunch was served and $6.15 raised for the cemeteries. Next meeting August 6 with Miss Martha Ayer.
Ren and children join Miss Anna Ayer of Warren as Mrs. Lara Covel travels to Kane this week to visit her daughter.
A bulletin from the department of agriculture advises immediate filling of road ruts with suitable fresh earth, tamped level with the surface. It cautions against sod, gutter-worn material, or stone and urges center to edges work with a road machine to prevent washback.
The Essex county park commission claims a new road preserver and dust eliminator made from wood pulp mixed with water. Spread by sprinkler, it binds the surface, hardens it, and resists automobile wear after trial on Orange Park roads.
Senator Penrose provides public documents on farming gardening fruit culture and related topics. Authors include notable experts from Penn State College and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.
Claims by Ayers that dandruff is caused by scalp germs and that destroying these germs with Ayer’s Hair Vigor yields splendid results. Advertisement cites J C Ayers Co of Lowell Massachusetts as maker.
Advertised claims tout Dr Miles Nervine as a remedy for epilepsy fits St Vitus dance and spasms. Testimonies from Mrs Baker Cleveland and Mrs Bennett Alma praise cures with persistent use. Consumers may write for evidence and get a money back guarantee if no benefit.
excerpted from The Abolition of Poverty by J. Laurence Laughlin, discussing how ambition and thrift raise economic satisfaction among the very poor. It links Tuskegee and Booker T. Washington to broader efforts to increase wants and self-help, warning against reliance on state aid and paternalism.
The speaker argues for industrial education and manual training in public schools as a practical path to economic progress. Emphasizing the need to train the artisan class, the text notes many youths lack interest in abstract studies but excel with hands on skills like carpentry and bricklaying, and calls for easy access to training in mechanics, plumbing, woodworking, and related trades within the school system.
State Zoologist Surface notes the rose bug is a beetle that chews leaf tissue, with larvae over winter in the soil. Deep cultivation, oil-saturated sheets, bug-catchers, hand-picking, or kerosene sprays deter adults. Use paper bags on grapes after blossoming to protect fruit.
State Zoologist Surface warns that young San Jose Scale insects appear as pale grains and crawl briefly before embedding in plant tissue. Early, mild contact sprays can kill them, but later they are protected by a waxy coating.
The piece argues for training schools in agriculture, manufacturing, and commerce to lift the very poor and unemployed. It notes wage gaps for women and unskilled workers, cites carpenters and plumbers earning four dollars a day, and urges practical preparation to reduce poverty and dependency.
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