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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1917
Page
4
A scrambled set of quotations covers exemptions weather and political jabs. It notes Germany's ills relieved by medicine in capsules and references outfits like red and yellow suspenders. It also teases reporters and complains about heat rain and congressional food bill amendments.
The article notes rising attention to the Congressional Record as nonmembers insert poems editorials articles and letters while speeches not delivered on the floor are printed with invented cheers and applause. Critics accuse the practice of clogging the official record and call Congress a government hot air factory.
A New York editor asks if reform is possible within Germany but argues true change must come from allied action. The piece endorses Peace without German victory and notes patriotic constraints on consumption while noting Siam’s war declaration with uncertain effects on imports.
The piece rebuts claims that a July 4 cable from Admiral Hayes announced a great naval battle in France. It notes the forged or misworded report to mislead the enemy and argues the coded language was translated to misrepresent events rather than reveal true actions.
A Southeast Department US Army memorandum under Major General Wood bans playing the Star Spangled Banner in theaters or as a medley or dance. It states the anthem should be played once without repetition and calls for greater ceremonial respect among Americans.
Stark county commissioners kept central time at Canton’s courthouse after a mob attacked the building and Mayor Stolberg joined protests. They then added a second hand to each clock face to show two times an hour apart to satisfy Cantonians and comply with state law.
The whippoorwill does not build a nest for its eggs and lays them on the ground, typically on fallen leaves.
Miss Helena Hill Weed, daughter of a Kansas congressman and suffragist, acted as counsel for twelve suffragists including herself who were arrested for obstructing traffic in front of the White House. They were fined 25 dollars each. two paid while the rest chose three days in jail, with Weed also jailed.
Doctors study Billy McCarthy son of Mr and Mrs W L McCarthy in Philadelphia as a 100 pound two year nine month old boy defies normal growth. He was born Aug 23 1914 in New York weighing 9 pounds 12 ounces and gained rapidly to 36 pounds by 21 days. He reached 89 pounds by nine months and now weighs 100 pounds at nearly three. His bones match an adult of five feet eight inches tall, yet doctors can’t find an abnormal cause for his weight.
US Department of Agriculture biologists urge expanding rabbit farming in America to ease meat shortages. Rabbits can be raised by youths and adults, in backyards or on farms, using Belgian hare and Flemish giant breeds for faster meat production. Breeding begins at eight to ten months, with up to four litters yearly. young reach five to six pounds at three to four months.
Professor Boris A. Bakhmetieff heads Russia’s wartime mission to the United States and becomes ambassador, the first to represent the new democracy in Washington. A hydroelectrical engineer and former instructor, he has led Russian trade and war industries offices and speaks English fluently.
A girl at a birthday party receives a green paper frog from a friend and keeps it with her. Each morning the girl feeds her kitten and the frog jumps to the milk, drinks it, and is hung to dry on the clothesline after being rescued.
Philadelphia observer notes Lewistown man Crvie Christened named his three foot blacksnake Jess Willard and Red Jacobson named his six foot blacksnake Jack Johnson. The men agreed to a match of their captured reptiles for the Red Cross benefit, showcasing local humor and fund raising.
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