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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1912
Page
4
The Cleveland Leader extols June’s popularity for its long days and bright prospects. It notes vacations weddings picnics and outdoor sports as hallmarks along with roses clover blossoms and summer bounty, praising the month despite national tensions and heat.
The Y M C A is a high class forward looking investment in young men. It blends club athletics education religion and organization to mutual advantage. For over sixty years in almost eight thousand places it develops character and service while providing a clubhouse gymnasium school and gospel to reduce social costs and build lasting dividends.
A New York Court of Appeals ruling last Friday upheld an injunction preventing Negro Elks from using the term Elks in their organization name. The court found the name Im proved Benevolent and Protective Or der of Elks of the World closely resembles the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and could deceive the public. Judge Bartlett authored the opinion, allowing Negro officers to keep titles but requiring a different organizational name.
In his last month, January 1904, Marcus A. Hanna told National Magazine that 1912 would draw a sharp socialist line. He urged civic federation to ease employer worker ties and warned hardworking Americans would be educated to uphold governing principles. He believed in the American people and the impact of wealth displays on the less fortunate, stressing happiness of the middle class and the enduring value of those who built fortunes through close ties to their people. Affirms Hanna’s faith in informed voters and practical politics.
In Los Angeles a rich motorist was jailed for speeding. While confined he enjoyed a luxurious cell and daily receptions, prompting scandal as reports from California suggest a clash over law enforcement and respect for justice. Critics say such cases undermine legal authority and breed contempt for law.
Morse, released from federal prison due to terminal illness, has recovered and says he will not return to serve the remainder of his sentence.
The Baltimore Sun argues that intra Republican feuding does not guarantee a Democratic win and warns against relying on a generic contender. It frames the scene as a lively GOP dispute in the party’s backyard, casting doubt on easy Democratic gains.
Local merchants promote their listings in the Mail to reach a broad audience. Readers are urged to place ads that showcase products, services, and events to drive inquiries and sales.
Frederick E. Lewis Lehigh Arthur R. Rupley Cumberland John M. Morin Allegheny A H Walters Cambria Presidential Elector 28th District D I Ball Warren Congressman P M Speer Oil City State Assembly Jos A Schofield Warren
The recent dog law mandates every taxable dog wear a collar with a metal tag issued by county authorities. Tax collectors will distribute tags. owners pay the tax to receive the year’s tag. Uncollared dogs are a nuisance and may be killed by landowners.
A New York man outlines an elaborate plan to raise the Titanic from the Atlantic depths. Blueprints detail the scheme and are to be sent to American and British investigating committees. The author is reportedly an inmate at Matteawan asylum.
Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River in Africa claims the top status with a height of four hundred feet and a width of about a thousand feet. Named for Queen Victoria, the falls were identified by Dr. Livingstone in 1855 during his exploration of the region.
A short reflective thought on virtue and influence. The speaker asserts that strength gentleness and benevolence in any person uplift the world by aiding others and spreading comfort through existence. The quotation emphasizes universal moral impact.
The Warren Mail promotes business stationary letter heads and envelopes for rural delivery residents at lower costs than plain paper. It highlights a professional look and return-address benefit if delivery fails. Visit to see samples and get price quotes on small lots of stationery.
A statistical report to the Board of Education for the eighth month ending May 16, 1912 lists enrollment totals across district schools and wards, with high school 280, sub high 295, East Street 197, Jefferson Street 312, Sixth Ward 489, Fourth Ward 449, Central 207, and totals for attendance and tardiness. It notes corporal punishment occurrences, truancy counts, and counts of visits by staff, with a list of teachers whose schools had no tardy marks during the period.
A social observer notes that family quarrels can clear the air and heal mental bruises. They may end in lasting peace or forceful removal of troublesome elements, leaving the family with a clearer path forward.
A minister’s wife who testified she had 30 homes in eight years is deemed competent to sympathize with a preacher’s daughter who claimed she was born on the South Shore. The remark appears in a Boston Tran script excerpt.
The story notes Aunt Mimy in Dixie considering a local acquaintance convicted of murder who faces execution. She concludes it would be appropriate to test the man, reflecting rural attitudes toward justice and punishment.
Households face high living costs as the Interstate Cottonseed Crushers association reports a development from C. W. Ashcroft of Florence Alabama. They claim cottonseed oil butter may retail at 18 cents a pound and substitute for real butter, oleomargarine, and near butter products, potentially easing one household expense. Concerns arise about possible effects on olive oil supply and prices.
Harrisburg reports limited funds will restrict main highway work this year to essential repairs. The state highway department will assign a superintendent to each county with 200 to 250 miles under their charge, and Commissioner Bigelow named Charles P. Walter John Greene and Charles F. Sweeney to oversee sections.
Harrisburg reports Governor Tener may ask the next legislature to consider a formal inquiry into the Pennsylvania anthracite coal situation. He says he lacks power to start an inquiry or compel witnesses, and that the matter may be referred to the attorney general or the legislature for action.
State Economic Zoologist H A Surface reports peach trees in Pennsylvania were not killed by last winter. He says crops will be small but many counties can still grow peaches as some trees escaped and buds survived the extreme cold.
John J. Begley of Pottsville a $40 monthly collector for an instalment house left for Troy Alabama to claim his share of the estate of his uncle Martin OConnor a heavy stockholder in the First National bank of Troy who died recently leaving an estate valued at 256000 to 400900 Heirs include a niece Mrs James Donnelly and her widowed daughter Rose both in poor circumstances in the lower Schuylkill valley.
Media Pennsylvania June 6 William King a contractor received a hearing before Justice P V Cooper on a charge of shooting an employee Thomas I Williams a negro He was held under five hundred dollars bail for trial
Chester Pennsylvania June 6 A 76 year old retired businessman Hugh Sleim while paying pew rent at St Michael's parish house suffered apoplexy and died last evening. He is survived by several children.
Five persons died in a fire that destroyed Morris Turner’s residence at Forest near Lynchburg on June 6. Two Turner daughters and three grandchildren perished in the blaze.
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