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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1917
Page
4
A satirical cooking note warns against dangerous onion treatment methods. It mocks unsafe steps using water or acid, gas stoves, and toxic fumes, then shifts to a cynical aside about burial and neighborly fallout, finishing with a jab at rising water rates.
The piece criticizes price hikes by the Pennsylvania Gas Company and the Public Service Commission. It notes electric rates rising in Warren residents and attributes inflation to wartime demand. It cites higher costs for everyday items, taxes, and even barber haircuts increasing to 35 cents.
The Philadephia Public Ledger notes Governor Pennypacker vetoed a bill restricting bear killings to November or with a gun only, asking if a July bear attack would wait for November. It also mentions Yap Hank, Long Island as a chosen site for a military training camp without clear reasoning.
John L. Moore and Walter A. Frazier, Amber Oil Company promoters, pleaded guilty in Pittsburgh to using the mails to defraud. They were sentenced to a $1,000 fine, costs, and three months in Allegheny county jail.
Invitations were issued for a Prohibitionist dinner conference to be held at Black's Cafe in the new Odd Fellows building, Oil City, Monday June 25 at 7 o'clock. All Prohibitionists are urged to attend.
In the Western District of Pennsylvania the court calls all creditors to appear in Pittsburgh on July 26 1917 at 10 am to show cause why discharge of William Frederick Ullrich of Warren county from all debts provable cannot be granted.
Altoona officials fined F C Hannah 25 75 for calling a Third Regiment private a tin soldier during a carnival. Mayor C Rhodes described the incident as nearly causing a mob, while J Wood Clark noted the June 21 28 rinea for Tin Soldier Epithet.
Report notes Liberty bonds raising over twenty million dollars last week while this week Red Cross drives bring in around one hundred million dollars. The piece frames the efforts as strong business and civic good.
Warren was prominent in the Liberty Bond campaign and now focuses on building contributions for the Red Cross fund. The shift signals continued civic fundraising efforts as public support moves between two wartime relief initiatives.
John Fandei of Rigby near New Castle was arrested in Pittsburg after officers found him carrying nitro glycerine. He barricaded himself in an outhouse but was lured out and jailed after a hearing on a conscription registration charge.
Women and girls in Woodbury New Jersey are urged by the D A R to knit 1000 jackies wristlets and helmets for the battleship New Jersey with Captain Kaiser noting about 1000 men aboard most of them recruits and that no donations have been received yet the goods will be supplied through Red Cross headquarters.
Louis Stoltz, chief of police at Freeland, suspended without pay by Burgess John G. Davis for attending a cockfight near the borough limits Saturday night. Davis calls it unbecoming for a public officer to be part of any crime.
In the House of Commons on June 21 Andrew Bonar Law, chancellor of the exchequer, argued there would be no pleasure reduction in the recent war expenditures. He voiced little hope for trimming the estimated costs, noting America’s involvement lengthens the conflict.
A playful line hints at a campaign prelim involving corn related pricing. The brief notes a potential link to a proposed $3 corn item as a talking point. Local observers watch phrasing for signals about candidate priorities and regional commodity concerns.
The house of commons approved the representation of the people bill by 291 to 25. It fixes the voting age for women at 30, continuing the proposed reform debated here.
A man walked 117 miles to a hospital and pretended to be healthy while his prosthetic legs fooled the onlookers and doctors. His ruse lasted until the moment of scrutiny exposed the deception and prompted medical officials to reassess his condition.
Oscar Beatty president of the relief commission enters a village with French Army officers after German retreat. A tiny French boy salutes him wearing a French soldier cap as a tribute to the Allied relief workers aiding hunger struck peasants.
A daring mutiny at Joilet Illinois led to one inmate dead and twenty injuries among convicts guards and soldiers. A fire caused $200000 in damage and flames spread to several buildings before two Illinois National Guard companies quelled the riot. Father Peter A Grumbling chapel leader spoke with loyal prisoners after the fire.
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