County Letters IH Notice to Correspondents
All copy must reach by Tuesday each week and correspondents must sign their names. Names will not be published unless requested. Do not write on both sides of the paper.
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1908
Page
8
All copy must reach by Tuesday each week and correspondents must sign their names. Names will not be published unless requested. Do not write on both sides of the paper.
Nathan Dodd opens a neat ice cream parlor near the post office as strawberries flourish this season. Postmaster Elton Allen resigns to run a Sheffield store. Sears Raymond marks 72nd birthday with family gathering. Will Dowd returns from the Philippines on leave. Mrs. Estella Minore seeks hospital care in Corry. Housing demand grows with rentals and store spaces. several residents visit and travel plans noted.
Miss May Homer improves slowly after illness. Mrs. Lizzie Samuelson and Ruby visit Eva Crocker. Clyde Akins and family return to Greene County. Myrtle Sell returns from Union City. Ruby Samuelson in Warren. A Stevenson loses a cow in Monday storm. Lawrence Homer and Cecile visit L. H. Homer. A Stevenson hosts Chicago relatives. Salome Shuler and Fred Shuler visit Lizzie Samuel.
June 22 notes report Arthur Cornell and family of Greenville visiting sister Mrs. Rhoda McClelland. Fred May and daughter visited at the Phillis home last Sunday. Russell Pratt returned to Kinzua after a few days with sister Linnie Dexter, joined by Selah Dexter. Lulu and Gertrude Heminway of Corry visit grandmother Mrs. Mary Hemingway. Elmer Gray has been sick but is improving. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon visit relatives in Union City this week.
June 22, Chas Saxton and daughter Jessie of Clymer visit sister Mrs W A Sanford. Lawrence Meredith of Jamestown visits C F Scotts. Mrs Hattie Feldhausen and son Francis visit Youngsville. Miss Alice Garber returns from Erie and Westfield. Miss Ora Muller of near Corry visits here.
An exchange ends with a playful clock puzzle as a young man greets his father and notes times 11 and 12 summing to 23. The Houston Chronicle records the witty dialogue in this brief vignette.
The article urges yearly vacations taken with moderation and planning to restore vigor. It warns against risky behavior on country holidays and outlines hygiene rules, noting hot summer walks can damage digestion if followed by heavy meals. It also mentions agricultural fertilizer tests by Dr Frear to optimize soil plant food use and avoid waste.
June Scribner describes Brazil as a nation with a strong African influence and a history of slavery. She notes Rio de Janeiro’s racial mix with about one third of the population black and eighty percent of inhabitants being negroes in parts of the city, creating a sense of a black occupation in a white city.
The Pennsylvania Station conducts a large program of cooperative soil tests under centralized management, coordinating efforts across multiple sites to assess soil quality and fertility for improved agriculture.
A New Idea Magazine July feature suggests a patriotic Fourth of July luncheon with festive décor and unique invitations. Menu items mix red white and blue motifs including jellied raspberries creamed salmon rolls star loaf of chicken and torpedoes with stars as decorative elements.
The paper offers a selection of public documents for subscribers who visit the office. Items include The Net Result at the Hague and Andrew Carnegie's A League of Peace along with several works from Pennsylvania State College, U.S. Departments of Agriculture, and the U.S. Forest Service.
Doctor Charlotte West in New Idea Woman's Magazine cautions that sun exposure can trigger a danger signal headaches. She urges cooling measures over medicine including a cool dark room, undressing, cold baths if available, or cold water baths for face and limbs, and rest with no food until the following day.
A historical instruction advises carrying pine turpentine to treat gunshot wounds and skin breaks. It claims turpentine quickly penetrates and prevents lockjaw germs by rendering gunpowder antiseptic, noting some people may resist application but it harms no one if not bound to flesh.
L. L. Wilson reports to the Register that sheep exposed to the weed known as the devil's paint brush quickly eat and clear it, seeming to prefer the plant to grass as a remedy for farm damage in the area.
A woman answered an advertisement titled How to Save Your Gas Bills and was told to paste the tips into a scrap book. The column laments such schemes eroding trust in fellow man.
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