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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1912
Page
4
A dated exhortation urging town residents to undermine local commerce. It advises peddlers and merchants to abandon town markets, denounce local businesses, favor outside newspapers, avoid home advertising, and provoke locals to view the town as failing. It also cautions farmers to vilify local trade and spread complaints to neighbors.
The Warren Mail argues for a county official to test scales and measures used in retail, noting consumer desire for accuracy and merchants’ incentives to avoid under or overweights while ensuring buyers receive full value.
The piece lists odd items attributed to a recipe for a man by Leslie's, noting ingredients like fat for seven bars of soap, iron for a nail, sugar for a small bowl, salt for a shaker, lime for a chicken coop, phosphorus for 2200 match tips, magnesium for magnesia, sodium to neutralize water, potassium to explode a toy cannon, sulfur for fleas, and albuminoids to make a case of eggs.
The Houston Post reports that from May 1911 to May 1912 living costs rose about 10 percent. Commodities, livestock, provisions, breadstuffs, building materials, textiles and coal have all climbed to their highest levels since records began.
The Detroit Free Press notes a reflective turnaround in a warrior’s life, suggesting resilience and limits. It emphasizes how success in many roles can outpace personal fulfillment, urging balance amid achievement.
Local businesses are urged to place ads in the Mail to reach a broad audience. The notice highlights rapid response and measurable impact for merchants seeking manifold customer leads.
Congressmen at large include Frederick E. Lewis from Lehigh, Arthur R. Rupley from Cumberland, John M. Morin from Allegheny, and A. H. Walters from Cambria. Presidential Elector 28th District is D. I. Ball of Warren. Congressman P. M. Speer is from Oil City.
A street car conductor serving as a church collector ventures into his duties during a service. He grows at ease while parishioners donate. one man in the third pew refuses, prompting the conductor to theatrically threaten, “Well, you’ll have to get off.”
Andrew Hertzell a Warren banker and four associates toured Butler yesterday en route to Pittsburgh. He, 82, recounted his 1845 hike from Pittsburgh to Warren passing Butler, stopping at Zimmerman hotel New Willard for breakfast Sleppys tavern water at the pump and dining at Stone house before four days to reach Warren.
Divers at Cowes recovered the ram from the cruiser Hawke weighing several tons. London Punch notes the ship’s pet joke, remarking that ships as well as regiments have mascots and pets.
In two days ten teams of ten men raised 15062 dollars to clear Emergency Hospital of Warren debt. Major donors included Jerry Crary and Penn Gas Company. campaign faced a 6100 dollar deficit at noon Saturday, then surged to completion amid telegraphic pledges and community support.
The thirty ninth Chautauqua Assembly opens June 27 with Bishop John H. Vincent presenting devotional addresses and participating in morning and afternoon events. The program includes lectures by William G. Frost Frances G. Peabody Percy W. Boynton and others, plus musical and entertainment events through early July.
President Taft pardoned E P Mays for 1907 Oregon land frauds. Two French aviators died in a Douai midair collision. Cuban rebels Amnesty bill rejected. Brown University raises 750000 toward Rockefeller gift. Veto risk delays militia encampments. General Bragg dies at Fond du Lac. Four killed in Texas feud. Nassau man pardoned after brief sentence. Strawberry tunnel Utah irrigation completed. Mexican rebel move toward Ortiz sparks imminent clash. 228 Se
Porto Rican authorities report 19 bubonic plague cases with seven deaths to date. A Seattle firm protests a gunboat contract awarded to a naval yard. Cuban insurgents Estenez and Ivgonez fight near Mayar with five rebels killed and fifteen horses captured. Washington sources say cotton goods trade ranks seventh with $628,391,813 in value. President Taft receives thousands of congratulatory messages on renomination as leaders forecast November victory.
Seventeen Americans were robbed of 3500 dollars near Torreon by alleged rebels. Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morrison were found guilty of contempt by the DC supreme court. Powell Clayton the oldest Republican national committeeman from Arkansas was made temporary chairman in Chicago. Five shot in Hastings strike riot. a woman nursing a baby was wounded nearby.
A black woman who killed her mistress in Pinehurst Georgia was lynched by a mob that overpowered the local sheriff. In Pennsylvania, A Reed of Harrisburg died in a collision between his automobile and a trolley near Morris town. Alton B Parker became temporary chairman of the Democratic national convention by 579 to 506 despite Bryan opposition. In Los Angeles a riot occurred as four Mexican revolutionary leaders were sentenced under neutrality law. The destroyer Paulding reached 32.7 knots on speed and smoke tests near Newport, R. I., claimed as fastest in US Navy history.
A Warren Pennsylvania pharmacy advertises Rexal Celery and Iron Tonic as a direct remedy for fatigue sleeplessness poor appetite and general debility. The note promises a money back guarantee and states the product costs one dollar sold at Seigfrieds Pharmacy Warren.
A quip from the Washington Star notes a newspaper’s influence on home life. The speaker recalls a near quarrel with his wife over shared reading material split between baseball and fashion news on a single sheet.
A reminiscence framed as a witty exchange with Colonel Stillwell about childhood recitations. He recalls being pressured to adopt a beverage as an adult, delivering a dry, humorous anecdote.
An influential Warren institution announces a large representative Board of Directors guiding its affairs. Names include Hon. Wm. D. Brown, David W. Beaty, Ralph B. Briggs, Lee B. Clough, Charles Chase, Jerry Crary, Miner D. Crary, Andrew Hertzel, F. E. Hertzel, William E. Rice, E. H. Lampe, C. Schimmerflew, T. O. Slater, A. T. Scofield, Geo. W. Olmsten, Geo. F. Watson, and Hon. Nelson P. W.
The Warren Mail advertises business stationery letterheads and envelopes for rural delivery residents at lower prices than plain paper. It promises a professional look and a return of undelivered mail, inviting customers to see samples, get price quotes on small lots, and subscribe for MAIIs.
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