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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1908
Page
4
Auditors report details hospital and workhouse operations for 1907 and 1908. It lists items discharged and admitted, then inventories personal property on hand January 1 1908 including farming and household equipment such as wagons harnesses furniture beds stoves chairs tables and tools.
Warren County auditors meet January 6 1908 at the County Commissioners office Warren certify the 1907 accounts of E D Everts Treasurer and the County expenditures for the Rouse Estate Poor and Permanent Funds as true and correct. The statement is signed by Bennett Orr Thompson Hagberg Downing Houghtling and Yates with seals.
Special correspondence reports the pursuit of the murderer of Chas Samuelson in Chandlers Valley. The suspect fled through woods, then returned to the starting point about four hours after the deed, and was tracked by Hue Baker Ray Delamater and Fred Sands from Louis Donelson’s place.
A suspect fleeing through four to five feet of snow and dense brush was tracked for hours by a pursuing group. After being halted near Will Head's residence, the man surrendered in Youngsville, admitting work at Mr. Samuelson’s prior to capture.
Two Warren events at the Sternberg residence fronted by Maud S. Schott include Grace Methodist Episcopal church Ladies Aid Society celebrating Washington’s birthday with a four horse sleigh ride to Pleasant View Sternberg farm and a luncheon. The second surprise visit marked the couple’s 41st anniversary hosted by their daughter Gertrude with neighbors joining in cheer and pastor M W Stone offering congratulations.
The text praises the beauty and worth of their subjects and highlights the community's indebtedness to unsel fish, virtuous lives that inspire others. It wishes that the volunteers, enriched by faithful toil and neighborly help, continue to be a lasting aid to good and right in the community.
A married couple perish in an Alpine glacier tragedy. The wife waits decades at the glacier foot with their guide for the vanished husband to reappear as ice preserves him. Forty years later the body emerges, but he is a young man while she is elderly, a poignant reversal in Spurgeon’s Autobiography.
News from New Orleans reports 1,000,000 robins killed by hunters this winter in Louisiana, described as a vital wintering force against pests. Government expert warns the boll weevil is moving eastward due to the loss, threatening crops and national prosperity. Citizens urged to stop the slaughter of the birds.
A Madagascar rafia palm wax is being evaluated as a substitute for beeswax for bottling, phonograph cylinders, and similar uses. The material is in the testing phase to assess viability and applications.
Experience in England shows that towns with soft water have a death rate of 19.2 while towns with hard water show 16.5. The contrast suggests health effects tied to mineral content in public supplies.
A reflective line frames the era as gossip loses traction, signaling a shift toward a more restrained public discourse. The comment hints at social change without naming people or places.
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