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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1912
Page
4
The Dubois Journal editorial urges home harmony by keeping the head of the house from bringing home a grouch and by opening the pay envelope only after entering. Franklin News notes the admonition as a domestic tip for a happier household.
In a county, Newton Lord married Jenny Helper. The editor who reported the union titled it Lord Helper Exchange, nearly provoking a deadly reaction from the groom who attacked the editor.
The Evening Sun argues the Democratic push favors Roosevelt if abuse grows. the Baltimore Sun notes sympathy may rise. The New York World questions police claims that hundreds of children were quietly sent away from home without parental consent.
A sequence of sharp comic exchanges unfolds as neighbors and townsfolk barter small favors. A mother jokes about a lost rope of pearls while the church board grants a salary raise and vacation. Characters swap roles, flirt with chance, and spar over petty ambitions.
A hotel proprietor hails a rare dish as bird nest soup while the chef boasts it as a rare delicacy. The host interrupts, reminding guests that the banquet is for members of the Audubon society.
The dialogue shows Dobbins recounting being chased from a house by a girl’s father after spending on her. Wobbins replies that he had a run for his money, implying a humorous misfortune.
Local notice promotes advertising space in the Mail with a focus on reaching readers through print editions. Details about placement options and rates are hinted at but not fully specified in the fragment.
A western newspaper labels English suffragettes as The Shrinking or Shrieking Sisterhood in a critical depiction. The piece discusses the reform movement and public reaction to militant tactics.
Laura Keene’s former rival Mrs John Hoey decides to return to acting joining Lester Wallacks stock company after a chance social visit. Hoey, long beloved in Long Branch and New York society, had earlier retired to manage her husband John Hoey’s showplace estate.
Archaeologists on Mount Ophel in Jerusalem report discoveries tied to biblical kings, including the Virgin's Well tunnel to the Pool of Siloam and an Israelitist lamp dated to the eleventh century B C. The work confirms Jebusite occupation 2,000 years before David and identifies the site of ancient Jerusalem. WILLIAM SULZER.
At the zoological park a large tree was cut down and a twenty foot log split with dynamite to make troughs for animals. Dr Hornaday ordered the workman to split the log into two halves and scoop out troughs. Later the Irish worker reported the log had blown into three halves.
Frank D. Lyon, deputy commissioner of the state highway department, notes New York state has about 80 000 miles of roads with extensive annual repair needs. The system includes nine districts, 44 counties, and 934 towns, with 26 000 workers on a single day for road work. Towns allocate over 2.5 million dollars for highway improvements, the state partners with towns for 1.6 million, and state bonds expected to finance 19 million for state roads.
A Toky o newspaper excerpt shows an ornate personal ad praising a woman’s hair, waist, and visage and declaring wealth that would let her live with a gracious, educated lord and eventually be laid to rest in a tomb of pink marble.
A jet of burning oxygen from a blowpipe can cut sheet iron tubes and bars with a cut as sharp as a saw. Early tests struggled to clear liquid metal and prevent spreading heat. later methods used two blowpipes: an oxyhydrogen flame to heat the cut area and a pure oxygen jet to burn away melted iron quickly.
Albany senate kills bill for a separate judicial candidates column. Mexican government fortifies Torreon against a rebel march from Chihuahua. Captain Scott reportedly reaches the South Pole. Massachusetts councilors visit murderer C W T Richeson in his cell. John T Snead, Texas murder defendant, shot dead by tenant R O Hillary who then killed himself.
A London dispatch reports Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole. In Ohio a constitutional convention backed a proposal to let women vote in all elections. London police restrained a suffragist mob at the Opera House as six window-smashers were arrested. The Arctic Brotherhood invited royal guests to open the Yukon fair in Dawson in August. Standard Oil of Indiana directors voted to raise capital from 1.9 million to 30 million dollars.
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst begins a hunger strike in a London jail refusing all food until released. The report notes six deaths from a Chicago lodging fire and US Marines to Pekin guard missions. President Taft in Chicago comments on Progressivism and praises his predecessor. Mexican rebel General Rojas dynamites the National Bank of Mexico vaults in Juarez taking 20 000 pesos. Clarence Darrow to stand trial May 14 for bribing jurors in the McNamara case.
A coal strike in the Ruhr section of Tidenish Prussia was overwhelmingly voted. A monster demonstration was held in Mexico City in favor of peace and the constituted government. The daughter of the late August Jorgensen, former Danish consul to Mexico, was found in Dallas, Texas. Yuan Shih Kai was inaugurated as provisional president of the Republic of China. General Sheng Yun, described as reactionary, was reported to control three provinces.
Secretary Knox was entertained at San Salvador by the president and foreign minister. Orozco rebels move toward Torreon as federal troops advance from Mexico City in a race for control. Yuan Shih Kai begins China presidency with a broad amnesty amid flag reforms.
Italian forces in Tripoli reported 13 killed and 73 wounded defending To bruk against a Turco Arab assault. British naval estimates for the year total 220 million dollars, down 1.535 million from last year. An accident on a Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul train near Oakwood Wisconsin injured 22 people. The first direct British coal owner and striking worker conference lasted 3 hours and 30 minutes and adjourned. The Douglas Mawson Antarctic expedition returned to Hobart Tasmania and plans to resume in spring.
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