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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1912
Page
4
A Washington Star poem laments harsh campaign tactics that recall old feuds. It condemns insults and ambushes used to win support, notes forgotten friendships, and ends with a hopeful call that peace may endure despite fierce partisan methods.
The article surveys 1912 calamities worldwide including floods in the Mississippi valley, destructive European strikes, and rising conflicts in Italy Turkey Mexico Portugal and China. It notes warnings by the Cassandra on 1912’s upheavals and anticipates a rough year ahead.
The Raftsman's Journal of Clearfield comments that some politicians who see their word as law are merely mortal and made of clay and cannot claim political perfection. The remark frames political rhetoric as fallible and subject to human limits.
William Dean Howells counsels young men against writing for money and says every father would endorse this view. The remark frames literature as a vocation of principle over profit.
In a Franklin News reflection Taft is urged to publish damaging official records on Roosevelt and other candidates. The piece argues Roosevelt’s experience and decisiveness could beat Clark or Wilson, while criticizing Democratic frontrunners as weak. It calls for transparency and unity within Republicans and sympathetic Democrats.
A schoolboy’s informal composition imagines an editor as a fortunate beggar with free circus and theatre access, free wedding cake, and occasional “licks” that can be returned in the next issue. The piece notes the editor stays up late to see what’s happening.
Consumers balk at higher meat costs as the beef trust strengthens its grip after a government antitrust suit failed. Officials warn prices will not elicit broad public support.
The General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church convened in Minneapolis, marking the quadrennial meeting of church officials. A key topic is amending the amusements clause to general conscience, with debate on whether a broad prohibition should replace the specific ban on theaters and dancing.
Frederick Townsend Martin, at a New York dinner, mocked American manners with wit. He cited Kipling on true gentlemanship and warned against overemphasizing etiquette such as hats with staff and elevator encounters. He recounted a society editor's quip about ring instalments after an engagement ends.
A vivid quotation extols happiness as a superior value to wealth, praising a happy person as a beacon of goodwill whose presence brightens a room. It asserts happiness demonstrates the livableness of life beyond intellectual proofs.
A quotation from Exchange argues duties of citizens are unmet while any hovel exists or any person is hungry or uncared-for in a city, stressing social obligation and human welfare as civic responsibility.
Frank Bullen recounts a rare sea battle in the Pacific where a whale fought an octopus. The octopus displayed enormous eyes and a massive head while constraining the whale, but the whale triumphed in the clash of marine giants.
A new phase of scientific management converts the Glory of the Seas into a floating salmon canning factory. The ship handles catching cleaning cooking canning boxing and then sails to port with a season’s pack for market.
The passage contemplates Time as an illimitable, silent force moving like an endless ocean tide. It describes Time as a miracle that overwhelms language, with fleeting actions appearing and vanishing as apparitions.
Charles Evans Hughes, Republican figure and former New York governor, gained a reputation for independence during investigations of major insurance firms and his governance. He was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Taft in the wake of Justice Brewer's death after serving two terms as governor.
Historians debate how the pyramids were built in ancient Egypt with sloping ramps as the likely method for hauling massive stones to the summit during eras before machines.
Many Oxford and Cambridge men joined the Royal Northwest Mounted Police of Canada chasing Indians and cattle thieves across the plains. Dukes, earls and barons also recall the days of law and order in the wildest parts of Canada.
A brief guide advises reducing a mouth twisting habit by talking into a mirror and using small strips of court plaster on each side of the mouth as constant reminders until the habit is broken.
The largest loaves baked to eat come from France and Italy. Italian pipe bread loaves reach two to three feet or longer, while French long rolls measure four to five feet and occasionally over six feet in length.
Robert Marion La Follette, Wisconsin’s senior senator, tops the field among Progressive Republicans with his fighter reputation and nickname Battle Bob. A three time Wisconsin governor, he served in two congresses and was elected senator 1905 to 1917, backing direct vote and counting Pinchot as a key supporter in the 1912 nomination bid.
A quoted line defines true patriotism as the person who blushes at neglect of children, contrasting outward displays with inward duty. The saying emphasizes empathy over showy patriotism and frames concern for vulnerable youths as essential civic virtue.
Short quotation from The Christian Register praising lasting rewards found in the goodwill of fellow-men.
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