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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1917
Page
4
An unsigned testimonial from The American extols an ideal American citizen who values liberty, law, humanity, and national destiny. It praises belief in world peace, equal rights, and willingness to defend principles, while embracing diverse origins and shared loyalty to a common good.
The Philadelphia Ledger asks about curbing birdgun sales amid calls to protect birds. It contrasts the disposal of cats with hunting guns bought by parents for children, noting a boy who kills birds cannot be excused as readily as a cat seeking food.
Final adjournment of the 1917 legislature was decided by Majority Leader Elon R. Brown and Speaker Thaddeeus C. Sweet. After a long conference the body agreed to pass Governor Whitman’s favored bills, the Hill Wheeler local option measure and the Slater repeal of the Frawley public boxing law.
May Punish W. Va. Drones. Charleston May 10. The state council of defense said it would urge the May 14 special session to pass laws forcing all men aged 16 to 60 to seek work. Gov Cornwell announced a census of employed and unemployed is under way.
In Toledo on May 10 Jay Auten a downtown jeweler leaped from the Cherry street bridge into the Maumee river as a crowd looked on. His body was recovered shortly after. Friends said he had been brooding over ill health and he was unmarried.
A collage of editorial quotes urges Allied enlistment in Kansas and announces a naval recruiting drive for Cow Creek Naval Reserve. It contrasts Allied reception with American neutrality and notes potential shifts as U S enters the war.
War era plea stresses shrinking world food supply and expected hunger unless U S production rises. employers urged to mobilize nonfarm workers to aid farming, increase and conserve crops, with Hoover named to lead Belgian relief food distribution.
The 1899 Union League Club dinner featured Captain Coghlan reciting a satirical poem about Emperor William II. The verse, deemed insulting, drew government reprimand though Coghlan gained public notoriety and the Kaiser was portrayed as self appointed by God.
Citizens are urged to stand bareheaded for one minute at noon on Memorial Day to honor the flag. The nationwide salute aims to reinforce patriotism and unity across the United States.
Judge Emory Speer in Macon Georgia ruled that alien enemies have no right to sue American citizens in U S courts during war. He dismissed the Plettenburg Holthans company suit against J J Kalman and BE Parker finding the plaintiff German owned. Suit could proceed at war’s end.
A man jailed for possessing whisky at Roblesville Indiana is sentenced to four months labor on a state farm after authorities report showing a time lock to permit drinking at fixed intervals. A Minnesota preacher in Ashland Oregon undergoes an operation to remove a toothpick from his intestines due to suspected appendicitis. A Kenosha Wisconsin man who left his wife and two sons four years ago now advertises a claimed $50,000 heritage for them.
Capt. Bureaux de Pusy, descendant of Lafayette, donates pistols presented by Washington after Yorktown and Lafayette’s portrait to Ambassador Sharp for the American committee. The gift includes a gold snuff box and a Penn tree box with Franklin’s hair, to be shown at the Chicago Exposition.
A war plane crashed into a busy Paris street. The airman emerged from the wreckage with slight bruises while onlookers watched in shock as the machine was destroyed. The pilot’s name was not released.
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