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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1909
Page
8
Instructions require all copy to be in by Tuesday each week and signed by each correspondent. Names will not be published unless requested. Do not write on both sides of the paper.
May 18 updates show Russell Smith and family returning to Buffalo after weeks with his father F. D. Smith, then heading to West Virginia to visit Mrs. Smith's parents. Sharon Kelly moves to Hickory. Edna Gray home for vacation. Theatorium opens for season last Thursday. F. D. Smith travels to Oil City on business. Sam Singleton welcomes a daughter born May 11.
May 18 items recount sickness and deaths, visits by EK W Cooney and Richard Ray, Springfield Ill. and Bradford journeys, sales of property, and railroad changes. Miss Mary Van Dyke sells and travels, Mrs Newbold builds a barn, Karl Horn moves to Allegheny Springs, and telegraph staffing reduces. Fifteen idle cabooses signal lower traffic. Miss Mary Newbold leaves for Philadelphia due to her mother's illness.
May 18 reports Mrs Bennett visiting Russell. Mr and Mrs A C Walker attended Will Anderson’s son funeral at Scandia on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Tip Gardner and Mrs Frank Phillips of Russell visited friends in Akeley Hollow Sunday. Miss Ella Passinger of Russell also noted.
Miss Freeda Mattson and Miss Bertha Passinger were Scandia callers Sunday. Mrs. Ida Vansile and son George called on Mrs. C. H. Cole. Mrs. Ethel Oliver of Russell visited sister Mrs. A. A. Avery the past week. A number from this place are suffering with the whooping cough. Pearl Chase, visiting his parents at Jamestown, has returned home. David Pearlstine of Pittsburg visited his grandmother Mrs. W. H. Madigan Thursday and Friday, returning Friday evening.
May 14 reports several locals visiting Scandia including Lloyd Sampson Conrad Gustafson and Louis Olson from James town. Scandia beat Warren in a ball game while Grace Feltonburg and Mrs. John Spitz notable for health and recovery. Families and neighbors frequent calls and visits across Russell Jamestown Warren Sheffield and Fox Hill communities.
Ralph Nichols moved his family into a new house and Glen E. Oviatt left for Youngsville. Mrs Isa Nichols returned from Corry. Home Mission Society meets at Mrs Henry Havens in State Lot on the second Wednesday in June. Jessie Fisk and Gladys Brown Hill visited B T Dodge's, and maple sugar social at Clare Pierce's in Sanford drew a crowd. Families spent Sunday at Frank Nichols and a funeral for Mr Porter was held at Eldred Centre. Von Nichols injured an arm from a fall. Mrs Lafe Oviatt and Clayton visited Grand Valley. Mrs Mary Oviatt and Julia Immicke visited O A Robinson.
Mrs. E. K. Stearns returns home Sunday after visiting relatives in Sugar Grove. Mr. S. C. Brown, wife and daughter accompany the report from Brown Hill dated May 18.
Testimonial from Mrs D I Jones of Cleveland endorsing Dr Miles Nervine for nervous debility. Ad claims nerves control body functions and that Nervine soothes irritation and builds nerve force, offering money back if not beneficial.
Jamestown area residents and visitors are noted with several weekend activities. Max Buck returns home after months at Gowanda State Hospital. Alice Delamater and Ruby Samuelson drive to Youngsville. The Chandlers Valley high school commencement was attended by Hill residents. A May 23 quarterly meeting will be led by Rev. P. B. Campbell of New Castle. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Joe VanCise on May 17. Mrs Charlotte Johnson dies at her daughter’s home with funeral at Mission church.
Eva L Cortell of Spartensburg wed Mareena Lamb at Edward Lamb of Eagle home with Rev Henry Bidwell performing the ceremony. The couple will reside in Union City. Nearby relatives and friends offered wishes for their happiness and prosperity.
Mrs Francis Brown visited relatives in Corydon while M B Arthur and Thomas Anderson traveled there last week. School closed after an eight month term with a pleasant woods outing for teachers and pupils. Visitors from Warren and Bradford were seen in town including I Lovitz and D M Howard. Etta Griffen from Corydon spent Friday evening in town as a social gathering at David Holts yielded music and good times. Ernest Springer killed the season’s first rattler, a large one, Saturday.
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Measurements note a 3 percent length piece with eight rattles and a button. Mrs. M J Grove of Kinzua visited Mrs. Foulkrod. Ira Williams of Corydon was a business visitor in town Monday.
Charles Chase of Warren shook hands with old acquaintances Monday. Mr. and Mrs. James Beach were Germany visitors Sunday. Mrs. Harvey Marsh of Germany was home over Sunday. Dr. Vermilyea is recovering under Doctors Brown and Keller. Memorial day exercises planned. Miss Ethel Barker visited Ackley Hollow. Mr. and Mrs. Ward Culbertson of Ackley Hollow visited Warren. Ella Passenger and sister Bertha visited their parents in Ackley Sunday. J. H. Allen of Warren seen on the streets.
The piece argues that commencement exercises poorly assess students, favoring confident performers over true learners. It urges thorough, pointed instruction to ease graduation jitters and reduce stage fright, which can affect any pupil, even those seen as safest.
Instruction on public speaking urges banishing self thoughts and dressing for confidence. It stresses that calm attire and focus on sincerity trump flaws in voice or movement, guiding speakers to rely on genuine emotion to move listeners. The New Idea Woman's Magazine for June promotes Try the Mat for quick returns.
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