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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1915
Page
4
The piece notes Pennsylvania voters will in June nominate a State Treasurer and Auditor General, select congressional candidates, half the State Senate seats, most of the House, and fill appellate court vacancies. It highlights active party work, patriotism claims, and the voter’s central role next year.
The article extols watching a hot game as healthy activity. It urges fans to shout and yell without restraint in bleachers as a form of exercise, boosting blood flow and oxygen while lifting mood and reducing worry.
In a Denver News inspired metaphor a critique compares politics to military readiness. It argues the Republican party relies on outdated ammunition and misfiring big guns as it prepares to seize the convention citadel.
A Illinois post office employee who criticized the Wilson wedding was discharged for disloyalty to the President and is seeking to contest his dismissal claiming unlawful restraint of his freedom.
A mixed jumble of verses and excerpts. It rhymes playful meals with macabre humor and includes a Rhode Island governor quote on morality in business and a juvenile theft anecdote. Also notes on identity as a money order issue and a jab at vocational training as a social step.
A historical note lists approximate lengths and values used in biblical times. It defines a day’s journey as about 23 1 5 miles, a sabbath day’s journey as an English mile, a cubit as about 22 inches, and other measures for hand and finger breadths. It records silver and gold shekels, talents, pennies, and a farthing with rough values in pounds and shillings. It also notes an ephah or bath containing seven gallons and five pints.
A collage of small items reports incidents from Peapack New Jersey and across the Midwest including swatting contests involving youths, dress codes at a high school in Louths Bend, damaged tires from a Pennsylvania road, a heavy woman fined in Missouri, parental admonitions from Illinois, a New York sachet case, a pickpocket in a New York hotel, fortunes shifting from poorhouses to inheritances in Connecticut and Oklahoma, and a jealous Hoboken landlady case.
An advertisement from the LondonDaily Courant dated January 15, 1711 describes a horseless chariot shown at the sign of the Seven Stars under Covent Garden piazza. The vehicle could travel a mile unassisted, turn and reverse, and ascend hills as easily as flat ground.
The rhyme praises women beyond ballots, arguing true influence is in the heart. A bear tale from Kane recounts Samuel Wilson’s encounter near Chaffee, Elk county, where a double gun failed to stop a bear that then left him in a tree. A Venango county husband show tests men by honoring wives, with two winners. Uncle Eph jokes close the page.
The piece notes how Armenians enjoy pacifism’s gains while critics see politics at play. It hints at the quinine shortage as good news for boys and quips that a castor oil shortage would finish a boy’s happiness, reflecting wartime wit.
Rear Admiral Frank J. Beatty told the Norfolk Rotary club he favors a $300 million bond program to accelerate naval construction, arguing the coast is defenseless and the Atlantic fleet is unprepared for a modern attack. He estimated about $15 million yearly would fund the plan and cited a wartime invasion scenario to stress urgency.
Dr Joseph Goldberger of the U S public health service tests a one sided carbohydrate diet on twelve Mississippi penitentiary convicts. Six developed pellagra and two showed symptoms. Mississippi health officials and Dr Hi Li Galloway discuss his findings as proof of the disease's diet related cause and potential cures.
In Columbus on November 17 the Cleveland school teachers failed before the supreme court to reinstate six union officers discharged by J M Frederick, superintendent of the board of education. About 1,806 teachers sought to organize the Grade Teachers Club and affiliate with the AFL. the board warned that federation members would be dismissed from service.
A performer attempting a stunt in Washington dropped a fork from a twelve story height. He was knocked unconscious and suffered loose front teeth while his wife fainted. Authorities warned the act should not be repeated.
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