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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1917
Page
4
The Warren Daily News lists a yearly subscription price of 1.56 in advance and details on publication, advertising representation by the American Press Association, and its distribution as a second class matter in Warren Pennsylvania. The issue is dated Thursday November 29, 1917 and carries the slogan Nevertheless the Truth.
A fragment from a Detroit Free Press style item parodies creation and publishing, lampoons an editor and advertisers, notes a snow day, and mentions a subscriber who refuses payment. It also mocks Mr Hoover’s candy guidance as already spread by price signals before his push.
A brief note from the Bos s Transcript observes a lamp post shortage in Petrograd comparable to shortages in New York and Brooklyn, highlighting urban infrastructure constraints in the era.
A note from the Cleveland Plain Dealer comments on hunger strikes as a method used by imprisoned suffrage activists, framed as patriotic and economical in pursuing women’s voting rights.
A Boston Transcript note says many people are learning that their addiction is sugar not coffee and explains the idea in a concise urban insight.
Brooklyn Eagle notes a long interval of four centuries since the Reformations in Germany, reflecting on religious and societal shifts across history.
Senator William E. Borah of Idaho reverses plan and will run for re election next spring to succeed himself. A leading Progressive in the Senate he had signaled retirement after ten years in Washington to return to law practice. Idaho supporters prevailed on him to change his mind.
A light exchange between a young man and Miss Willing recalls a familiar old tale as he teases her with a chestnut about storytelling. She teases him to proceed and shows interest in newness only if the tale is fresh.
A shabby caller pitches a book of money making secrets for twenty five cents but has only made three or four sales that day. The exchange questions why he does not read the book himself.
A senator stated he investigated sensational rumors about U S war prep and found claims about France expeditionary rifles false. He noted five rifles per man, and dismissed reports of Liberty aircraft motor failure, confirming it passes tests and is being produced in larger numbers than expected.
Secretary Daniels indicated a special medal will be created to honor U S Navy personnel who distinguished themselves against submarines. The move responds to legal limits on accepting foreign decorations and follows examples of British awards offered to American destroyer officers and crews.
George Gordon Crawford, president of Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad, revealed plans for a massive United States Steel shipyard in Mobile, Alabama. Ten marine ways will start immediately, with extensive shops and plants. Two modern villages for whites and for colored workers will be built within a year, totaling about 1,600 houses as part of model industrial communities.
A Camp Devens order announces the appointment of an official sampler to inspect each meal served to soldiers. The move follows rumors of poor food as part of German propaganda and a flood of letters from cantonments about sour stale meat and cold coffee.
Private John McDermid of the 20th Engineers Regiment was found on a Baltimore street with two bullet wounds. Police opened an investigation. McDermid refused to name his assailant beyond stating he was shot by another soldier.
New York market notes butter creamery higher than extra at 47 48c and fresh gathered IGGS extra fine at 57 58c. State fresh specials listed at 23 4oc.
Buffalo markets list prices for winter wheat and oats, flour, butter and cheese, eggs, dressed and live poultry, potatoes and onions. Notable items include No 3 white wheat at 2.23 and 2.25 for red, butter prices from 42 to 48 cents, eggs around 69 cents for Hennery white, turkeys and fowl priced across multiple grades, potatoes at 1.25 to 1.45 per bushel container, and onions from 1.50 to 3.25 per sack depending on type.
An Indianapolis News report says an Indiana University ambulance corps guard at Allen Town set a rule requiring any night challenger to state full pedigree. A climber admitted nightly fence trespasses for a week and was duped when challenged. The man who tricked him later teased the tale.
Washington reports petroleum stocks at 9,779,000 barrels for the first nine months of the year, with a 17 percent rise in consumption from 1916. In September the daily draw averaged 44,500 barrels, as war demands tighten supplies.
Casimir A. Majewski of West Olive Michigan, a seaman on the American destroyer Jouett, was washed overboard and drowned in the war zone while on lookout in the crow's nest as the foremast was carried away. A navy dispatch reported the incident to Washington.
Cleveland officials announce a plan to seize cars loaded with perishable foodstuffs left on tracks if the federal government sanctions. The goods would be sold in local markets to cover broker and handling costs after discovery of scores of stalled cars. Commission merchants and railroad men deny blame.
Washington reported cold storage holdings of eggs on November 16 at 3,693,940 cases, up 697,673 from a year earlier. Stocks declined 17.8 percent from November 1 to 15, compared with a 21.7 percent drop in the same period last year.
Charlies Goos aged 50 a prominent German merchant in Danbury Conn committed suicide by hanging in the basement of his store. Worry over the war was given as the cause.
An article by George R. Fox and H. O. Younger in the Wisconsin Archeologist discusses Shawano Lake as a major Menominee settlement center with trails from Wolf River to Wisconsin River near Wausau, along Lake Shawano to Mudlake and Oconto near Pulcifer, and southeast to Bonduel then north to Cecil. It notes the Fox River as a key Indian highway and describes mounds near Pickerel creek Shawano and Mud lake Wescott with a 35 foot diameter mound, plus legends of early settlers and tribal remnants.
Gotham correspondent reports a novel bomb inside a cedar box with two compartments. One side holds an explosive, the other discharges a fulminating cap via a released spring. Lifting the box can trigger it unless a steel pin is inserted to neutralize the device.
Livestock and hay prices from East Buffalo market show ranges for cattle, sheep, hogs, and hay. Cattle steer and heifer prices span $5.50 to $13.75, veal $14.75 to $15.00, sheep and lambs $10.25 to $17.75, hogs $17.25 to $18.00, and hay prices for various grades from $16.00 to $21.00 per ton.
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