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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1913
Page
3
An advert for Carmenga Toilet Powder markets a delicately perfumed powder for women and babies. It highlights absolute purity and safety for infants with a 25c box price. The copy emphasizes oriental fragrance and suitability after bathes in nurseries.
In a letter from a Pennsylvania farmer, the upcoming November vote on a constitutional amendment would allow the Legislature to borrow fifty million dollars for road improvements. He argues residents should live within their income, urges opposing the loan, and suggests funding roads gradually from annual interest instead. The piece criticizes the Pennsylvania Motor Federation's push and calls for local discussion and mobilization by freemen.
Inspector Rout details improvements in Philadelphia harbor lighting including oil vapor lamps and enhanced visibility. He describes Delaware lighthouses Cape Henlopen Brandywine Shoal and Fourteen-Foot Bank with screw-pile Brandywine plans a concrete replacement and a pneumatic caisson foundation lighthouse.
At Princeton University 44 of 1,500 undergraduates wear varsity letters due to freshman limits and a two-sport rule. Talbot Pendleton of Berkeley Springs is the top letter recipient with three football and two baseball honors, while Hobart H. Baker of Philadelphia also holds letters in two sports.
An ad promotes Tie Mail offering up to date condensed news for busy readers at $1.00 per year. The notice emphasizes quick access to current events through a low price subscription.
A recent Italian census shows 990 hermits living solitary lives in mountain caves across Italy. Among them 16 are over 95 years old and three are centenarians, while the rest are above fifty.
A young Penn captain leads the University of Pennsylvania football team in his first year as skipper. The article highlights his energy and potential to rally the squad and instill a winning spirit.
Denver towns build two boxing clubs within a short span as the city positions itself as a national hub for the sport. Local organizers promote bouts and training programs to attract fighters and fans nationwide.
Secretary James E. Sullivan of the American Olympic committee criticizes England France and Germany for funding sport development he warned that such backing turns athletics toward professionalism If the Games become commercialized Americans may stop competing He praises Rheims Athletic College but questions its ability to produceOlympic level athletes citing broad training that harms specialization and performance.
Harvard coaches install an easel like apparatus with a central oval hole to receive balls tossed from centers simulating a pass for field or punt plays. The device aims to improve pivot accuracy as stars Charles Brickley Huntington Hardwick Frank OBrien and Eddie Mahan resume light drills before the season.
The newly formed international athletic union to govern the 1916 Olympic Games brings together nations including America, England, France, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Austria Hungary, Switzerland, South Africa, Belgium, Egypt, Australia and Canada.
Yancey Ayers of Richmond, Washington recruit in the Virginia league, struck out 312 batters in 23 games and issued 20 bases on balls according to recent figures.
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