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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1913
Page
4
The Owens Glass currency bill passes the house and heads to the senate currency committee. Presidents and bankers back it, while many bankers oppose it. The bill is said to prevent a 1907 panic yet may cause banking concentration, and experts differ on remedies.
James town Journal reports a newly paved street praised for smoothness and good order yet immediately altered by an electrician lifting bricks to lay wires and sewer crews trenching anew. The sequence ends with street scars and scattered pine and brick, leaving the block a mess.
It is announced that Dr. Cook near North Pole fame will appear with Secretary Bryan Mysto the Magician Juggins the Juggler and the troupe of Swiss Yodgers. If Dr Friedman can be engaged the bill would be the strongest on the circuit.
A fragment notes the Penrose machine with its good roads attachment claims farmers and real estate owners bear 25 to 35 mills in taxes while banks hotels and corporations cover the $50,000,000 bond debt. It accuses farmers and workingmen of subsidizing bankers and corporations.
Government statistics show city populations growing faster than rural areas, challenging the Back to the Farm movement. The text argues farmers must use modern ideas, planning, and efficiencies like rural mail delivery and phones to stay productive, while city lure remains strong.
The Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce condemns the plan to amend the constitution to permit a fifty million dollar state road bond. In a decisive 61 to 9 vote, they oppose the bond issue as unsound economically and oppose gang control of the funds. They cite Mr. Bigelow and seasoned state affairs experience to urge a NO vote.
The writer argues that many so called Progressive Republicans remain true to core Republican ideals and have already adopted progressive policies. Compelling these voters to change allegiance at registration would fail, since party loyalty cannot be forced and many progressives will stay with or return to the GOP.
Butler Citizen analyzes Roosevelt’s South American lecturing tour and the Chicago 1912 convention. It argues the Progressive cause reshaped Republican dynamics, exposed party bosses, and warned that many voters may abandon the GOP if reforms fail to materialize.
A New York surgeon was shot by a patient in what authorities label a fatal medical error. The incident underscores the tension between medical accountability and patient safety in urban hospitals.
A Chicago resident allegedly wed eight women within seven days, prompting scrutiny of his marriages and the surrounding circumstances as authorities review the rapid sequence of nuptials.
A notice notes that big stores run white goods sales in January and fur sales in August, teaching smaller dealers to advertise now. It argues the public welcomes timely promotions and does not resist seasonal timing.
In a Brookville Republican reminiscence, an aging observer recalls early morning chores and stifling winter routines of youth versus present high school mornings. The piece contrasts old underwear and coal buckets with silky stockings and fashionable hats, noting shifts in youth culture and priorities.
A Nevin Deitrich, notable in state grange work, chosen chairman of the Washington party of Pennsylvania. The party stands for farmers interests and aims to overthrow boss rule, promising benefit to the organizations pushing reform.
It is the duty of every qualified voter of Warren county to cast a ballot at the coming election. It is only by this means that the fullest expression can be had on the selection of candidates for office. It is then that the most cheerful acquiescence is possible in the decision of the majority.
The speaker protests that residents of Warren County would fund a great object but distrust the group handling the funds, accusing them of inefficiency and failure to produce lasting results.
The piece argues for a bond amendment to fund political workers and contractors, claiming it will create jobs and contracts to bolster the Penrose machine for a potential Senate re election next year.
A garbled news digest notes a Salem Illinois police entry, a Fortland Maine man injured by a falling brick but not hurt, a Garfield New Jersey man arrested for crape on a front door, a Pittsburgh man seeks an injunction after thirteen divorces since 1910, a 120 year old Dormowo resident recalls Napoleon, a Russian village goose herd, and a German temperance pledge drive with 350000 signers.
A humorous composite from multiple sources features a quip about a doctor and Latin dictionary, a jailhouse joke about a boss's son, and a fisherman’s boy trapping a bass with a stone as bait, reflecting lighthearted local items and tall tales.
In a comic exchange a mother and child argue over dinner as a baseball fan laments a long fifteen inning game. Gertrude claims her nose foretells cabbage, while the wife notes pacing nine innings and trouble tracking extra innings.
Former Senator Cullom recalls a Montana bound son who wrote his mother that he had been sent to the legislature. The old lady fears the trouble and prays for leniency as she shares the anecdote.
A worker named Tony asks his foreman for a half vacation to return to the old country for his wedding. The boss doubts the plan, fearing Tony will blow his money and return broke, but Tony insists he wants the trip to attend the marriage.
A vintage notice details a bizarre entry ritual for readers seeking the editor. It prescribes three distinct raps or forced entry, name and address disclosures, and a theatrically staged interaction involving a ten dollar bill and a quip before being admitted and receiving a receipt for an obligation discharged.
Dean Henry Prentice Forbes of Saint Lawrence University theological school died at his Canton home. Born in Paris Maine in 1849, he served as professor at the Canton campus for 30 years.
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