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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1907
Page
3
Democracy is a living, evolving spiritual enterprise not tied to any single form of government. It rests on majority ideals, requires virtue and educated patriotism, and depends on self funded higher education guided by the people. The scholar guides society toward living waters and noble purpose within democracy.
The essay urges balanced training with periods of rest, arguing athletes should peak at the right time and not stay on edge year round. It notes Weston at 68 appears at his best, warns against overtraining, and stresses the difference between exercise and training for lasting health and performance.
A compact meditation argues that women unduly shape history for both good and ill, but overall their influence tilts toward the positive. It cites Poppaea and Agrippina as examples and concludes that woman is the world’s hope.
Wright A. Patterson urges citizens to boost local funding for schools by keeping money in the community. He argues taxes support schoolhouses, property values rise with community prosperity, and mutual aid sustains growth from village to city.
A quirky beverage idea from the University of Chicago describes a dampness drink. It calls for ice in a tall glass then a cucumber slice and buttermilk poured over to finish. The item presents a parched reader with a novel cooling mix.
An older warning piece explains several fraud schemes used by confidence men targeting farmers. It details fake land deeds to secure loans, fraudulent notes from purchases of washing machines and other goods, and check-forgery methods that shift amounts by adding letters and cipher. Residents are urged to guard signatures and accurately fill checks.
The piece advocates strong local commerce through active merchants and property owners. It urges friendly competition, high standards, and delivering quality goods to attract trade. It warns against boasting without results and warns against petty jealousy that drives customers away to other towns.
A citizen urges residents to support local business and keep money in the community. He argues prosperity starts at home with better sidewalks, town pride, and opportunities for children.
An ex Confederate living in New York recalls a Walker Marmaduke duel near Helena Arkansas early in the Civil War. He says unity failed, five leaders clashed, Marmaduke killed Walker first shot, then arrests followed. Only Marmaduke's aide and Col John C Moore survived.
Elida Rums Ley Fowle, at 18, helped establish a Soldiers Free Library in Washington with land from the government. She secured funding via two Lincoln-boosted concerts, joined by her husband in the Navy Department, and the couple married in the House of Representatives amid large crowds.
In Belgium girls are required to spend five weeks each school year learning housework. They study cooking, kitchen sanitation, shopping, washing and ironing, and general domestic care as part of their education.
A naturalist describes the Australian lyre bird imitating many birds and producing noises like a hissing alarm, a tapping sound with a stick, and its own snatches of song. It imitates calls of local wildlife including eagles and laughing jackass, often inserting its own phrases between mimicked cries.
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