Hadlock Hills barber rivals spark sales tactics
In Hadlock Hills Maine Sid Holbrook wins a barber race by innovating seating: a “one above each chair” ceiling view to entertain patrons. Sid’s rival Si Harvey watches, while a broader lecture touches on marriage age norms and social cautions, including selecting a partner by health and cooking skills.
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Hadlock Hills
Maine
Uniontown
Sid Holbrook
Sand Si Harvey
Holrook
Mr. Holrook
Mr. Holbrook
Sid Th
Holbrook
Mr. Harvey
How to Choose a Wife Confident Counsel from Prof Hall
In Chicago, about six hundred bachelors heard Northwest ern University medical school professor Winfield S Hall advise on selecting a wife. He urged evaluating health heredity education and age, warned against marrying an heiress or a family with large wealth, and mocked superficial looks without maturity.
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Chicago
Winfield S. Hall
Northwestern University Medical School
Why Girls Remain Single Letter to the Editor in Omaha Bee
A man explains living on a small salary by strict budgeting and self buying. He claims a yearly income of 30 to 60 dollars and six children, saying meat is limited to one steak weekly while tobacco is the only luxury. He asserts his money stretches further than others in Omaha.
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Omaha Bee
The
Bee
Omaha
Modern Fables From Warren About a Poultry Venture
A Warren man obsessed with chicken farming raises a flock with little success. He buys an incubator, eggs, wire, and lumber, but loses most birds to theft and accident. Nine birds reach the table, costing him four dollars fifty cents each plus hours and enemies. Moral: the farm is the place to do your farming.
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Warren
Funeral of Eugene Morrison Held Sunday Afternoon
Funeral services for Eugene H. Morrison were held Sunday at 3 o'clock from the chapel in Oakland cemetery. The burial took place in the family plot at Oakland.
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Eugene Morrison
Eugene H. Morrison
Oakland
Jefferson Sunday School Class corn roast at Warren fairgrounds
The Jefferson Sunday School Class of First Presbyterian Church holds a bi monthly meeting at Warren County Agricultural Association grounds this Thursday at 7 30 pm. They will host a corn roast for their wives and invited guests. The group is the largest of its kind in Warren and expects at least 100 attendees.
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Jefferson
First Presbyterian Church
Warren County Agricultural Association
Warren
Lawence Colliery wins million coal rights case
In Pottsville on September 8 the Schuylkill County courts ruled in favor of the Lawrence Colliery company granting removal rights to coal beneath the Reading Railway tracks on the Mahantongo plane. The decision values the coal at about $1,000,000 after 8,000 pages of testimony. The ruling also upholds the state water commission act and requires the Firemen’s Relief association to secure a state charter.
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Pottsville
Schuylkill County
Lawrence Colliery Company
Reading Railway Company
Mahanoy
State Water Commission Act
Tamaqua Water Commission
Firemen’s Relief Association
Love's Vigil Lost to Death in Reading
Dr. Michael Austin battled five days with little sleep to save his fiancée Miss Marion Forman of New York. The woman died after ingesting bichloride of mercury believed to be headache pills while visiting her sister Mrs. Max Luria on Mineral Spring Road.
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Reading
Michael Austin
Marion Forman
New York
Max Luria
Mineral Spring Road
Oil production for August shows decline in daily output
The Oil City Derrick reports August totals with 1 076 wells completed and 97 850 barrels daily, a 9 well rise but 35 923 barrel drop in new production. Butler county activity drives changes with more completions and overall drilling down 29 from July.
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Oil City
Butler County
New York and
Northwestern Pennsylvania
Butler
Evans City
Tobacco production and consumption by country read
India ranks second in tobacco production and consumes most of its own crop while importing little. Russia farms most of its supply. Austria Hungary exports one eighth of its crop while importing over a quarter. Germany grows tobacco but imports far more than it cultivates and exports none. France supervises tobacco with state control and imports many Virginia tobaccos to maintain cigarette quality. France and Spain maintain buyers in the market.
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India
Russia
Austria-Hungary
Germany
France
Spain
The Kind of a Friend to Have
A friend who visits often lifts the narrator, brings renewed ambition and confidence, and feels like spring after winter. His cheerful mind sparks renewed effort, makes life seem worthwhile, and leaves the narrator ready for any task when he departs.
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Christian Herald
Oldest Northern New York woman Mary Sage fights for vote
Mary Sage a 107 year old resident of Darrowsville near Glens Falls expresses a wish to vote before she dies. She signs a suffrage endorsement on a yellow slip and reflects on why women deserve the ballot, challenging the anti suffrage argument about men’s neglect.
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New York
Mary Sage
Darrowsville
S. Hamlet
Glens Falls
Stray air gun shot injures Akron girl in play
Seven year old Sophie Birow daughter of Michael Birow playing with friends in the rear of the home was struck in the temple by a stray bullet from a high powered air gun held by neighbor boy John S. Lawton fourteen. The bullet penetrated the skull and lodged in her brain but doctors report she may recover.
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Akron
Sophie Birow
Michael Birow
John S. Lawton
Open Two Ports to U S Cattle for Slaughter
British authorities lift long standing ban and permit import of American cattle and sheep into Cardiff and Avonmouth starting Sept 9 for slaughter within four days. This move ends years of restriction and expands US livestock access to English markets.
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U. S
Cardiff
Avonmouth
Apples, Not Pumpkins, on Tree
H. T. Miller of Lima, Pa., reports his apple tree this year yields record fruit for the region. The tree bears five barrels of apples with each fruit described as a monster, the largest measuring 20 inches in circumference and weighing 24 ounces.
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H. T. Miller
Lima
Duty Well Done Inspires No Excuse, Toledo Blade Quotation
A Toledo Blade quotation proclaims there is no excuse as engaging as a duty well done, reflecting a sentiment of steadfast work ethic without excuse.
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Toledo Blade
Canada Cannot Buy Grain Crop In War Expenditure Plan
Ottawa officials indicate no action on Western Canada’s proposal to seize the entire grain crop. Though Premier Borden’s return is awaited, government circles deem the plan too vast for quick wartime handling with an estimated three hundred million dollar outlay for processing and shipment.
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Borden
Canada
Mrs Ellen Johnson Found Dead at Home in Sweden Born Woman
Mrs Ellen Johnson wife of J Peter Johnson was found dead in bed Saturday morning. Funeral held Monday at 2:30 PM from the home with Rev Carl Jacobson of the Swedish Lutheran Church officiating. Interment in Oakland. Born in Sweden in 1857 she married Mr Johnson in 1880.
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Ellen Johnson
J. Peter Johnson
Carl Jacobson
Swedish Lutheran Church
Oakland
Johnson
Sweden
Mr. Johnson
Get Your Tenant Leases at the Mail Office
Tenant leases are available at the Mail Office for pickup or processing. Residents are advised to bring identification and any required rental documents to finalize agreement details.
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A. Larson
Penn’a
Modern Fables
Jefferson Bible Class
Warren County Fair
Warren, PA
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Pennsylvania
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Four-mile Creek
Pennsylvania Railroad
Heiss Iste
Pid Lim
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