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Newspaper
Warren Tribune
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1928
Page
4
The New York Herald Tribune warns the home is dissolving as a cohesive unit. It notes movies, autos, phonographs and especially television drawing families indoors for entertainment and comfort. The piece questions whether this inward turn weakens public sociability and laments moralists’ opposition to changing family life.
The New York Times notes Germany leads in commercial aviation yet cites seven major Bavarian railway accidents in nine weeks with 77 killed and 116 injured. Lufthansa 1927 figures show 102,681 passengers vs 56,268 in 1926, and 5,721,693 miles flown, with air service accidents negligible and costs driving patronage down.
A clipped Erie Dispatch Herald commentary argues newsboys are seen as poverty tied to widows and orphans, but the census reports show only a small share fit this image. It notes a shift in the public perception of the daily paper seller.
The article defends newsboys as capable youths from good homes who sell papers by choice, viewing it as an early training in business. It urges admiration for their ambition and entrepreneurial spirit rather than pity, noting that many prominent adults began with penny earnings from newspaper sales.
The Philadelphia Inquirer notes Paris as the loudest city for horn noise and reports a new prefecture order banning horn blowing from one to five in the morning. The piece suggests extending such limits to all hours, citing the city’s sirens and ambulance activity as a contrast to peace.
A Washington observer finds both Alfred E. Smith and Herbert Hoover equally hollow as political outfits. The piece argues neither conveys meaning, though each represents a distinct voter appeal. It notes Smith’s camp aims to tone down the candidate while Hoover’s camp tries to raise him up, predicting growing similarity by November.
A triolet quoting Austin Dobson reflects on the shift from aiming for an ode to a sonnet as a rose crosses the path in a bonnet. The verse remarks on the playful transformation in poetic form.
Poem reflects on leaving the busy city for home. The speaker contemplates office workers and merchants, wonders about their lives, and finds peace and rest on a small street where laughter returns and fear fades.
Dialogues among Peter and Billy Boat-Bill include praise of storks, myths about stork nests and babies, and notes on storks standing on one foot. Professor Heron explains stork behavior and parental care, contrasting with other wading birds. The tale highlights human beliefs about storks and their kindness to chicks.
A period advice column discusses dating norms and female suitors. Readers ask how to rekindle a strained male friend’s affection and whether kissing and going home with a date are proper. The advice emphasizes subtle, supportive actions and consideration for others.
The Dallas News notes that bustles and short skirts did not converge in fashion this season. Meanwhile Detroit News observes that some sweet outfits are either inch and a half longer or 40 percent shorter this summer, reflecting mixed trends among women’s attire.
New Yorker notes a jammed subway ride to the office and social stops with Arthur Brisbane, Neysa McMein, and Argentine polo players. He recounts Brisbane’s fame and pay, a limousined dictograph, and a meal with editorials. A Baltimore reformist and a bachelor correspondent join in as the day unfolds with theater plans ending abruptly.
The article argues against claims that rubber corsets or similar garments reduce the abdomen through constant massage or increased perspiration. It states there is no truth to those assertions and that massage would be the same from any corset. It questions the supposed health benefits of tight rubber garments.
Retrospective notes from August 11 across 1924 to 1927 record arrangements for a Veterans of Foreign Wars harvest home festival, hospitalizations for injuries, a corn borer report, a rain storm, and a bank game. Also includes an consumer advice column advocating corset alternatives and a raw food diet overview with instructions to obtain pamphlets.
A fragmented reminiscence blends Biblical quotation from Samuel with a late night trek through New York. The narrator recalls hearing a warning from scripture and describes riding a taxi to Brooklyn Bridge, strolling its span, then taking the subway home to sleep.
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