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Newspaper
Warren Tribune
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1928
Page
4
A short devotional note cites Ecclesiastes 5 16 about the love of silver and abundance leaving one unsatisfied and quotes a prayer blessing those who hunger and thirst after righteousness reinforcing spiritual longing.
The slate lists Herbert Hoover for president with Charles Curtis as running mate, David A. Reed as U S Senator, Edward Martin as state treasurer, Charles A. Waters as auditor general, William D. Porter for judge of the supreme court, T C Cochran for Congress, and A W Mumford for Assembly. The ticket reflects party candidates across national and state offices.
Democratic advisor Mr Raskob asserts Governor Al Smith could win and canvases the electoral map. He estimates Hoover at 86 of 531 votes, perhaps reaching 185, with Smith collecting 126 from solid South states plus adjustments. He lists states in or near Smith column and notes Connecticut Delaware and Indiana as virtually certain gains.
The text analyzes how North Dakota voted Democratic once in 1912, South Dakota supported Roosevelt in 1912 and stayed Republican otherwise, and Wyoming with 3 electoral votes leaned Republican in 1920 after two Democratic votes. It ends with a request to view Mr. Raskob's reasonable prudent business man reasoning.
Washington observers note the Interstate Commerce Commission may see the big railroads take over Railway Express Company assets by February 1929. The plan, advanced by the Association of Railway Executives, would end independent express service and shift costs by stressing lower depreciation. The dispute centers on how to value railroads for rate setting, with the commission favoring investment-based costs and railroads seeking fair dividends from past builds.
A reflective note on a failed romance set near a cottage and garden. The speaker laments a bitter truth about love, honors a tentative future meeting, and offers to hold hands only as long as possible. The verse contrasts blue-sky calm with the ache of unfulfilled desire.
A reflective poem compares ocean waves to human life. The speaker recalls waves splashing the shore in a summer scene and imagines ages before and after, suggesting the tide of human life travels endlessly. The poem contemplates future generations pondering what has passed.
Sonny Bunny, Bobolink, and Peter the Rabbit linger over a tale told by Cormorant. Bobolink describes a distant cousin Pelican who visits market and returns with his dinner in a basket while Cormorant boasts of fishing skills. The scene centers on amusing storytelling and eager listening.
Advice column on obstinacy and humility with reader questions about age gaps marriage in church versus civil ceremony and hereditary insanity. Mrs Lee urges compromise, warns against pride, and cautions about marrying into unstable health conditions. The piece reflects midcentury social norms and attitudes toward religion age differences and family mental illness.
Diary notes vivid glimpses of New York life on a late August day. The writer recalls a graffiti style sign in a barber window, a motherly woman in Times Square, a grand hors d oeuvres table at Scandia, rich men on Central Park paths, taxi drivers near Park Avenue Church, and the high rents near Central Park. Also mentions Dempsey, tipping debates in Sioux City, and Otto Kahn denying reports about his son Roger Wolfe’s future wealth.
Reader questions the safety of daily salt water enemas and large water intakes for constipation noting risks to the colon and bowel sensitivity. Advice warns against habitual flushing and outlines milder remedies, plus concerns about celery wrapping ink toxicity and dermatitis from paper supplements.
An August 29, 1924 retrospective notes a sedan owned by J. F. Sturgis turning over near Gatland with no injuries. It also mentions W. H. Rawson taking over as manager of the Harvey-Carey Drug Store here, succeeding W. J. Turney, formerly of DuBois.
David Humsey escaped serious injury after being knocked from his bicycle Saturday afternoon near the Dahl Garage in Sheffield. The Luther League of the First Lutheran church plans a corn roast and outing tomorrow evening at Newton's Grove.
John B Pray of Johnsonburg has purchased the Stander Market on the South Side and took possession today. Dr C G W Schmehl and Dr W P Clancy are in Franklin today attending a conference of medical inspectors of second third and fourth class school districts.
On August twenty ninth nineteen twenty seven Rev Dennig and his daughter Isabelle and son Bernard arrived home from Harrisburg and other eastern cities. L H Parvin attends Jordan dealer meeting in Cleveland. A statement from Roger Wolfe Kobal’s father denies a fortune awaiting his son on twenty first birthday warning of possible bad news for Roger.
Paragraphs spotlight Mrs. Clem Shaver and other voters in Detroit Free Press style. The piece recalls back seat drivers in canoes and rowboats, critiquing shifting seats, while a London note mentions the Prince of Wales appearing without a vest.
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