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Newspaper
Warren Tribune
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1928
Page
4
A Warren businessman describes a recurring issue with unpaid 1927 accounts and the strain of deadbeats on the local trade. He cites a long unpaid case while noting most customers pay promptly, and explains how bad debts raise costs and prices for all shoppers.
Joe Gould of Hagenbeck and Wallace Circus spoke at the Kiwanis Club on livestock values with elephants at 20000 dollars lions and tigers at 5000 each and giraffes at 15000 plus 3500 for transport and 8500 for the big top canvas. He noted the circus must gross about 3 million annually and described winter support among performers as a shared credit system.
Readers show growing interest in the Tribune bridge articles by Alton P. Sisson formerly of the Cleveland Whist Club now living in Warren He invites readers to call the Tribune office or his home at 1456 1 to discuss and possibly play a game with him He offers to be convinced of his ideas through an actual match or demonstration
A local organizer plans to form a Warren bridge team to rival clubs from other cities. He has begun beginners classes with future plans for contract and duplicate sessions. The effort aims to promote bridge skills and competition among residents.
The Nashville Banner notes that punishment varies by offense and era. A British letter carrier who stole two dollars was fired, lost pension and a $1000 bonus, and his wife died of a broken heart, with a judge deeming further punishment impossible. The piece contrasts past diurnal travelers and future aviation ventures.
A poetic meditation on moonlit landscapes where silver imagery fills the night. The verse describes moonlight touching fruit on trees, a sleeping dog, doves, a harvest mouse, silver-eyed fish, and a stream along the silver shore near Watter de le Mare.
Retrospective notes recall a 1924 Company T banquet with speeches at East Side restaurant. A 1925 Swedish Lutheran church deacons election is noted, and Spring Creek Grange No 236 reports a year of work with debts and taxes paid and a balanced treasury.
A tentative program for the dedication of the new First Baptist church is proposed with opening services on Sunday February 14. A brief council session last evening appointed committees with James Perks serving as council president.
The largest attendance in years at Trinity Memorial parish last night heard society reports. State Highway plans open February 5 include a Warren and Forest counties project linking Lima and Hickory townships.
The poem speaks of mothers bidding farewell as sons depart to work and war. It honors the necessity of boys becoming men, urging strength, duty, and courage while acknowledging the tears of mothers and the enduring pride that follows their sacrifice.
David finds a floating nest of grass and meets Squeedee and Mrs Grebe. The mother grebe explains their water home and the five hatchlings sit on Daddy Grebe’s back as he returns to the reeds. David promises to visit again for more adventures.
A New Yorker recalls bootlegging in Washington with a tale of two rye bottles priced 3 and 12 dollars both containing the same whiskey treated with a taste killer. Clarence Darrow defends in the Greco Carillo case in the Bronx. A joke about an Irishman and jaywalking ends with a quip about a policewoman on the force.
Washington dispatch reports Rep. Don Colton touts Utahs Uintas fossil bounty and a dream of a square mile Green River national park spanning Colorado and Utah. He notes rich dinosaur finds and urges mounting a fossil statue as a regional draw while mentioning Vermont park talk with limited source backing.
A reader writes about rapid weight loss and improved health after following Dr. Lulu Hunt Peters dietary advice published in the War ren Tribune. The letter touts not needing medicines, urges calorie counting, and requests pamphlets and diet guidance. A second note mentions eggplant and cauliflower calorie comparisons, and a separate item references a youth inheriting wealth and returning to a low-paying job.
Fred C. Kelly reflects on Americans living abroad in Paris and Europe. He contrasts expatriates who pursue creative or business work with the stereotype of the unproductive non producer. He questions bias against emigration and notes the charm of many expatriates despite their critics.
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