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Newspaper
Warren Tribune
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1928
Page
4
A Bible Thought for Today echoes Jesus call to welcome children as entering the kingdom of God. The passage from Luke urges belief with childlike acceptance and warns against hindering such reception.
A St Louis Post Dispatch reprint recalls antebellum days when corset strings collapsed in a market shift. William Hendricks, with a few hundred dollars, cornered corset string sales twelve years ago but found demand vanished as women ditched corsets. He pivoted to selling those strings as shoe laces, implying the survival of the market lies in utility over fashion.
The Chicago Tribune defends the city against its crime capital label by contrasting Chicago's homicide figures with Franklin County Virginia, noting population differences. It argues rural cases can skew perception and cites nine murders in a 30,000 population county as a ratio to Cook County.
The piece critiques big cities for sensational crime coverage and lax law enforcement, noting Chicago shares a high crime reputation while praising rural Franklin County Virginia for its quieter, allegedly purer environment. The author argues news coverage inflates crime in urban areas and calls for better policing.
A wealthy man sits indoors reading about ancient strife while modern abundance hums from distant oil wells to luxury goods. He muses about first editions and classic artistry, lights a Dunhill, and recalls history rather than bonds or trains, imagining past grandeur.
Washington, March 19. Styles cycle in politics as everywhere else. The piece argues that personal, on the stump campaigning may regain popularity, citing Senator Reed's pre convention tour as proof. It compares Reed and Dawes with Smith and Dawes as potential rivals, noting the challenges of modern, nationwide campaigning.
Poem by Edgar A. Guest titled Just Folks recalls a little girl Janet and her grief as her goldfish dies. The narration reflects on death's impact and a parent's attempt to explain sorrow to a young child. The piece centers on a single domestic tragedy and the author’s gentle, plaintive tone.
Dotty visits a zoo enclosure and meets Mr Malmag, a hobgoblin creature from the Philippines with suction toe pads and long back legs. He explains nocturnal habits, then waves goodbye as Dotty returns home.
A brief vignette in which an aunt asks a boy if his father promised a reward for weeding the garden. The boy replies that no promise was made for weeded work, only a reward if he refrains from weeding.
David Thaw of Toronto traced his brother Louis Thaw, long separated since 32 years in Austria, to a New York rail station after failing to get help from police. He found Louis listed in a Brooklyn phone book and identified him.
The passage asks believers when they served the hungry and thirsty strangers imprisoned or sick and answers that acts of mercy to any one of the least of these brethren are done unto the king. It emphasizes charity as service to Christ.
Burton Rascor writes from New York City about a bill to curb graveyard neglect and body dissection of unclaimed corpses, recounting a poverty stricken family tragedy at Bellevue Hospital. He also muses on Manhattan neighborhoods and summer escapes from the city.
A French article by Dr. G. Leven argues for a nervous system weight regulator affecting underweight and obesity. Critics note no solid evidence from limited trials and emphasize that overeating during illness or inactivity often causes weight gain, not a distinct regulatory center. The writer advocates scientific dieting as relief and questions caloric accounting in case histories. Tomorrow: Answers to Correspondents.
Retrospective County Commissioners Stewart Lowe and Riddlesperger toured Mayville this morning to inspect the courthouse and seek suggestions. Barry Flynn, proprietor of the New York restaurant, returned to Warren after seven months away visiting his old home in Greece.
Police pursue unknown suspect who stole an auto robe from Robert Hall’s car parked in front of the Conewango club last evening. Izaak Walton League reports over 400 fingerlings trout planted in county streams this week.
On March 19, 1926 heavy rain subsided averting flood danger at the river point. The National Transit Company pump station at Tion, wrecked yesterday afternoon by an explosion, will be rebuilt.
Pennsylvania refiners cut gasoline price by one eighth cent per gallon. Warren Rotary club will be represented by L. L. Bishop Raymond Steber W. W. Slocum and Gerald Wright at a district Rotarians convention to be held in McKeesport next week.
A Buffalo Courier-Express report notes the court granted $12.50 weekly alimony, while the husband, accused of bootlegging, was not convincingly proven a bootlegger. The decision reflects cautious support for the claimant despite the ambiguous evidence.
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