Supreme Court Vacancy Sparks Partisan Battle Across Parties
The upcoming contest to replace the late Justice Mestrezat has become a partisan clash. The Vare faction backs Governor’s appointee Simpson while Penrose supporters back John W. Kephart. Democrats urge concentration on one candidate to preserve nonpartisanship and elect a member of Mestrezat’s party.
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Republican Party
Supreme Court
Leslie Mestrez
Vare
Justice Simpson
Penrose
John W. Kephart
Superior Court
Supreme Bench
Berlin Rumors of Defeat Stir Viewpoints Across Papers
A compendium of editorials from the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times Philadelphia Record Portland Eastern Argus and Baltimore American notes that Berlin is flooded with defeat rumors mocks British propaganda and questions neutral grain policy toward Holland and Denmark It also cites a Swiss lawyer defending a robber on German ties and praises Wilson for caution regarding Allied intervention in Russia.
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Berlin
Pittsburgh Gazette-Times
Germany
Baltimore
Murmon
Wilson
Russia
Raleigh News and Observer
Opening of the new bridge revives Warren history
The article recounts Warren boroughs first bridge about 1825 at Hazel street, a wooden covered span across the Allegheny. It notes casualties, the Wetmore cemetery stone, and a later ferry era before the Suspension bridge opened in 1873. It also offers a sketch of Warren’s 19th century development, institutions, and raft-driven lumber trade.
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Allegheny
Hickory Street
Warren
Hazel Street
Pleasant Township
Stephen Berry
Wetmore Cemetery
North Warren
Jack Shirley
Rufus Po. King
Sill Farm
Railroad Bridge
East Street
Fifth Avenue
Oakland Cemetery
Old Cemetery
Liberty Street
State of
Pennsylvania
Sherman Day
Conewango Creek
Willian Irvine
Andrew Elliott
Quota Didn’t Leave Harrisburg Camp Call Causes Confusion
In Harrisburg on August 19 a man of Italian descent rushed to the City Examination Board headquarters seeking to see his brother who was to report to a camp. He clutched a Morning newspaper headline stating Quota would leave the city, insisting it referred to his brother, whose name he identified as Quota. Dr. Gusta was not listed on that day’s call.
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Gerents
America
Europe
United States
Hoover
London
Harrisburg
Brudda
Harripburg
Pease
de Papper
City
Gusta
Why the Increased Price of Milk
A letter from M. V. Bali argues milk prices rise hurts the average family as farmers and distributors raise costs. He notes Warren sources, contrasts local and city costs, criticizes wage and war-time price pressures, and urges public consideration before boosting a staple food.
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Warren
Horton
Crary Farm
D. W. Bea
E. D. Wetmore
Biddle Farm
MocAbvinalp Farm
Dyke Stewart Farm
Weiler and Son
Yaegle Bros
W Od Ward
Lounsbury Farm
Russia
Germany
New York City
M. V. Bali
Aviator explains engine failure over France forces
An exchange in the California Pelican features an anxious aviator describing how two German planes in the air cannot land due to engine failure, risking starvation as they remain aloft above France. The dialogue presents a tense, humorous crisis with grim stakes and wartime tension reflected in the era's tone.
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United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
California
Lumber Era and Cargo Voyages Through Warren County
The passage recalls raft voyages down the Allegheny with shanties and crews, praising Guy Irvine as a dominant lumber figure who built vast pine land holdings and mills. It notes the 1830s lumber boom, a Warren bank failure triggered by rapid loans, and how debtors shifted to pine lands, leaving the bank insolvent while small citizens bore losses.
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Warren County
Cincinnati
Orleans
Allegheny
Guy ©. Irvine
Conewango
Pine Grove
Napoleon
Olean
New Orlean
Pittsburgh
Irvine
West Branch
Susquehanna
Sam
Warren
Pittsburg
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Warren Evening Times
TIMES
Pennsylvania Avenue
the Times Publishing CO. Cinc
E. Walker
E. C. Lowrey
B. W. Russell
T. B. Clawson
Ee G. Lindenstein
Warren Borough
Alaska
Cuba
Porto Rico
Mexico
Panama Canal Zone
Hawaiian and
Philippine Islands
Canada
International Postal Union
Penn
Mitchel
New York
Army
Paris
Onega
Tventy
Detroit
Henry Ford
HIVE
Maine
Philadelphia
Holland
Denmark
Portland
Argus
Warren Borouge
Fittsburgh
Jamestown
Chautauqua Lake
Holland Land Co
Daniel Jackson
Abraham Tanner
Trumbull Co
Ohio
Robert Falconer
Tanner
Sammel Dale
Lancaster Lands
Holland Co
Everett True
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