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Newspaper
Warren Evening Times
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1918
Page
5
Special notice pleads for continued Red Cross labor in hospital supplies and refugee garments. Warren Chapter insists on regular work days Monday to Wednesday, asks members to bring others, warns against loafing, and emphasizes ongoing duties through reconstruction period.
A short court session heard two true bills by the Grand Jury Ralph Black and Perry Stoddard will plead guilty to larceny for stealing plants from a war garden and pay a fifty dollar fine to the Warren Chamber of Commerce plus costs. Other cases settled or continued include Darwin St Clair and Charles Paul who admitted breaking into a railroad station in Youngsville and were fined one hundred dollars plus costs. Walter Reagan settled on payment of costs after a plea of Nolle Prosequi. Samuel Palmer charged with attempting rape awaits trial next March. Reagan, Walding, and Emstrom cases settled on costs. Edward Reynolds and Elmer Malin pled guilty to breaking into a building. sentence deferred. Lawsuits against Harry Johnston and William DeFrees for forcible entry proceed after a dispute over oil wells and repairs. Merritt Smith, Frank Smith, and Bennett Reed from Lottsville charged with rioting and unlawful assembly were found with a true bill. The Gates case resumes today with trial likely by late afternoon.
Handsome new home of Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Jacobs on the South Side near the bridge nears completion with owners hoping to occupy next February. The issue also notes Dr Paul B Stewart's promotion and homeward wait, plus local musical and civic notes including an orchestra engagement, appendectomy recovery, Needle Work Guild officers, and a COVID like illness update in Warren with case counts and deaths.
A weary man asks for six bottles of Rixie's Reviver at a drugstore claiming a woman’s note in an advertisement says it changed her. The druggist confirms availability and comments on the claim.
Unrepentant Alice Maud is divorced. The exchange notes her hasty marriage and jokes that she will repent at leisure. Kate adds, there are ten repents in her case and she receives two hundred dollars a month alimony.
Mrs E A Werle of 101 Dartmouth Street receives word her brother William R Hey 31 of Celeron died of heart trouble. He leaves mother Mrs W H Clark of Celeron step father W H Clark of Portland Oregon and sister Mrs Werle of Warren. Funeral from the Celeron home Wednesday at 2 pm, Lakeview Cemetery Jamestown NY. Hey was a noted musician and amiable. Meantime Werle’s son Claude fell seriously ill.
Prothonotary Clark reports ongoing filings of statements. Parshall certifies receiving 2102.23 as Republican County Committee treasurer and paying 1755.99 leaving 346.24. E. H. Beshlin notes 3500 received from the National Congressional Committee and 3475 spent. W. P. Wood states it cost 294.81 to win the Assembly seat.
Colonel John B. Finley, educator and former president of the College of the City of New York and the University of the State of New York, is identified as the American Red Cross Commissioner to Palestine. He holds a Doctor of Laws from Park College and Knox College and has associations with Park, Knox, Wisconsin, Princeton, Tulane, Williams, Dartmouth, Hobart, Columbia, Brown, Colgate, and NYU. He authored several books.
John H. Finley, American Red Cross Commissioner to Palestine, recalls touring refugee camps near Jerusalem and Bethany. He notes Turkish prisons turned shelters, typhus signals, and English efforts to provide food and sanitation. He highlights refugee families, especially children, and the Red Cross aim to aid health, comfort, and future reconstruction.
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