Warren items report war updates and local notices
Edward Hail learns his son Edward Jr arrives in England for training. Local notes mention delays on the Erie line near Egin, Claude Woodruff’s son in France, and Claude Woodruff’s Mead Street family updates. Community events include War Savings Committee meeting and Food Conservation demonstrations, plus Red Cross pledge payments and local moves.
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France
Claude Woodruff
Mead Street
Claude
Camp Lee
Polly Moran Stars in Sheriff Nell's Tussle at Columbia
Polly Moran, famed as Sheriff Nell in Paramount Mack Sennett comedies, appears in Sheriff Nell's Tussle at the Columbia theatre today. The star showcases riding, shooting, and lassoing while delivering crowd-pleasing stunts and humor, with an engaging, action filled western backdrop.
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Polly Moran
Sheriff Nell
Columbia
Nell
War Garden Exhibit Planned and Honor Roll Idea Discussed
Chamber of Commerce War Garden committee proposed an exhibit of war garden products in September with prizes for war gardeners. A complete honor roll of Warren city service members was suggested, to be funded by subscriptions and displayed publicly. Secretary Hazeltine reported on Pittsburgh zone organization and local manufacturer outreach for a July conference in Oil City.
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Chamber of Commerce War Garden Committee
E. E. Allen
Board of
War Garden Committee
Chamber
War Savings Committee
W. V. Geet
Borough of
Warren
Uncle Sam
Dellar
Hazeltine
Pittsburgh
War Industries Board
Warren County
Chamber of Commerce
Oil City
Funeral Services for Mrs Christina Tommain Held at St Joseph
Funeral services conducted for Mrs Christina Tommain at St Joseph’s church with a solemn high mass. Floral tributes poured in and attendance from multiple towns marked it as a large funeral in the region. Frank Tommain arrived from a U S Camp in Jacksonville, Florida. Interment followed at St Joseph’s cemetery. Whitney Homer dies at 83 with a funeral set for Monday at his home in Warren. Second Red Cross War Fund payments due quarterly on July 1st August 1st September 1st and October 1st to Miner D Crary Warren County Chapter A R C.
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Warren County
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Conewango Club
D. Crary
Tommaly
Christina
Tommain
St. Joseph’s Church
Fathers Sieverding
O’hern
Clarendon
Oil City
Jamestown
Sheffield
Tiona
Frank
Whitney Homer Whitney Homer
South Street
Fie
G. E. Homer
Oakland Cemetery
Red Cross War Fund
Miner D. Crary
Warren
War Relics Exhibit Set for Next Week in Knapp Building
War relics will be on display Monday to Wednesday in the Knapp building at the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and Liberty Street. The exhibit opens at 2 PM Monday and is free to the public except for children without adults. Local Elks Knights of Columbus and Chamber of Commerce assist with expenses and women from area organizations will serve as patronesses. A lime can explosion injured Mrs Dilliker on Rankin Street, causing minor facial burns but no eye injury.
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Knapp
Pennsylvania Avenue
Liberty Street
the Elks
the Knights of Columbus
Chamber of Commerce
Warren
Conductor Suffered Window Accident on Street Railway
Warren Street Railway conductor CK Hand was injured while lowering a window when the glass fractured. His hand was cut and the artery on the back was damaged but the injuries were not serious.
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Condector CK
Warren Street Railway Company
Startling exposure of flagrant profiteering continues
The report details wide profit margins in petroleum coal steel copper and other sectors since 1916 17 showing margins from 0 to 54 cents per ton for coal and profits rising to 65 percent in zinc and up to 107 percent in copper industry firms. It cites United States Steel International Nickel Company Helvetia and Worden Condensed Milk among key players.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Kentucky
United States Steel
Commission
New Jersey Zinc Company
International Nickel Company
Helvetia Companies
Worden Condensed Milk Company
Borden
Helvetia
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Liberty Loan
Treasury Department
Third Liberty Loan Bonds
Warren National Bank
Gibson & Wilson
Penna Ave. E. Kit Beth
Anta
A. R. Black
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Bell Phone
Triangle
William Desmond
Sea
Panther
Mutt and
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Pauline Stark
ASCO
SPAIN
TOON
Liberty
First National Bank
Warren, PA
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Erie
Egin
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Irvineton
Guy C. Johnson
Warren General Hospital
East
Paul Hoskins
Catherine Ferry
Inez Ferry
Ferry
Justice Blackman
Food Conservation Committee
Woman’s Council of National Defense
Miss Dix
Victor Moody
Laura de Forest
Harriette Rogers
George
George’ Metzger
Merry Old Gentlemen
California
Tulsa
C. G. Metzger
J P
Kegeeris
Wu. S. Pipe Line Co
Towanda
Wilkes- Barre
Keggeris
U.S. Pipe Line Co
Towanda Exchange
Carl Zeller
Fred Windsor
Germany
The
Elks
Zellers
Bassett
C. P. Trusher
Pennsylvania, Avenue
Pell
Mortuary Record
Universal Features
Harry Carey
Paramount
Mack Sennett
Ben Polly Turpin Moran
Dorothy Phillips
Iversal Car
Ford
F.o.b
Detroit
Russell Bros
Penna. Ave
Dilliker
Rankin Street
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