Jamestown Area News Highlights and Local Moves
Semi Weekly Ledger reports local social notes and business trips. Names include Mr Andon Hestzel visiting Cleveland, A J Parsons with wife, Miss Lois Nesmith in Jamestown, and G F Bell in town. Olean Glass Works wins major South Carolina Dispensary glass bottle contract. Jamestown Elks plan Feb 26 ball. Wendilehboe shows paper dolls window. Mitchell Shawkey firm changes hinted as C M Shawkey may retire from fire insurance. Various travels, marriages, railroad incidents, and community updates populate the page.
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Lois Nesmith
Jamestown
Olean Glass Works
State of South Carolina
Jamestown Elks
Eric. N. EK
Wendilehboe
Mitchell & Shawkey
C. M. Shawkey
Mr. Mitchell
B. Andrews
Lavonia
WN. C
CG. D. Crandall
S. W. Sloan
Adams Express Company
Erie
Frank Cogswell
Kane
J. H. Hiller
Frewsburg
Warren
G. F. Bell
Olean
Cora Tuttle
Plympton Babcock
Gladerun
Court Questions Borough River Bank Land Transfer
The final hearing in Commonwealth by the attorney general versus the Y M C A of Warren Pa opened Monday at 10 am. Plaintiff’s lawyers were Col James O Parmlee and Hon J W Lee. defendants included D I Ball Wilbur & Schnur and the Borough of Warren. The case centers on whether the borough could convey riverbank land at the foot of Hickory Street to the YMCA and if building would encroach beyond the river bank and the borough’s title to the disputed land.
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Commonwealth
Attorney-General
Warren
Col
Jas. O. Parmlee
Hon
J. W. Lee
Messrs
D. I. Ball
Wilbur & Schnur
Hickory ‘Street
Farmers Ear Corn Grinding Offered by G W Kourrat
Farmers urged to bring ear corn for grinding with a satisfaction guarantee by G W Kourrat. Also advertised are artists tube colors brushes drafting paper and engineers field books at Ackley Wheelock's.
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G. W. Kourrat
Ackley & Wheelock’s
Lion and Bull in Combat at Madrid Arena Novelty
A crowd of 30,000 watched a bull fight end with Chirimbolo the bull and a captive African lion in a dramatic clash. The lion attacked first, then the bull charged, lifting the lion with its horns and injuring it before keepers wheeled away the wounded animal. Officials plan future matches with tigers and wolves as critics condemn the spectacle.
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Madrid
Chirimbolo
Teo
Sahara
King of Beasts
Los Toros
Spain
The Business Outlook in a Stalled Market
The week saw continued gold exports and Treasury withdrawals slowed by a gold purchase contract with Belmont and Morgan. Exchange rates remained controlled while outward movements from Europe paused, leaving markets awaiting whether American security sales and gold withdrawals are permanently halted amid cheap farm goods, industry restraint, and widespread production cutbacks.
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Messrs
Belmont and
Morgan
Europe
Treasury
Ingenious Fakir Swindler Nabbed by Rat Powder Hoax
French police halted a clever scam where a traveling fraudster sold harmless rat powder at fairs and sold 10 cent boxes. He demonstrated by eating bread dusted with powder, then a rat in a glass case ate the bread and died as an electric device shocked it. The man received a 15 day jail sentence.
Live Snake Found In Solid Stone By Beaver Falls Crew
A railroad construction gang led by Matt McLaughlin of Beaver Falls Pennsylvania reported a live striped snake about ten inches long trapped in a cavity within stratified solid rock. The vivacious reptile was examined by a geologist who noted the egg shaped chamber had no outside connection and dated the cavity to at least ten thousand years old.
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Matt McLaughlin
Beaver Falls
The Busti Murder
Jamestown reports the coroner's jury reassembled with many witnesses and a large audience. Despite thorough questioning no breakthrough, while Fred Williamson the son-in law of Winslow Shearman remains missing. Items found at the Shearman home heighten the case and may prompt a search for Williamson.
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Jamestown
Fred Williamson
Winslow Shearman
Shearman
Williamson
McKane Must Settle Estate Dispute
Ex chief John McKane, once of Gravesend now at Sing Sing, is ordered by Referee Choate to restore to rightful owners an estate valued between 150000 and 300000 dollars and to render an accounting of rentals and incomes for the past seven years.
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New York
Referree Choate
John McKane
Gravesend
Sing Sing
Jail Delivery Fails at White Plains Jail Gates
Reported escape plan by Westchester County prisoners in White Plains was thwarted as guards waited in the toilet room with rifles and revolvers. A loud whistle signaling a dash for liberty was observed as a possible sign of an attempted escape, but no attempt occurred during the night. In Russia, Czarewitch III at St Petersburg is in poor health with pulmonary trouble and critical condition as extreme winter cold affects Livadia where Grand Duke George remains ill.
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New York
West Chester County
White Plains
Verplanck
St Petersburg
Czarewitch
Grand Duke George
Livadia
Orphans Home Burned in White Plains Fire
A late night blaze at the West Chester Temporary Home on North street in White Plains destroyed the building. Over two hundred orphans were rescued by nurses and attendants in night clothes. total loss not exceeding 10,000 dollars.
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White Plains
N. Y
West Chester
North Street
A Stormy Trip
Halifax February 15 The steamer Oakdene Sandal from Hamburg arrived in a disabled condition after severe storms. Headlights and lockers were washed away, upper bridge lifeboats destroyed, iron bulkheads smashed, coal ran out, and all woodwork and spars burned to feed furnaces. The Shields voyage lasted twenty six days.
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Halifax
Oakdene Sandal
Hamburg
Shields
New Great American Kidney Cure Promises Fast Relief
Distressing kidney and bladder diseases relieve in six hours by a claimed remedy called the New Great South American Kidney Cure. It says to ease pain, relieve retention, and aid urinary passages in both sexes. Sold by H N Hichfield, druggist, Warren, Pa.
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H. N. Hichfield
Drugtgis Warren
Pa Lé Ly
Sugar import duty repeal moves before Senate panel
Washington February 15 Senate finance committee agreed to report favorably the House bill repealing the one tenth cent discriminating duty on sugar imported from bounty producing countries. Towanda February 15 a boiler explosion at Cobb saw mill killed two workers and fatally wounded another.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Towanpa
Cobb
Theodore Pencil
John Mack
Frank Myers
Cost of the Strike In Brooklyn Trolley Dispute
The Brooklyn trolley strike, now thirty four days old, has cost an enormous amount of money. Participants estimate three million dollars as a moderate figure for the loss and related expenses.
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Brooklyn
Bevinine Promises Cure for Consumption In 19th Century Notice
An old newspaper snippet extols Bovinine as a life restoring remedy for consumption. It cites Dr. J H Head of Atlanta claiming a patient with severe weight loss and lung decay recovered fresh appetite and strength after two weeks on Bevinine. The passage promotes Bevinine as a powerful raw beef product reviving life and warding off disease.
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J. H. Head
Atlanta
Guttenburg Proprietors Sentenced
Jersey City February 15 four Guttenburg race track proprietors were sentenced to one year in jail and a $500 fine each for operating a disorderly house while running the track. The track had been closed two years earlier after their conviction.
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Guttenburg
Jersey Crry
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Praised for Dyspepsia Relief
An advertisement extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a superior tonic for indigestion and nervous or rheumatic complaints. It argues against fiery tonics, claiming the bitters provide lasting vigor, prevent malaria, and aid the weak. The stated dosage is a wine glassful three times daily.
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Hostetter
Real Estate Transfers in Several Townships
Deed dated June 4 1894 records H M Wil son and others transferring property to John E Sterns in Spring Creek township for 802 50 dollars. Deed dated December 31 1894 shows Thomas J Thurber transferring to Arthur Owens in South West township for 1 25 dollars. Deed dated July 21 1894 records Pennsylvania Tanning Company transferring to Charles Sigel and others in Sheffield township for 1 dollar.
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H.M. Wilson
Warren County Road Legislation Repeal Proposal
An act repealing special road laws for Warren County and placing it under general Pennsylvania road law. Notice states the proposed act will be presented to the Legislature after publication in Warren County newspapers for four weeks, with committee signatures from the Road Commissioners Association of Warren Co. dated Feb. 14, 1595.
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Warren County
Warren
Venange
McKean
P. Thi
Venangee
Venanee
McKeon
Pleasant
Warren Coun
Sheffied
Kinzan
Edred
Cherry Grove
Pennsylvania
Kinzue
Eldred
Southwest
Deerfield
Sid County
Kinzua
Limestone
Said County
Fargo
Warren Co
P. Shearnman
C. F.griswold
H. P. Ridelsperger
the Road Commissioners Association of
Door mats for sale at Ackley and Keelock
A brief sale note announces a few rust proof door mats left at Ackley and Keelock for cheap sale.
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Ackley & Keelock’s
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Cleveland
A. J. Parsons
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Evie
G. Phillips
Garland
Chas Fisher
Cassadaga
Shear
Waites Comedy Co
Bradford
U.S
Henry Falconer
Meadville
J. A. Schofield
Philadelphia
W. D. Hale
Clark
D. J. Bennett
Ackley
City
S. J. Wallace
Whitings
Lion
Bull
the Business Outlook
Jes
Ohio
Duns Review
Busti
McKane
Czarewitch III
Scott
Scott&Bowne
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