Titusville News Roundup: Local Events and Oddities
City and vicinity items cover lawn tennis in Titusville, delrium tremens cases, Clarendon beating Kane in baseball, street nuisances, upcoming excursions by Struthers Hose Company, and league campaign notices. Also notes on new fountain, band music, camp meeting crowds, fire escapes at Exchange Hotel and Carver House, court adjournments, and temperance meetings. Local scenes include church paintwork, hotel safety improvements, and a quirky tale of a man escaping delirium tremens after a menagerie visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarendon
Kane
Struthers Hose Company
Gowanda Glen
Robt
McKay
Carver House
Episcopal Church
T. J. Humes
Exchange Hotel
Cleveland and
Hendricks
Blaine
Lagan
Pennsylvania
Chautauqua County
Warren
Jamestown
Titusville
E. T. F. Valentines
Lacy
Snake Department
Murray
Around Town: Camp meetings and temperance boom in Warren
The week brought free entertainments, with camp meeting preachers drawing crowds across the river while temperance meetings led by Will McConnell at the courthouse drew vast attendance. River amusements and a proposed first class boat race spark calls for new fair week attractions to boost Warren’s events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Court House
Will McConnell
McConnell
Warren
Almost Fatal Train-Horse Collision Injures Corydon Man
Last Monday near the railroad, J R Brown of Corydon was mowing when a passing train frightened his team. He freed himself, clung to the mower tongue, and was dragged about 100 rods before being rescued. He suffered severe wounds to his right foot and hip, with possible internal injuries. Doctors and relatives rushed to Corydos, but the accident was not deemed immediately fatal. The mower’s knives jammed, likely saving his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Brown
Corydon
Mr. Brown
Iman
W. H. Pickett
Stranahan
Jamestown Man Slays Two Women in Baltimore House
George W Hazeltine of Jamestown, son of Dr Hazeltine, shot two women in a Baltimore house of ill repute on July 19. Mamie Thorp and May White were wounded. Thorp died, White survived after a struggle. Hazeltine, drinking at the time, was arrested and declined to speak. he has retained ex Governor Whyte and Porter Sheldon as counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. W. Hazeltine
Jamestown
Dr. Hazeltine
Baltimore
Mamie Thorp
May White
Toronto
Hazeltine
Mazeltine
Thorp
Whyte
Porter Sheldon
Stabbing Affray Leads to Jail for Railroad Brakeman
Stanley Peers a Buffalo and Southwestern Railroad brakeman was jailed after assaulting Rick Donovan proprietor of the Junction House in Irvineton. After threatening and attacking the bartender he returned and wounded Donovan in the hand with a knife before fleeing. Constables Siggins and Thompson caught him in the D A V G yard area. Witnesses say Peers intended to kill Donovan, creating a frightful scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Peers
Buffalo & Southwestern R.R
Rick Donovan
Junction House
Irvineton
Peers
Rick
Glade Run Drilling Boom Brings High Prices and Packed Streets
The Glade Run area shows a drilling boom with pay rates of three and two dollars for carpenters, eight forty for drillers, and two for laborers as markets overflow. Barnsdall and several wells report strong production, with total field output around 5800 barrels per day. Stage lines run crowded from Warren as excitement echoes historic rushes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridge Company
Warren
Jarecki Manufacturing Company
Erie
Glade Run
Barnsdall
Story
Adams
Staley and Ross
McWilliams
O'Dell and Miller
Johnson & Company
Lays
Gart
Seventy-Nine Cent Shirts Sale Announcement
Seventy-Nine Cent Shirts have received and offer a special sale of 100 doz men's unlaundried shirts. The shirts are made from wamsut taimaslin and were previously sold at 81.00 as the best unlaundried shirt. Visit the store to compare. Lost a Singer Company consignment book on the main road between Warren and Garland last Sunday.Finder to leave the lane at Lenan office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singer Company
Warren
Garland
Lenan
Cme
Also Mentioned on This Page
M. Cogswell
David Emery
I. A. Whitney of
Pittsfield
Miss Maude Wade
Buffalo
Lulu Davis
Muxcie
Ind
Natu Schafner
John Parker, Jr
A. T. Parker
Johnie Johnson
Hattie Valentine
Allie Wells
George Wright
Ledger
E. T. Babbit
Grand Valley
Foster L. Mitchell
Franklin
Chas. Nobles
Dakota
Fred Windsor
Frank Cogswell
A. B. Ottman
Asylum
Kinnear
Detroit
Lake Chautauqua
Youngsville
L. B. Hoffman
Evie Miller
Roches Point
Canada
L. H. Smit
New York Oil Exchange
Cleveland
J. H. Bell
Chicago
Bell, Conrad & Co
H. P. Wiborg
Cincinnati
Wiborg
A. Connaro
G. M. Phelps
Mead
Congress
John Ungerer
New York City
Jerome French
Leroy
N. C
Glade
Genessee County
Isaac Williard
California
Williard
West
Darwin Thayer
Cassadaga Lake
H. I. Jones
Kiantone Farmers Club
Jones
W. E. Metzgar
Nashville
Louisshville
Decatur
Metzgar
Nashville Banner
Wmn. IL
Metagar
Irvington
Condelion
Ayer
Massachusetts
Iver St
Buckland
Lowell
Bedi
Ayers
Panilla
Ayer &Co
Mass
Bell Brothers
Warren, Pa
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