November's Great Days in America and Local Plans
Observations mix social critique with humor on Election Day and Thanksgiving, noting John Barleycorn’s clash with Bill Nye in Patterson New Jersey and a Warren Earthquake joke. The piece discusses Warren's water service, a new M C A building, and Scofield property plans on Liberty Street with a rear alley question.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Cleveland
Warren
Scofield
Wendelboe
Liberty Street
City Real Estate Deal Aims At River Property
A committee plans a substantial purchase near the river to build a new city structure. The price is about 200 dollars per foot, reflecting the high market demand. Pending court decisions, location is highly probable. Preparations start this winter with construction hoped to begin in spring.
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Warren
Durrant Found Guilty of Murder in First Degree
Theodore Durant was found guilty of first degree murder after a twenty minute jury deliberation. Trial started July 22 with evidence largely circumstantial about two young women killed in the Emanuel Baptist church belfry. The report notes a putrid reminiscence in the related boxing dispute at Little Rock.
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San Francisco
Theodore Durant
Durant
Emanuel Baptist Church
Laughable Mistake and Cuban Mass Meeting Endorsements
A reader recalls a mistaken request for Favorite Prescription at a bookshop and notes Dr. Pierce s Favorite Prescription is promoted as a cure for women s ailments with pamphlets and a 168 page book offer. Dispatches report mass meetings in multiple cities endorsing Cuban independence and urging U S recognition of the insurgents as belligerents.
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World's Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo, N. Y
New Yorks
Denver
Colo
Fort Wayne
Ind
Decatur
Marshalltown
Fargo
N. C
Kankakee
Ill
United States
Dempsey The Nonpariel Dies In Portland
Jack Dempsey once famed as the Nonpariel and longtime American middleweight champion died in Portland Oregon early today after more than a year of illness with consumption.
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Portland
Ore
Navy
Jack Dempsey
America
Burglars Hit Meadville Store Safe in Breakin
Meadville on November 1 reports burglars blew open the safe at P. N. Winters store but found little loot. Police warn a gang of safe blowers appears active in the area.
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Meadville
P. N. Winters
Suicide of Local Brewer's Son Shocks Honesdale
Tired of Life. HONESDALE, Pa., Nov. 2. Louis Hasting, 19, son of August Hasting, the wealthy brewer, committed suicide last night by shooting. The tragedy occurred in the family home and details are being investigated. Neighbors mourn the young man and the community grapples with the loss.
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Honesdale
Louis Hasting
August Hasting
The Holmes Case Heats Up As Jury Addresses Are Planned
Philadelphia, Nov 2. Interest in the Holmes case grows as Mr Rotan and Mr Graham prepare two addresses to the jury, signaling intensified courtroom proceedings.
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Philadepha
Mr. Rotan
Graham
Shearman Murder Case Revived With Douglass Arrest
Jamestown reports renewed details in the Busti double murder as farmer Charles Douglass faces charges. Witnesses place him near the Shearman home on Bloody Saturday and tie a coupling pin found under Douglass’s barn to the crime. Dr. Douglass and neighbor testimonies raise questions of motive and concealment.
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Jamestown
Busti
Charles Douglass
Asheville Station
Woodward
Douglass
Asheville
Shearman
Alexander
Winslow Shearman
J.B. Douglass
Harmony
Dr. Douglass
Charley
Shearman Farm
The
Law
Charles
Shearmans
Parker in custody on Meadville robbery plot claims
Cuban New York reports Parker, a young man, arrested awaiting Chautauqua county action. He says he knows three hoboes who plotted the Meadville robbery of the Shearman family and can name two Busti informants. He mentions Schectady Mike, now in Albany penitentiary, and Tatty Hughes. Hughes is said to have been arrested and roasted him. The tale may supply missing links in the case.
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Cuban
N. Y
Parker
Chautauqua
Meadville
Shearman
Busti
Schectady
Mike
Albany
Tatty Hughes
Hughes
Parke
Busti Murder Case Developments In Jamestown
New developments in the Shearman murder case as Attorney Fisher seeks to move the case beyond Panama jurisdiction. He aims to obtain another chance to argue that depositions are insufficient to convict. Habeas corpus arguments are scheduled for this afternoon.
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Jamestown
Shearman
Fisher
Panama
Last Chance Gone Fight Plans Collapse in Arkansas
Hor Sprixnes Arkansas reports the Corbett Fitzsimmons match is off as Fitzsimmons refuses jail risk and they demand a side bet. Brady holds 10 000 a side private bout offer, while Julian’s $10 000 fund proposal failed due to Fitzsimmons crowd poverty.
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Hor Sprixnes
Ark
Corbett-Fitzsimmons
Maher-O’donnell
Smith-Ryan
Corbett
Fitzsimmons
Brady
Julian
Monroe
Driller Dewitt Tate Killed by Derrick Accident
Dewitt Tate, 27, well known driller, died after a hook struck his head in a Saybrook Derrick near Sheffield. Dr G T Pryor found skull crushed. death occurred Friday night after lingering injury. He leaves a wife and two children Amy Lee and Frank Doane. Also note Library Theatre event on Wednesday Nov 6 presenting Miss Harum Searum by E J Swartz with tickets at Noyes' drug store.
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Dewitt Tate
Saybrook
Sheffield
G. T. Pryor
Tate
Amy Lee
Frank Doane
Library Theatre
Warren
E. J. Swartz
Harum Searum
Noyes
World telegrams sweep nations and disasters
A telegraphic digest reports wrecks on a B&O line near Wheel ing with two dead and several injured, a Dallas wreck injuring twenty two, arson and riots in the Ottoman realm, missionary protection demands, a caboose shooting near Erie, Arcadia Iowa fires, New York sweatshop blazes, Spanish forces in Cuba, a Mexican fanatic jail arson, a youth suicide near Erie, and John D. Rockefeller Jr. donating to Chicago university.
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Erzercum
Asia Minor
Dick Burnett
Lake Shore
Caboose
Erie
Arcadia
Iowa
Sweatshop
New York
Mt. Yaguajoy
Anderson
Ind
Chicago
Arthur Gardner
Matanzas
Jury verdict seals Petrzel fate in Benja min Pietzel murder case
In Philadelphia on November 4 the jury found Benjamin F Pietzel guilty of murder in the first degree. Unless a defense request for a new trial succeeds, the judge will impose the death sentence. The twelve jurors deliberated from 6:40 pm and delivered a unanimous verdict at 8:51 pm after a brief supper. The prisoner showed no outward reaction to the ruling. Meanwhile in Oil City, Pennsylvania the W N Y and P switchmen numbering about twenty on the night shift refused to work starting at 6 pm saying they would not return until their demands are met. They seek restoration of a 10 percent wage reduction made last fall. A Bradford dispatch notes rumors of a strike among W N Y and P workers there linked to the Oil City dispute.
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Little Rock
Ark
Ingalls
Hemmingway
Martin
Corbett and Fitzsimmons
Philadelphia
Benjamin EF. Pietzel
City
Bradford
W.n.y.&p
Oil City
Real Estate Transfers in Warren Borough 1895 Deeds
Deed dated June 5 1895 from Samuel G Allen to Anna Harrison in Warren borough with consideration 117 dollars. Deed dated July 2 1895 from John Schanz and wife to Anna Harrison in Warren borough with consideration 220 dollars. Deed dated October 22 1895 from John Larson and wife to Frank Mc Laughlin in Warren borough with consideration 950 dollars.
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Samuel G. Allen
Anna Harrison
Warren Borough
John Schanz
John Larson
Frank McLaughlin
Card of Thanks from W S Ronaldson North Clarendon
W S Ronaldson of North Clarendon expresses gratitude to many friends for kindness and favors shown during the illness and death of his wife. He thanks the L C B A of North Clarendon and Warren for their support.
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W.S. Ronaldson
North Clarendon
Warren
George Hawley Ames 1825 189? Warren elder passes away
George Hawley Ames longtime Warren county resident dies at home on Third street after nearly four years of illness. Born Glenn Falls May 24 1825 he moved to Warren at 16 and built a life in lumber and banking serving nine years as vice president of First National bank. Married to Janette Pierce in 1848 he left two children and several grandchildren. Funeral held Monday at home with Odd Fellows in attendance. Burial in Oakland cemetery was private.
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George Hawley Ames
Warren County
Third Street
Mr. Ames
Glenn Falls
Warren
Odd Fellows Lodge
Ames
Janette Pierce
D. Ames
Mary
First National Bank
A. R. Taylor
Odd Fellows
Oakland Cemetery
Thieves Raid Chicken Coop Amid Local Detective Work
In Beaver Fas area on a Sunday night thieves stole twelve or thirteen white Brahmas from a flock of thirty two at Cowden’s. Mr Magee suspected his employee, a hawkshaw confirmed the suspect, and a bag of chickens was recovered as far as Gladerun. Frank Pierce, part of a growing chicken theft gang, was arrested. A hearing with Justice Meacham is planned. News also notes Afro-American League censure of a Hastings campaign speech by Hon. George B Orlady. Also reports a $2,305.18 payout by Mutual Benefit Life Insurance and local visits by B L Wright and the Edys in town.
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Sundaay
Gladerun
Meacham
Magee
Beaver Fas
The
Afro-American League
George B. Orlady
Superior Court
Hastings
Orlady
South
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N. J
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Tie
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Wheeling
Dallas
Texas
West Indies
Jacob Herder
John D. Rodfeller
Chicago University
Holmes
Geo. Hawley Ames
Darius Magee
Criady
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company
Newark
W. J. Richards
Stephen Marrer
B. L. Wright
Adams Express
Ridgway
H. G. Eddy
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