Trade conditions improve amid spring retail and leather sectors
Dun's Review reports gradual gains in retail and wholesale demand as spring goods advance. Weather boosts activity, manufacturing shows expansion, and leather shipments improve though footwear out of Boston run two thirds last year. Bank exchanges, rail earnings, and failures reveal mixed progress nationwide.
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Boston
New York
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Washington
Union Pacific
United States
Canada
Dun
Drive Out the Bogus Butter Men
Commissioner Foust targets oleomargarine smugglers passing off imitation butter as the real product. The new policy binds offenders over for court, with potential fines of 500 to 1000 dollars and imprisonment for a second offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foust
Pennsylvania
Inquirer
Felker Links Auburn Man to 1777 Continental Six Dollar Bill
J M Felker of Auburn Massachusetts is identified as owner of a Continental six dollar note issued in 1777. The bill promises redemption in Spanish milled dollars and reflects early American currency history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Felker
Auburn
Mass
Quotations on Dogs and Men Sit in the Shade
A fragment notes that some men resemble a dog chasing a wagon just to lie in the shade when it stops, implying a cynical view of aimless effort and comfort. The comparison hints at opportunistic behavior and laziness in certain individuals.
County Letters Notice to correspondents
Notice requires all copy by Tuesday each week and every message must be signed by the author. Names will not be published unless requested and writers should avoid writing on both sides of the paper.
Community notes from Brokenstraw and surrounding towns
Local tidbits include J C Boyd, once a Dunkirk road agent, now telegraph operator at Johnsonburg, greeting friends. M A York family arrive from Eagle Rock Pa and visit. Mrs N J Ault visits her mother Mrs Sterritt in Warren.
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J. C. Boyd
Dunkirk Road
Johnsonburg
M. A. York
Eagle Rock
N. J. Ault
Warren
Sterritt
Jefferson County
Burns
M. E
Fitch
Youngsville
M. E. Church Aid Society
John Cooney
Brokenstraw Township
Senator Penrose
Wheeler
Senate
Karl Munson
Port Arthur
WCTU Meeting Held at Mrs Beebe Home
The women's Christian temperance union met at Mrs M A Beebe's home with good attendance and refreshments. Rev Mr Rinder delivered a stereo ticon lecture at the M E church last Thursday, well attended and financially successful. James McGee to be the new landlord at Allegheny Springs this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Beebe
Rinder
M. E
James McGee
Allegheny Springs
Local Lumber Shipment and Community Notes
Pine lumber is being shipped from the area. Ralph Haskins, recently with a leg injury, is recovering well. Mrs. Viola Rickerson and Mrs. Ella Adams attended Ella Rickerson's birthday party at North Warren on March 21. Lightning struck and burned the Joe Hale farm barn on March 19.
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Ralph Haskins
Viola Rickerson
Ella Adams
Ella Rickerson
North Warren
Joe Hale
Masquerade Social Boosts Sunday School Funds
The masquerade social on Friday night raised 22.70 for the Sunday School. Lee Way and family moved into the house vacated by Mr. Sig gins after Mr. Lee bought it. Louis Monroe returns from Cornell College for spring vacation.
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Lee Way
Siggins
Lee
Patrick McMahon Buys Fine Team and Local Arrivals
March 30 report notes Patrick McMahon purchasing a fine team. Kin zua residents Charles Martin and family visit W. O. Martin. J. Shuler hosts L. H. Walling and Thomas Pillsbury. Mrs. Emma Cagle of Warren visits friends. Virginia oil fields worker Charles McMahon to assist on the farm this summer. Frank Johnson of Bradford plans to move and farm with his father. W. M. Giltinan recovering from a stroke at his son Thomas Giltinan’s in Glade. Grace Shuler visits Corydon. Ralph and Harry Linstrum and others attend Elk Grange pie social. J. T. Palmer from Sheffield moves his family here to farm. Elmer Erickson now drives for William Anderson. Mrs. Pearl Dinsmoor of Frewsburg visits her parents.
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Patrick McMahon
Charles Martin and
Kinzua
W. O. Martin
L. H. Walling
Thomas Pillsbury
J. Shuler
Emma Cagle
Warren
Charles McMahon
Virginia
Frank Johnson
Bradford
W. M. Giltinan
Thomas Giltinan
Glade
Grace Shuler
Corydon
Ralph
Harry Linstrum
Elk Grange Hall
J.T. Palmer
Sheffield
Fentonville Notes On Meetings Sugar Season And Local News
Fentonville reports a small turnout at the F. C. A. last week. The next meeting is set for April 29 with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rickerson in North Warren. The Ladies Aid Society will hold tea at Society hall next Thursday afternoon. The sugar season is nearly over and noted as one of the best in years. The Sipple child is ill with pneumonia. Mrs. J. I. Rickerson visited Warren Sunday. Neighbors gathered at Delay Griffin’s Friday for his birthday with a monetary purse left as a memento and refreshments served. Farmers consider sugar beet farming this summer. Cousins Incubator Co. has sold.
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Arthur Rickerson
North Warren
Ladies’ Aid Society
Society Hall
Henry Sipple
J. l. Rickerson
Warren
Delay Griffin
Cousins Incubator Co
Local Notes From Barnes Mar 29
A son was born to Mr and Mrs William Jeffords on Friday morning March 27. Anna McNeal of Kane visited her brother Charles McNeal. Mrs I M Chaffee of Olean returned home after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs W G Noblitt. Will Hover and family plan to move to Ohio. Chas Tempsit of Tidioute helped at the pump station this week. Mrs H L Ford visited Clarendon last week.
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Wm. Jeffords
Anna McNeal
Kane
Chas. McNeal
I. M. Chaffee
Olean
W. G. Noblitt
Chas. Tempsit
Tidioute
W. J. Smiley
Ackley Hollow Scribes Move Through Social Notices
Ackley Hollow items report various local visits and sickness. Edgar Chase of Jamestown visits relatives. Elmer and Mrs Donilson welcome newborn daughter born March 22 1908. Numerous residents including Walter Akeley and Bertha Passinger are mentioned with Friday visits and illness notes.
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Elias Akeley
Donilson
Egypt
Edgar Chase
Jamestown
Elmer Donilson
Harry Vansile
Henry Akeley
Sheffield
Warren
Elmer Denilson
W. H. Madigan
J. F. Madigan
Westline
A. C. Walker
Walter Akeley
Eugene Adams
Edith
Madigan
Vergal Akeley
Frank Phillips
Russell
Libbie Houghtelling
Pike Dunn
Bertha Passinger
Freeday Matts Attend Grange Meeting and Visits
Mr and Mrs W B Culbertson attended a Grange meeting in Germany Wednesday. Mrs Lucy Smith and son Dore were Russell visitors Friday. E W Blood, who has inherited a large West estate, plans to travel there at once.
Local notices and social notes from Grand Valley area
Cyril Paden badly cut his hand at work in Paden's mill. Locals attended the Grand Valley local option meeting last Thursday. No school last week due to teacher Miss Mildred Conover's illness. Mrs. C F Scott is on the sick list. Miss Esther Meadon left for Endeavor to remain some time. Miss Bina Brown was surprised by friends with games and warm sugar.
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Grand Valley
Mildred Conover
C. F. Scott
Esther Meadon
Endeavor
Bina Brown
Cobb's Corners Mar 30 Farm Trades and Moves
Charles Skiff bought the Will Skiff farm and Harriet Nichols rented her farm to Frank Brown for the year. Sam Brown rented the E. C. Heminway farm. A. B. Smith moved his family to Youngsville. Mattie Whaley returned home after months with Mrs. Clarisa Locey near Kane. Will Mitchell and Everett Heminway of Corry visited last week. Mrs Charley Whaley is not well.
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Charles Skiff
Will Skiff
Harriet Nichols
Frank Brown
Charley Whaley
Will Mitchell
Everett Heminway
Corry
Sam Brown
E. C. Heminway
A. B. Smith
Youngsville
Mattie Whaley
Clarisa Locey
Kane
Miss Norma Swanson Hosts Thirty Nine Friends Party
Chandlers Valley March 31 Miss Norma Swanson gave a party Thursday evening for about forty of her friends. Warm sugar was served with other refreshments and a good time was enjoyed by all.
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Norma Swanson
Mrs Larson Dies at 81. Rites Held at Lutheran Church
Mrs Charles Larson, aged nearly 81, died at her home near the Mission church. Funeral was held Wednesday at 2 p.m. from the Lutheran church. She leaves a husband and two daughters among other relatives. A. D. Akins of Spencerville and Miss Alice Akins of Butler visit Theodore Akins. Alice Delamater ill with rheumatism. Norma Swanson went to Bemus Point to work at the Columbian Inn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Whitcomb
Mission Church
Charles Larson
A. D. Akins
Spencerville
Ohio
Alice Akins
Butler
Theodore Akins
Norma Swanson
Bemus Point
The
Columbian Inn
Dunkirk Independents Challenge Western Pa Teens
The Independents of Dunkirk invite 17 to 18 year old baseball teams from Western Pennsylvania to challenge them. Appeals to teams from Youngsville Irvington and Tidioute to respond, with contact for Mason Metzgar 107 Park Ave Dunkirk N Y and subscription note for The Mart.
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Dunkirk
Pennsylvania
Youngsville
Irvington
Tidioute
Mason Metzgar
Park Ave
N. Y
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Morven Mail
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W. R. McKinney
W.S. Pittman
Warren County
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Bell Phone
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Irvine
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Louis Monroe
Cornell College
Alta Dennison
Randolph
Frank Gleason
Cyrus Blakeslee
Meadville
George McKelvey
Lulu Covel
A. A. Dutton
Clymer
T. H. Whittaker
Mary Whittaker
Braddock
Mansfield
Germany
Fentonville
Ayer
J. C. Ayer Co
Lowell, Mass
H. L. Ford
Clarendon
Ackley Hollow
C. H. Smith Co., Ltd
Warren, Pa
Siegfried’s
Sanford
Cyril Paden
Paden
Cobb’s
Chandlers Valley
Alice Delamater
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