Warren Community News Briefs and Social Notes
Tiona oil sells for 1.78 a barrel. James Brann spends Easter with family. Mr and Mrs Ribeno Hall of San Angelo Texas visit Warren friends. Judge A T Hackney ill but may improve after getting outdoors. Garry Vanderbilt leaves for circus life after winter in Warren. Mrs O Burgess of Tidioute visits Warren for a day. Mr and Mrs W A Smiley of Philadelphia, former Warren residents, lose their house to fire. Cole Brothers circus to show in Warren May 15 with advance agent in town. Centennial Hose Company hall at Armory Hall a success. Mrs George Folkman returns home to Russell after visiting Mrs James Cable. Mrs Clara Van Every and son Earl travel to Tidioute for several days. Infant Vera Lucille Estergren dies aged one. funeral held Monday. Erie Presbytery meets at North Presbyterian in Erie. Rev J W Smith and George W Miller represent Warren church. Meadville Star and Tribune Republican merge, becoming a strong Western PA paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Brann
Mrs
Ribeno Hall
San Angelo
Texas
Warren
A. T. Hackney
Garry Vanderbilt
O. Burgess
Tidioute
W. A. Smiley
Philadelphia
Cole Brothers’ Circus
Clara van Every
Fourth Street
Earl
Vera Lucille
Roy Estergren
Carver Street
M. E
Lynn Hodges
Peter Liberty
Warren-Tidioute Road
Outing Club season opening and local church fund drive
The Outing Club opened with 54 attendees at a dinner served by Mrs. Anna, followed by a dance with Barth's orchestra. Bishop Hamilton's Grace M. E. Church visit boosted church debt relief by about 4000. Changes to railroad division names were announced. A cantata by Charles F. Manney was presented at the Presbyterian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna
Barth
Hamilton
M. E. Church
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Williamsport
Renova
Real Estate Transfers List of Transfers and Sums
Real estate transfers show multiple owners selling properties in towns including Grand Valley Conenango Warren Mead Pine Grove Columbus Russell Pittsfield Sheffield Freehold Sugar Grove and others. Amounts range from 50 to 2400 dollars with numerous small deeds recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freehold
Mary A. Nichols
Henry McKelvey
Sugar Grove
Alfred Johnson
Axel Reimer
Pittsfield
No use to waste your time writing to him in Africa
A terse note expresses futility in contacting a person located in Africa. The line implies a lack of purpose or effectiveness in sending messages or seeking communication with that individual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
D A R Mass Meeting Plans American Revival in Warren
The Daughters of the American Revolution announce a patriotic mass meeting on Tuesday evening April 20 in Library theater. Judge Lindsey chairs. ex-Lieut. Gov. Stone will speak, joined by Ex-Senator Cumings. Warren Historical Society members, local school performers, and Barth's orchestra will participate. Admission is free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of the American Revolution
Judge Lindsey
Gov. Stone
Warren Historical Society
Cumings
Tidioute
Chatterton
Warren
Barth
Four Bradford gas explosion victims quarantined for scarlet fever
Four of the badly burned boys from the School street gas explosion, Greenville Quick Johnson Moss Walter Crispen and Mervin Freeman, remain in Bradford hospital ward with nurses. They are quarantined as scarlet fever symptoms appeared. Eight patients were sent home Friday. all but Norman Costello were exposed. There are eight explosion victims still hospital bound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville Quick
Johnson Moss
Walter Crispen
Mervin Freeman
School Street
Bradford Hospital
Norman Costello
Bradford
Body Found in Ruined House Identified as Tay Wilcox
A charred body found among the ruins of a house one mile west of Van dergrift in Cherry Grove township is believed to be Tay Wilcox who lived there alone. A neighbor alerted authorities after discovering the burned dwelling. Coroner W S Pierce said no inquest was needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tay Wilcox
Vandergrift
Cherry Grove Township
W. S. Pierce
Robbery Strikes Market and Fifth Streets Residence
The home of L. W. Dennison at Market and Fifth streets was broken into early Sunday night and ransacked from cellar to garret. Silverware and other items were scattered. A maid found the disorder at 8 o clock and police were summoned. officers could not locate the burglars. The Dennisons are in Florida, so items taken could not be confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Dennison
Market
Fifth Streets
Haag
Depot Fire D A V and P R R at Fredonia
The D A V and P R R depot at Fredonia burned last Friday at 1 o'clock. Loss estimated around 7000 dollars. Coal sheds two freight cars and a house nearby also destroyed. Fire stormy due to strong wind. Our office reports the business here is large, second only to Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredonia
Warren
Mrs. William H. Metzgar Dies After Illness in Irvington
Mrs. William H. Metzgar of Irvington Warren County Pennsylvania died last Monday after a long illness. Born April 1832 in Hollidaysburg Blair County she was about 77. Survived by husband two sons and daughter. Funeral held Wednesday in Youngsville from daughter’s home with burial in Youngsville cemetery.
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William H. Metzgar
Irvington
Warren County
Metzgar
Hollidaysburg
Blair County
Bessie McDowell
Youngsville
Edward
Nashville
Lafayette McDowell
Youngsville Cemetery
Mrs Perks Died At Warren Farm In April 1909
Mrs Perks born in Smitherfield England on Nov 7 1841 came to America in 1889. She lived near Jamestown New York then Irvington Pennsylvania in the last decade on the Talbott farm below Warren. Survived by husband Henry Perks two sons James H and Thomas two daughters Mrs T C Gary and Mrs J E Shepard one sister Selina Barlow and two brothers Charles and Eli Barlow. Funeral at Talbott farm last Tuesday with Oakland cemetery burial private.
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Smitterfied
England
Perks
America
Jamestown
N. Y
Irvington
Talbott Farm
Warren
Methodist Church
Henry Perks
James H
Thomas Perks
T. C. Gary
J. E. Shepard
Selina Barlow
Buffalo
Charles and
Eli Barlow
John Dodds Gillies Dies at 84 in Ellicottville
John Dodds Gillies died Friday April 9 1909 at his daughter's home 10 West Wayne street aged 84. A Paisley Scotland native he settled in Ellicottville New York at seventeen and leaves daughter Mrs Joshua Smallman and son John N Gillies of Cleveland. He joined the M E Church fifty years and was long a Mason. Funeral was from his home last Sunday with burial at Ellicottville Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joshua Smallman
W. Wayne Street
America
Paisley
Scotland
Ellicottville
N. Y
Smallman
John N. Gillies
Cleveland
Ohio
M. E. Church
Ellicottevill, N. Y
Mrs William Manke Dies in Clarendon at 28
Mrs William Manke died in Clarendon on April 4 1909 aged 28. She left her husband and son Percy plus her father and mother Mr and Mrs Grover Woodard of Franklinville New York and one sister there. She was active in the Methodist Episcopal church and church work. The remains were taken to Westons Mills New York for the funeral service and burial was at Portville New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarendon
Percy
Grover Woodard
Franklinville
N. Y
Methodist Episcopal Church
Weston’s Mills
Portville
Death of George Smith at Corydon Aged 23
George Smith died Wednesday April 7 1909 from tuberculosis at his mother's home in Corydon aged 23. He leaves a wife who is the daughter of Mrs. W H Thompson of Oil City. He had worked for several years as a fireman for the P R R.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Smith
Corydon
W. H. Thompson
Oil City
Death of Young Woman in Clarendon TB Case
Died Wednesday April 7 1909 at her grandparents home North Clarendon of tuberculosis aged about 20 funeral held from Evangelical church Clarendon last Saturday afternoon interment in Oakland
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Caywood
North Clarendon
Evangelical Church
Clarendon
Oakland
Merrit Loucks of Lander Dies After Short Illness
Merrit Loucks of Lander died last Saturday after a short illness. He was about 80 and survived by his wife and one son, Charles, plus two sisters Mrs. O. L. Owens of Warren and Mrs. I. Cramer of Busti. The funeral was held Tuesday at Lander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lander
Charles
O.L. Owens
Warren
I. Cramer
Busti
Obituary: Miss Edna Houston of North Clarendon
Miss Edna Houston aged twenty died at Emergency Hospital last Friday forenoon after an appendectomy. She is survived by her parents Mr and Mrs James Houston and two brothers. The note ends with a sports quip about choosing the pennant winning baseball team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Clarendon
James Houston
Secretary Dickinson as the lone nonpartisan cabinet officer
The remark notes Secretary of War Dickinson, who abstained from voting for both Taft and Bryan, as the sole nonpartisan cabinet member in the nation’s history.
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Dickinson
Taft
Bryan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Warren. National, Bank
Home Matters
Tiona Oil
Hall of Centennial Hose Company
Armory Hall
George Folkman
James Cable
Russell
Erie
North Presbyterian Church
J. W. Smith
George W. Miller
Warren Church
Meadville Star
Tribune Republican
Pennsylvania
Charles F. Manney
Presbyterian Church
Montague
Ephraim M. Wright
Sarah A. Wright
B. E. Norton
State College
N. P. Wheeler
Washington
Endeavor
George W. Lott
Kellettville
Mike Kalenachin
Kalenachin
Elk Tanning Company
Anna Mitchlaw
George Mitchlaw
Kalenactin
D. A. R. Mass Meeting
Lucy Barlow Perks
Oakland Cemetery
John Dodds Gillies
William Manke
George Smith
Miss Susie Young
Merrit Loucks
Miss Edna Houston
Green & Blair
Warren National Bank
Brussels
Blair
Penna. Ave. W
Warren, PA
T. O. Slater & CO
Penn’a Ave
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