End of Trail to Time's Day and Local Notices
Warren local column reports delays in garden work and new millinery at Miss Sill's, plus arrivals from Colorado and stateside travel. Accidents, strikes, church Easter plans, and a May Pittsburg visitors event frame a busy town update with names, places, and upcoming entertainments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business Men’s Association
H. P. Hunter
Messrs
S. H. Mott
B. G. Gregory
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association of
Pittsburg
Warren
Keller Block
Erie
Jamestown
Kane
Olean
Bradford
Coudersport
First Lutheran Church
Gongaware
Married Couple Joins Sugar Grove Township
Sugar Grove Record notes the marriage of Charlie Loomis and Ida Lawson on April 5, 1905 at Bus ti. The couple’s friends extend congratulations as E. A. Baker moves to Big Cove Tannery with a lumber gang and Milspaw returns his family to a Wrightsville area farm. Tidioute News reports a new rural free delivery route starting May 15 serving Triumph Hill McGraw Vincent settlement and Cleland road to Tidioute after Triumph Hill. Richard Lynch died April 11 after a tooth infection led to septic poisoning. funeral held on Morrison Hill. Henry Fuellhart returns from Buffalo with ongoing pains despite normal X-ray. Mrs. M J Smutz returns from Buffalo and declines operation while Laura Smutz improves from acute nervous prostration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sugar Grove
Busti
Charlie Loomis
Ida Lawson
E. A. Baker
Lottsville
Big Cove
Fulton County
Baker
Big Cove Company
Milspaw
Wrightsville
Tidioute
Triumph Hill
McGraw
Vincent Settlement
Cleland Road
Richard Lynch
Morrison Hill
Henry Fuellhart
Buffalo
M.j.smutz
Laura Smutz
Canned Tomatoes and Corn Dominate U S Food Canning
The article notes tomatoes and corn as the most produced canned goods in the United States. In 1904 canned tomatoes totaled 225,250,000 cans, 41,000,000 fewer than 1903, while corn set a record with about 275,000,000 cans. Retail value for corn and tomatoes is estimated around 50 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Canada
Rockefeller gifts fund education and missions across major colleges
The Oil City Derrick reports John D. Rockefeller's large charitable contributions totaling 26.13 million toward universities and mission work. Institutions listed include the University of Chicago, Rush Medical College, Barnard, Harvard, Teachers College New York, Vassar, Brown, Cornell, Bryn Mawr, Rockefeller Institute Medical, and Y M C A New York among others. The piece notes debate over whether the wealth was rightfully his but acknowledges his generosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil City
John D. Rockefeller
University of Chicago
Rush Medical College
Chicago
Barnard College
Southern Educational Fund
Harvard University
Teachers’ College
New York
Adelphi College
Syracuse University
Smith College
Rochester University
Peru
Standard Oil
Bronx landlord pledges child friendly flats in new apartments
John Monaghan of the Bronx plans two new apartment houses at One Hundred and Sixty-sixth street and Sherman avenue. He will not rent a flat to a family without children, saying the ban on children in apartments causes suffering and he must take a stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
John Monaghan
Bronx
Monaghan
Sixty-sixth Street
Sherman Avenue
Second District Court
Design ing Women Demand Respect from Milliners
The Bradford Era remarks that some design ing women, including milliners, are all right, noting social attitudes toward stylish professionals in fashion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
For SALE Cheap ISC drawing outfit complete
Classified notice advertises a complete International Correspondence School drawing outfit for sale. Inquiries are directed to the MAIL office.
Loucks and Jones Marry in Washington D C
Charles R. Loucks of Lander Pennsylvania and Miss A Virginia Jones of Wilderness Virginia were married in Washington D C on April 12 1905 by Reverend H Greene The couple are visiting relatives in Warren County this week and are described as a happy pair.
Gibson and Allen Death Notices from the Warren County Area
Nathan Gibson, long known as a pilot and lumberman along the Allegheny river, died in Frewsburg New York on April 10. Administrator Sidney D. Blackman named. Erwin A. Allen, former Warren County Sheriff, died in Columbus Pennsylvania on April 17 after a stroke. funeral in Wrightsville cemetery. Rev. M. D. M. Altice of Sugar Grove died in Erie April 15 after hospital treatment for blood poisoning following leg amputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrightsville
Warren County
Edwin
Elton
Altice
M. D. M. Altice
Sugar Grove
Erie
Hamet Hospital
Completion of the P and E Railroad Opens Coal and Lumber Boom
Looking Backward recalls August 1864 as crews from East and West met at Whistletown four miles west of Ridgway to complete the Philadelphia and Erie line. Judge Henry Souther spoke as Ridgway businessmen gathered for a joyous celebration with refreshments, marking a vast expansion of Minnesota? No, Commonwealth wealth through rail access and the opening of coal fields and lumber markets along the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s
Williamsport
Warren
Henry Souther
Ridgway
Commonwealth
Granges Grow in U S with Women Rising to Leadership
The piece notes 78 new Granges formed since January 1 and 27 reorganized, totaling 105. It highlights Pennsylvania and State College ties, H A Surface as Master, and a trend of women taking official Grange roles in New Hampshire, with many lady officers and a prominent Pomona banner award for attendance. It also cites views on using money for good causes versus its source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Pennsylvania Experiment Station
State College
H. A. Surface
New Hampshire
Columbia
Pomona Grange
Pomona
Easter Excursion to New York by Pennsylvania Railroad
Railroad runs a special excursion to New York City on Friday April 21. Round trip from Warren costs 11.25 with return allowed through April 26. Through sleeping car departs Warren at 7 45 P M. Fishermen report poor conditions and few trout last Saturday April 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Liberty Street
Sill’s
E. D. Wetmore
Warren
Colorado
M. S. Guth
Mabel Abbott
Selman, Ale
F. Henry
Millihery
Miss Sill
J. O. Parmlee
L. G. Noyes
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Messrs
Marshall Parshall
Jonah Shear
New York
Lindsey
W. B. Weed
Tionesta
Olive Watson
Olive
Chicago
Texas
G. W. Kinnear
Esther Hall
Fredonia
N. Y
James Brann
Harrisburg
Chapin Hall
Los Angeles
O. W
D. W. Beaty
California
Justice Perry
A. J. Davis
L. W. Dennison
Florida
Josephine Mease
H. P. Hall
Warren Plumbers
G. W. Sill
Max Sill
Richey
Hot Springs
Virginia
Springs
C. C. Thompson
Hazen
Keystone Benefit Society
Warren National Bank
D. I. Ball
Mill-Pond Bridge
Hertzel
Pennsylvania Avenue
Struthers
G. J. Gongaware
A. Rearick
Gongaware
First Lutheran Church
J. B. White
Kansas City
Missouri
Youngsville
J. O. Messerly
Harold Messerly
Washington, D. C
D.A.R
8. E. Walker
Willis Cowan
Teddy
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
New York City
Silk Sale Extends as Prices Hold at 98c Per 1.25 Silk
The store reports a successful Silk Sale last week and continues the offer this week. Silks priced at 98 cents for 1.25 yards are available in 19, 27, and 36 inch widths as the promotion persists.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Home Matters
Daniel Offerle
Warren Florist
Rogers Mills
Mead Tp
River Bridge
Warren- Sheffield Electric Railroad
Offerle
Rogers Store
North Warren
Windsor
Market Street
A. R. Taylor
Struthers Free Library
E. S. Williamson
Dickens
James Johnson
Chief Parsons
Boro
Johnson
Gerry Vanderbilt
Alfred Henry
Robinson Circus
Cincinnati
Harry Mason
Troy
Will Hassett
Homestead
Dae Lytle
Warren High School
Lillie M. Thomas
Earl Dunkle
Ben, A. Ball
Miss Pearl Thomas
Warren Commandery
Knights Templar
Anna K. Colvin
George F. McArthur
Rochester
Rockefeller
Grange Notes
Washington Post
Hunters Cash Store
Merritt
DuBarrie
O.H. Hunter & Son
Children’s Department
Geo. Dall
Russia
Eberhart & Miller
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