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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1916
Page
5
Tidioute looks to add a fine brass band and a moving picture house if current plans are carried out, signaling cultural advancement for the town.
Gust Krantz from Pine Grove township was taken to the state hospital at North Warren on Saturday by County Commissioner Mook after a complete nervous breakdown from overwork.
Harold Smith of Sheffield has joined the University of Pennsylvania varsity baseball team and plays first base with strong hitting, earning high praise from coaches and teammates. The source notes he is the son of C. H. Smith of the Smith Sons company stores.
J A Paddock of Brookville starts work on a new concrete bridge to span Jackson Run at North Warren. The contractor expects completion in about three months with minimal disruption to usual traffic.
A Holstein cow in McKean County gave birth to a double calf, both stillborn. The joined backs formed a nearly straight line, and the pair weighed about 105 pounds with a length over five feet.
John Price Jackson of the Department of Labor and Industry asks every borough and city above 1000 population in Pennsylvania to cooperate. The target is to prevent lobby overcrowding and standing spaces in motion picture houses and the placement of signs and obstructions at entrances.
Warren baseball fans organize a trip to Erie on opening day of the Inter-State league season. Four hundred fans are being recruited with the help of Pennsylvania Railroad local officials to travel to Erie. The town of Knox leads Sunday school attendance with 407 attendees, about 66 percent of the 616 population per the 1910 census, with Lutherans 144, Methodist Episcopal 100, and Presbyterian 125.
George Dunham of the Luton Engineering Co in Harrisburg meets Warren County Commissioners about a proposed bridge over the Allegheny River at Hickory Street. Robert Ullman of Clarendon tests soil depth at the site to gauge hard pan for foundation costs.
William Highhouse son of E W Highhouse died Monday afternoon in Youngstown Ohio from injuries from a fall from the roof of a 60 foot building where he was employed as an iron worker. He had worked for Struthers Wells Co and recently joined McClintock Marshall Co both in Youngstown. The body was brought to Warren for burial.
Within a month a 6000 acre game preserve is expected to be established in Warren County. A. W. Richards of the Jefferson County Gas Company, active in leasing talks for the project, believes the plan will be completed soon. The preserve is likely located at Hermit Springs near Garfield.
Mrs. Rogers Israel wife of Rev. Rogers Israel bishop of the Erie diocese of the Protestant Episcopal church died in Thompson's hospital Canandaigua New York after weeks of treatment and a March 27 operation. She passed away Friday night at 11 30 o'clock following a gradual decline.
The Island area fire damaged Chas. E. Hamm’s carpenter shop with smoke and flames reaching the third story after sawdust on the ground floor overheated the chimney. Firefighters used chemicals to suppress the blaze, estimated damage about 500 dollars.
About 150 workers at Hammond Iron Works demand a nine hour day with ten hours pay starting May 1. They threaten a strike if the board declines. Most are boilermakers earning $3 a day, with some at $2.25, and current hours run ten with Saturday afternoons off.
Donald McAlpin, who went to South America to prospect for gold, lies ill with fever in a Cristobal Canal Zone hospital. He made three trips into the Darien province for Spanish landowners and faced Indian trouble, desertion by his companions, and a perilous journey back to the coast before reaching Panama. Friends in Warren expect he may soon return home.
Milford Ohio April 28 C Magee Adams 22 years old and Ohio State University graduate and blind is the new editor of the Valley Enterprise a weekly newspaper and does practically all the work on it except in the mechanical departments Subscribers say the paper has been revolutionized since the blind editor took charge It now is arranged much like a city daily and shows enterprise unfamiliar and interesting to readers Adams uses a typewriter and an assistant reads local items and rewrites them in better news form
John Philip Quinn known as the reformed gambler and crusader against gambling was found dead in a Philadelphia boarding house. For over two decades he toured in a car displaying electric roulette wheels and gambling devices while urging public campaigns in Saratoga New York Erie Pennsylvania and Chicago Illinois. Born near St Louis Missouri about 65 years ago he lectured in Warren at the old YMCA building.
Pr S G Dixon State Commissioner of Health compares drunkenness to a locomotive out of control, detailing the harm to the drinker and others. He warns of ill effects on body and mind, including violence, crime, and social ruin, urging recognition of over-stimulation as a destructive force.
Bradford manager Schafly offers shortstop Pete Zurflush to Warren in exchange for outfielder Rallinger. Shaughnessy wants to see Balinger in action before deciding. Erie’s travel miles top the league, with substantial rail costs.
Frank Cox aged 65 a longtime Oil City resident died this morning at Oil City hospital after cutting his throat in a personal crisis. He had been in ill health and had an operation two years ago but did not indicate any suicidal intent. He leaves his wife three sons Frank of Greenville Robert and Charles Cox at home and a half sister Mrs. Jennie Gallagher of New Haven Conn. He belonged to St Stephen's church.
Notice states a special meeting will be held at 310 Second Avenue Warren PA on Saturday June 17 1916 at 10 oclock am to act on a petition to Court of Common Pleas Warren County for dissolution of Warren Chemical Products Company Secretary W ROGERS announces the meeting set April 27 to June 15.
Office help wanted advertise a few months at The Hoff Business College to qualify for strong posi tions. Send name and address on a postal card for full particulars. Hoff claims a great reputation with over 150 enrolled this season and no graduates without a position. Summer term runs until July 14. Warren, Pa.
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