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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1915
Page
5
Edwin Baker, a young man living on Carver Street, was struck by a motorcyclist Friday afternoon while riding a bicycle. He sustained severe bruises and his bicycle was demolished.
Announcement from Allegheny division of the Pennsylvania Railroad states the Pennsy flyers No. 65 and No. 66 will start June 28 and run Pittsburgh to Buffalo through September 7. Also notes a bill by Senator Chester A. Sensenich to require courts to deny liquor licenses where a majority petitions to refuse. Foot and mouth disease found near Corry prompts a closed area. herd culled by order of federal agriculture official. Youngsville plans $28,000 bond issue for paving fire protection water and sewers.
Freight traffic on the P. and E. railroad is increasing as navigation opens on the Great Lakes. Coal and other freight are moving daily for lake shipments. loading at Erie and Buffalo harbors has begun and a 109 ton crane arrived at Kane from Philadelphia for permanent use. Steber Cigar Factory Returns to Warren with about forty workers from Reading, aiming for around 100 employees and $100,000 annual payroll. Charles Leroy of Sheffield, 35, dies after a long illness. survived by wife Mattie Brock, daughter Ida, mother Rose Leroy, and members of local lodges. funeral held Friday after noon.
Local automobile owners mobilize against a proposed state license fee increase to double current rates 10 15 and 20 dollars. A petition will be circulated to legislators in the district arguing the plan unfair to drivers who support road funding.
Russell boy Russell Phillips son of W A Phillips killed a five foot black snake Monday. Harry Magee on Conenango Avenue suffered a slight paralytic stroke Friday afternoon and is expected to recover. Wesley S Reed of Newmaker and Reed had several convulsions Friday afternoon and remains in critical condition at his Conewango Avenue home.
Register and Recorder Henry H. Bassett issued a marriage license to Ernest E. Hultberg and Louise Finland of Chandlers Valley. Both applicants are seventeen and required parental consent to wed.
George Richards of Youngsville reports catching a prize brook trout last week in lower Hosmer Run. The fish weighed two pounds and a quarter and measured eighteen and a half inches.
During a severe storm on Tuesday noon a lightning bolt struck the Charles Johnson residence on Glenwood Street. Prompt action by Mr. Johnson and neighbors kept the fire from spreading from the attic.
Harvey C. Shaw long time superintendent of the Warren Water Co will transfer to Joplin Missouri to assume charge of that plant. He expects to begin duties in about two months time.
A recital was given Tuesday evening at Jenkin's Voice Piano Studio on Liberty Street by the pupils of Mrs. John C. Russel and Thomas H. Jenkins. It was the first recital since opening last fall and was attended by many students and their parents and friends.
A divorce court session Monday granted decrees to Harriet A Webster against Wm J Webster Dagmar Lundahl against Otto Lundahl and Myrtle E May against George L May after testimony. Attorney George B Munn of Warren represented the libellants.
The Pennsylvania Gas Company will start a 14 mile twelve inch pipeline from Roystone above Sheffield to the Mc Williams farm at Gladerun. Surveying chief F LeRoy Mallery and right of way crews are securing routes and expect survey completion this week.
H. C. Chapman a former Warren resident was burned to death when his home three miles east of Kittanning burned after an oil lamp exploded. He was near the lamp when the blast occurred. His wife was rescued by neighbors who arrived promptly at the scene.
A fire alarm drew crowds to the Woolworth 5 and 10 store on Second Avenue as a small blaze started in the awning. Every fire company responded and a hose line was laid, but manager J B Stairs extinguished the blaze with a portable extinguisher. Loss estimated under $25.
A warrant was issued Friday by John Carlson of Columbus for the arrest of Henry Stevens of Columbus on assault and battery and attempted rape charges. Stevens faced a hearing before Alderman Carrier and was bound over to court on bail after an alleged attack on Carlson’s nine year old daughter near the Columbus Creamery, interrupted by others.
Youngsville L O O F hosted an all-night session initiating 21 candidates from Russell Warren Sheffield and Clarendon, the largest class in lodge history. The event marked the first initiation in the not yet dedicated Odd Fellows Temple at Youngsville with a banquet for about three hundred attendees.
J. W. Kendall of the Conenango Trust Company returned from a trip to Decatur Illinois with a dramatic tale of surviving a hotel fire. He was rescued from the third story by firefighters with only trousers and shoes, saved a coat and vest, and recovered a watch found at police headquarters. All other possessions were lost leaving seven cents in cash. The blaze destroyed the Decatur and Arcade Hotels and damaged the Y M C A and First Presbyterian church, with total losses exceeding 200000 dollars.
State lawmakers trimmed the North Warren State Hospital funding to 22 600 from 171 500 as bills moved through Harrisburg on Thursday. Separately, Corry church invites the Oil Creek Baptist Association to mark its fiftieth anniversary in September, after Spartansburg could not host the expected 150 delegates.
At a Friday committee meeting Superintendent R. T. Adams was authorized to prosecute parents of truant children in four cases if attendance does not improve. Parents face imprisonment and fines under the school code.
Progressive merchants on Pennsylvania Avenue between Hickory and Liberty Streets plan ten cluster lights similar to Liberty Street’s system. Estimated expenditure reaches 500 dollars, to be defrayed by local business men.
Chamber of Commerce teams with Division Superintendent Gumbel to propose a permanent Made in Warren exhibit on land owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad near the station. The plan seeks either donation or lease of use for the park site.
Edward Daley of the East Side sustained fifteen stitches after a bicycle mishap on Carver Street. He rode down a steep hill, the drive chain slipped, mud guards blocked foot braking, and he crashed at the first crosswalk, the wheel shattered. Dr. ae De Russell aided him.
Heavy rainfall Thursday subdued many fires north and east of North Warren and in Forest and McKean counties. Last Wednesday near Tionesta two oil rigs and tanks were destroyed, while a Mt. Collins Cemetery area fire burned canfield timber and damaged McKee oil rigs. Kane saw continued spread as crews battled blazes. Adjourned borough council meeting discussed Water Street paving bids, initially rejected then awarded to Beck & Co. with plans to finish in sixty days amid formal contention.
Mrs. C. S. Morris died at her Garland home last Wednesday at ten o'clock after a long illness. Funeral services were held at her late home Sunday at three in the afternoon and the body was taken Monday morning to Cambridge Springs for burial.
Miss Belle Coppenhoffer of Warren and Robert J. Chalmers of Russell were married last Wednesday evening at the parsonage of the First Lutheran Church by Rev. Walter C. Beck. They were attended by Mr and Mrs Martin Whaleben and plan a wedding trip to the West before settling in Warren.
Street Commissioner John Smith leads extensive work in Warren with crews cutting Beaty Street to grade and installing a storm sewer on Poplar Street. Pennsylvania Gas Company crews lower mains on Fifth Avenue ahead of summer paving while city workers trim the Allegheny riverbank orchard and clear weeds. Park Committee plans a riverbank public park superior to any seen before.
The handsome three story brick Odd Fellows Temple in Youngsville will be dedicated on Thursday May 6 with large delegations from IOOF lodges in attendance. Grand Master Paul Benson of Erie will be a featured speaker. The building on Main Street includes rental space on lower floors and offices on the second, plus a 60 by 80 foot lodge room on the third and an in house power plant providing electricity.
Serious collision between a freight car and a passenger car on the J. W. & N. W. near Mayville and Westfield injures Jamestown street railroad superintendent George L. Maltby and motorman Frank Wood. Maltby suffers a dislocated right ankle. Wood breaks a hip. The crash occurred after Maltby left a rear party and both men jumped through an open doorway as the freight car approached on a sharp curve.
Bright days invite seasonable footwear with a full stock of spring shoes. Women and misses white canvas oxfords and pumps priced from 98 cents to 4.00 per pair. Mary Jane and Emy Lou styles for children offered at 98 cents to 1.48.
Barefoot sandals for all grades and sizes with prices listed. Men and boys tennis shoes priced at 39c 49c 59c and 75c. Men and boys Scout shoes ranged from $1.35 to $1.98 and up to $3.50 per pair. Full lines of dress shoes offered for every family member.
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