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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1915
Page
5
The Board of Health revoked Yaegle and Son's license to sell milk and cream after they failed to follow the prescribed regulations. The action was taken on Monday as part of regulatory enforcement.
Twelve year old John Carr of Big Bend nearly bled to death after falling on a barb wire fence and cutting a deep arm wound to the bone. Dr LeRoy Chapman of Warren treated the injury, requiring more than twenty stitches.
The Warren Savings Bank lit its mammoth electric roof sign for the first time last Thursday evening brightening nearby streets. Colored bulbs and tall letters draw attention as passersby stop to gaze at the display. The bank proclaims itself Old Strong and Reliable.
Logan Hill a Corry area farmer lost over $1000 after a drunken visit to Exposition Park last week. He returned home wandering the street and discarded his coat in a livery stable, prompting police to retrieve the garment and recover the missing pocketbooks.
James Edwards proprietor of the Carver House paid a $25 fine and costs for violating the state Women’s Employment Law by forcing dining room staff to work over 56 hours weekly. The warrant was served July 22 and he appeared before Police Justice Wheeler to settle the penalty. He agreed to remedy the hotel conditions.
The Socialists of Warren County nominate a full slate for the November election with candidates for Treasurer and County Commissioners Auditors Jury Commissioners Coroner. A county rally will occur during fair week featuring Philadelphia speaker C. E. Erwin, and October will bring three national speakers to Warren.
A bold robbery struck E. E. Frost’s jewelry store on East Main in Corry when an unknown man smashed the plate glass with a stone about 3 am Friday and fled with two watches and two cases valued at about 30 dollars. A dog pursued the thief to the railroad yards where he disappeared. Ivan at the Phoenix Hotel saw him pass by.
A Wednesday hearing at the courthouse contested a petition by taxpayers to restrain township supervisors from levying a ten mill tax to build a two mile road and bridge in the western part of Columbus township. E S Lindsey and R W Stone defend the supervisors, D A Arird represents taxpayers.
S O Kegley business manager of the Erie Dispatch sues F S Phelps editor of the Erie Daily Times for criminal libel over a June 25 article alleging he violated a confidence with federal inspectors in the drug crusade. Kegley denies any federal agents approached him regarding suppressing news. Hearing set before Alderman Hayes.
The Pennsylvania Public Service Commission will immediately investigate all grade crossings in the state and outline a plan to abolish them. The exact steps depend on a data report from the compiler, with Commissioner Monaghan announcing that watchmen or bells will be required at unprotected points in the meantime.
The Pennsylvania Highway News reports Warren county crews completed 152 miles of road work on Good Roads Day. The effort mobilized 1525 men and 285 teams across the county.
J. M. Bemis, a prominent Warren resident who moved to Pasadena, California last winter, has returned for a visit and celebrated his 80th birthday last Thursday. He is in excellent health and optimistic about living into his nineties.
A new Northwestern Association of Sons of Veterans will be organized soon. The first meeting is set for Monday, August 23 in Meadville with members from Beaver Falls, Ellwood City, Beaver, New Castle, Aspinwall, Union City, Spartansburg, Greensburg, Warren, Bradford, Albion, Conneaut Lake, Turtle Creek, Butler, Pittsburgh, Princeton, Johnstown, Mercer, Tyrone, Donora, Sharpsburg and DuBois. Meadville camp members have pushed to host the inaugural gathering.
Mrs Thomas Keelor died Thursday at Wetmore after a five year kidney illness. She passed peacefully at the Keelor homestead with family at her side. Funeral held at Wetmore Sunday 11 am, Oakland cemetery Warren interment. She was mother of nine, three surviving: Mrs F K Russell and T T Keelor of Warren and Charles F E Keelor of Wetmore.
A Cherry Grove incident left 13 year old Earl Kinch dead after a shotgun shell exploded when the gun shifted on a wall as he leaped to avoid cows in the front yard. The boy had been cleaning the weapon on the porch and died before medical help arrived.
Jottings note attorney Joseph A. Schofield and family returning from a four day auto trip with Braddock and Anderson. Philadelphia visitors Mrs. Nathan S. Passmore and Miss Ida Passmore stay with Warren hosts H. G. Eddy and Joseph A. Schofield. Numerous neighborhood guests, travels to Kennebunk Me, Chautauqua Lake and Erie, plus local dinners and birthdays mark a bustling social week in Warren.
The Jones and Laughlin Co of Pittsburgh won the contract to replace the wooden trestle near Akeley for the Warren and Jamestown Street Railway Co. The steel structure will cost about $10,000. Twelve carloads of steel plates sent from Hammond Iron Works to Tampico, Mexico were sunk in New York Harbor during transfer. some steel has been recovered.
The Warren Axe and Tool Works has been informed by telegram that it won the grand prize at the Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco for its axes and logging tools. The firm previously earned a similar award at the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition in Seattle in 1909.
The Pickett Hardware Company is installing a sprinkler system to protect the interior of the store shop and warehouse on all floors and basement. A carload of the material arrived Tuesday from Warren Ohio and a factory crew will soon begin the work.
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