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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1915
Page
4
A Warren Mail editorial urges readers to mention the paper when seeing notices or advertisements to boost town renown and support local merchants. It emphasizes civic pride, advertiser benefit, and the editor’s cheerful stance to encourage hometown trade.
Syracuse Post Standard notes production rates for arms and munitions. It says government plants can issue 1 500 rifles daily, private firms 1 000 daily totaling about a million yearly, three to four months for guns and field pieces, cartridges at 30 million weekly with 180 million on hand, smokeless powder drying delays, fuse work for shells, torpedoes six months at 8 590 dollars, rapid submarine mine and aeroplane production but training takes longer, and six months to train a recruit.
The Clarion State Normal will reopen September 7 with a full corps of instructors and all departments in good working order. The campus offers athletic grounds and a tennis court for outdoor sports. A trained faculty cares for student welfare as enrollments continue daily.
A witty verses parody mocks William Jennings Bryan addressing endless talking and political promises. The piece frames a quest for prosperity and eight hour workdays amid a dreary national mood and a distant journey to the White House door.
On a summer day Maud meets a judge in a green field. He asks her to vote for him, offering a box of Judge, claiming he is dry until after the vote. Maud reveals she is a suffragette who is wet, not dry.
Clyde Smith announces Warren County Agricultural Association purses for the Warren County Fair August 31 to September 3. On Tuesday August 31 local horse owners may enter two inaugural races the Warren County Race for untried horses and the Farmers Race for Warren County Horses each with a $50 purse. The remaining two days detail the planned program.
Brookville Pennsylvania August 9 Mile Yount and B H Boozer of Summerville pleaded guilty to fraudulently collecting bounty on weasel skins. Each was fined 250 dollars. They remain on bail for trial on a related charge in Armstrong county.
J. R. Baker of the Hutchinson board of trade says a single wagon haul to market in Kansas is the biggest ever. The Rock Mill Elevator weighed the load at 12 850 pounds or over six tons of wheat, totaling 214 bushels.
New Brunswick agricultural college student Guy Happersett of the Camden family is taken into custody by Somerville county authorities charged with stealing a valuable cow from Constable Codington’s farm adjoining the Duke estate. The youth reportedly kept a dairy mania and left the cow at Henry Sebring’s farm in Neshank. the animal was traced and his arrest followed.
A seven year old girl, Clara Alexander, grabbed a live 2300 volt wire after workmen dropped a torn electric circuit into her yard at Rosedale Cham bersburg Pa. Her father pulled her away and was severely shocked. The girl lost her right hand and was rendered unconscious but survived. Electricians say standing on a concrete walk saved her life.
The Winchester Repeating Arms Co of New Haven announces a pension program for about 12,000 employees. Eligible workers are male, 60 years old with 25 years of service, with a minimum pension of $20 monthly, calculated from the five-year average pay prior to retirement.
Militia officers report destitute families in the Hocking and Sunday Creek valleys relying on outside aid for food. No strike exists but mines are closed, leaving about 10 000 families dependent. Governor Willis urged 50 city mayors to contribute, with the adjutant general ready to dispatch several carloads to Athens and Hocking counties, four already distributed.
Philadelphia reports Charles Heber Clark, famed humorist known as Max Adeler, has died at Eaglesmere at age 74. He authored humorous books and stories including Out of the Hurly Burly Elbow Room Captain Bluitt In Happy Hollow and the Quakeress.
The Martin family will host their third annual reunion on Saturday August 21, 1915 at the home of Mrs. Maria Reeves in Corydon Pennsylvania.
Charles S. Morton, longtime Spring Creek resident, died at his home Tuesday afternoon after a long illness. He was 71, survived by his wife and one son. The funeral will be held Friday at 2 PM at the home, with interment in Spring Creek cemetery.
Kosciusko H. Bassett a Civil War veteran from Grand Valley is near death after a stroke in Union City following his 78th birthday at Corry. He is father of Register and Recorder Bassett. LeRoy Jones, assistant secretary of the Y M C A, takes vacation and may not return. his resignation cannot be confirmed as the general secretary is also away.
The Allegheny River viewers led by H A Crary and W V Hodges with W H Allen will report next month to court recommending the Hickory Street site for a new bridge across the river. They met 100 feet west of the suspension bridge and the grand jury will pass on the matter.
The Agriculture Secretary reports Warren Elk and Forest counties will have virtually no peaches. Ve nango Crawford and Clarion counties show 50 to 55 percent of normal crops. Lawrence Mercer and other counties vary from 55 to 85 percent.
The Woman's Benefit Association of the Ladies of the Maccabees of Warren County will host its Annual Field Day Outing at the New Fair Grounds Warren Pa on Tuesday August 17 1915. County members and friends are invited to a basket picnic with assembly at 11 am and an Exemplification at 1 30 pm followed by a county reunion.
The fourth annual Johnson family reunion gathered about 125 members at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Lord. A lawn chicken pie dinner followed by a programme. Officers elected: President Emil Carlson, Vice President Harry Cale, Secretary and Treasurer Mrs. Mary Bruce, Entertaining Committee Miss Evelyn Carlson. Distants attendees included Georg Johnson of Long Beach California and Miss Inez Palmer and John Palmer of Buffalo. Next reunion set for the second Sunday in August 1916 at Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cale’s Sugar Grove home.
The Wednesday session of Arrgument Court before President Judge Hinckley heard the Columbus road case with petitions for a preliminary injunction by D A Arird Edward Lindsay R W Stone and W S Clark for petitioners and township supervisors. In Sumner E Orr versus Warren Borough the court dismissed the boroughs exceptions as to damages to Orrs brick building at Fifth Avenue and Water Street the amount involved is 500 dollars. John Hines petitioned to place his nephew Nelson F Hines in care and the court ordered care at Warren State Hospital as long as necessary.
James Corb of South Street fell from the roof of his house while repairing it. He dropped more than thirty feet but was cushioned by striking the porch roof, suffering two broken ribs and several minor injuries.
Carl F. Busk, a longtime Warren resident, died Sunday evening in Rochester after a long heart illness. He was 35 and survived by his wife, one daughter, and two sisters. Burial was in Oakland. The Warren to Erie excursion was canceled with over 100 still traveling by regular train. local agents learned of the cancellation at midnight Saturday.
There was no prior notice given to prospective passengers of the cancellation and the first travelers learned of it only when a brief statement was posted on the bulletin board.
Robert Eadie a Berger grocery delivery clerk has been out of work after a horse kicked him in the right knee on Saturday afternoon. The Berger Auto truck was also damaged, causing delivery delays while a horse was used for routes and the lines fell behind the animal. The kick cut deep and required several stitches.
Eighth annual reunion of the John Siven Johnson family held at the home of Mr and Mrs C C Johnson in Pittsfield on Saturday August 7th. About eighty members attended from Jamestown Warren Ludlow Kane Pittsfield Sugar Grove and Matthews Run. A bountiful dinner followed by a business session. Mrs Chas Johnson of Jamestown N Y was re elected president and Wm Johnson and Mrs Wm Johnson of Matthews Run were named officers.
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