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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1916
Page
5
The Cornplanter Refining Company of Warren held its annual meeting last Wednesday and announced a regular dividend of one percent per month plus an extra three percent.
The first firm tractor brought into the territory is an 816 Mogul tractor placed on the D. W. Beatty estate on the East Side. It will be used for ploughing dragging and hauling and will cut the need for several horses in work chores.
The open season for killing dogs began Monday as all Warren County constables hunted strays. John P. Berdine reported bagging two canines, with additional counts ranging from one to three killings from other parts of the county. Corry Jewelry Store Robbed Tuesday Morning.
F H Langworthy, agent for the Seep purchasing agency in Warren, received word Monday that his grandson Pierre William Richmond aged 3 died of infantile paralysis at Younkers New York his home. An older brother Robert is ill and feared not to recover. Mrs Richmond was formerly Miss Florence Langworthy.
The Joseph Perkins family of Woodrow on the Conewango Creek escaped their burning house on a Thursday morning at 3 30. Mrs Perkins woke to smoke and flames on the stairs and the family fled from the second floor windows. Officials believe torches made from kerosene soaked coat tails used by the younger children sparked the blaze and may not have been fully extinguished.
W P Nutting of Youngsville suffered severe bruises last Wednesday when his Ford toppled on a steep grade near Titusville. He kept the car on the road and upright despite increasing speed until rounding a sharp curve where a wheel ditched and the vehicle overturned. His injuries are not serious. he will be less mobile for a few days. Hammond Company Sends Men To Venezuela. Warren men will leave soon for a nine month plus trip to Venezuela to erect tanks at San Lorenzo. The party includes Christ Christenson Albert J Johnson Iwan Motz and Leo Lucia with others from the Hammond firm at Caracas and San Lorenzo. Johnson has tropical experience in Porto Rico. They will sail from New York and join the group already in the tropics.
Mr and Mrs Elmer Scott faced a trunks and two suitcases seizure as a grocery bill and two weeks room rent remained unpaid. Constable Berdine served the attachment as the couple prepared to leave Warren for Jamestown. The scene ended with the Scotts proceeding to Frewsburg and the landlady lodging a claim on the property.
Professor Francis W. Gill, four years heading Tidioute public schools, resigns to pursue educational missionary work in China. He sails from San Francisco August 26 aboard the Senyo Maru to Shanghai to lead history and syntax departments at the American School for Boys for a three year term.
Every city town and hamlet in Pennsylvania closes to children from outside the state unless a health board issued certificate accompanies them. Medical officers and inspectors begin duty at railroad crossings from New York Ohio West Virginia and Maryland as efforts to stem infantile paralysis spread expand. If needed, quarantine will be stricter and highways patrolled.
The Pennsylvania Railroad will overhaul signal colors east and west of Pittsburgh once materials arrive. White lights will be removed and green will indicate clear or proceed while yellow signals warn caution. Red will continue to mean stop due to widespread white lighting nearby.
Two coworkers of Raand Letts a gun cotton plant worker vanish after leaving Russell for Warren to attend a circus. They checked the county jail and police headquarters finding no record of him. His belongings and a two week wages check remain in Russell.
The Dewey family met at Mr. and Mrs. Albert Curtis in Columbus on August 10 with about forty relatives from Columbus Corry Garland Pittsburgh and Erie. Officers were elected for the next year and an executive committee appointed to arrange the 1917 reunion in Columbus park. A program of readings games and contests followed a bountiful dinner amid ideal weather.
Miss Janet Haugh daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K. L. Haugh of Nebraska married Mr. Clarence FE Lesser of Warren on Wednesday August 8 at 1 o clock in the bride’s home. Rev H Lee Dunlavy officiated with 125 guests. The couple will reside at 209 Jackson avenue Warren after September 1.
In 1866 Mrs. Robert English of Warren bade goodbye to her Civil War veteran brother Homer White who returned fifty years later at age 76. He traveled from Grants Pass Oregon to Warren and was joined by Francis White and Mrs. Elizabeth Heath of Maiden Rock Wisconsin for a family visit.
Paul Amann married Miss Marion Butler in Buffalo last Wednesday. The bride had been a nurse at the State Hospital here for several years. Mesdames Clawson and Siggins hosted a bridal party of young ladies last Wednesday at Jackson Avenue home for Marjorie Mead whose September wedding to Orlo Eaton was planned. The afternoon featured thimble work.
Mr and Mrs Charles Linsey and family from Weston West Virginia arrived in Warren for a visit with Mrs A E Morgan at 420 Pennsylvania Ave West They traveled by auto via Cleveland and Erie picking up Mr and Mrs A F Linsey of Detroit The Linseys formerly lived in Warren and plan to return home via Pittsburgh after one day in town
Through the will of the late August Flodin an estate of 19998 is disposed of all to relatives. The document has been filed for probate in Recorder H H Bassett office. Witnesses were W J Knupp and Alexander Erickson. Funeral expenses and debts are paid then sums bequeathed to Mrs Otto Nelson and her husband 250 each and to their five children 100 each. A brother in Kalabro Sweden receives 300 for mother and sister support. The balance goes to his son Charles Elmer Flodine of New York City, executor.
Pomona Grange No 10 meets with Pleasant Grange on August 31 and September 1, 1916. Opening session 1 30 p m with addresses of welcome, program items on liquor driving, farm bureau, dancing, young farmer support, and farm finance. Women’s Hour features talks on community betterment and domestic life. Young Peoples Hour chaired by Alice Bumopus. G W Bimber Master and R H Duntley Lecturer listed.
Local event posted for August 22 to 24 at Fourth Ave and Beech Street Warren Pennsylvania. Hours run 3 to 10 PM daily with a supper served from 6 to 8 PM. Proceeds support unspecified local aims.
Coroner George A D DeForest was appointed by Gov Martin Brumbaugh to fill the unexpired term of Will Tate as sheriff of Warren county. DeForest will serve until January 1 1918 while remaining coroner, with L E Chapman named potential successor if he seeks it. DeForest won over John Berdine with 1444 county residents supporting his petition and the appointment was well received.
A farmer preaches that fertilizing with plant food boosts wheat yields and profits. He cites nitrogen phosphoric acid and potash as keys to stronger stalks and plumper kernels, urging farmers to fertilize this year to reap higher returns and then feed other crops next year.
J D Smith of Hamburg Pennsylvania reports wheat over five feet tall this year in Hessian Fly heavy territory. He used 500 pounds of high grade fertilizer to insure yield and produce vigorous growth to survive winter and withstand the fly. The Clarion State Normal School advertises seven large buildings twenty four acres of ground and athletic facilities. The Fall Term opens September 5 with room reservations urged for Amos P Reese principal.
A Farmers' Bulletin summarizes preventive methods for the Hessian fly, the wheat pest. It advises sowing high quality seed in fertile soil after most fall brood emerges, and avoiding wheat-on-wheat ground. Fertile soil aids tiller growth, strengthening plants to winter and produce sturdy spring heads.
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