Neighborhood Notes and Local Happenings
Corry holds a business men's and people's picnic on Monday September 1. New pensions go to Fernando C. Lewis Clarendon eight dollars and Milton Love Corry ten dollars. Of 85 army recruit applicants in Jamestown N Y only 12 were accepted. Jack Brown and boats arrive at Thompson's Eddy as fishermen collect. Titusville youths form a minstrel company for Hospital benefit. Five Butler merchants charged with selling cigarettes to minors detained. Oil City Hospital receives twenty five thousand dollars anonymously via C N Payne manager National Transit Co. Pennsylvania Railroad to upgrade coaches adding a fourth step. Y M C A district convention set in Oil City November 21 22 23. Pennsylvania Railroad employees must settle debts or lose jobs per Philadelphia head office. Rural mail delivery begins in Butler county. several post offices to close. Eleven carriers start from Butler P O. Chautauqua Lake drowning record rises five fatalities in five weeks. Peach crop in Chautauqua county fails. grapes rot due to cool wet weather. Clara Morris lectures on Stage Life at Chautauqua. Grange Day to follow with free admission. Assembly of 1902 closes August 28 after successful season. Celeron fire proves insurable loss at Hotel Celeron. old steamboats slated for burning with insured loss. Meadville fair dates corrected to September 23–25. Kane fire department criticized. local support urged. Chautauqua Lake hold ups shift near Celeron as Mrs James Allen and Miss Reed report being robbed by a masked man but unharmed. Kane County news notes fire department quality. Columbus Pond at Columbus PA to become Lake Columbus with hotel, brush clearing, stump removal and a connecting trolley to Corry and Columbus and a branch to the hotel.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Oil City
Philadelphia
Butler County
Butler P. O. Chactavqua Lake
Chautauqua County
Chautauqua
Clara Morris
Celeron
Chautauqua Lake
Meadville Fair
Tribune Republican
James Allen
Lakewood
American workers sought for Butler steel car plant
The Standard Steel Car Company aims to hire about 2500 workers for its new Butler Pennsylvania works, with 1500 needed by Sept. 1. Management will employ only American laborers, offering earnings of 30 to 40 dollars in two weeks for typical tasks and 50 to 60 dollars for experienced hands. Openings span iron and wood work, machinery, blacksmithing, forging, erection and paint shops, with extensive demand for skilled machinists. Also notes a quarterly meeting at Fox Hill Church Pine Grove circuit August 30-31 led by Rev. M. D. M. Altice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Steel Car Company
Butler
D. C. Holbrook
Warren
Fox Hill Church
United Brethren In Christ
Pine Grove
M. D. M. Altice
J. A. Robinson
Training in Warren Business University Ad
A speaker urges readers to join a stenography and bookkeeping course in Warren Pennsylvania claiming demand exceeds supply and advising enrollment to secure positions. The call to action emphasizes immediate entry into line for training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Business University
Warren
Penn’a
Wrightsville Community Notes Aug. events and visitors
Wrightsville letters cover travel plans of T B Fuller and others, visits from Verne Price and Miss Fellows, births and family news, school reopening Sept 1 with Mallory and Boone, and local gatherings. Residents attend Maccabee ox-roast, Swedish Lutheran ministers meeting, and church picnics. campers, repairs, and moves are noted along with many names and dates.
Notable Visits and Local Happenings in the Village
Aug 19 highlights include Charles A Culbertson of Cincinnati visiting his parents near the Springs and relatives in Warren and Sheffield. Nashville visitor Mrs. W E Metzgar returns home, leaving daughter Minnie to follow. Mrs. Haslet returns from Lima Ohio with daughter Ida. Percey Belknap and family visit Erie and Tidioute. Fremont Way welcomed a baby girl. mother and child healthy. Simultaneous notes cover railroad upgrades on the Erie division, Will Green’s Sabbath visit, and local church improvements by the Ladies Aid Society at M K church. Regular worship duties were filled by Mr. Dodge of Warren Y M C A. Supt. Somers plans a children’s outing next week.
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Charles A. Culbertson
Cincinnatti
Our Village
Warren
Sheffield
W. E. Metzgar
Nashville
Erie
G. H. Somers
Pennsylvania
Will Green
Corry
Thomas Green
Will
Sturdevant
J. W. Hughes
Ladies Aid Society
M. K
Dime Social This Week Promises Community Gathering
Local notes report school opening in a week and harvest progress with oats yielding well. Mrs Anna Anderson of Irvine visited friends here last week as Mr and Mrs Albert Peterson and daughter Florence of Glade Run joined Mr and Mrs Joseph Anderson of Warren visiting Mrs C M Jones last Sunday.
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Dugall
Ava
Anna Anderson
Irvine
Albert Peterson
Florence
Glade Run
Joseph Anderson
Warren
C. M. Jones
Aug 19 News Bits and Local Happenings
Mrs Glen Spencer and son Allan arrived from Braddock Pa for several weeks stay. Miss Anna Trantum came from the west for a stay. Henry Borland remains unable to leave his room. Miss Woodburn of Freehold teaches a large musical class. Three accidents occurred Aug 13. A Will Loveland boy was bitten by a dog. A Tyler boy lost part of his arm in a gun accident. Ida Obra was hit by a train at Spencer's crossing and injured. Mr and Mrs Charles Simpson spent two weeks away. A pond improvement company plans a ball ground a dancing pavilion and a future steamer bringing a first class summer resort. Harry Osgood of Binghamton N Y visited with his wife and daughter. Mr and Mrs U S Rogers returned from Duke Centre.
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West Virginia
J. K. Sliter
Thomas Yates
Corydon
Sliter
Onoville
C. W. Wynn
Lota Bull
Harrison Pike
Jamestown
J. F. Higgins
W. L
Harriet Higgins Durham
Corry
Simpson
Canada
Joseph Gillett
Hagle
Jessie Smith
Katy
Johnnie Sweetland
Youngsville
Dorrit Sweetland
Phillis
Helen Higgins
Durham
Mr. Mallory
Ferne Boone
Lillian Dupree
S. D. Boone
CG. L. Wright
Irvine
Willie McClintock
A. Wright
George Anderson
Carl Smith
New Castle
Gertrude Sweetland
Ida Kinnear
William Cummings
Sugar Grove
Emma Wright
Emma
Pierce
Eldred Patchen’s
Patchen Homestead
Laura Wright
Ensign
Josephine Phillis Taft
Kentucky
Earle Barton
Pittsburg
Ed. Sweetland
Glen Spencer
Allan
Braddock
Anna Trantum
Henry Borland
Woodburn
Freehold
Will Loveland
Tyler
George Cady
Spencer’s Crossing
Charles Simpson
Harry Osgood
Binghamton
N.Y
J. W. Wells
U.S. Rogers
Duke Centre
Local Notes From Youngsville and Nearby Towns
Miss Mary Greene and Miss Belle Kinnear visited Jamestown while Mrs E J Siggins spent Tuesday in Sugar Grove. Mrs A H Niles called on Brocton friends. A P Thatcher runs the C Schwing jewelry business at Warren during his absence. Mr and Mrs Agnew of Tionesta visited P Agnew and family. F S Dunham of Warren was in town Monday. Mrs W E Rhodes of Corry visited her parents. Mrs Emma Arird visited Warren friends. G H Chipman of Warren was in town over Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngsville
Mary Greene
Belle Kinnear
Jamestown
E. J. Siggins
Sugar Grove
A. H. Niles
Brocton Friends
A. P. Thatcher
C. ¥. Schwing
Warren
Agnew
Tionesta
P. Agnew
F.S. Dunham
W. E. Rhodes
Corry
Emma Arird
G. H. Chipman
Youngsville gains bicycle ordinance and streetcar franchise
The Youngsville borough approves the bicycle ordinance into law and grants a franchise to the Sugar Grove Street Railway Company after council approval and contract signing. An engineer is surveying the line as work aims to proceed swiftly. Notable local items report births, deaths, illnesses, and several community notes from nearby towns.
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Youngsville
Warren Business University Advertises Training
A plea for business education at Warren Business University Warren Pa urges readers to request a catalogue for full particulars on courses. The note emphasizes bookkeeping and business forms as essential skills and promotes the school as a premier training place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Business University
Warren
Closing out 1000 yards cloth for rainy day skirts
Jacob Keller the tailor offers 1000 yards of cloth in 30 shades at cost price for cash only. Engraved cards wedding invitations and announcements available at The Mail office.
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Jacob Keller
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Morven Mail
Neighborhood Notes
Fernando C. Lewis
Clarendon
Milton Love
Army
N. Y
Jack Brown
Thompson’s Eddy
Titusville
Oil City Hospital
C. N. Payne
National Transit Co
ColumBus Pond
Columbus
Lake Columbus
Victor Nelson
Lutheran Church
Hagle’s Grove
Ella Erickson
Garland
Minnie Nygren
Charles and
Erick
Buffalo
Irvington
Marie Holmes
Cherry Grove
Denmark
James Dustin
Barnes
Frank Peterson
Deerlick Avenue
Thelin
Deerlick Street
Sugaar Grove
J. Dallas
John McDonald
Allegheny Springs
Fremont Ellis
Sugar Grove Grange
Grange
Tiptoute
Market Street
Tidioute
Harry
Charles King, Jr
Metzger & Hogan
Ene Yu
Mazalia
Allen’s Cash Shoe Store
Liberty Street
Warren, PA
Kopf & Henry
J. Foley
A. A.davis & Co
B. Warren Tel. Co
Warren High School
United States
C. E. Sisson
W. L. Macgowan
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