Hughes Appointed Assessor in Third Ward
J W Hughes has been appointed assessor in the Third ward to fill the vacancy caused by the removal of Willis Cowan.
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1912
Page
5
J W Hughes has been appointed assessor in the Third ward to fill the vacancy caused by the removal of Willis Cowan.
A compact digest notes a 95 to 11 House vote for one battleship. A Montclair couple keeps vigil for a missing daughter who has been gone 26 days. American troops confront rebels on the Mexican border as a New Mexico commander appeals for aid. The body of William Bruce Mac Master is found near Cartagena after a shooting. Representative Stanley attacks Perkins and the third term figure as a Punch and Judy show. Conservatives rally to block the Panama canal bill in its current form. The Scorpion guard ship aids quake victims in Turkey. Nat Goodwin is injured carrying notes ashore for women actors. George Nagel, 12, of New York, returns home after killing his sister during target practice. The gunboat Annapolis readies to shell Nicaraguan rebels. 350 Marines land at Managua. Clarence Darrow faces charges for bribing a juror regarding the McNamaras. Nicaraguan rebels lose 400 to 500 men in a four day Managua assault. The canal bill passes the House and heads to the president. Jerry Johnson Warren, Cuban sugar lands owner, faces bigamy charges with his second wife. The third term nominee calls Taft a dead issue in Massachusetts and criticizes Wilson’s democratic stance.
Tuesday report states Mrs Ellen Carter of New York failed in an attempted suicide with a knife and died by gas in her husband’s absence. The piece mentions other national items including the American Bar association in Milwaukee and reactions to race in membership.
The house and senate agree on one battleship cost of 15 million dollars. The Managua area reports over a thousand dead unburied. A house amendment forbids false drug curative claims in the pure food act. Mrs. Elizabeth Edmunds shoots District Attorney Albert Fach in Richmond County. John Read’s phonograph bass fishing irritates others at Sacket Lake. A Chicago circus elephant injures two policemen. General Booth dies near London. Nicaraguan rebels massacre 430 troops after Leon’s capture. 75 injured as Indianapolis grandstand collapses. Col John Jacob Astor’s will probate reopens due to a new birth. A Washington wealth tax report shows favoring mansions, burdening 40,000 poorer homes.
Theodore Messner longtime Warren resident dies at his Third street home at 2 am after months of ill health born April 11 1858 son of William and Sarah Messner married Rose Gemmill in 1884 their daughter Ethel preceded him survivors include three sisters Mrs Friday of Rochester NY Mrs Lord of North Collins NY and Mrs Myers of Waynesburg PA He was active in oil and timber business a Trinity Memorial church member and served on the public library board and Conneango Club funeral held at home Wednesday afternoon with private interment
The possessor of property valued at 150000 dollars is regarded as wealthy in Japan, and only one man with an estate around 40000000 dollars ranks with him.
The Progressive Party or Washington Party in Pennsylvania schedules a county convention in Warren Borough on Saturday August 31 at 3 p m to plan the county campaign discuss candidates and transact business. Each voting precinct may elect one delegate to the convention and urged to do so. J C Russell is chairman of Pre-empters for Warren County.
Jamestown mayor Carlson was nominated for Congress at a National Progressive party mass convention in Olean on Saturday.
A soap box speaker closed a fervent appeal with the line that the masses of the people will remain the bulk of the population after all has been said and done.
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