Warren Area News Briefs Highlight Births Deaths and Local Events
A son was born to Mr and Mrs A M Smith of Cleveland Ohio last Monday. Ed ward R Allen named postmaster for Warren confirmed by Senate. Peter Lind and Esther Peterson wed August 20 at First Lutheran parsonage. Putnam family reunion planned at Akeley August 31 with large attendance expected. Death notices include Mrs Clara VanEvery and Solon L Morrison. George Hoyt King aged 46 dies in Pittsburg hospital. George Ott found dead in Warren Fourth ward hose house due to heart disease. Spalding Deep Tilling Machine demo set for North Warren State Hospital grounds September 4. Wedding gifts and showers noted for Miss Mary Dunn. Colonel Fred E Windsor to visit Warren from Los Angeles. Mrs Belle Hillman operated on at Emergency Hospital. Mrs Martha Blodgett 84 undergoes dental work. O J Tome bankrupt hearing set for Corydon sale August 27. School vaccination certificates required for enrollment. Roosevelt and Progressive clubs active in Youngsville and Warren wards. Recent yeggman activity reported in Watts Flats Rushford and Clearfield. Railroads warn of car shortages due to harvest season. Hill Piano Company assigns to Jamestown attorney with assets and liabilities exceeding 100000.
Infant Body Found in Allegheny River Near Laurel Street
A female infant's body was recovered from the Allegheny River near Laurel Street after washing along the banks by river waters. Boys playing nearby found the infant last Thursday afternoon, with police alerted and an investigation begun.
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Allegheny River
Laurel Street
Mrs Leon Abbott Dies After Illness at 26
Mrs Leon H Abbott died Thursday morning at home on Fourth Street after months of illness. She was 26, daughter of Mr and Mrs Willis Cowan, born and raised in Warren. Funeral services will be held at the home next Saturday at 3 PM, interment private.
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Solon L. Morrison
Kinzua
F. A. McGiie
Quaker Bridge
N. Y
Leon H. Abbott
Fourth Street
Willis Cowan
Warren
River Regulation in Pennsylvania
River district conservation is discussed as a solution to hydraulic and sanitary problems with local basin focus. The Pittsburgh Flood Commission seeks cooperation for water power development in Maryland Pennsylvania and West Virginia, aiming to design reservoirs for flood control and power production shared costs.
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Pennsylvania
England
Emscher
Germany
Massachusetts
Board of Health
Pittsburgh Flood Commission
Maryland
West Virginia
Flood Commission
No Chance for Him in Ambitious Writer Tale
An ambitious young man boasts of finishing a great epic and seeks a publisher. He laments he has no friend with a wife willing to elope with him, hoping to spark public interest in his work.
Labor Day At Sheffield Promises Large Woodmen Gathering
An immense crowd is expected in Sheffield on Labor Day as Modern Woodmen of America camps in the district plan to attend in body with friends. Committees list leaders and expect a full day of parades athletics, a ball game, and a grand ball at the Opera House with free admission to the grounds.
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Sheffield
Grant Huff
John Samuelson
Charles E. Huff
Henry Bradley
Ben George
S. W. Okerberg
L. Plunkett
L. L. Johnson
William Beatty
Howard E. Baynes
Louis F. Schweitzer
C. E. Vandenberg
John Black, Jr
Joseph H. Pratt
Leather Street
Tionesta
Pickering
Chas. BE. Whelan
Opera House
Former Tidioute Boy Admitted to Canal Zone Practice
The Panama Morning Journal reports F. G. Swanson, a former Tidioute resident, admitted to practice in Canal Zone courts. He went to the Canal Zone in 1905 after graduating from Buchtel College and has worked on the Panama Canal project. He was a reporter for the Cleveland Leader and now contributes to the Panama Journal as associate editor.
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Panama Morning Journal
Canal Zone
F. G. Swanson
Tidioute
Swanson
Buchtel College
Akron
Big Ditch
Cleveland Leader
Panama Journal
Free Demonstration on Deep Tilling at State Hospital
Mr W E Sexton special demonstrator of the Spalding Deep Tilling Machine offers a free demonstration and lecture on deep tillage of soil. The event is scheduled for Wednesday September 4 at 2 p m at the main entrance of the State Hospital North Warren Pa. Attendees include farmers and others interested in better farming. BE D Everts Hardware Co
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W. E. Sexton
State Hospital
North Warren
Spalding
BE. D. Everts Hardware Co. Lp
Penn’a Ave
Liberty St
Prohibition Picnic at Lacy's Grove on Labor Day
The event at Lacy's Grove begins at 10 a m with addresses recitations and singing by local talent and an orchestra. Harold B Milward former McKean county chairman and Venango Daily Herald editor will speak at 2 p m. All are invited with light refreshments available.
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Lacy’s Grove
Labor Day
Harold B. Milward
McKean County
Venango Daily Herald
Newsy Happenings From Around the World
Bramwell Booth named general of the Salvation Army. Two warships with 1 450 men sail to Nicaragua to quell rebels. A New Jersey farmer held for grand jury after his son is found starved in a cow barn. Governor Wilson hears Champ Clark will stump Maine as Democrats feel confident. Bridgman at Harvard reports hot ice solid at 173 degrees. Whitman accuses police of aiding Gyp the Blood and Lefty Louie. offers 5000 reward. cops barred from cash prize.
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Bramwell Booth
Salvation Army
Nicaragua
New Jersey
Wilson
Champ Clark
Maine
Ohio
Percy W. Bridgman
Harvard
Whitman
Whitman Charges That Police Officials Have Aided “Gyp
Louie
Fire blocks London post office and telegraph links
Monday fire at London general post office disrupts telegraphic lines between the metropolis and provinces and Europe. Archbold defends against accusations from a third term critic, vowing not to endure it. Taft signs Panama canal bill limiting Britain's access to read into Hay-Pauncefote treaty and U.S. commerce control.
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London
New York
Europe
John D. Archbold
Taft
Great Britain
America
Bombardment of Managua Kills Twenty Women
Delayed reports from Nicaragua indicate twenty women died in the bom bardment of Managua. The casualty figure arrives amid broader war news and evolving international responses.
Optophone Enables Blind to See by Ear
Dr. Fournier D'Albe of Birmingham University announces a new device the optophone that lets the blind use the ear as an eye. Selenium-based light sensors vary resistance to send electrical signals to helmet receivers, producing audible noises that rise with light intensity.
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Fournier D'Albe
Birmingham University
England
D’albe
Congress Adjourns After Nine Months of Sixty-Second Session
The second session of the Sixty-second Congress adjourns after nine months without a day. Two women elders in Plainfield New Jersey are removed from Grace Church by the congregation over a disputed statement. Joseph G Robin, a convicted banker, claims earnings of 250000 in six months while jailed in the Tombs. The New York post office will close on Sundays under the postal bill, save for special delivery. Colonel C Wilson, former head of the United Wireless Telegraph company, dies in Atlanta Federal Prison as parole looms.
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Sixty-second
Congress
Grace Church
Plainfield
N. J
Joseph G Robin
New York
New York City
C. Wilson
United Wireless Telegraph Company
Atlanta
Wear to Gold Coins in Circulation Not Recalled
Millions of gold coins in circulation in the United States are worth less than their face value due to wear. Lee McClung, treasurer of the United States, notes no government recall is planned. Abrasions have reduced the coins' weight.
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United States
Lee Mc-Clung
Safely Mated Says Dallas News on Ideal Marriage
A Dallas News opinion quips that an ideal marriage pairs a quick woman with a slow to anger man, framing harmony in domestic life as a humorous stereotype.
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Dallas News
Youth in Vineland Stabs Father Defending Mother
A Vineland New Jersey youth fatally stabbed his father while protecting his mother from an attack. The incident prompted police and local authorities to investigate the domestic assault case.
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Vineland
N. J
Rep. Mann
Illinois
Democratic House
Philip Stodler
Bridgie Weber
New York
Rhoda Vrilson
London
Noel Deerr
General Altschul
Washington
Knox
Nicaragua
United States
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A. M. Smith
Cleveland
Allen
Senate
Edward R. Allen
Warren Post Office
Lind Peterson
Peter Lind
Youngsville
Esther Peterson
First Lutheran Church
W. C. Beck
Putnam Family Reunion
Akeley
Mark S. VanEvery
Clara VanEvery
Buffalo
Mark S. van Every
Geo. Hoyt King
George Hoyt King
Brockport
Pittsburg
Hattie Reig
Eri. D. MacKenzie
Oil City
J. P. King
Lima
George Ott
Fourth Ward
Mr. Ott
Mildred Wood
Mary H. Dunn
Davidson
Earnestine Cowan
Miss Dunn
Col. Windsor
Fred E. Windsor
16Th Regiment
Los Angeles
Cal
California
Mrs. Hillman
Belle Hillman
Sugar Grove
Mirs
Martha Blodgett
Chandlers Valley
O. J. Tome
Corydon
E. H. Beshlin
Earle V. MacDonald
Roosevelt Club
Roosevelt Forces
Swanson’s
John A Day
J. A. Sagerdah
Geo. F. Langcon
J. A. Ahins
Seventh Ward
T. O. Hazen
O. C. Brownell
J. A. Larson
T .O. Hazen
Court House
Everett Johnson
Watts Flats
Chautauqua
Rushford
Clearfield
New York Central Railroad
Hill Piano Co
the Hill Piano Company
Warren and
Jamestown
Clare A. Pickard
Earl H. Hill
Hill
Baby
Labor Day AT
Tidioute Boy
Panama
Samrday
John Jacob Astor
Trenton
Lester Foster
Foster
Ashland
Wagner
Perkins
Harvester Trust
Auburn
Libby
Coroner’s
Managua
Post Office Department
American Federation of Labor
Ida Reese
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Standard Oil
Warren, PA
H. L
Greenland
Penn’n Ave. W
Amazon
Tarred Slaters
Penn. Avenue
West
Citizens National Bank
Bell
H. B. Hyde
A.ow
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