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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1917
Page
5
The entertainment committee hosted a Thanksgiving party at the Woman's Club last Thursday evening with about sixty attendees. Ten bridge tables were in play while others knitted and sewed, making for a pleasant social gathering.
Redona New York is cited by the Oil City Derrick as possibly the first town to illuminate with natural gas but now suffers a gas famine. Residents relying on natural gas for heat endure shivering while nearby Dunkirk remains unaffected for domestic use.
Memorial services for the B. P. O. E. were held Sunday afternoon in the Elks lodge room with Mrs. J. E. Hall and George E. Sarvis singing. Suter's orchestra provided music as T. E. Cook delivered the eulogy and Rev. Oliver Fisher of Youngsville gave the address.
Andrew Johnson died Friday at his Akely home at age seventy three. Born in Sweden, he is survived by his wife and son Lloyd E. Johnson. Funeral services were conducted Saturday at 2 PM with interment in Hale Cemetery.
The annual meeting scheduled for Saturday was not held due to insufficient stockholder turnout. It was adjourned to next Saturday at the court house, with Secretary E M Lowe urging full attendance.
After a few hours illness Mrs Julia Mooney aged 76 of 721 Fourth avenue died at home Thursday. She enjoyed Thanksgiving with family and was born in Ireland. Survived by daughters Margaret A Mary A and adopted Margaret M. Funeral held Monday from St Josephs church.
George Matthew Cobb of Warren and Myrtle E. Rogers of North Warren were married last Thursday night at the bride’s parents home on Jackson Street North Warren. Rev. W. C. Wallace officiated. The couple, who honeymooned in St Marys West Virginia, will reside at 19 Jackson Street North Warren.
Leroy MacGowan of the high school faculty departs soon for Florida for his health. He led the Latin department for six years and helped organize the school orchestra. His health has not been good since last spring. He will join his father who is superintendent of a Florida company.
The county invites farmers to attend a series of free Farmer's Institute sessions in Sugar Grove on December 14 and 15 and in Lottsville on December 17 and 18. Instructors from across the state will join local farmers to discuss agricultural topics.
The Meadville Moose was found not guilty but ordered to pay costs after a 25 hour jury deliberation on a liquor license sale charge. The verdict, delivered Thanksgiving afternoon, left six jurors for conviction and six for acquittal. costs estimated at $1,000.
Five miles from Pittsfield a Russian settlement grows with thirty five families who have purchased farms. They are recent arrivals from Russia and still wear peasant clothing and know little of the English language.
Warren county draft board reorganized with E. M. Hodges named chairman after the resignation of George A. W. DeForest. A. C. Mook appointed secretary and Dr. C. W. Schmehl moved from chairman to medical member. Preliminary selection of registrants begins with questionnaire system. Quarters located in the old Library building for board use.
A dance in Youngsville on December 13 will host Company I boys from Youngsville Pittsfield and nearby areas. Committee led by William Brady plans an elaborate affair with music by Jordan's orchestra and expects attendees from Warren and the referenced towns. Additional dances are slated for Christmas and New Year’s Eve.
Representative John Siggins of Warren has been appointed by the house speaker as a member of the state insurance commission to study insurance laws and propose revisions. He serves with Senator A F Daiz of Philadelphia, Senator Frank E Baldwin of Potter County, W W Mearkle of Pittsburgh, Robert M Coyle of Philadelphia, and Messrs Malony and Wood appointed by Governor Brumbaugh.
Final official count at the Prothonotary's office shows E. H. Beshlin with 12 878 votes, including 9 781 Democratic and 3 097 Prohibition, while Captain Lyons edges with 11 100 Republican votes. Scattering totals: Richard Crawshaw 1 451 Socialist and W J Hulings 1 620 Washington. District total 26 452 ballots.
Elijah Bishop Grandin 77 died of pneumonia at his Washington DC winter home. Born November 23 1840 in Tidione PA he built a fortune as an oil operator with brothers Joph and William notably purchasing Fagun dus farm for 100000 and partnering in Balltown field ventures with Peter Berry and W T Scheide. He later diversified finances and remained known for integrity and generosity. Funeral planned in Tidione.
France credits Professor Vincent and the medical service for wiping typhoid from the Belfort district after mass vaccination. The epidemic began in October 1914 and declined as vaccination expanded, with deaths dropping and prefects reporting near zero cases by 1917. The antityphus effort furnished over 5.5 million vaccine doses and saved many soldiers.
Washington reports a voluntary agreement with 90 percent of Maine sardine canners to reduce prices. The new rates set 100 can cases at 5.60 dollars for quarter-size oil, 6.10 dollars for quarter-size oil, and 5.60 dollars for three-quarter mustard. Wholesalers to take small margins and the Food Administration seeks profit reports.
New York stage relief receives all costumes of Thomas Keene from Mrs Edwin Arden daughter of the deceased tragedian. Robes fur and velvet used to make warm garments for soldiers sent by the stage. Also local dairy notices offer pure bred bulls calves for sale and cooperation with Warren State Hospital farm department in distributing young bulls at low prices or in trade.
Congressman George Edmond Foss denounces Germany as the cause of U S entry into war. He cites attacks on factories ships and munition plants, violations of treaties, and aims to terrorize civilians. The Buffalo News and Chicago Tribune ads echo calls for action and condemn Prussian demands as slavery.
W. E. Yeager the boys secretary of the Y M C A left Friday for Buffalo to enter naval service. The Buffalo station enlists two men each month for the branch.
A brief notice invites readers to mail orders for printing to The Mail in Warren Pennsylvania with pricing in pounds and a subscription prompt for The Warren Mail. The fragment indicates UK pricing and subscription options.
The United States Food Administration orders all licensed potato dealers to quote buy and sell by the hundredweight rather than by the bushel. White potatoes must weigh 60 pounds per bushel and sweet potatoes 54 pounds. The change, effective immediately, makes bushel pricing illegal and classifies bushel quotes as pound basis transactions.
E P Ripley, former president of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Rail Way, predicted government control of U S railroads. The remark, noted decades ago, frames John Boresi Aner's Hearst Magazine article from December, examining wartime impacts on railroad finances and the push toward public ownership.
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