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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1913
Page
5
Rev. Thomas P. Byrnes of the First Unitarian Church of Erie defends dances in public school buildings. He calls the Erie Ministerial Association and other opponents fanatics and says dancing and innocent amusements should be encouraged in schools.
A civil service exam will be held at Warren and Spring Creek on January 10 for rural letter carriers in Warren county. An eligible register will be kept for each county to fill a vacancy at Russell and future openings. Obtain application forms and information from the postmasters of the named offices.
W. J. Leavitt of Cameron county will hold multiple state commissions including recorder of deeds register of wills prothonotary and several court clerks positions. He will administer oaths and operate across consolidated offices in a small county.
Italian workman Tony Lamatza employed by J A Nixon Co on the Liberty street YMCA project fell from a plank into a pool no water breaking his arm and sustaining serious injuries. recovery will take weeks.
The Slippery Rock post office safe was blown by nitro glycerine early Saturday. Postmaster A M Christie reported no money was taken beyond about 3 dollars in loose change left in a drawer. John Adams, neighbor, awoke to the blast and found the front door wired. he escaped through a rear exit to raise the alarm.
Judge Gillan of Chambersburg Pa instructed a jury that when an Owl Club member buys liquor for a non member after Stewart refused to sell, the steward is guilty of violating liquor laws. He called the act subterfuge and fined the club for disgrace to the county.
Thomas McElree slipped on snow while working atop the Pennsylvania Glass Co. roof, slid 25 feet, and fell 25 feet to a pile of railroad iron broadside. He was rushed to Kane Summit hospital with a broken shoulder blade and severe bruises. Oil City Man Has Six Legged Calf. A Jersey heifer with six legs was born at Oakwood Rose Garden near Oil City.
Thieves broke into the J. P. Drought Co. hide and fur warehouse at Corry last Thursday and escaped with furs and skins, the inventory will determine. Drought was in New York then notified on return Friday. A bottle of medicine fell from a thief’s pocket during entry. druggist in Conneaut, Ohio, filled it. Authorities expect arrests from the captured evidence.
John Albert Robinson, 14, of Hollidaysburg Pennsylvania, is named the United States corn growing champion with a record 144 bushels and 18 pounds per acre. Ohio champion Arnet Rose, 16, produced 131 bushels and 39 pounds per acre. Robinson credits Pennsylvania soil as ideal for corn.
In northwestern Pennsylvania a Centerville man boasts a Jersey cow he credits with top honors among regional milk cows. From April 23 to November 10 the cow produced 4284 pounds of milk for a cooperative creamery earning 64.92 dollars, plus 8 dollars from veal calf sales. The cow, eight years old, required little care beyond two quarts of meal daily.
The U S Department of Agriculture issued final Pennsylvania crop estimates for 1913 showing lower production than 1912 but higher value due to rising prices. Corn totaled 57 057 000 bushels, down 4 000 000 from 1912, with wheat oats near 1912 levels, buckwheat down sharply, potatoes poorer by over 5 000 000 bushels but $2 000 000 higher in value, and hay down 400 000 tons with a $10 000 000 total value decline. Overall farmers earned about seven tenths of 1912 receipts and produced less than in 1912.
F A Dalrymple, six and a half year East Side hose wagon driver, resigns his post and is succeeded by Theodore Hartz, a minute man and extra driver. The Order of Owls hosted a large feast with six fine pigs stuffed with oysters and sauerkraut among other dishes at their annual spread.
Architect E A Phillips drafts plans for a $20,000 residence for the superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane at North Warren to be built near the main entrance with construction set to begin in spring.
The Reynolds drug store room in the Beatty block on Second Avenue is being repaired by P. Y. Edgett and Son after a fire gutted the establishment. Reynolds plans to resume in weeks at the old location. they are temporarily using the Pickett Hardware space. Separately Oscar Kratzer of Montgomery, Alabama, visiting Warren with brother Allan, discusses his ice cream business and a new three story building. Keller Brothers store reports two baby seal handbags valued at six dollars each were stolen by a group of young women who later left promising to return.
High School students plan their annual dance on December 31 at Harold Hall on Second Avenue. Homer M. Putnam to be appointed commissioners’ clerk, taking duties January 1. Justice L. L. Hanchett officiated a December 20 wedding in Jamestown between Raymond H. Tibbett of Ebensburg Pa and Hazel Mumford of Sheffield Pa. Struthers Wells Co. to close for inventory from Wednesday afternoon to Monday morning to allow employees a brief vacation.
E L Ashford presented a cantata Holy Night and The Night of the Star by Margaret Ruthven Lang at First M E Church. Choir directed by A J Mooney with help from singers from other churches and an enlarged orchestra. The church was packed and the audience enjoyed a musical treat.
Indications point to a large wave of construction in Warren over the next year. Architects report they are already drafting plans for numerous structures to rise next summer including handsome residences and several business blocks.
Male patients from two wards at the North Warren asylum staged a vaudeville act for women inmates Friday evening. A 325-person audience enjoyed the flawless program with refreshments served afterward.
Charles Horton Terry of Ponce Porto Rico wed Miss Mary Leona Schneider of Clarendon in a Saturday ceremony at the bride’s parents home. The Rev Willis S Burton officiated. Miss Schneider taught in Shefield and Terry is superintendent of schools at Ponce Porto Rico. they will reside there after the new year.
Warren Grange held its regular meeting at the K of P Hall on December 20 with strong attendance. Officers elected include Master E H Weiler Overseer C Witz Lecturer Sister Genevieve Grey Worthy Steward A T Grosch Assistant Steward Dewey Somers Chaplain S Clark Treasurer Fred Schuler Secretary Belle Grosch Gate Keeper Mack Olney Pomona Mrs F Schuler Flora Mrs J Honhart Ceres Mrs Fox L A Steward Miss Alice Morgan. The January meeting will install officers and offer an oyster dinner at noon with patrons asked to bring silverware.
H A Woodworth rancher of Whittier near Los Angeles holds the world’s most valuable fruit tree, an avocado tree six years old, insured by Lloyds of England for 30000 against fire or frost. Last season the tree yielded 3206, pears priced at 50 cents each. A 30-foot fence surrounds the tree.
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