Warren County News Briefs Roundup and Local Incidents
Transfers of Harvey C. Shaw to Warren to oversee Warren water works, multiple injuries including Peter Jamieson’s shoulder dislocation and William Andruss’s forehead injury, June Root’s leg wound from a traction car accident, and various church and construction updates. Also notes on Sugar Grove Encampment, mail route changes, bogus bond schemes in Warren County, and a large Mayburg chemical works project with future employment and expansion plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
June Root
Clarendon
Sugar Grove
I. C
Sugar Grove Odd Fellows
New Ridge
Utgit
Mossuth
Warren
Tidioute
Jamestown
Warren County
Marietta
Youngsville and
Sugar Grove Traction Company
Ervin Heindel
Eugene Bonn
James Stealey
Mayburg
Sheffield
Sheffield and Tionesta
O C Allen Re Elected President At State Hospital Meeting
At the annual Board of Trustees meeting at the State Hospital for the Insane in North Warren Hon O C Allen of Warren was re elected president for the fourteenth time Hon Bryan Osborne of Franklin was chosen secretary to succeed the late S W Waters Reports noted include a heavy farm production with over 1000 tons ensilage and 3000 bushels huskee corn The herd of Holstein cows supplied 50000 quarts of milk in excess of prior years with 215 cattle all bred and raised on site
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trustees
State Hospital For the Insane
North Warren
O. C. Allen
Warren
Bryan Osborne
Franklin
S. W. Waters
Allen
State Board of Charities
State Hospital
North Warren Institution
Tim and the crooked potato drills on the farm
The farm owner notices Tim’s potato drills are irregular and crooked after a morning sun warps them. Tim admits they were crooked even before sunrise, implying a long-standing issue with the drills used on the Tim's work.
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Lim
Tim
Edith and Miss Brown Dialogue Sparks Whimsical Exit
Edith calls Miss Brown beautiful and Green agrees, then Green ponders the odd departure as Edith rises and leaves the room. The exchange reads as light social banter in a bygone setting.
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Mr. Green
Green
Warren National Bank Christmas Savings Society Opens
The Warren National Bank announces a Christmas Savings Society now open. Everyone is welcome to join and participate in the savings program, with details advertised on page four of the paper.
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Warren National Bank
Christmas Savings Socitey
District Superintendent Announces Jamestown District Visit Schedule
The District Superintendent Rev J P Burns has announced second quarter church visit appointments for Jamestown district Meth Episcopal churches. Listings include Dec 29 Cattaraugus Little Valley Salamanca Jan 5 Shefield Tiona Epworth Jan 12 South Dayton Leon Jan 19 Ellington Cherry Creek Falconer Jan 26 Sinclairville Busti Celoron Feb 2 Kane East Kane Barnes Feb 9 Corydon Grace church Feb 16 Sherman Clymer Op Meadows Feb 24 Brooklyn Heights Russell Youngsville March 2 Randolph Napoli March 9 Lottsville Sugar Grove Buffalo street March 16 First church Warren Spring Creek Garland.
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J. P. Burns
Jamestown
Conference of
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Cattaraugus
Little Valley
Salamanca
Shefield
Tiona
Epworth
South Dayton
Leon
Ellington
Cherry Creek Falconer
Sinclairville
Busti
Celoron
Plans of Taft Cabinet Members After March 4
President Taft will see his cabinet remain intact until March 4. Officials plan to return to home bases after the term ends with most leaving Washington. Wilson likely returns to town, Knox couple to Pittsburgh, MacVeagh to keep Washington winter home while Chicago time. Stimson to New York, Wickersham to New York, Hitchcock’s plans unclear. Meyer to Hamilton and Boston business, Fisher to Chicago, Nagel to St Louis, Meyers to Boston business.
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Taft
Mr. Taft
Washington
Agriculture Wilson
Knox
Pittsburgh
Secretary of the Treasury
MacVeagh
Chicago
Stimson
New York
Wickersham
Hitchcock
Busi
Oldest Canvas Painting May Soon Belong to U S
Egyptian relic expert Robert de Rustaffaell of Luxor has unearthed a 3500 year old painting on canvas with bright colors and preserved cloth. American offers, London agents, and Rustaffaell’s decision to sell signal a transfer across the Atlantic after his discovery and other notable finds in Egypt.
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United States
Robert de Rustaffaell
Luxor
Egypt
Rustaffaell
Upper
London
Atlantic
Toll Of Sea Shrinks As Losses Fall Across Years
A British mercantile marine return shows 1804 losses of 3,071 including 1,874 masters and seamen and 1,197 passengers versus 121 in 1894. The 1890s saw rising steam usage. last year over 230,000 of 250,000 seamen served on steamships, with 159,257 under steam in 1894 and 58,537 still under sail. The overall mariner fatality rate dropped from 1 in 116 in 1894 to 1 in 248 last year.
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British Mercantile Marine
King of Rabbits Captured Near Half Moon Swamp
Report from Sharon Telegraph details Joe Schmidt and Joe Reicher hunting in Fairview township near Half Moon swamp. They chased a massive rabbit dubbed the King of Rabbits, 36 inches tall at the shoulders, 18 inches between ears, legs as thick as a 12 year old, weighing about 12 pounds per quarter. Schmidt shot the animal as it swam the Little Shenango river near Hadley.
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Joe Schmidt
Joe Reicher
Farrell
Half-Moon Swamp
Fairview Township
King of
Shenango River
Hadley
J. M. Heagney
Thos. Kearns
Great American Magazine of Fun touts BIFF in Taylorsburg
Abe Skinner laughs himself to death reading BIFF the Great American Magazine of Fun which claims to keep the whole family in good humor. The clipping urges a 50 cent yearly subscription sent to Biff Publishing Co. Dayton Ohio for one year.
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Taylorsburg
Ohio
Abe. Skinner
BIFF
Biff Publishing Co
Dayton
Karl A. Krantz and Frank J. Lyons Seek District Attorney Nomination
Karl A Krantz announces candidacy for District Attorney subject to the Washington Party primaries next September. Frank J Lyons also seeks the Republican nomination with decision to be made by primaries next September.
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Washington Party
Frank J. Lyons
Also Mentioned on This Page
New Water Works Superintendent
Harvey C. Shaw
Birmingham Water Works Company
Birmingham
Alabama
Wm. Hoffman
H. Elizabeth Carlson
W. A. Beck
First Lutheran Church
Mrs. Hoffman
Peter Jamieson
Onondaga Avenue
Jamieson
William Andruss
Struthers Wells Co
Andruss
Kightlinger
Jesse Kightlinger
Church of the Holy Redeemer
Peter Swanson
Page Hollow
Hammond Tron Works
Aul Stewart
Norbett
New Bethlehem
Wylie Theodore Corbett
Pearle Lower
F. W. Hays
First Presbyterian Church of
Youngsville
Elof Sandquist
Chanidlers Valley
A. V
P. Coads
North Warren Insane Hospital
Frank- In
America
Karl A. Krantz
Lohmer
Widdifield
Marshall & Wendell
Hoffmann
Stoddard
Princeton
E. V. Heysel
Estey
W. FB. Frederick
Warren, Pa
Masonic
Liberty Street
Sats.h Now
Warren, Penna
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