Prisoner in Warren jail kills himself by slashing throat
Edward Bromley a 51 year old prisoner at the Warren county jail died Saturday morning after slashing his throat with a razor. He was found in the north corridor bleeding heavily and died within twenty minutes despite aid. Bromley had alleged family troubles including a dispute with a stepson and threats prior to his arrest.
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Razor
Edward Bromley
Albert Anderson
Dennis Maguire
Bromley
Anderson
Mr. Lowe
Pine Grove Township
Brimley
W. C. Hale
Sanborn Hill
Professor Mooney Weds Miss Wagner at Warren Conservatory
Wedding of Alfred J. Mooney and Molly Elizabeth Wagner held at 7:30 p m Sunday in Warren Conservatory of Music witnessed by eighty guests. Rev N A White conducted. The couple plans to reside locally after a Buffalo honeymoon. Mooney heads the Warner Conservatory and teaches at Chautauqua School of Music.
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Warren Conservatory of Music
Alfred J. Mooney
Molly Elizabeth Wagner
J. G. Wagner
Pennsylvania Avenue East
N. A. White
M. E
Conservatory
L. B. Campbell
Leroy B. Campbell
Evergreen
Poinsetta
Mooney
Buffalo
Te Country
Warner Conservatory
Chautauqua School of Music
Jamestown
Russell
John Dentler, Warren oil veteran, dies at 72
John Dentler, 72, longtime Warren resident and Civil War veteran, died Wednesday at Emergency Hospital after a two month illness. He arrived in Warren in 1878, worked as an oil contractor, later served as outside man for the Water Company, and retired to 516 Water Street. He was a member of Eben N. Ford Post G A R and survived by his wife, two sons, and a daughter.
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John Dentler
Warren
Water Company
Water Street
Dentler
Eben N. Ford Post
Windsor Chosen Chairman of Reception for Co I
Colonel Fred E Windsor appointed chairman of the reception committee to plan the welcome home for Company I soldiers returning from the border. Connel David Gardner will again serve as chief marshal, with Captain A G Lyons Major W M Robertson Earle V MacDonald and Marshall Parshall on the general committee.
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Fred E. Windsor
Connel David Gardner
A. G. Lyons
W. M. Robertson
Earle V. MacDonald
Marshall Parshall
FAMMOND MCRAY MARRIAGE IN JAMESTOWN NY
Worth Hammond of Columbus Pa and Pauline Me Cray of Corry Pa united in marriage in Jamestown New York. They arrived Saturday December 23 at the home of Mrs Falter Gardner Street. Dr Eldridge officiated.
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Worth Hammond
Coelumbus
Pauline Me
M Cray
Corry
Arriave
Jamestown
Missing banker Merton J. Gallup of Jamestown
Jamestown residents report the absence of Merton J. Gallup who faced an involuntary bankruptcy filing in Pittsburgh with liabilities over 100000. His assets reportedly include oil interests across Pennsylvania Ohio Kansas and Oklahoma. Gallup previously ran a Mt Jewett banking business and has lived in Jamestown four years. He left for Findlay Ohio more than a week ago and has not communicated since.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Merton J. Gallup
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Kansas
Oklahoma
Mt. Jewett
Findlay, O
Corncilu Winners Take Trip to State College
Wilison Sinner of Farmington township and Christ Christenson of Columbus township won paid trips to State College for Farmers Week. The two Corn Club contest winners earned their expenses paid in last summer’s competition.
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Wilison Sinner
Clarence Skinner
Farmington Township
Christ Christenson
Columbus Township
State Collegr
Corn Club
Miss Mary Jones to Wed Glenn Scofield
Engagement announced of Miss Mary Jones of Trinity Memorial Church to Glenn Scofield of New York and Warren. The wedding date has not been made public.
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Mary Jones
Glenn Scofield
W. H. Jones
T ®Nity Memorial Church
Glenni Scofeld
A. T. Schofield
New York
Warren
Little Talks on Health and Hygiene by Dr Dixon
A health column explains the patient doctor dynamic and a doctor's approach to illness. It contrasts patient habits, fast fixes, and the need for lifestyle changes with the clinician’s role in diagnosis, advice, and treatment. It likens doctors to architects and lawyers, noting that people seek medical help after damage rather than as a preventive step.
Happy New Year 1916 Poem by Levi Smith
A playful year ahead pledge celebrating 365 days of work and weather with no breaks. The author signs as Levi Smith, wishing health, success, and joy for all during the new year.
Close Elections and the Power of a Single Vote
A survey of pivotal one vote differences shaping history from the Hayes Tilden clash to Jackson, Van Buren, Calhoun, Everett, and Benton. The piece notes how single votes altered offices and policies, including constitutional moves and international cases, with a NYT attribution.
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Electoral Commission
Supreme Court
Clark
Jackson
Tennessee
New Orleans
Martin van Buren
England
John C. Calhoun
van Buren
Calhoun
Edward Everett
Massachusetts
Thomas H. Benton
Senate
Henry Clay
Kentucky
Union
Missouri
Taft
Idaho
Boise
Taft Roosevelt
Schuylkill County
Richard H. Koch
Indiana
General Assembly
Monis
France
M. Monis
New York Times
Wayward Son and Father Clash Over Youth Follies
A Boston Transcript item depicts a dialogue where a father chides his son for youthful folly, urging allowance for youth while the son pleads for parental leniency. The exchange underscores generational tensions over discipline and freedom.
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Boston Transcript
Poetic Reflection on Words and Place
A brief saying by Jenbet urges careful placement of words before using them. It frames language as a crafted tool that must fit its surroundings and purpose.
Enver Pasha Sparks Early British Ally in Istanbul
A British vice consu recounts witnessing the Young Turk revolt in 1908 and the looting in Constantinople. He describes a perilous encounter where Enver Pasha intervened to stop a mutilating looter and escorted the consul back to the British embassy, marking the start of a warm friendship.
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Enve Pasha
Constantinople
Mer
Galahad
Enver
Champion Tree Fellers and Beavers Compared
A description contrasts the beaver and a nocturnal tree feller, detailing the beaver’s dam building and vegetarian diet. It explains the feller’s nocturnal methods, using his tail for propulsion and balance, and notes his scientific tree cutting and home placement near a pond.
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St. Nicholas
Henley Reflects On Stevenson Encounter And Ambition
W. E. Henley recalls meeting Robert Louis Stevenson and the friend’s distress at not being a Voltaire or a Dumas. Stevenson attributes the friend’s failure to weak lungs. Henley quotes Stevenson’s remark about being a cripple and his imagined power to grasp the earth and throw it into the sun.
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W. BE. Henley
Robert Louis Stevenson
Voltaire
Dumas
Stevenson
Louis
Henley
Hamlet Revival Sparks Theater Row at High Forehead
Puck reports a Shakespearean revival at the High Forehead theater drew hisses from Bacon partisans. The audience reaction marked a lively clash over literary lineage and performance reception.
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Hamlet
High Forehead
Bacon
Puck
Willie Did at the Riverbank
Willie and his father go fishing and Willie realizes he tied a hook and eye correctly after being taught to bait the line. The simple family scene centers on a boy learning to fish under his father’s guidance.
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Willie
Texacher
How to Apportion an Income of $100 a Month
A practical guide splits a $100 monthly income for a young couple. Rent takes $25, meals for two around $28–$30, clothing about $70–$85 yearly for the man and a smaller share for the woman, plus $6 for laundry and $5 for amusements monthly. After essentials, about $16.50 remains for doctor, dentist, rainy-day funds, and miscellaneous wants, totaling careful management for two.
Malloy to Take Sing Sing Clerkship
Ossining New York December 28 J J Molloy assistant confidential clerk to the warden of Sing Sing prison has been promoted to confidential clerk taking over duties of Calvin Derrick who resigned Molloy assumes January 1 and will oversee the Mutual Welfare league affairs.
Lieutenants Ordered to Army Schools
Two hundred forty-one second lieutenants from civilian life were ordered to training schools before joining troops. Cavalry field artillery and infantry officers report to Fort Leavenworth January 3 while coast artillery officers go to Fortress Monroe on the same date.
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Washington
Regular Army
Cavalry
Field Artillery
Infantry
Fort Leavenworth
Coast Artillery
Fortress Monroe
Withhold Ship News From Boston Port
Movements of British vessels to and from Boston will be withheld by shipping lines after an order from Liverpool. All shipping lists have been destroyed and newspaper advertising withdrawn.
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Bostom
Liverpool
Woman dies after husband kept in jail for Christmas
Shenandoah Pa December 27 Mrs Susan Kirkbacker 44 mother of four died of heart failure upon learning her husband convicted on a felony would not be allowed to come home for Christmas.
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Shenandoah
Susan Kirkbacker
Argentine approves 65,000 ton pipe contract
A commission for the Argentine Republic arrived on the steamship Pastores to supervise the manufacture in New York of 65,000 tons of cast iron pipe. This is described as the largest single pipe contract ever placed by the Argentine government.
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New York
Uncle Sam Saving Twine In Post Office Economy
The Post Office Department uses idle workers to unravel and tie ends of spare twine into balls for tying supplies. The department aims to extend this economy nationwide by having excess twine mailed to the nearest large post office or division headquarters of the railway mail service.
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Postal Department
Washington
Postoffice Department
Department
Blast at Bethlehem Co Leaves Plant Closed in Gas Explosion
A gas explosion at the Bethlehem Stel company scrubbers and Lehigh plant in Bethlehem Pennsylvania caused over 100000 in direct damage. The blast due to a water main break halted operations and laid off thousands of workers as temporary scrubbers are installed.
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Lehigh
Bethlehem
Tissing & Shawkeygue
Bethlehem Stel Company
Yardle girl rises to motherhood not acting
The Birmingham Age-Herald notes the Yardle girl who pursued a stage career found a different path. She became a mother of six with a husband who stays home at night, surprising friends who expected stage stardom.
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Yardle
Birmingham Age-Herald
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Miss Wagner
Fammond-Mccray
Jamestown, N. Y
Seerton J. Gallup
S. G. Dixon
Allort
Fyrom
Levi Smith
Lee
Gingie Callot
Jenbet
Enver Pasha
Champion Tree Fellers
Henley and Stevenson
Elizabeth Lee
Withhold Ship News
Uncle Sam
Saving Twine
Bethlehem CO
Louis Jackson
Santa Monica
Cal
S. L. Jenkins
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