Forester Engler Starts Tree Transplanting At Ludlow
Dr J Arthur Engler forester and tree doctor completes the contract on the Hoffman property Ludlow and begins moving a large number of maples by his crew along the river road west of Warren. The work will take several days as trees are replanted to shape the summer home estate. Conewango Valley Country Club seeks charter approval on February 21 in Court of Common Pleas led by Horace A Crary Walter W Beaty and M C Parshall. The club plans a building on the North Warren Russell site with estimated construction costs around 25000 dollars.
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Forester
J. Arthur Engler
Hoffman
Ludlow
W. A. Talbott
Warren
Conewango Valley Country Club
Court of Common Pleas
Horace A. Crary
Walter W. Beaty
M. C. Parshall
North Warren
Russell
Oil Strike Reported At Jones Place North Warren
Indication of oil from a well drilled by North Warren residents R T Jones and Alex Erickson shows a barrel of oil at 250 feet. The plan is to drill to the Grade sand at about 750 feet, with possible favorable outcome suggested by Monday’s event. Clarendon Tannery Nears Resumption After Suspension
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North Warren
R. T. Jones
Alex Erickson
Jones Place
Grange Plans Market House in Warren
Warren Grange held a last Saturday vote to cooperate with the council Chamber of Commerce and other groups on a combined market house and community building. A committee of C B Johnson E D Stewart Henry Ridelsperger He C J Frantz and N A Kidder will approach other organizations to determine cooperation levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange
Warren Warren
Chamber of Commerce
C. B. Johnson
E. D. Stewart
Henry Ridelsperger
He. C. J. Frantz
N. A. Kidder
Board of Health Year in Review Highlights City Health Actions
Health Officer H. J. Bierce reports a busy year with 361 houses placarded for contagious diseases and 348 disinfected. The year included 95 complaints investigated with 65 true cases, 98 diaries inspected, 1296 new visits to quarantined parties, 93 out of town patient visits to Emergency Hospital, and 4613 infections abated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
H. J. Bierce
More Persons Liable To Compensation Act Ruling
The State Workmen's Compensation Board ruled that all who serve the commonwealth or testify in criminal prosecutions fall under the act. Any person on the payroll of state county or civil division is a liability risk, excepting officers by suffrage. Farmers are not elastically exempted, and a threshing machine operator is included.
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State Workmen’s Compensation Board
Financial Campaign On For Bon Air Hospital
Sixty persons in seven teams will raise 8000 for Bon Air Sanatorium Bradford over four days. Banquets nightly at Conenango club house with six teams led by prominent Warren figures, including Mrs Lindsey Miss Botchford Jamieson and Dr McKee guiding the effort.
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Bon Air
Bradford
Conenango
W. E. Rice
Anti-Tuberculosis League
Northwestern Pennsylvania
S. A. Slater
Grandview Sanatorium
Oil City
Warren
Edward Lindsey
Marie Botchford
A. A. Printz
Leonard Larson
L. C. Jamieson
U. S. Rogers
Filter plant inspections show compliance progress in Warren area
N R Buller state fisheries commissioner tours Warren and nearby plants guiding pollution controls. He notes former warrants have led to filtering upgrades and high efficiency now, with promises of further improvements at Warren Chemical, Glade tannery, and Conenango refinery as munitions operations resume.
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N. R. Buller
State Commissioner of Fisheries
Warren
J. P. Albert
Warren Chemical Products Company
Irvineburg
Buller
Glade
Conenango
Ams
Death of Cornplanter Indian man at Emergency Hospital
89 year old Skidmore Jacobs died last Wednesday morning after an appendectomy failed to rally. A lifelong resident of Warren with deep ties to the reservation, he was a former Glade Oil fireman known as a steady man. Survived by wife and two sisters, his burial was held in Oakland cemetery after services at Riverside cemetery. His father Thomas Jacobs was a river pilot.
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Skidmore Jacobs
S. J. Henhawk
Tunesasse
N. Y
L. E. Bushtooth
Syracuse
Jacobs
Nebraska Forest County
Nebraska
Riverside Cemetery
Thomas Jacobs
Lyman Cook
R Ning
Creek
Allegheny River
Oakland Cemetery
Alleged Theft Involving Sutton Arrested Near East Branch
Constable Matt McGuire took Floyd Sutton into custody Tuesday night at friends’ home near East Branch. Sutton is charged with stealing $45 from S. M. Haner of West Spring Creek and posted $200 bail for a Friday hearing in Columbus before Justice Carrier. Haner, en route to Spartansburg for feed, encountered Sutton, who later reportedly gave $20 to Haner’s wife, claiming it was all he had taken.
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Floyd Sutton
Matt McGuire
Columbus
Friends
East Branch
Sutton
S. M. Haner
West Spring Creek
Justice Fairchilds
Justice Carrier
Haner
Spartansburg
McGuire
Y W C A Members Hold Annual Meeting in 1916 Plans
Y W C A members met at Mrs F G King home 601 Market Street for their annual meeting. No officers were elected and building plans were only generally discussed. Reports for the year were presented and a board of directors for 1916 selected with Mrs H A Smith and others re elected. The board organized at the Y W C A Building Monday night with Mrs J P Rogers president and officers named.
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F. G. King
Market Street
H. A. Smith
George Muir
L. D. Dennison
Fannie Smith
Commissioners Seek Clarity on Salary Law for Warren County
An amicable suit in Warren county aims to determine the salary of county commissioners under a 1915 act that amended earlier laws. The text sets varying annual salaries by county population but leaves interpretation unsettled, prompting the county solicitor and commissioners to seek exact intent.
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Warren County
Schmidt Quits National Game
Boston reports Charlie Schmidt the Braves first baseman has quit the national game for good. Confirmation from Baltimore and Braves business manager Hapgood states Schmidt will devote his full time to his Baltimore business.
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Schmidt
Boston
Charlie Schmidt
Braves
Baltimore
Hapgood
Farmer shoots Sheriff in Wisconsin incident
Duluth reports Sheriff Mat Olson of Barren County Wisconsin was shot and killed while serving papers at his farm by farmer Wenzel Baroneck. The brief transmission from Barren County town cites Baroneck as the shooter and notes the fatal event occurred near Baroneck’s residence.
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Duluth
Mat Olson
Barren County
Wis
Wenzel Baroneck
Barren
Man Killed Riding Freight Train Near Youngsville
John Cross aged 40 of Davey Hill was killed when he fell from a moving Pennsylvania freight train near Youngsville. Coroner DeForest conducted a brief inquest at the morgue. Cross left a wife and four children. The exact circumstances remain under investigation.
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John Cross
Davey Hill
Here
Pennsylvania
Youngsville
Pennsylvania Road
Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and
Pittsburgh
Cross
Democrat voter flips on oath in citizenship exam
In a U S citizenship exam a judge questioned 151 applicants about allegiance. One man struggled with questions until asked about belonging to any organization hostile to the government. After clarification he admitted, Yes, I’m a Democrat.
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United States
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Interstate Baseball League
Pat Dougherty
Salamanca Oil City
Titusville
Kane
Zurer
Leon Johnson
Struthers- Wells Company
R. C. Lund
H. W. Conarro
Struthers- Wells
Alvin Stitt
United Business Clubs of
H. V. Hazeltine
Warren Chamber of Commerce
Bon Air Hospital
Warren Co
Farmer
Sheriff
T. J. Foley
Prospect St
Permanent Optical Dept
The
Reynolds’ Go., Inc
Kowma
Second Ave
Warren, Pa
Stewart
E. D. Everts
Penna. Ave
Carver House
Lambertville Rubber Footwear
Eberhart and
Willer
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