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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1908
Page
8
Notice to correspondents requires copy in hand by Tuesday each week. Each writer must sign their name to all communications but names will not be published unless requested. Do not write on both sides of the paper.
Fes 4 P J McDarmondt John Ayers Donaldson Bros and T R Donaldson filled their ice houses last week. Thursday night was the coldest of the season at 19 below zero. Miss Hazel Bates returned to her school and is not fully well. E D Alsdorf stays home awaiting mil movement. Enland and Lilfern Greeley are sick with the grip. No church due to storm. Sunday School attendance was 17. Dr L D Paige is busy with sick lists. Mrs Rickerson of Willoughby Ohio is slowly improving. Matteson Bros unloaded a large car of corn. Herb Mead and son Perry of Blueye were in town. Miss Moble Matesson is quite ill. Marsh Packerd of Garland Road visited with a grist. Frank Taylor, run over by a switch engine six weeks ago, came home Tuesday.
Sugar Run reports 15 degrees below zero during midweek cold spell followed by a blizzard on weekend. Residents travel between Steamburg and Warren while visitors from Westline Kinzua Sala manca Corydon and Forest county towns were seen calling and staying with locals.
Mrs Elias Akeley traveled to Warren on business Friday. Mrs Jane Brown has returned to Corry. Mrs J F Madigan and two children of Westline visit Mrs W H Madigan. Mrs W H Madigan injured herself but is recovering. Henry Crecraft visited Russell Saturday. Wash Drayton and son Will visit Hollow relatives. Harry Vansile and Erwin Smith were Jamestown visitors Saturday. Mr and Mrs W B Culbertson visited friends on Quaker Hill. Louie Newark went to Warren Saturday and returned Sunday.
Frank Clark of Braddock visited town last week. Hoyt Raymond schedules a February 7 farm goods sale before moving to Bradford. December and January weather packed roads. mill yard already shows log stock. County school leaders face a tricky Board of Education situation. Prof. Monroe a candidate for county superintendent. Cemetery Auxiliary meets with Mrs. Elton Allen Friday afternoon. C IL S C holds recent meetings. Mothers’ meeting with Mrs. E. C. Barnes on February 25 will be memorial services.
The Ladies' Aid Society gathered with Mrs. Margret Dominion for dinner. Several residents including Mrs. Libbie Burd of Frewsburg assist care for W. W. McCoy in serious condition. Other visits and illnesses noted among local residents.
The United States produced 37 550 736 board feet of lumber in 1906 with a mill value of 621 151 388 dollars and 11 858 260 000 shingles valued at 24 155 555 dollars along with 3 812 807 000 lath worth 11 490 570 dollars. Yellow pine leads, Douglas fir rises 186 percent since 1899, and Washington dominates Douglas fir.
The Philadelphia Press advertises Dr Gunn's Household Physician or Homebook of Health for four dollars and fifty cents and The Press daily for one year at three dollars. It includes a combined offer to send both to any US address postage paid for 54 dollars value seven dollars fifty cents, valid thirty days.
The report notes better trade conditions due to favorable weather and more active machinery, though unemployment remains high and dealers stay cautious. Prices mostly fall, but leading industries hold steady. money is cheap and collections are irregular. Bank closings ease, January railway earnings lag 15.3 percent from 1997, and New York exports rise while imports drop.
The Review of Reviews notes restored bank confidence and currency flow have changed the mood since November and December. While money stringency halted farm and factory activity and caused layoffs, the country remains fundamentally prosperous with a gradual revival and higher thrift. Credit readjustment and liquidation will bring some business failures and a dull period, but excess spending will drop as new capital funds ventures.
John McIntyre aged 79 died at his Grand Valley home on Sunday January 26. A native of Scotland he came to America at age six and lived in Sugar Grove and Eldred townships. He married Maria Cooper in 1854 and had three children, Robert, Rev. N. J. McIntyre, and Nellie Austin. A Civil War veteran, he served three years and was a Republican and Christian. He died in the faith he embraced over 55 years ago, mourned as a good man.
Nellie Bacher fired twice from a 32 calibre revolver at her husband Thomas Bacher in a jealous rage. One bullet struck near the heart but deflected by bone and not life threatening. she remains in city prison while he recovers at the hospital. The Bachers formerly lived in Warren where he ran a wholesale liquor store.
The article traces Chile’s political history from a series of ten year presidential dynasties in Santiago, known as a city of the Hundred Families, to the modern clash between the ruling Families and the executive. It notes Balmaceda’s 1891 crisis and the ongoing tension between oligarchic families and emerging political parties amid labor, unions, and socialism.
D A Mead of Warren Pennsylvania warns the public not to trust his wife on his account in a notice dated January 31 1908 published as a 26 4t notice in the local paper.
Terse editorial notes that boyish behavior often spills into broader trouble, urging parents and authorities to curb escalating mischief while preserving youthful energy and accountability.
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