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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1916
Page
8
Dr Albert Perveil of Brooklyn, a well known explorer and hunter, is dying from African sleeping sickness after five years of illness. He remains largely asleep with brief wakeful spurts and has shown little pain though the disease advances.
Students at Lewinton Mik Normal Training School learn arithmetic by real commerce. A model store lets pupils act as salesmen and customers to practice buying and selling and master business math.
A missing left arm and limb were reported after an Erie train mishap near the Gowanda freight house. The body was found Saturday near the Dayton signal tower about five miles from the tragedy. Public safety data show 25 accident deaths in Erie last year from streetcars railroads automobiles and other vehicles. Harrisburg hearings will hear Pennsylvanian views on rules for flour and feed mills and grain elevators with sessions in Pittsburgh Scranton and Harrisburg on February 14 21 and 21.
Congressman Samuel H. Miller announces limited free sets of government dairy bulletins. Topics include The Dairy Cattle Herd Its Formation and Management Breeds of Dairy Cattle Milk Fever Production of Clean Milk Breeds of Beef Cattle Seas of Cattle and The Dehorning of Cattle. Requests may be mailed to Congressman S H Miller ton Washington D C with no postage required.
A detailed guide from the Country Gentleman discusses drawing a scale garden plan for vegetables at Pennsylvania State College. It covers crop succession, fertilizer use, planting distances, companion crops, and timing to avoid idle land, plus grouping long season crops and recording plans for future years. The piece includes a temperance anecdote and an undertaker's remark on the liquor trade.
Hogwallow closes post office on February 2 a legal holiday. Tobe Mosely coats his scarecrow in cold weather. Tiny Peddler’s blind horse damages the Mail Carrier’s buggy in front of the post office. Ellick Hellwanger cites offshore invasion fears from Washington. Tickville Tidings readers debate witnesses and tickets while Fit Smith quits reading.
Frisby Hancock cleaned and oiled his watch this week. He disassembled the mechanism, wiped bearings, tightened taps, and wound the springs with his watch key. The result is a watch that now runs several hours faster than before.
Sidney Hocks keeps his oil squirrel rifle as he watches national moves on preparedness. He pledges to dispose of the weapon if voter sentiment leans toward disarmament, citing public safety and national welfare as guiding factors.
Warren County farmers attended an agriculture institute at the Court House where the State Department of Agriculture shared practices for potato production. William Patton of Armstrong County urged seed bed quality, hill selection, and short rotation. He described soil, manure, fall plowing, Bordeaux spray for blight, Paris green for Colorado potato beetle, and noted costs and profits per acre.
Sim Flinders claims to have forecast the year by a ground hang trap set on national ground hang day. He caught the wiley animal in the act of shedding its shadow across frozen ground, causing public confusion as the weather outlook remains uncertain day by day.
Cricket Hicks reports spotting a lizard one day this week while noting lizards have been gone for weeks. The observer remains behind the current excitement, keeping pace with local happenings.
The Excelsior Fiddling Band played before the post office yesterday and drowned out an argument between Poke Eazley and Jefferson Potlocks.
Professor Sap Spradlen reports finding a previously undiscovered stream in the Glander Creek bottoms. He cites lack of animal tracks and empty bait cans, and notes the water tastes unusually fresh.
Blanche and Carolyn discuss a young man at a ball. Blanche calls him a bore after he yawns three times while she talks. Carolyn disagrees, suggesting he may be too tired or unable to speak, not unintentionally rude.
About forty local youths joined Herbert E. Jones for a surprise party at his home on his fifty seventh birthday. Epworth League led by Rev. W. A. Thornton featured the event with a new member and plans for next week. Other local social notes include visitors from Warren and Falconer, and upcoming events at Conewango Hive and Akeley Grange.
The Lander group gathered with Rev. Charles Quick leading devotional exercises. Officers elected include President Mrs. Harry Mahan, vice president Mrs. Martin Cowell, and secretary treasurer Mrs. D. W. Johnson. A death resolution honored longtime president Mrs. Peter Mahan.
Mrs H K Bassett is seriously ill while her husband County Recorder Henry Bassett improves slowly. A group of eight to ten team owners planned to move a small house to the Valley road but it stalled on frozen ground awaiting snow. A newborn girl arrived to bless Mr and Mrs E W Sturgis, weighing seven and a half pounds. H N Ongley bought the Mc Gill house to place near Thompson's grist mill for a public garage. The Odd Fellows plan a Friday feast at their hall this month. Mrs Al Nichols visited Buffalo to see her son Charles Nichols in Dr Stockton's hospital.
A newborn son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Clark on Sunday Web. 6. The report notes the family welcomes the child in local society records.
President presses for vast naval strength and universal military readiness. He argues neutrality harms national security and urges immediate preparation with a citizen army over reliance on untrained volunteers. He claims America must be ready to defend its government and interests.
A collection of terse items notes Zeppelin raids on London killing dozens, Goethals cautions on canal reopening due to slides, Chase Hill foundered with crew saved, conscription begins February 10, and Pacific Northwest snowstorms disrupt transit. Also reports peace envoy proposals, Mexican rebel victory, New Jersey dry pledge, Wilson preparedness push, 14 killed by a boiler explosion, a Turkish prince’s suicide, a failed assassination bid in Portugal, a steel merger forming International Steel Co, House’s extended stay in Germany, and floods in Arkansas Mississippi Kentucky causing up to ten million dollars in damage.
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