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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1915
Page
5
Laurel Street restraint issued as danger from colliding with railroad trains prompts a ban on coastling by day or night. A sledder narrowly escaped an engine from a Gar land special train, causing alarm among train crews.
Samuel Filer longtime Youngsville resident born October 14 1888 died last Thursday morning after a brief illness. He lived most of his life in Youngsville except for three years in the army and worked a decade as a carpenter for the Pennsylvania R A Co before pension. Survived by son Geo E Filer Seattle Wash daughter Miss Lillian Filer Youngsville and sister Mrs Martha Olds Youngsville. Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 30 o'clock.
John P. Johnson, Tiona section foreman for the P R R, recovered the empty U S mail bag from under an abandoned passenger station while searching for plates. The bag contained 130 one cent and 67 two cent stamps and remnants of watches and novelties taken in a recent safe robbery. The robbers likely rode a street car or walked toward Clarendon where trains can be caught.
Sam Ostergard leads a petition drive for a five year closed deer season in Warren county. Fifteen deer will be released within a month, with one hundred deer in the shipment to be allocated to Warren Forest Elk and McKean counties.
Miss Marie B. Backus of Onoville New York and Samuel L. Olson of Scandia were married in Jamestown by the Rev Dr Gardner S. Eldridge of the First M E Church. The couple were attended by Miss Marjorie Y. Backus and Miss Ethel A. Howard. The bride wore a blue traveling suit and a white picture hat and the newlyweds will reside in Scandia Pa.
The piece notes February has many holidays including Woodchuck Day and St. Valentine’s Day, with Lincoln and Washington days as legal holidays. A separate item describes H. D. Wade finding a blue grey three foot snake in a banana lot from Port Riviera Costa Rica, later exhibited and moved to a high school museum.
President James A. Lindsey calls a meeting of House directors in Olean on February 18 to decide the Jamestown franchise status and to discuss expanding the Interstate league from six to eight clubs. Addison and Corning, N.Y. are reported as potential entrants. trades involving Bradford players are anticipated.
A local axeworker, Fred V. Astozenit, 33, Austrian, was found by a P R R section man after a train strike near Gladerun. Coroner DeForest took charge and the body was prepared for burial. Investigators suspect foul play and may arrest. Funeral planned in Sheffield with inquest set for Feb 16.
The Columbia Grill operated for ten weeks by four Jamestown youths has been shut by the sheriff and will be sold on Monday February 15. J F Broderick heads a vocational class at the high school teaching mechanical drawing and math to six Pennsylvania Furnace and Stove Co. employees at the company's expense to prepare them to manage heating plant installations. William A Stover, married to Julia M Cowan of Warren, was severely scalded in a Davenport Iowa boiler shop last Saturday and transported to a hospital. his condition is painful but improving.
The Columbia Theater handled 2683 patrons between 1 PM and 11 PM for the seven reel feature Tilly's Punctured Romance. Despite prior runs here, the film drew stronger crowds than its first appearance.
The Glade Oil Works installs a New Process system from St. Louis to convert kerosene and fuel oils into gasoline at about one third of a cent per gallon. It is the second plant of its kind in the United States, with the Oklahoma plant as the other, and tests will be run this week for refiners in Warren.
Messrs Louis and Albert Highhouse weigh plans to build new brick kilns for the Highhouse Brick plant in Pleasant township. Miss Lillian Shaw of Clarendon and Robert M. Kerr wed on December 31 and will reside at Millstone, Pennsylvania.
Thursday in Oklahoma James Farrell son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Farrell of Warren died last Thursday of pneumonia in a Cushing hospital after a brief illness The body was brought to Warren for burial
A son was born at Emergency hospital last Wednesday evening to Mr and Mrs J L Smith of 8 Glenwood Avenue. C P Chapman and Miss Alice M Risley of Bear Lake were married in Corry last Saturday by Alderman J T Barker.
H. F. Gay of the City Meat Market slipped on an icy sidewalk Saturday morning on East street and broke his right leg with ligament damage near the ankle, medical treatment was administered.
Fourteen year old Helen Laufenburger daughter of Mr and Mrs Phillip Laufenburger of Russell slipped on ice near the Learn residence last Wednesday morning and fractured her collarbone.
The Warren Street Railway Company plans to add an 800 horsepower gas engine a dynamo and related equipment to meet rising power and lighting demand in towns served by the Stoneham power house. Sister of Recorder Bassett Dies In Jamestown Mrs Ida Bassett Cooper sister of Recorder Henry H Bassett died suddenly at her Jamestown home last Tuesday. The body was taken to the family homestead in Grand Valley where the funeral was held on Wednesday.
At a Monday meeting in the parish house of the Episcopal church Rev. W. H. Jones organized a Temporary War Relief Committee. Officers include Mrs. Harry A. Logan as chairman and Mrs. W. F. Bennett as secretary. The group will supply hospital materials and knitted items for Red Cross in Europe and invites Warren ladies to join with a one dollar membership.
Andrew W Meehan aged 32 died Monday morning at his Fourth Avenue home after a period of illness. A Warren native he was a successful traveling salesman. He leaves sisters Katherine and Alice and his late parents. He was active in St. Joseph's Church the Elks and Knights of Columbus.
Local service advertises printing 100 envelopes with the customer name and ads for 50 cents cash with order. Delivery available after payment. Warsren, Pa.
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