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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1915
Page
5
Erie passes a sidewalk safety ordinance with a $100 fine or thirty days in jail for property owners failing to keep paths free of snow and ice, requiring sand or sawdust to be spread when removal is impossible.
The Pennsylvania count shows 7 180 lawyers, one per 1 068 people. New York has about twice that ratio, one lawyer per 552 residents, while South Carolina has the fewest, one attorney per 1 671 persons.
After months of limited operation due to hide shortages and a foot and mouth disease quarantine, the Curtis Leather tannery in Ludlow McKean county has resumed full capacity. Heavy hide shipments have begun and prospects are bright for steady work for over 600 men.
Rosario Pentagra, 17, wife of a Jamestown man, was acquitted in Mayville after jurors accepted medical experts’ testimony of mental incapacity. She testified a string of alleged betrayals and abuse by Gaetano Contiguglia led to the shooting, following her husband’s desertion.
Fifteen thousand dollars is allocated for Warren County fair buildings with a building committee led by H. A. Siggins and a plan to rush construction after bids are issued next week. Stockholders will vote March 6 on increasing capital from 25 000 to 35 000.
In Meadville opening of Crawford county license court Judge Prather granted 36 of 52 applications after a week of hearings. Wholesale licenses were denied due to seven to one remonstrances, while several individuals and firms including Guttman Schwartz Friedman Angell McGill Montgomery and others faced refusals.
County farmers will attend a two day Farmers Institute at Sugar Grove Pa on Feb 26 27 1915 with sessions starting 1 30 P M A roster of speakers includes Prof Franklin Menges from York and W Theo Wittman from Allentown plus Leon Otice Van Noy from Troy among others The event is free to all and lunch is encouraged with coffee served in the Grange Hall Attendees may submit questions at a secretary’s desk and program notes may be obtained by mailing a card to the Department of Agriculture Harrisburg Pa
An Adams Express Co. agent in Driftwood reported last night that someone entered the office during a lunch break and stole 580 dollars from the safe. Police and nearby city authorities were notified as the money was set to be sent east on the train due at 11:54.
The Interstate Baseball league directors gathered at the Olean House to finalize season plans. President James A. Lindsey announced franchise transfers, issued charters to Bradford, Jamestown, Hornell, Wellsville, Warren, and Olean, and set season-ticket and postseason payout rules.
Albany reports a public hearing planned for March 3 on a bill to abolish capital punishment. The measure has already been introduced in both houses with supporters listed including Thomas Mott Osborne Sing Sing warden Jacob Schiff George Foster Peabody Katherine B. Davis and Rabbi Goldstein.
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