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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1916
Page
8
A rural town snippet recounts Washington birthday observances at the post office with little fanfare. Various locals appear in humorous vignettes including a weather prophet mail carrier, a fiddling band serenade at Sim Flinders, and troubles around Poke Eazley and Luke Mathewla. The Tickville editor attacks Roosevelt, while small town mischief and court proceedings are summarized in quick sketches.
Aborn Opera Company presents the Bohemian Girl at Library Theater on Tuesday February 29 with Edith Allan Henry Taylor Mildred Rogers George Dunstan Francis Tyler and Ralph Nicholls in a lavish staging featuring gypsies animals acrobats and a rising ballet from La Giovonda. The production adds dramatic flight scenes and a large cast to showcase an extended five-scene presentation with an acclaimed touring company profile.
Judge Emory issued liquor licenses to TM% applicants in New Castle. Fourteen were retail and eleven wholesale licenses granted. The move follows a long dry period since 1911 after Judge Porter refused all applicants amid the Billy Sanday revivals.
The Excelsior Fiddling Band known from Gimlet Creek to Rye Straw plays at funerals dances and gatherings with food and drink. Raz Barlow leads the group which also includes Sim Flinders Fidity Flinders Tobe Moseley Atles Peck Dock Hocks and Colum AT bus AMOps. The band recently began performing poems by Miss Fritzie Allsop and features the favorite piece Hell Amongst the Yearlings. They have faced breach of the peace charges and have been shot at during serenades but remain free due to Raz Barlow's influence before press time.
About thirty youth enjoyed a sleigh ride near Scandia on Frida eve, followed by a bountiful supper. Revival meetings at United Brethren church led by Rev. Nicholson of Warren draw large crowds. Local news notes Mr. Wm. Nelson visited Jamestown. the Weisses of Rome, Ohio welcome a baby girl, formerly Bessie Wagener of Warren. Hazel Saddler plans to stay in Jamestown, Merlin Briggs from Falconer visited, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Akeley were in Jamestown. A Chatham Concert Co. of Imira, New York, will perform Saturday evening in town.
Charles D. Reynolds and Frank A. Chase, guards at Allegheny county jail, died within hours of each other after incidents linked to the Biddle brothers escape years ago. Reynolds, an inside guard, was shot as he tried to intervene in a fight. Chase, at the outside door, had been relieved of duty following the escape.
The Pennsylvania State Department of Health feature attracted crowds at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. Detailed 1/16 inch scale models of tuberculosis sanatoria and ventilated schoolhouses illustrated ten years of health work. Commissioner Samuel G. Dixon oversaw the exhibit, which will move to the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia and then to other big centers in the state.
European war briefs report Swiss court admission for mature citizens in a spy trial, Serbian troops evacuated to Corfu, and an Anglo French parliamentary committee. London hosts a farmers dominated draft protest. Amsterdam notes new German war loan securitites. Berlin disputesthe sinking claim. Rosa Luxemburg released. Lorillard and Droppers engage with Serbia and Greece over naval mission rulings.
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