County Letters Notice to Correspondents
Notice asks correspondents to send their names weekly and states names will not be published unless approved. Advises not to write on both sides of the sheet.
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1908
Page
8
Notice asks correspondents to send their names weekly and states names will not be published unless approved. Advises not to write on both sides of the sheet.
The death of Mrs. Howard occurred at the home of her son Henry Crecraft Friday morning. She was 82 and survived by two sons and four daughters. Interment in Russell cemetery.
Dec 30 notes family and friends visiting from Cona rock and Kane. Mary E. Donaldson returns from Buffalo General Hospital after two months. A son born Dec 29 to Mr and Mrs George Taylor. Christmas events and visitors include G N Scott Kane and Harmon Barnes Warren visit.
The Christmas tree exercises at the church closed nicely with praising notes. The Ladies' Aid Society will meet Jan. 2 with Mrs. Flora Wiltsie and oysters served. Sunday School at 2, preaching at 3, Epworth League at 6 30 next Sunday. Haskins versus McCoy ended with verdict no cause of action. Martillus Todd Jr and sister Mildred of Baltimore visit uncles John and Frank Davis. Conewango foot bridge has been in danger during recent high water. Farmers continue plowing these days.
Dec 31 Henry Thompson and family spent Christmas with Mrs Anna Halstown then returned to the Cat taraugus Reservation late in the week. Mrs Hiza Jimerson and family and Mrs Effie Jimerson also visited Mr and Mrs Dwight Bennett. A Christmas tree and exercises were held at the church school on Wednesday evening. Several loads of residents drove to Oroville for Christmas shopping because the Corydon boat sinking had made the local ferry unusable.
Local notes report plans to cross the Allegheny river by ice bridge at Corydon. Trips and visits include Griswolds spending holidays at their former home and various relatives traveling to and from Warren Red House Glade and Carrollton for Christmas and New Year.
Meadville hosts a parade of holiday visitors including Earl Smith and wife Hydetown C S Knapp and family Sheffield Ed Allen and family Warren Martha and Anna Ayer Warren Louis Monroe Cornell College. Dec 24 birth of a daughter to Will Jaggs. Cemetery Auxiliary plans Jan 10 meeting with Deloss Schramling. January play project for cemetery funds and library.
Kane residents share Christmas greetings visiting relatives from Russell Warren and Kane enjoy holiday time. Don Gatewood regains health and joins activities. Potts return to town as Kate Jerman and Ellen Lindahl spend holidays with family. School closes for two weeks with a Christmas program. Church event with Sunday School children. Icy Passinger and Annie Johnson spend Christmas at home. Mrs Keeler entertains relatives from Ridgway and Clayton Libbey attends the town Christmas tree event.
Local families share holiday visits with relatives from Pittsfield Jamestown Kane Cyclone Ridgway and Warren as Friday school break ends for two weeks. Several residents plan winter stays or return from brief trips while the Wetmore Sunday School suspends activities due to heavy snow.
Christmas visits church events and a wedding in Eldred Center as residents travel to Meadville Youngsville and Clymer. Eldred Grange installs officers led by S M Parker and a host of named officers and roles.
Notice announces the winter term at Hoff Business College in Warren Pennsylvania beginning January 6 1908. It emphasizes ongoing demand for competent graduates and offers assistance before and after training. Call or write without delay.
Fire at 2:15 a. m. in a large wooden building opposite the Adams Hotel, owned by Albert Reynolds and leased to Clarence Briggs and Ward Akeley. Akeley’s paint and paper shop survived, Briggs’ billiard hall totaled by fire, incendiary origin suspected. Reynolds carried no building insurance and Briggs’ stock was insured for about two‑thirds.
Six large steamships are chartered to carry American agricultural machinery to Europe. Additional vessels are expected to join in the next days. The total freight over four months will be at least 250000 tons with a value near 25000000 dollars.
Books are maintained at railway stations in Russia to register passenger complaints. The system records issues raised by travelers, aiding oversight and service improvement.
In a southern town a lyceum entertainment featured a magician and sleight of hand. An elderly colored woman sat in the front row and watched the news read through a red cloth then through doubled cloth. She quipped she must leave for this place, calling it unrespectable.
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