Double Color Pen Invented by Warrijites
Patent news says George B. Munn and Chris Marker secured patents for a two color red black pen set to launch in 1917. William Ulrich of Venturetown first designed the red black ink device with back to back nibs, later improved by Col. Fred Cobham in Erie to hide one point in the barrel with a spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Munn
Chris Marker
Mr. Munn
William Ulrich
Venturetown
Chautauqua Lake
Ulrich
Munn
Col
Fred Cobham
Colonel Cobham
Erie
Mann
Margery Shirley Seeks Life After Poison Attempt
Mrs. Margaret Shirley swallowed bichloride of mercury before a city arrival to meet her estranged husband. A hospital stomach pump saved her life. she acted with suicidal intent but the husband was reportedly willing to resume their marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Shirley
Shirley
William H. Lott Dies Suddenly in Warren
William H. Lott, 56, longtime janitor of the Warren Savings Bank, died Friday night after collapsing from a burst blood vessel at the bank. He had lived in the county since youth, coming from London. Survived by a son William and sister Mrs. M. Rogers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lott
Warren Savings Bank
Mr. Lott
Warren
London
Bor
William
M. Rogers
Former Warren Boy Injures Right Eye
DeForest Griswold six year old son of Fay and Mrs Griswold of Westfield New York former Warren residents injured December 8 when he fell on a sharp stick carrying it. The end penetrated his right eyeball just below the pupil. He was treated by Dr E H Mudge before being taken to an eye specialist in Erie. Doctors held hope the eye could be saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeForest Griswold
Fay Griswold
Westfield
N. Y
Warren
E. H. Mudge
Erie
Cherry Creek Man Caught Passing Liquor at Station
D. W. Randlett of Cherry Creek New York is charged with furnishing liquor to Alfred Pierce an Indian from West Run. Randlett was caught passing a pint of whiskey at the Pennsylvania station last Saturday night by police. He and Pierce worked at the gun cotton plant. Randlett is held on $250 bail for trial at the next term of court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Randlett
Cherry Creek
N. Y
Alfred Pierce
West Run
Randlett
Pennsylvania
Oil City Police Ban Nude Film Showing
Oil City mayor and police chief halted a motion picture’s screening last week because its main feature showed a nude woman. Local elites, accustomed to scantily dressed women, defended modesty and opposed the zero weather nude scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil City
Abe Martin
Harry Logan to Build Fine Home on Third Avenue
Harry A. Loge of United Refining Co will construct a palatial residence this summer on Third Avenue. He purchased the George Priestley lot at Third and Popular streets for 15 000 dollars and will erect a 30 000 dollar home there.
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Harry A. Loge
United Refining Company
Third Avenue
Mr. Logan
George Priestley
Russell Civil War veteran Alonso Cole dies at 82
Alonso Cole longtime Russell resident and Civil War veteran died at his home last Thursday morning at age 82. He is survived by his wife and two daughters. Funeral services were held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the First M E Church, with interment in Russell Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonso Cole
Russell
M. E. Search
Feeble Mindedness Exhibit Tour In Pennsylvania
The Association's Committee on Provision for the Feeble Minded presents an exhibit touring Pennsylvania to inform the public about feeble mindedness, its institutions, costs, and a urged program of legislation and funding. It has drawn 100000 visitors in Philadelphia and includes a play, moving pictures, and lantern slides. The Warren showing is organized by the Women's Club with future notices planned.
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Association
Pennsylvania
Warren
Women’s Club
Penna
General Assembly
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Large compensation awards in Pennsylvania workers' comp cases
Since January 1 1915 the Pennsylvania workmen's compensation act has produced 527490 in rewards in district No 7 per Referee G Scott Smith. Seventeen cities heard hearings in the past year with 46 claimants awarded compensation and 15 denied. The total includes 27490 awarded to dependents and 5340 for disability. The largest award 3900 went to Carmel ia Vandieri Erie for her and four children after her husband died at National Foundry. Three appeals to the state board have been taken with two affirmed and one granted de novo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Scott Smith
Smith
Referee Smith
Carmelia Vandieri
Erie
National Foundry
State Women’s Compensation Board
Mackey
Judge Siggins Expected to Fully Recover After Operation
Associate Judge John Siggins Sr. returned from Philadelphia where he consulted Dr. S McCuen Smith after a serious operation to scrape the frontal bone. A drainage tube clog necessitated reopening the wound but the physician reports the wound healing rapidly and a full recovery is anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Siggins, Sr
Philadelphia
S. McCuen Smith
Youngsville Banker Undergoes Operation in Buffalo
W. P. Nutting a well known banker of Youngsville is in a Buffalo New York hospital where he underwent an operation for the correction of a stomach disorder. He was injured in an automobile accident some time ago and has since suffered considerably. The operation was successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Nutting
Youngsville
Buffalo, N. Y
Nutting
Couple Wait Five Hours for Marriage License Verify Decrees
Ward O. Matthews and Emma A. Howe of Gowanda New York spent over five hours in the office of Register and Recorder Bassett waiting for a marriage license. Both had been divorced and lacking decrees, so officials had to verify statements before issuing the license. A telephoned check of Buffalo divorce records delayed the process about half a day.
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Ward O. Matthews
Emma A. Howe
Gowanda
N. Y
Office of Register and Recorder
Bassett
Buffalo
Warren Library Association to Hold Annual Meeting
The Warren Library Association will meet at the Public Library on Market Street Monday January 8 at 7 30. Reports from the Librarian and Treasurer will be given and officers for the coming year will be elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Warren Library Association
Public Library
Market Street
Washing the Dishes in National Food Magazine
Dr. H Barnard argues in Vable Talk that daily dishwashing is unnecessary and saves time energy and fuel. A housekeeper who washed after each meal reduced daily washing from fifty one to forty one minutes and used less soap and water by heating water once rather than three times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. H. Barnard
National Food Magazine
Salt in the Food Prompts Salt Brand Comparisons
The San Francisco Chronicle notes housewives misjudge salting due to salt brand variation. Five tomato slices show equal parts from five brands taste different, with fine quickly soluble table salt giving even flavor. Large crystals dissolve unevenly, causing inconsistent seasoning. Stick to one trusted salt to avoid failures.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Single File Travel Among Indians Reflects Caste Bias
The passage argues Indians traveled in single file due to a caste system not road scarcity. It claims this practice mirrors Asiatic customs and shaped gender roles, with women as subordinates and men quiet, citing Hindu and Chinese household patterns as comparisons.
Tascumia Strikes John in Pittsburgh Chronicle Call
A Pittsburgh Telegraph Chronicle vignette features a daughter calling her mother about John who has fallen asleep while taking medicine for tascumia, with the doctor prescribing pills every four hours as the mother considers waking him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue
John
Pittsburgh Telegraph- Chronicle
The Camera Man And Villa Prisoner Execution
An American photographer Burrud attached to Francisco Villa’s staff refused to film an planned morning execution of about twenty prisoners. He argued his films were bad and delayed the shot until a new film supply arrived. By then Villa changed his mind and the executions were canceled.
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Francisco Villa
Burrud
Francis A. Collins
Villa
Ian
Kiss Diphtheritic Child in Norristown Funeral Crowding
Health Officer White warns of potential diphtheria outbreak near Florence Worthington’s home after many mourners kissed the bier at the funeral. The child died of bronchial pneumonia, but authorities now suspect diphtheria. Her brother Woodrow Worthington has contracted the disease.
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Norristown
White
Florence
Ira Worthington
Woodrow Worthington
Coffins and hearses seized to satisfy debt in New York
Mrs. Anna Miller, creditor of E S Robinson an undertaker, had 20 coffins levied on after a $500 judgment. Robinson failed to pay, and she chose the coffins or two hearses. Later another creditor attached the hearses.
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Garrison
N. Y
Anna Miller
E. S. Robinson
Dutchess Junction
Granton
Robinson
H. T. Briggs
James Clemons
Sage and Sulphur Hair Dye Promises Natural Darkening
An old remedy for gray hair claims Sage Tea and Sulphur restore color and sheen. The ad touts Wyell's Sage and Sulphur Compound sold at Crug stores for about 30 cents, with false assurances of natural, even darkening and youthful appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crug
Wyell
Baltimore liquor ring eyed in dry law violations
Police and federal agents investigate alleged violators in Baltimore accused of transporting whisky to Virginia and West Virginia. Reports say a gang departs at certain evenings each week with suitcases supposedly containing whisky and uses jitney buses for cross state shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Virginia
West Virginia
Navigation Closed at Tarrytown as Winter Sets In
Navigation on the Hudson at Tarrytown has closed for the season. The ferries Flushing and Rock, running between Tarrytown and Nyack, have laid up for the winter.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
Hudson River
Flushing and Rock
Here
Nyack
Smoking In Japan A Tradition Of Minimal Tobacco Use
In Japan women have smoked since tobacco's arrival using small metal pipes with tiny bowls. This practice provided about half a dozen puffs and remained common until Western innovations like the vizarette entered Japan.
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Japan
His Excuse Speed Trial Reported In Court
A fragment from a New York Times item notes a defendant’s claim about speeding fear and court appearance. The text cites a charge of exceeding the speed limit and characterizes the legal proceeding in terse language.
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Tate
Charce
New York Times
Married Couple Surprises Friends With Vow
A lighthearted note recalls a couple who wed and vow to remain together, with friends surprised by the marriage and optimism about lasting happiness. The exchange frames humor around commitment.
Bank of Spain Reports Reserve Increase in Early January
Madrid reports the Bank of Spain expanded its gold reserve by 19,000,000 pesetas in the last week, bringing total reserves to 1,225,000,000 pesetas. The rise since December 31, 1914 stands at 697,000,000 pesetas.
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Madrid
Bank of Spain
Deer Chased by Lenox Township Residents in Ohio
Residents of Lenox township, fifteen miles south of Ashtabula, sighted a wild deer. Several chased it but the animal outpaced the local sprinters. The deer is thought to have crossed from Pennsylvania.
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Ashtabula, O
Lenox Township
Lenox
Pennsylvania
Neighbors quarrel sparks quiet homeside tale
Detroit Free Press quote reflects neighbors described as the usual sort who cost a little more than learning to keep up with them, hinting at a small domestic friction that colors everyday street life.
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Detroit Free Press
An Ancient Cake Birthday Dialogue
A brief exchange about a cake from a twenty eighth birthday. Patience asks to view the cake and Patrievee agrees asking if it is well preserved, noting Yonkers as the location context and Stutestiah as a proper noun.
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Patience
Patrievee
Yonkers
Blessings Brighten as They Take Their Fight
A short devotional note reflects on blessings growing brighter as they join in action, inspiring perseverance and faith in the face of challenge.
Sugar Grove Man Dropped Dead in Bradford
Herold R. Smith a well known Sugar Grove man died suddenly in Bradford Saturday evening. He had spent the holiday with his parents Mr and Mrs B Smith and was returning to work in the oil field. Heart trouble caused the death. The remains were brought home and the funeral held from the Methodist Church on Wednesday. He was 24 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herold R. Smith
Sugar Grove
Bradford
Ely's Cream Balm promise for quick nasal relief
Advertisement claims a small bottle of Ely's Cream Balm clears clogged nostrils in one minute. It allegedly penetrates air passages to soothe inflamed mucous membranes and relieve a cold or catarrh quickly, urging readers to buy from their druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Corn Relief Claim From Cincinnati Authority
A Cincinnati authority promotes freezone a ether compound applied to corns to stop soreness immediately and dry up the corn for easy lifting. He notes a quarter ounce costs little at any drug store and claims it removes hard or soft corns and calluses from feet benefiting many American women with high heel use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Old-Time Cold Cure Drink Hot Tea
An old remedy promotes Hamburg Breast Tea, brewed as a hot beverage. A tablespoon in boiling water is sipped through the day to relieve congestion, loosen bowels, and break a cold. Claimed to be inexpensive, vegetable, safe, and harmless for grip or cold symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
St Jacobs Oil Promises Quick Relief for Rheumatism
An old time remedy claims to remove rheumatic pain by rubbing on the tender spots with St Jacobs Oil. The ad asserts most cases need no internal treatment and promises rapid relief from pain stiffness and soreness in joints muscles and bones. It promotes a 25 cent bottle from drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rob
St. Jacobs
St. Jacob
Jad Salts Promoted For Kidney Health And Backache
An advisory article claims regular meat intake harms kidneys, causing backache and urinary symptoms. It promotes Jad Salts as a safe remedy derived from grapes and lemon with lithia to flush kidneys, neutralize urine acids, and prevent bladder issues.
Mail Office Sells Legal Blanks and Sign Cards
The Mail office serves as headquarters for legal blanks sign cards and related items offered at favorable prices.
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Warrijites
Bichloride
William H. Lott
Harry Logan
Alonzo Cole
Public Charities Association of Pennsylvania
Judge Siggins
Youngsville Banker
Recorder's
Annual Meeting OF Library Association
Ules
Daniel Green
Hiawatha
John Kelly
Wright & Stetson
Redding Shoe Co
Second Avenue
Penn‘a
Ohio
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