Mount Oak News Briefs and Health Updates
Clayton Oviatt visited Corry last week on business. Mrs. Essie Pierce improves from measles. Ernest Perkins from Spartansburg visited his father. C Hellyer improves after illness. Guy Leonard ill with grip and neuralgia at Amasa Nichols home. School resumes after two week vacation. Ousto Nichols welcomed a son. Infant daughter of Ralph and Mrs. Nichols buried at East Branch. E Hayes and daughter Letta recover enough to go out. Miss Ethel Hellyer stayed with Mrs. N Nichols at East Branch. Frank May from East Branch visited. Next meeting set for Howard Homestead Friday January 17.
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Mount Oak
Ralph Nichols
East Branch
E. Hayes
Letta
Ethel Hellyer
N. Nichols
Frank May
Akeley Grange installs officers and New Year events
Mrs. C. & Marsh hosted a New Year dinner for guests including Mrs. Phebe Marsh of North Dakota and Mr. Edward Rawson of Washington. New Grange officers were installed by Henry Sears. A Grange dance followed with Myrtle Thompson and Arvid Carlson choosing sides for a spelling contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmon Cenfer
John Geracimos
Warren
Phoenix Home Library Club
C. E. Marsh
Myrtle Thompson
Arvid Carlson
Harry Carlson
Quartette Close
Local notes from Columbus and surrounding towns
Mrs Fry visited Erie last Friday. Miss Lulu Covel attends school in Rochester New York. Mrs Ed Westrene has returned from Wrightsville. Mr and Mrs B A West visited Corry with Mr and Mrs Charles Patterson. Mr and Mrs Leon Hill and son visited John Street in Corry. Clayton Carrier is ill with pneumonia and Mrs Tyler and Mrs E L Monroe have grip. Measles reported in town. Miss Bell Howard returns from Pittsburg visiting Mrs Kelley. Mrs Ray Gordon and children return to Warren after visiting her parents. Mrs N E Dewey hosted sisters Mrs Frank Loveland Miss Emma Myers and niece Margaret Myers of Corry. Columbus Cemetery Association annual meeting Jan 14 at 2 pm to elect five directors. 50 cents dues. Farmers Institute at M B church Jan 3–4 with four state speakers. program disrupted by illness and storm. Paul Frisket violin solo. Mrs Fern Street piano. Seelice Frisket humorous recitation. Attendance limited by bad roads.
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Columbus
Fry
Erie
Lulu Covel
Rochester
N. Y
Ed Westrene
Wrightsville
B. A. West
Charles Patterson
Corry
Leon Hill
John Street
Clayton Carrier
Tyler
E. L. Monroe
Bell Howard
Pittsburg
Kelley
Ray Gordon
Warren
N. E. Dewey
Frank Loveland
Emma Myers
Margariette Myers
Members of Columbus Cemetery Association
Paul Frisket
Fern Street
Seelice Frisket
Local Notes from Bear Lake Busy with Departures and News
Rev. Patterson and wife return home from visit in McKeesport with health improved. Death reported of Elizabeth Markham in California after a three month visit to her son Ira. Fred Brooker and family plan to move to California this week. Enoch Bordwell and daughter to Erie for future home. Dr A P Phillips and Iris Simmons listed as sick. Kila Root of Westfield visited daughter Belle Cornish last week.
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Bear Lake
Patterson
McKeesport
California
Enoch Bordwell
Erie
Nordwell
A. P. Phillips
Iris Simmons
Kila Root
Westfield
Belle Cornish
Patchen Hollow Social Roundup and Local Visits
Mrs George Lawson entertained her nephew and niece Andrew and Annie Johnson of Lakewood. Bernice Lawson hosted a party for young people. Mrs George Lawson and daughter Floy visited Mrs Hurlbert in Chandlers Valley. Mrs Oscar Johnson hosted her aunt Mrs Mina Robbins and joined Mrs John Coteman at Youngsville. The Patchens returned from James town with relatives La Quay. Neighbors attend revival at Matthews Run. Ladies Aid met with Mrs Alfred Jones. A Killarney guide notes Maidens Tears and Widows Tears cascades, per tourism party.
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Patchen Hollow
George Lawson
Andrew
Annie Johnson
Lakewood
Bernice Lawson
Floy
Hurlbert
Chandlers Valley
Oscar Johnson
Mina Robbins
Johnson
Jamestown
Patchens
la Quay
Fern Chandler
Last Custer Scout Dean Harold Willis Powell Dies
Harold Willis Powell known as Mountain Harry, said to be the last surviving scout with General Custer at the Little Bighorn, died in Worcester Massachusetts. Powell was a Legion of Honor member and a recipient of several government gold medals for bravery.
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Custer
Dean
Harold Willis Powell
Mountain Harry
Battle of the Little Big Horn
Worcester
Mass
Legion of Honor
Market Report from New York Provision Market
Wheat closing May 98 cents. Oats No 2 white 39 1/4 cents. Pork mess priced 19.00 to 19.50. Butter creamery extras 36 3/6 cents. Eggs state and Pennsylvania nearby white new laid 36 to 37 cents. Potatoes state per 180 pounds 1.75 to 2.00.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Buffalo Provision Market Prices Report
Buffalo newspaper lists early January prices for grains and produce including wheat No 2 white and mixed at 1.09 per bushel, corn and oats prices, flour per barrel around 5.50 to 6.25, butter creamery prints at 28 cents, cheese at 17 to 17 4 cents, eggs henery mixed 31 32 cents, and store potatoes white fancy 65 cents per bushel.
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Buffalo
Winter Family
Hennery
East Buffalo Livestock Market Prices Report
Cattle prices show prime steers 9.00 to 9.25 per hundredweight with 1,200 to 1,400 lb animals. Choice fat cows 6.35 to 7.00, choice heifers 7.25 to 8.00, bulls 5.75 to 6.25, veals 11.75 to 12.00. Sheep and lambs include choice spring lambs 9.25 to 9.75 and mixed sheep 5.00 to 5.75. Hogs show light Yorkers 7.80 to 7.85 and heavy hogs 37.80.
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East Buffalo
Buffalo Hay Market Price List
Timothy No 2 on track to 17.00 No 1 choice clover mixed 16.50 oat and wheat straw 9.00 to 10.00 dollars per ton shown in market rundown.
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Buffalo
Timothy
Bank firm sells old correspondence to Hemingway Paper
Townsend Whelen & Co sold a bulk lot of letters and papers valued at about 75000 to Hemingway Paper Stock Co for 60. The sale arose as the firm moved from 309 Walnut Street Philadelphia after forty years. W Hemingway ordered stamps collected upon discovery. A F Henkels valued the lot at 75000.
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Townsend, Whelen & Co
Hemingway Paper Stock Company
Hemingway Company
Walnut Street
Philadelphia
Hemingway Concern
W. Hemingway
A. F. Henkels
Philadelphia Stamp Club
Suitcase Holds $90 000 Found At Winsted Home
A sum exceeding 10000 in banknotes was found in an old suitcase at the home of Mrs Emeline G Mills widow of Daniel H Mills in Winsted Conn She was reputed the wealthiest resident with an estate valued over 500000 Her will admitted to probate divides the estate into thirds one share to her niece.
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Emeline G. Mills
Daniel H. Mills
Mills
Winsted
Blandford Woman Grants Life Use and Two Thirds to Heirs
Mrs. Ella Tiffany of Blandford Mass gains life use of property while her two children receive the remaining thirds upon her death. Mrs. Mills, who lived alone near the business district, preached poverty to visitors.
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Ella Tiffany
Blandford
Mass
Wisdom Tooth Found in Man’s Lungs Cures Longtime Illness
William Peck of Sayre Pennsylvania was treated for lung trouble and many doctors gave him up as incurable. A violent coughing spell led to the discovery that a wisdom tooth had been embedded in his lungs for two years. The tooth was swallowed while Peck was under gas during a New York dentist’s extraction two years earlier, and his condition began to improve after its removal.
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William Peck
Sayre
Peck
New York
Wrights’ early flights at Simms Station documented
Nine years earlier Orville Wright and the late Wilbur Wright achieved four brief, successful flights at Simms Station in North Carolina. The first flight lasted twelve seconds and the final one fifty-nine seconds, marking a pivotal aviation milestone.
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Orville
Wilbur Wright
Simms Station
N. C
Genevieve’s Test of Sin and Courage in Church
Genevieve’s father preached on casting stones with the line Let him who is without sin among you the first to cast a stone. She stayed in the pulpit pew through the service as her mother urged her to leave. After others departed she sighed and remarked that they all sinned, but no one threw her.
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Genevieve
Drummer Bore Proclaims Ear Training Tactics
A Drummer A Bore says he learned to play entirely by ear. Miss Bright questions if he ever had an earache as the judge listens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Bore
Miss Bright
Cure for Consumption Promoted by Restored Minister
Rev Edward A Wilson claims recovery from consumption through a simple remedy and offers a free full description to sufferers. The notice urges testing the cure for lung and throat ailments including asthma bronchitis catarrh grip coughs colds and more. Send requests to Charles A Abbott at 60 Ann Street New York City.
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Edward A. Wilson
Mr.Wilson
Charles A. Abbott
Aay Street
New York City
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United States Mail
First National Bank
Warren PA
Warren Trust Company
Howard Homestead
Akeley
Citizens National Bank, Warren, Penna
Warren Savings Bank Incorporated
Warren, Pennsylvania
Depository
State of
Killarney
Market Report
Phila. Smelting & Refining Company
Chestnut ST
Prof
Hyde
Pennsylvania Avenue West
Citizens National Bank
Bell
H.B. Hyde
Optometrist
Warren, PA
Aeroplane
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Eas
Popular Mechanics CO
W. Washington Sr
Chicago
Sarah Lamkin
Warren County
Ment
Alenander
Dee
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