Council Grants Across-Board Pay Increases for Borough Employees
Borough council voted for pay raises effective January 1 for all employees except the firemen who filed a petition. Raises 8 to 15 percent add about 52000 yearly, covering fire police chiefs secretary janitor street workers. Unexpended balances total 2400, street and bridge overdrafts 1850, city resources 110842.31 opposed liabilities 322000. Budget not decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Gordon
Gottlieb Haag
Alson Rogers
D. G. Blackman
Harry Wheelock
Texas
Company I
J. &. Wheeler
J. A. Schofield
Circulate Petitions for $250,000 Road Bond Issue
Countywide petitions will seek voters approval for a $250 000 roads bond issue to connect the county seat with the New York state line via Akeley Youngsville and Sheffield. If approved the plan mirrors McKean County’s $500 000 program supported by W J Farnsworth and County Supervisors Association urging legislative funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKean County
New York State Line
Akeley
Youngsville
Sheffield
McKean
Highway Department
Commonwealth
W. J. Farnsworth
County Supervisors Association
Postoffice Receipts Rise in 1916 at Warren
Warren postoffice reports total receipts for 1916 of 87 843 24 up from 80 607 69 in 1915. Postmaster Allen cites a late season dip due to mail order advertising deferrals. Fiscal year ends March 31, with four year figures climbing from 66 875 to 82 333, and 1917 outlook near 92 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Austrian Man Hangs Self at State Hospital
John Zak a 47 year old Austrian of Port Aliwany committed death by his own action at the State Hospital. He had been an inpatient two years and was not regarded as seriously afflicted. He used a sheet to hang himself from ceiling fixtures. the body was found about half an hour after he moved the improvised noose. An inquest was deemed unnecessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Zak
State Hospital
Zak
Port Allowany
Austria
New Interstate League Founder Plans Another Baseball League
Jamestown and surrounding cities including Oil City Orren Olean Bradford and Franklin vie for franchises in a proposed new league organized by Joe Lehr who started the Interstate league three years ago. If successful it could expand to eight clubs adding Meadville and Dubois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King of Winter Sports
Jamestown
Joe Lehr
Ixlub
Oil City
Orren
Olean
Bradford
Franklin
Meadville
Dubois
Warren Guardsmen Return Home After Border Duty
Thousands cheered the Sixteenth Regiment Company I as they returned to Warren from El Paso arriving in Warren Tuesday night. A 1000 person escort accompanied the march from the depot to the armory where a banquet and ball awaited Thursday night. The welcome included the Warren Band G A R Veterans Spanish War veterans Boy Scouts Red Cross and many civic groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
el Paso
Pennsylvania
Warren Band
G. A. R. Veterans
C. F E. Bordwell
Boy Scouts
Red, Cross Society
Elso
Fourth Avenue
Beech
Pennsylvania Avenue
Hickory Street
Armory
Wheelock
Watler Reynolds Hurt In Automobile Collision
Walter B Reynolds, driving east on Third Avenue, was hurt Sunday when his Franklin was struck broadside by a Ford delivery truck driven by Russell Walters of C A Olson East Side grocer. Reynolds suffered back injury and possible internal trauma. the Ford was damaged. repair cost estimated at 150. Dr W P Clancy treated Reynolds at his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter B. Reynolds
Franklin
Ford
Russell Walters
C. A. Olson
East Side
Mr. Reynold
Russell Brother
W. P. Clancy
Mr. Reynolds
Warren School Teachers Seek Pay Increase
A committee of three teachers asked the Warren School Board for higher salaries for all teachers at the next term. The board appointed Directors Arnold Robertson and Stone to review the request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold, Robertson
Stone
New Deputy Prothonotary Appointed at Court House
Mrs Louise Neilly resigns after fifteen years as Deputy to Prothonotary Charles Clark of Russell. Mrs Edith Blodgett succeeds Neilly, bringing ten years of experience with attorney E H Beshin to the role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Neilly
Court House
Charles Clark
Russell
Edith Blodgett
E. H. Besh
Miss Neilly
Sugar Grove Savings Bank Holds Annual Meeting
The directors of Sugar Grove Saving Bank met on Wednesday January 3 and reported the past year as the most successful in bank history. The usual dividend was delayed and a substantial sum added to the surplus. F D Wheellock was elected a new director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sugar Grove Saving Bank
Warren High School Janitor James Alexander Resigns
James Alexander, longtime janitor at Warren High School, resigns after 25 years of service. He leaves effective January 9 to join Warren Savings Bank, filling the vacancy created by a death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Alexander
Warren
Reiiing
Hig School
Warren Savings Bank
Ahs Lie
Buffalo Bill Col. William F Cody Dies in Denver
Col William Frederick Cody known as Buffalo Bill died in Denver at 12 05 pm at his sister's home He was born February 26 1846 in Scott County Ia He served as a Civil War scout and later led the Wild West show He toured Europe and raised a family of hunting and guiding feats through the West He remained active into his 60s and 70s with plans to rejoin the Wyoming National Guard if needed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
William Frederick Cody
Buffalo Bill
Scott County
Seventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry
Cody
Kansas
Phil Sheridan
Department of the Missouri
the Platte
Fifth Cavalry
Fort McPherson
Neb
Nebraska
Alexis
West
Yellow Hand
Europe
London
Wyoming
Rocky Mountains
Mexican
Wyoming National Guards
Sudden death of Sheffield contractor John W. Black
John W. Black building contractor of Sheffield died suddenly at his Whipple street home the previous evening after returning from a day’s work on a Roystone project for the Pennsylvania Gas. Born April 2 1856 in Sligo Furnace Clarion county he lived in Fros town and Sheffield and served in local offices. He leaves his wife four sons and three daughters and was active in M E church I OOF and P S of A. Funeral Sunday at 2 30 pm with lodge members attending then burial in Sheffield cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheffield Observer
John W. Black
Whipple Street
Roystone
Pennsylvania Gas Dec
Black
Sligo Furnace
Clarion County
Frostown
Forest County
Howe Township
Sheffield
Robert W
Chicago
Norman L
Casey, Ill
John E
Sinnemahoning
Walter W
Renova
J. FE. Brown
Anna M
Ruth E
Bleck
M. E. Church
Corry and Columbus Line Sold to Bondholders
The Corry and Columbus Street Railway was auctioned last Thursday afternoon. Trustees sold the line for 20,490 to J. M. Andrew of Warren after bidding started at 6,000, with attendees including J. D. Woodard and Attorney Stone among others from Warren and Erie. The future of the line remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corry and
Columbus Street Railway
J. D. Woodard
D. W. Beatty
K. M. Andrews
A. J. Hazeltine
Attorney Stone
Warren
C. L. Baker
A. E. Sisson
Erie
W. Stern
Elmira
J .M. Andrew
Street Car Motorman Recovers After Fainting Spell
Guy Leslie motorman on the Warren Street Railway Sheffield line collapsed Friday afternoon and was believed to have had a stroke. He recovered after being taken to the car barns and joined his wife in Sheffield that evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Leslie
Warren Street
Sheffield
Sheffied
Supreme Court upholds Webb-Kenyon liquor ban and state power
The Supreme Court rules 7 to 2 that interstate shipments of liquor into dry states can be barred under the Webb-Kenyon law and affirms West Virginia's prohibition amendment. It holds state police power permits such restrictions, and Webb-Kenyon applies to shipments intended to violate state laws, aligning with federal commerce power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Supreme Court
West Virginia
Congress
Bank Elections Set Officers as Warren Banks Announce Results
Banking corporations held Tuesday annual elections with Warren Savings Bank reporting 2.5 million dollars deposited per month in 1916. Directors elected include EB W Campbell J P Jefferson L R Freeman and A J Hazeltine among others. Warren National Bank named C S Knabb as director and reappointed officers Freeman Hertzel Crary Rice Lampe. First National Bank stockholders chose Wm Muir as president F K Russell as VP and C T Conarro as cashier with a slate of directors list including Joseph A Schofield and A Rockwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Savings Bank
Commercial Department
The
Saving Bank
A. J. Hazeltine
EB. W. Campbell
J. P. Jefferson
L. R. Freeman
J. B. Moore
W. W. Beaty
G. H. Dunham
D. Wetmore
R. W. Stone
Warren National Bank
C. S. Knabb
Freeman E. Hertzel
Jerry Crary
William FE. Rice
Emil H. Lampe
John M. Bonne
Nathaniel C. Sill
Horace B. Meacham
Teller
Edward M. Branch
Edward W. Johnson
Wm D Brown
Charles Chase
Andrew Hertzel
William E. Rice
David W. Beaty
Jerry Crery Freeman
Hertzel
C. Schimmelfeng Miner
D. Crary
Fmil
H. Lampe
Thomas C. Slater Lee
Clough Co
S. Knabb
A. T. Scofield
W. Olmstead
Ludlow
F. Watson
Tionesta
Nelson P. Wheeler
Endeavor
First National Bank
Wm Muir
F. K. Russell
Cc. T. Conarro
P H. Winger
F. C. Bogart
N. D. Paterson
Aa Langdon
Harold Hummel
A. C. Jackenn
Bank officers and directors elected at annual meeting
Citizens National Bank elected I. L. Gerould as president B. McOwen as vice president and O. A. Pressel as cashier. Bookkeepers were G. I. Marker R. L. Gerould and H. V. Radspinner. Directors include Bernard McOwen Samuel Peterson Fred C. Eaton J. S. Bayer E. H. Beshlin W. C. Norris Dr. E. D. McKee and I. D. L. Gerould. Conewango Trust Company held no officer changes. H. G. Eaton president Anne Morrison first vice president Charles C. Wilson second vice president Frank McNeil J. G. Johnson Mimi Johnson T. C. Hawkey C. O. Swanson and Dr. Samuel King named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Currie
A. G. Eldred
John L. Stone
T.B. Clawson
Frank Morrison
J. G. Curtis
C. T. Caparro
F. K. Russell
Geo. L. Craft
Citizen
National Bank
Citizens National Bank
I. L. Gerould
B. McOwen
0. A. Pressel
G. I. Marker
Conewango Trust Company
Meetin
H. G. Eaton
Anne Morrison
Charles C. Wilson
Frank McNeil
J. G. Johnson
Mimi Johnson
T. C. Hawkey
C. O. Swanson
Samuel King
Stevenson in His Youth
Birge Harrison recalls a youthful Stevenson, unmarked by fame, as a kind, ordinary, amiable writer hopeful to be published. A rainy afternoon “plague party” foreshadows futures, with Bob joking that Louis would publish his private letters as Rt. EL. 8. years later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevenson
Iman
Louis
Bob Stevenson
Rt. EL
Bob
Birge Harrison
Fw Cantey
John J. Carter Oil Operator Dies in New York
Col John J Carter a famed oil man and former Carter Oil Company president dies at his daughter’s home in Pelham Manor New York He held a congressional medal for Antietam service and was active in Republican and uplift activities He leaves a wife a son Luke B Carter and two daughters Alice Herndon and Emma Sharpe His career spanned from Civil War service to pioneering oil production beginning with a Pleasantville Pennsylvania well in 1868
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titusville, Pa
John J. Carter
Hugh Herndon
Pelham Manor
N. Y
Carter
Carter Oil Company
Sistersville
W. Va
Standard Oil Company
United States
Antietam
Luke B. Carter
Alice Herndon
New York
Emma Sharpe
Steubenville
Commercial Bank of
Pittsburg
Grand Army of the Republic
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
Ville Citizens Corps
Orrvanisat
Ireland
Portageville
Caseville
Titusville
United States Service
Pleasantville
Venango County
Pennsylvania
Miller Appointed Mercantile Appraiser for 1917
J. P. Miller of Sugar Grove is named Mercantile Appraiser of the county for 1917 by S. A. Cramer, county commissioner from Russell. With three commissioners, the Democratic officeholder's turn to appoint was used in this selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Miller
Sugar Grove
S. A. Cramer
Russell
Miss Botchford to Wed Cleveland Man
Invitations have been issued for the marriage of Miss Marie Botchford of this city to Lewis Kittredge president of the Peerless Motor Company of Cleveland. The engagement was quietly announced two weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Botchford
Lewis Kittredge
Peerless Motor Company of
Cleveland
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Council
Austrian
Watler Reynold
Sugar Grove Bank
William F .Cody
Columbus Line
Supreme Court
Carriers Cay
States
Corporation Elections
S. Wm. Muir
Joseph A. Schofield
J. A. Rockwell
Daniel Green
Hiawatha
John Kelly
Wright & Stetson
Redding Shoe Co
Second Avenue
Warren. Penn’a
Lin
P. Miller
Mercantile
Miss Botchford
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