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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1919
Page
3
Tidute public schools reopen after ten week influenza shutdown. Ray Gerould of 107 Fifth Street ill but improving. he is expected to recover. Local authorities report progress as the influenza situation eases.
Bert McConnell resumes his former role at the Warren Clothing Company after twelve months in the service at Fort Winfield Scott in San Francisco.
H McElroy was arrested Monday evening at the request of Sheffield police over alleged forgery of a Pennsylvania Gas Company check in Sheffield court. Court decisions are pending on related ejectment and charter petitions for the Allegheny and Brokenstraw clubs argued Tuesday.
Mrs L P Giegerich died from apoplexy at four o'clock Thursday morning at General Hospital after a brief illness. She is survived by her husband, seven daughters, and one son. A Board of Health meeting lifted the ban on skating rinks and private dances while public dances remain forbidden due to improving influenza conditions.
Thomas Bly dies at home in Clarendon after long illness. Funeral held at St. Clara’s Church with interment at St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Warrnn. A false alarm on History Street involved smoke from a melted type at Mail printshop. Red Cross worker Jessie Geer raised funds and memberships for war relief. Warren County food rule reverts to five cent delivery fee, angering clerks and customers. YMCA worker From France to West discusses wartime hardships and desire to return home.
The twelve year old son of Clyde Guild of Venturetown broke his right arm Sunday afternoon while skating at the Phillips ice pond in North Warren.
Sidney Blas Oman left Thursday for Buffalo to attend the funeral of Clark Houghtling who died Monday in St Petersburg Florida while recuperating from pleurisy caused by influenza. The funeral was held on Saturday.
County agents are authorized to take orders for nitrate of soda at 81 dollars per ton to be supplied by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Further details may be obtained from County Farm Agent H. N. Reist.
Carl L. Nelson a 30 year old married brakeman for the P R R was ground to pieces when a flat car jumped the tracks near the Gisholt switch last Thursday morning shortly after 8 oclock He had worked at the Otts siding coal dock for years and recently became a flagman before the accident occurred
Miss Christie Tufts formerly a Warren High School gym instructor now teaches gymnastics to nurses and soldiers. She describes reaching Metz with an officer who offered a ride while walking toward Nancy. Gust Geracimos, wounded in France, visits Warren before returning to Camp Dix for hospital care. He praises ambulance crews and Allied troops and notes YMCA staff unyielding effort. He remarks on Bolshevik meaning and pronunciation.
Shorter postoffice hours take effect on Monday January 13 with Warren office opening at nine thirty and closing at five thirty PM reversing the former nine oclock closing after orders from Washington to Postmaster Walker.
Major C. E. Bordwell, recently back from France, is greeted by friends in Warren. He arrived Monday after sailing from the Agamemnon formerly the Kaiser Wilhelm. The ship carried 4 426 men and 1200 crew. Bordwell will resume law practice with Bordwell & Eldredge.
Mrs Eva Louise Keller wife of Sherman Offerle died Monday morning from burns received seven weeks earlier. Born in Clarendon she moved to Warren and spent most of her life there. She married Sherman Offerle on September 8 1903 and is survived by husband two children Ethel and Robert her mother Mrs Emma Keller two brothers Stacy and Harry two sisters Mrs L G Hopp and Mrs R G Akers. She was a member of the Lutheran church Rebekahs and Maccabees. Funeral was held Wednesday Rev Beck officiating and burial in Oakland.
A black cat and her four kittens crossed Sixteenth Street in Washington DC causing cars to halt. The scene drew laughter as the mother paused to check her brood before the kittens finished crossing. Cats were the rumor of the fashionable avenue that day.
The Warren Mail invites local readers to contribute weekly letters from their towns. If your residence isn’t represented, recruit a bright local resident to write and send in regular correspondence to broaden coverage.
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