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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1909
Page
5
Legal advertisement in Warren County Common Pleas No 87 Sept term 1908 Ida Currie by her next friend Deloha Currie files for divorce from Warren Curry. Subpoena returned Non est inventus requires appearance before judges Feb 1 1909 at Warren Court House to answer and show cause for dissolution of marriage. Sheriff B G Gregory.
The list of cases to be called for trial on Monday January 25 1909 at ten oclock AM in the Court of Common Pleas Warren County Pennsylvania includes Margaret Y McCalmont vs American Express Co The Kelly Springfield Road Roller Co vs Fred E Windsor J Crawford vs Frank B Robbins and Hattie Robbins Fifth Avenue Library Society vs Otis 5 Brown John J Colegrove et al vs Erie Railroad Co D Hossey vs Dwight Smith Frederick Bauer vs Catherine Gross Mary M Martin vs Gerald Hale et al William M Caswell vs The Piso Co A L Crosby vs F T Neeson Co E Hapgood Co vs G T McNett Co J Carlson vs Frank Holquist F E Nickerson et al vs Christian Schott H M PLTNAM Prothonotary.
Notice declares application to Pennsylvania General Assembly for a local or special law to validate and confirm title to a Warren Borough lot along the Allegheny river. The lot was laid out by the Warren Burgess and Town Council under an 1832 act, to fund a monument, with vacating of part of Pennsylvania Avenue by borough authorities. Names A J Hazeltine and Chas Schimmelpfing appear.
Sidney D. Blackman and Frank J. Lyons announce candidacies for District Attorney of Warren County. Both specify challengers subject to Republican primaries to be held June 5, 1909 in Warren Pennsylvania. The notices are dated January 6, 1909.
Married at Youngsville Pennsylvania on January 15 1909 in the bride home with E C Mead and Tillie Hyde both of Youngsville.
In Conewango township on January 19 1909 Mrs Salome Wentzel aged 89 years 10 months and 19 days passed away. She leaves five sons and three daughters including Henry Christian William Michael Louis and Mrs Nate Schuler Mrs A F Leonhart and Mrs Gilbert Weiler. Lived in Conewango 45 years. Funeral at 11 a m Friday from Dutch Hill Moyver. Near Blue Eye January 14 1909 Mrs Jane Howard Moyer husband and two young sons survive.
In Emlenton, Messer family welcomed a son on January 15, 1909. Mrs Messer is former Bessie Phillips of Warren. Jan 15 Jamestown saw the Browns, formerly of Warren and Gladerun, welcome a son. Jan 16 Van Tassell family of Sheffield announced a daughter. Jan 19 Masterson couple of Prospect Street welcomed a son in Warren. Jan 17 Shearer family of Warren’s South Side welcomed a son. Jan 18 Carlson family of Plum Street Warren welcomed a son. Gillman couple in Pennsylvania Avenue West welcomed a daughter. Simonsen couple in Gladerun welcomed a son on January 9, 1909.
A collage of quips and vignettes targets law enforcement, politics, finance, and culture. References include a Secret Service note, Mark Twain, Tolstoy, Harriman, Rockefeller, Roosevelt, and a Southern badge proposal for pistol carriers. The piece speculates on hypocrisy and social foibles with satirical digs.
The piece criticizes complacent public spirit and indolence in a republic, cites a Chinese official doubting Yuan Shih Kai as a reformer, mocks travel expense bills, warns on financial trickery, notes anti navy protests by the American Peace Society, recalls 1898 protection cries, and ends with observations on animal memory and loyalty from London Mail.
The cartoon caption shows a man asked about his workplace in a powder factory and his dry reply that he seldom meets automobiles on his way to work. The exchange humorously contrasts perceived danger with everyday travel.
A dialogue fragment contrasts trust in Wiggins. One speaker asks if Wiggins is trustworthy, another replies he would trust him with his life and with anything of value. The exchange appears quoted from the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Brown Yee up against 11 Detroit Free Press. A brief note mentions a poker question and an opposing article from Detroit Free Press highlighting gambling views.
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