County Letters Notice to Correspondents
Notice to correspondents asks for all copy by Tuesday each week. Each writer must sign their name to communications but names will not be published unless requested. Do not write on both sides of the paper.
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1909
Page
8
Notice to correspondents asks for all copy by Tuesday each week. Each writer must sign their name to communications but names will not be published unless requested. Do not write on both sides of the paper.
The Irvine Sunday School sent 15.50 to Italian sufferers via the Christian Herald. Reports include Mrs. Starrett visiting James Town relatives, Mrs. Nett Thompson’s trip to Mexico Missouri, Henry Walters researching rail lines for lumber interests in Virginia, and Mrs. Phelps visiting relatives in Warren. Local notes mention Stave mill restart, landlord W F Jackson’s prosperity, light freight along P R R, a gas well rumor on Mrs Newbold’s property, R W Ongley visiting, and Carl Horn leasing Allegheny Springs for 1909 season.
Mr and Mrs Fred Jackson wed Jan 20 1909 at Kane with Rev Alison presiding They plan to reside at the groom's parents home for winter Friends extend wishes for a long happy marriage Mrs Paulina Quirk of Kane visited her aunt Mrs Harry Potts Ruby Winkler underwent appendicitis surgery at Kane Summit Hospital and is recovering nicely Others in Kane included visits from Gust Winkler Charles Doll Sadie Thompson Myrtle Rose and Perle Thompson James Dunn welcomed a son with wife Mrs Dunn hosting family visitors Raymond Winkler and Mary Osterman were Kane callers Swan Carlson of Ludlow and John Jackson visited town Wm Maxwell drove to Kane and Thomas Keeler builds a coal shed
Emmett Curtis prepares to build a house on his farm near the depot during the coming year as the senior class of the high school...
Grange Hall hosts a Wednesday social featuring a fine literary program and supper for 25 cents. Mrs Bell Baker and Miss Mary Stevens visit Warren. Dodd & Co becomes Palmstone Carrier after Leon Dodd sells his interest to Neil Carrier. Alice Allison hosted twenty friends for her fifth birthday. Revival meetings by Rev Mr Allison draw interest. Cemetery Society next meets February 5 with Mrs Fidelia Spencer.
Jan 26 items show residents visiting family and friends in Salamanca Warren and Corydon. Notable events include a 45th wedding anniversary celebration for E N Holmes and spouse, and travel notes for C D Seaman J E Morse H W Geer and others. A death in Warren prompts a family visit while spring plowing begins as mild winter continues.
Partial OCR shows names connected to Warren elections including F. S. Deemer Inspector of Election Roy Ellis and J. N. Falkinburg noted as a Warren visitor. The fragment hints at a roster of election staff and observers without full context or dates.
A Farmer's Institute will be held February 4 and 5 in Grange hall with talks on animal industry, market gardening, poultry, and domestic science. Lecturers include J. L. Campbell, M. S. McDonald, F. H. Fassett, and Mrs. Sarah Zeigler. Sessions start 9:30 AM, 1:30 PM, and 7:30 PM.
Jan 26 reports show Reverdy Hayward and Emery Knapp visiting Warren. George French attended Sunday school at Akeley Hollow. George Graham from Scandia called on old acquaintances. Thurston left for Oil City on a business trip Tuesday. A local baseball club is to be formed to compete with nearby towns. Isaac Parks of Bradford visited old friends. Mr and Mrs Frank Phillips toured Akeley Hollow to see the ill mother. Mrs Jane Nobbs hosted her Rushford sister. William Allen jeweler of Akeley Hollow delivered watches in town.
FE Outrid and H B Lounsbury's hired man haul logs to F A Nelson mill. Clinton Beach spends weekend with family after work. Ralph Beach is poorly. Martin Giltinan visited F A Nelson. Mrs M Currie of Warren visited daughter. Mrs C Ladow dined with Perry Whitman. brother in village. August Carlson of Priest Hollow teams for F A Nelson. J Linstrum returns from Warren. M Holst of North Warren in village.
Mrs Flora Wiltsie and Mrs Bertha Mackie visited relatives in town while Mrs Flora Adams called on Mrs John Lindsey in Akeley. Mrs Fred Boswell and daughter visited Jamestown relatives. Mrs Florence McCoy is home for a few days. Mrs Bert McCoy stayed with Mrs Parker Miller in Kiantone. Relatives gathered to celebrate Mrs L F White’s 46th birthday with games and music. A fish pond social at the church is set for Saturday evening January 30 with all invited.
Readable items list various Penn State College topics and Department of Agriculture reports including the San Jose Scale insect study and steer feeding experiments. The fragment mentions bee culture, calcium carbide and acetylene, and reports from orchard inspectors with a 9 at the end.
In Sanford on January 25 Mr and Mrs A L Brown return home from Warren. A daughter was born to Cyril Paden and his wife. At Eldred Center Prohibition caucus a ticket was nominated for Justice of the Peace J N Falkinburg. School Directors L M Cartwright D Fitch Elmer Ehents. Collector A L Brown. Supervisors S A Oviatt C Gilson. Judge of Election J N Falkinburg. Inspector of Election J M Paden. Republican caucus nominated School Directors A E Ashley L M Cartwright D D Deland. Collector A L Brown. Supervisors S A Oviatt Mr Gorton. Auditor A L Snyder. Judge.
January reports show Wilma Bindley and husband visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Bindley. Several residents including Mrs. R. P. Clark and Mrs. Eliza Bates with other women visiting neighbors. Charles Johnson and family called on Anna Baker. EK. A. Baker and wife were Sugar Grove visitors. Amy Acox returned to Pittsfield. Charles Barlow and family visited their son Eenest Barlow.
At James town New York on January 23 1909 John E Hammerbeck and Anna M Ostrom both of Warren were married. At Warren on January 25 1909 John A Clark and Alice Christie both of Irvington Pennsylvania were married by Reverend Julius Lincoln and Reverend J W Smith respectively.
Notices report the deaths of Mrs. Alonzo Martin aged 86 of Kiantone N Y who lived on the Martin homestead 68 years Joseph Garfield former Busti resident aged 55 at Jamestown and George Sage of Youngsville Pa with funeral in Russell the week after.
At Warren on January 26 1909 Mr and Mrs Alfred H Tochterman welcomed a daughter. Mrs Tochterman was formerly Charlotte Schwing of Barn. At Oil City on January 25 1909 Mr and Mrs C M Nelson welcomed a son. Mrs Nelson was formerly Mary Bain of Warren. At Ridgway Pa the Rev and Mrs H A Ellis welcomed a daughter. Mr Ellis was formerly pastor of the Sheffield M E church.
Jan 25 report notes the sudden death of Chas Whaley occurred Thursday of last week with his funeral held Sunday at Grand Valley. Local residents and relatives, including J Brightman, attended. Other items mention relocations and visits by residents such as C Fulmer moving near Baker Hill and Oviatts returning from Atlantic Pennsylvania.
A sequence of property transfers is listed across several towns including Warren Sheffield and South West. Transactions detail buyer and seller pairs, with amounts ranging from 1 to 3550 dollars and properties in places such as Brokenstraw Sugar Grove Kinzua and Spring Creek.
The Saturday caucus of December 23 named John Sampson as Supervisor and John Schinberg as Judge of Election. J O Louns bury was chosen School Director with Richard Johnson and IL Sampson as Inspectors. R Anderson was elected Auditor. Mrs C D Outrid and family visited J C Bennett Saturday evening as Mr Outrid hauls logs to the F A Nelson mill.
The paper lists public documents on hand for subscribers at the office. Items include Cost Capitalization and Estimated Value of American Railways by Slason Thompson. Annual Report of the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis. The Net Result at the Hague. Potato Beetle and Tree Declining from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. Some Poultry Experiments. and Report on Turtles of Pennsylvania from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.
On the Delaware and Lackawanna route to Dunkirk and intermediate stations the timing shows 4:54 a.m. and 4:59 p.m. For Titusville and intermediate stations 10:34 a.m. and 4:04 p.m. are listed.
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