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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1915
Page
5
Miss Estella Amacher of Galeton Pennsylvania and Lawrance Christisen of North Warren wed quietly in Jamestown New York on May 2. The couple announced their marriage in a brief local notice.
Benjamin A. Ball, once a War ren boy, informs friends and relatives that he has passed the Bar examination at Washington and is now entitled to practice law in the District of Columbia.
Elmer Lauffer and Miss Ethel Carlson, both of this city, married last Thursday evening at the parsonage of the First Lutheran church by Rev. Walter C. Beck. The full ring ceremony of the church was used.
Guy M. Grandin of Tidioute and Mrs. Charles W. Jamieson of Warren wed last Wednesday at the bride’s home in a small ceremony. Rev W H Jones of Trinity Memorial church officiated. The wedding drew few guests from two prominent families and a brief reception followed before the couple began a Canada honeymoon. Grandin is son of the late W J Grandin. Jamieson was widow of late Charles Wetmore Jamieson, former president of Warren Refining Co.
Arrangements are under way for Drake Day on August 27 at Monarch Park with special trains to Oil City being discussed to handle expected crowds. Franklin K Lane and John D Archibald are slated speakers, Mayor J B Siggins will give the welcome, and C D Chamberlin will discuss petroleum manufacturing progress.
Earl Carrier of Columbus, employed at E. C. Putnam’s mill in Corry, badly lacerated the first finger on his left hand Friday when a wheel caught a stick. Dr. Mears dressed the injuries. The article also notes Columbus town picnic plans for August with committee appointments at West Side park and reports Erie railroad changes in Corry.
State agriculture officers report the 1915 county fairs attracted 1 808 722 visitors up from 1 776 000 the year before. State support for premiums totaled 50 382 08 dollars with total fair premium payments at 158 126 24 dollars, up 45 774 64 dollars. Dan Paul, a city worker and drayman, was confined and sent to North Warren State Hospital after wandering convinced he was heir to a million and to land tracts in the west.
L W Archibald former physical director of the Y M C A in Warren promotes a black fox farm during a visit. He spent years in Canada at the Acadia Institute in Nova Scotia and learned fox farming under B I Rayner, the Black Fox King of Prince Edward Island. The Industrial Bureau is investigating as Warren residents with money consider the venture.
Governor Brumbaugh signed a new borough code that became effective last Thursday. It codifies borough laws, alters the Burgess role, allows suspension of policemen for cause, and changes borough auditor duties and pay.
Ralph Crossman of Walier Pennsylvania and Miss Jeanette Ittel of Dundee Indiana were married in Buffalo New York on July 1. The bride, a former Warren resident, is sister to David Ittel of this city.
The remains of John D. Walton, 77, died in Spokane Washington, arrived in Columbus Saturday morning and were taken to his daughter Mrs. Ed Curtis home. The funeral was Sunday at 2 PM and burial followed in the David Curtis Cemetery. Miss Sarah C Johnson of Seattle, formerly a Warren Schools teacher, married H B Brokaw also of Seattle on June 30.
The state highway department issues a notice prohibiting tractors, traction engines, and trailers on state highways without proper license under the new law. A second notice bans hill climbing contests on state highways and is sent to automobile owners and organizations.
Mrs Emma Chapman died at her Bear Lake home last Wednesday morning from age related infirmities. She would have been eighty three today. Survived by son Charles A. Chapman of Bear Lake, funeral held Friday at 2 p.m. Rev Swanson officiating. Interment in Bear Lake cemetery.
Jottings list a stream of visitors and travelers. Mrs E Adair leaves Wilmington Del after a visit to Mrs H B Taylor. Miss Martha Young returns from Pittsburgh while Misses Talbott head to Yellowstone Park and Chicago. Colleagues and relatives from Folsom West Virginia Erie Kane and other cities visit Warren. many plan trips to California Long Island and other states. County officials join state meeting in Stroudsburg reporting success.
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