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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1907
Page
1
The State’s road aid program, once slow to attract counties, now has 4 million dollars available for two years while applications amount to 25 million. Officials note growing demand for highway improvements and anticipate rising appetite for more funding as projects expand.
A collage of local life includes travel jokes and family news. Ex-Sheriff Brown sells bay horses. Robert MacKay Jr. visits Woodstock Canada. Miss Myrna Dunkle tours Warren. Mrs Z Morrison visits son Frank in Me r tions. A Swedish Baptist picnic at Irvinedale Park. Mrs John F Kitchen visits East Street. Jacob Kline confined by paralysis. Jeff Clemons visits Warren. Dry goods stores close at 5 pm for summer. Copperhead bite heals for George Kitlinger. Large electric sign in Warren by N Greenland & Son. Warren Refining blaze small. Still emptied. Bank dividends and surplus add to reserves. Swiss native Michael Zurblus dies in Ridgway accident. Fire damages bone house at Clarendon refinery. Miss L Marguerite Cowan leaves for Oakland Dietitian post. Rainey struck by car near North Warren. Warren Street Railway first cars anniversary noted. Presbyterian church picnic scheduled July 23 at Midway. Plans to enlarge Sun day School building discussed. Campers at Big Bend include Craft family group. Milk samples show good butter fat. Bonded debt talk to extend Youngsville & Sugar Grove Railroad toward Warren. F K Johnson and wife celebrate 25th wedding anniversary with gifts.
A list of July 1907 marriages across Warren Jamestown James Town Bradford and nearby towns. Couples include G I Marker Flora Campbell John P Peterson Hannah Sonberg Joseph O Leary Mary Edith Russell Jesse Cornell Bessie Patterson Edward McKenna Susie Vroman Grace Blakeslee Elmer Ferry Cora Troutner Albert Meyers Sarah Hazen Arthur Lewis Ella Cornell Forest Stover Maude Black Fred Peterson Selma Swanson Bertha Reist John Miller Mathesda Bailey Carl Wills Minnie Hunzinger among others with dates from July 2 to July 10 and prior June entries.
Warren observed Independence Day with ideal weather as trains and trolleys ferried crowds into town. The day featured a parade led by Colonel Windsor, civic groups, and eight bands, a well managed program, a grand fireworks display, and minimal incidents aside from a few drunks. Balloon ascensions were canceled due to balloonists missing connections.
Edinboro Normal School promotes study friendly atmosphere as students are urged to send for catalog. Principal John F. Bigler emphasizes educational environment. A quip notes wives in name only as better halves of henpecked men.
Beginning July 1, the Pennsylvania Railroad offers parcel room service at all ticket stations without parcels rooms. Patrons may check hand baggage and other articles for five cents per 24 hours, with weekend hold for five cents from Saturday noon to Monday noon. After the first 24 hours, ten cents per additional 24 hours, minimum one dollar per month.
Susannah Miller Haslett aged 85 dies at Warren on July 5 1907 a member of the First Presbyterian church. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon with interment at Maple Shade Venango County.
At Warren on July 3 1907 Mr and Mrs William Werle welcomed a daughter. The birth adds joy to the local family and community as the Werles announce the new arrival.
The article notes U S meat consumption at about 179 pounds per person annually, with Australians highest and other nations like Argentina Britain Germany and France ranging 140 to 81 pounds. It adds Germany slaughters horses and dogs for food under official inspection and Paris averages over 20 000 horses mules and asses slaughtered annually.
The article argues that sending a large fleet across the Pacific will not alter the ongoing tension between the United States and Japan. It emphasizes persistent rivalry and potential stalemate despite naval show of force.
An engaging sale at Hunters Cash Store offers muslin underwear garments and colored wash fabrics at deep discounts. Drawers corset covers and short skirts are offered individually below regular prices. Colored fabrics in dimities batists and lawns are reduced, with various yardage and dress fabric options highlighted.
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