Odd Fellows Picnic Called Off Amid War
The annual picnic of the Odd Fellows of Youngsville has been canceled this year due to the ongoing war.
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1918
Page
3
The annual picnic of the Odd Fellows of Youngsville has been canceled this year due to the ongoing war.
Frank Dove of Elmsstreet has improved after three months of illness with blood poisoning. He had been sick but is on the mend and recovering.
The Warren Brewery will not be affected by a Fuel Administration ruling as they have enough coal on hand to operate for a year.
The Forest Furniture Company of Youngsville secured two government contracts totaling over 300000 dollars for wagon repair parts.
It is reported that William Muir of Titusville, a former Warrenite, is negotiating to purchase a house here and may soon move back to the city.
John Agard, an employee of the Knobb barrel works, was seriously injured Wednesday shortly after noon when riding a bicycle he was struck by an automobile driven by Leon Abbott.
George Metzger known as Uncle George returns home after eight months away on the Pacific coast with his daughter Mrs. C B Johnson in Tulsa Oklahoma.
An automobile driven by Carl Martin of Garland collided with a Buffalo man's car Monday at Hickory street and Penna Ave. The fender on the Martin vehicle was badly bent.
Lightning hit the home of C. H. Clawson in Corydon during the storm on Saturday tearing off plaster and lath from the front and damaging part of the front veranda.
Harold Wood reports that Lester Graham, owner of a Liberty street flower shop, has arrived in France. He trained at Camp Greene North Carolina as a member of the Third Company Third Regiment Motor Mechanics Signal Corps.
Five year old Grace, daughter of H. Allen of Sheffield, was severely bitten on the scalp by a dog on Sunday evening. Dr. Pryor set the wounds with 14 stitches and the owner killed the dog.
An unknown arsonist set fire to the C. H. Geiger ice cream store in Corry on Sunday. Firefighters contained the blaze to a small area thanks to prompt discovery and swift response. This marks the fourth incendiary fire in three months.
Despondent draftee Frank Johnson of Clarendon cut his throat with a razor at Camp Lee after leaving with a draft contingent. He is reported to be in recovery and disliked camp life.
A 21 year old Dell Winger was killed in the woods near Mavbure on Monday while peeling bark. A falling tree limb struck his head, crushing the skull. He died about an hour later. the body was taken to his parents home near Tylersburg for burial.
W E Weatherby was appointed auditor for Pine Grove township by the court. Henry Blick formerly of Warren writes he was wounded in June while in France and has been in a base hospital but is now well. The Doty place on Third avenue near the Park, built about 75 years ago by Dr. D V Stranahan, is being torn down for a new residence for J Albert Rockwell.
Albert Thrush of Sheffield in Company A 23rd Infantry was severely wounded on June 27 in France. He is the first from the 188 Sheffield township contingent of young men reported wounded. his brother Wayne Thrush is also serving in France.
Cards announce the marriage of Mabel Althea Bennett daughter of Dr and Mrs M C Bennett of Washington DC to Clyde Dale Gorman formerly of Warren where he was employed by the Floridia Company.
John Day of Youngsville was injured Monday when his team broke away from a hayrake and started to run. Day was dragged for some distance in the hay field and sustained bad bruises.
A call is issued for 156 Warren County men to report for training in the National Army at Camp Lee in Virginia. A large farewell demonstration is planned by the committee in charge of the event.
Nearly 300 men registered on June 5 1918 in Warren County. Two hundred eight are in the first class. Most have not claimed deferred classification. Sixty two asked the District Board for industrial or agricultural work and are likely to be approved.
Fred Hertzel, formerly running a clothes-cleaning business on Third Avenue opposite the post office, suffered two convulsions yesterday while walking on Conewanee Avenue. He was taken to the hospital and his recovery is doubtful.
In Philadelphia eleven year old Rollo Jacobson of Landsdowne pleads to enlist and wants to go to France as a drummer boy. He fills an application at the Naval Reserve recruiting office showing he is in the sixth grade and lists his baby brother Marcus as his nearest kin.
J. H. Kirby of Houston Texas was appointed lumber administrator of the emergency fleet corporation to oversee all lumber related shipbuilding program activities including production and storage.
The German Reichstag has adjourned until November 5 per a Berlin dispatch. One of its last acts Saturday was passage of all taxation bills the finance minister called more important than any since the empire's founding.
The Baltimore American notes a tense mood as German statesmen debate American involvement. A cautious tone is struck, hinting Kaiser Wilhelm may honor promises to Ambassador Gerard and not forget the United States after the war.
Fog shields London from Luftwaffe raids as buses run and subway trains operate. Club men discuss raids under a glass roof while a hotel band plays. Foreigner workers hurry to safety zones, and a seven and a half year old girl keeps her siblings calm during a Gotha alert.
In Shamokin Pennsylvania pumpsmen attempted egg hatching by placing 18 eggs under steam pipes in a coal mine box. Without a hen or incubator the controlled heat produced twelve live chicks.
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