Newspaper masthead and publishing details from Warren Pennsylvania
Founded July 25 1848 the paper is published every Thursday by Mail Printing Company with A Larson as proprietor and editor. Subscription price in advance is 1.00 per year. Entered in the Warren postal service as second class matter. Foreign advertising represented by American Press Association with offices in New York and Chicago branches.
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Mail Printing Company
Warren
Penn’a
American Press Association
New York
Chicago
Editorial Comment on Chloroform Use in Farming
A Danish horticulturist method claims chloroform stimulates tenant growth and farm activity. The piece recounts cabbage treated with chloroform allegedly thriving, then a cow and hired man affected poorly, illustrating harmful outcomes of the experiment.
Prohibition foes push privatization of allied industries
The Retail Liquor Dealers’ Association of New York City plans to privatize all allied industries servicing saloons. They argue cheese makers, mineral water producers, bakers and cigars sellers would be included, along with police, sheriffs, wardens and other groups dependent on saloons for income.
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Liquor Dealers’ Association of
New York City
Asylum
Franklin News
Deep plowing leads to coin discovery near Switz ly
An agricultural news item notes a man near Switz ly turned up a tin can containing 338 silver half dollars while deep plowing, illustrating the claimed benefits of deep tillage.
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Switzly
Naltanapolis
Edison credited with new factory whistle idea
Wizard Edison is credited with creating a new type of factory whistle that signals time at morning and evening. In Pittsburgh a man was arrested for erasing signs at automobiles, a crime tied to troubling pedestrian experiences with drivers.
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Edison
Befison
Henry Yert
Springfield Union
Pittsburgh
Clarendon Man Suffers Broken Nose After Fall
Orie Hickey of Clarendon sustained a badly broken nose following a fall from an oil derrick on Wednesday. He leaped to the ground to avoid a collapsing support, a roughly thirty foot drop, and injury to his nose was the result.
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Orie Hickey
Clarendon
Hickey
Bradford, Jamestown Tie 5 2 in 12 Innings
At Bradford the teams played to a 5 to 2 score in 12 innings against Jamestown. The game extended beyond regulation with extra innings due to the tied score when play ceased on a wet field in Olean Warren.
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Bradford
Jamestown
Olean-Warren
Saturday Scores Across Bradford Hornell and Olean
Jamestown defeated Bradford 6 to 1 at Bradford. Wellsville beat Hornell 2 to 1 at Hornell. Warren won 2 to 1 against Olean at Olean.
Local Scores Report From Three Games
At Jamestown Hornell defeated Jamestown 5 to 0. Port Allegheny Olean lost 12 to 4 at Port Allegheny. Bradford beat Wellsville 7 to 6 in Bradford.
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Jamestown
Hornell
Port Allegheny-Olean
Warren
Bradford
Wellsville
Tuesday High School Football Scores in Western New York
Results from Jamestown Wellsville Warren Hornell Olean Bradford show Jamestown beating Wellsville 1 0 and 12 2 while Olean defeats Bradford 7 8 and Warren wins 6 0. Rain postponed Warren Wellsville and Hornell Bradford games with Olean Jamestown 6 4 final.
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Jamestown
Wellsville
Olean
Bradford
Warren
Hornell
Governor Brumbaugh to lead See Pennsylvania First auto tour
Harrisburg July 17 Governor Brumbaugh plans a large auto tour of Pennsylvania in October leading fifty or more vehicles with prominent Pennsylvanians aboard The trip will cover most of the state take about a week and be the first See Pennsylvania First tour since his urging of automobile owners The itinerary is being prepared by State Highway Commissioner Cunningham and local motor clubs will host receptions to highlight highway needs.
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Harrisburg
Brumbaugh
Pennsylvania
Cunningham
Good Roads
Warren Emergency Hospital June Report Highlights Admissions and Deaths
June hospital activity shows 68 admissions and 46 discharges from June 11 to 28, with 7 deaths and 31 patients remaining at month end. Charity care totals 15 admissions and 220 days of care, plus 1033 total days of care. Donations list gifts from Mrs. Hoffman Luther League and others for rooms and supplies.
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Warren
Charity Day
Becker declines suicide claim before execution
Charles Becker, slated for electroution on July 28 for Herman Rosenthal’s murder, tells Warden Osborne he will not kill himself. The warden refuses Becker’s request to wear shoes with metal arches, fearing self harm. Becker insists nothing could stop him if he chose to die.
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New York
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Osborne
Becker
John Doe
Sleepwalker Injures Self In Stairs Fall And Other Local News
Sleepwalking Clarence McMarrow fell down stairs Friday night sustaining fractures in the left hand and multiple bruises. Seventeen year old Julius Rosen died after a lumber yard accident at Wheeler Dusenbury mill. Moore Gray wedding at Lutheran parsonage with a two oclock ceremony. Auto bandits rob York State stores in Westfield and Brocton. a Mercer car abandoned on Dutch Hill with bloodied pillows and other items, dog killed, investigation ongoing.
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Clarence McMarrow
Clarence
S. W. McMarrow
Elm Street
Julius Rosen
William H. Thompson
Francis Smith
Westfield
Brocton
John Skinner
Dutch Hill
Lander
Ohio
New Jersey
New York
N. Y
Highway Commissioner May Exercise Discretion on State Roads
Harrisburg July 18. The attorney general's opinion says the highway commissioner may decide to take over portions of state highways now part of county roads and borough streets. Township roads are not in the same class as county and borough highways.
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Harrisburg
State Highway Department
Attorney General’s Department
Peach harvest ready to begin in Burlington County
Burl ington county New Jersey farmers expect the biggest peach crop the region has seen as trees run heavy with fruit. Light June drop and abundant rainfall push peaches toward rapid maturity, while marketing concerns already trouble many growers.
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Burlington County
N. J
Bumper Crop of Beets in Northwestern Ohio
Northwestern Ohio the banner sugar beet section will have a bumper crop all contracted to different firms. Expected price is six dollars per ton instead of the usual five. Paulding county leads with 6700 acres. Hancock Putnam Van Wert and portions of Lucas and Henry counties also report large acreage.
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Ohio
Banner
Paulding County
Banner County
Hancock, Putnam, van Wert
Lucas and
Henry
Power of Eloquence in Pulpit Preaching
The essay cites Rev. Dr. Guthrie of Scotland whose vivid voice and illustrative power enchant listeners. A Highland cattle drover in attendance remains spellbound, snuffing throughout until the climax, then declares in showy astonishment that he has never heard such rhetoric.
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Currier
Guthrie
Scotland
Free St. John’s
The Human Foot in Ancient Sculpture and Size
The Washington Star argues ancient sculptors used larger feet than modern averages. It notes masculine feet averaged about twelve inches, women about ten inches, and links foot size to height using classic proportions. It estimates needed modern shoe sizes for historical figures.
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Washington Star
Shakespeare and Cervantes Anniversary By Calendar Shift
The Pall Mall Gazette notes April 23 as Shakespeare and Cervantes festival day while both died in 1616. They actually died ten days apart due to England using the Julian calendar. Cervantes died on a Saturday, Shakespeare on the following Tuesday.
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Shakespeare
Cervantes
England
Pall Mall Gazette
Elton Sands-Nickle Plate R R Sara Jones Nubone Co
Elton Sands and Jones Nubone Co are linked to the R R plate project with Sara Jones noted as a key figure. The item highlights a business arrangement involving the plate and associated parties. Further details remain unclear from the fragmentary OCR.
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Elton Sands
Nickle Plate
R. R. Sara Jones
Nubone Co
Oldest Wooden House in Dedham Known as Fairbanks House
The Fairbanks house in Dedham Massachusetts is said to be the nation’s oldest wooden dwelling still standing. Erected 279 years ago from white pine with log walls it has remained continuously occupied and remains in good condition and comfortable.
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Dedham
Mass
Fairbanks
Mary Mills Returns From Corry Visit
Miss Mary Mills comes home after visiting friends in Corry. An advertisement urges residents to get tenant leases at the Mail Office.
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Mary Mills
Corry
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A. A. Larson
Cherub
Warren Bradford
Wee
Olean Jamestown
Hornell Ee
Warren-Wellsville
Hornell-Bradford
O. F. Hoffman
Hoffman
Luther League
Warden
Sleepwalker
Endeavor
York State
Itas Power
Buffalo
Cleveland
City OF
Ava
M. Arriva Buital
Ceder Point
Put-in-Bay
Toita
Rueki
Bullalo Ane
Porto
Huff Business College
Lilma Anderson
Esther Soule
Jamestown Electric Co
Rains Owenson
Wigo
Cleveland O
Corry, Pa
Warren, Pa
Philadelphia, Pa
Tidioute, Pa
Jamestown, N. Y
Warren, Pa -Warren, Pa
Nestown, N. Y
Burrows
Gerald Sands
Alfreda Spetz
Thomas Coupling Co
Sigfrid Johnson
Edward Peterson
Kane
Dale R. OR
Elmer Halberg
Nickle Plate R. R
O Parey- Gilson
Jester Sige
Go. O
Fréd Mahaffy
Struthers’ Wells Co
iGihava Kaross
Carl Erwell
Security Mutual Ins
Alton Sheldon—Elk Tanning Co
Lloyd Putnam—Struthers-Wells Co
Viola Tichner
Conenango Furniture Co
Tracie Rudolph
Percy Richardson
Carmie DaBolt—Grunninger
Lola Wellman
Mutual Life
InsGo
Robert Johnson—Brady
Mabel Sanberg
W. O. Skelton Drug Co
Gertrude Jackson
E. A. Philip
Clara Gibson
Warren Chemical Co
Gernie Lindquist—Penna
R. R. Co
Torsten Milenus—Barrett Mfg. Co
Martha Lundgren
Johnsonburg
Dookee
Wilcox
Sas Warren
Kane, Pa
Perhey
Hoff Business College
Women & Children
Aiss
Fea
Penn’a Avenue
East
Warren, Penn’a
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