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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1915
Page
5
A daughter was born Tuesday at Emergency Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Ray C. Allen of Tiona. J. L. Smallman, a Gisholt plant employee, cut off the second finger of his left hand Monday at work on an emery wheel and is out of work for several days.
Gerald Wright driving home from Tidioute struck and killed a four and a half foot rattlesnake sunning in the highway. The reptile had eight rattles. A son was born July 7 to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Spencer of Chandler's Valley, Pa., a 7 12 pound baby boy joining the family. Mother and child are reported well. mother is formerly Miss Lucile Brown of Warren.
The annual reunion of the Cogswell family took place Monday at Mrs. Mary Broadhead’s home at Fourth Avenue and Laurel Streets. Attendees from out of town included L. Cogswell of Oil City Dr. E. N. Cogswell of New York George W. Cogswell of Jamestown and Mr. and Mrs. Levi McNett of Clarendon. Contract Awarded For New Voting House. County Commissioners award contract for a new Fifth Ward voting house on Fifth Avenue East between Conenango Avenue and Brook Street to Gibson & King for 1265.04. Building to be one story brick 18 by 26 feet with slate roof concrete floor lavatory wired for electricity and gas heating.
More than six hundred people attended the annual First Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday School picnic at Fern Cliff near Russell. The day featured a dinner and a lively nine inning baseball game between married and single men, ending 18 to 15 for the single men, with Reed and Akers as pitchers. The event closed with vesper services led by Rev. N. A. White.
Mrs Louis H Green died Tuesday morning at 117 West Fifth avenue after a brief illness. She is survived by her husband and three sisters Mrs Adam Offerle Mrs William Burkett and Mrs E D Woodruff of Warren. A First Presbyterian Church member she attended regularly. Funeral services were held Thursday at 3 30 p m at the home with private interment in Oakland.
Miss Rhesa Neilly narrowly escaped drowning Saturday while swimming above the dam at Conewango north Warren. A companion tipped a canoe for sport and diving, and when upset, the escort returned to shore to help. Neilly surfaced exhausted and later recovered after aid ashore.
Youngsville residents Daniel Boutler Moores and Carrie De La Fountaine were married Thursday afternoon by Rev. Norris A. White at the First Methodist Parsonage on Fourth Avenue Warren.
Warren Lodge No. 313 Fraternal Order of Eagles will hold a fish fry on Sunday July 25 at the grave back of the fair ground. Large delegations expected from Jamestown Oil City Kane Titusville and other nearby towns.
George Griffin Reynolds husband of Lannie Lintz who drowned four years ago in East Kane perished Monday night after falling while crossing the Clarion River bridge at Johnsonburg.
J. A. Viele had a bicycle stolen last week and recovered it after the Corry police found the machine and sent it to the city. Viele identified the bicycle but the thief has not been caught. He spent nearly five dollars on the case as charged by the Corry Police.
Alfred P. Kitchen son of Mr and Mrs J W Kitchen assisting engineers from New York in steam power work at the Roystone pump station near Ludlow was stricken at work Saturday. An operation was performed Sunday afternoon at Emergency Hospital by Dr W M Robertson and his condition is favorable for recovery.
Thomas J. Ferris of Spring Creek, operator of the large grist mill there, was severely cut on the face when a belt broke at his plant Tuesday morning. The blow smashed his glasses and left a deep cheek gash.
Prisoners in county jails not under death sentence may be pressed into road labor. The Governor Brumbaugh signed a new act authorizing work on highways by order of the State Highway Department, township supervisors or city burgesses.
The Northwestern G A R Council of Administration announces the 32nd annual reunion to be held at Exposition Park on Thursday August 19. The association includes Crawford Mercer Venango Butler Erie and Warren counties.
Michael Bird of Erie aged 52 fired several shots at his children on the porch then killed himself after being driven to distraction by finances and his wife’s illness. He had been idle for three months and recently took a watchman job at a local paper mill.
The 21 roosters captured during a cock fight raid in Armstrong County were killed in the jail under Sheriff Parker. The court ordered the action but execution was delayed as A. C. Wooster gave notice of intent to replevin 11 of the birds.
The Warren Chamber of Commerce distributes the Warren Automobile Road Map detailing the Warren Trail from Pittsburgh to Buffalo via Butler Clarion and the Tionesta Valley and the Conewango Trail through Butler Slippery Rock Franklin Oil City and Titusville. Hundreds of letters express thanks and praise for the publicity effort.
Morning after the collision involving John Klinck near Star Brick three hundred dollars in checks were found at the scene by a Greene Metal Stamping Works employee. The Union City paper reports E. W. Hatch of Union City lost checks totaling three hundred dollars, made out to him, likely dropped when the train stopped to inspect the wrecked car.
James Brann once served as Warren County sheriff and is mentioned in Tulsa newspapers as considering a gubernatorial run in Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Democrat notes Brann has received many letters urging acceptance and plans to run if nominated, recalling his prior respectable public service in Pennsylvania.
Earl Connley a former Warren boy is sought by Ridgway police for stealing $200 from Daniel Williams proprietor of the West End Hotel. Connley left for the bank with a deposit and has not been seen since, his whereabouts a mystery. He was formerly a Warren taxi driver and his Ludlow parents frequently visit Warren.
A compilation of visitors and travelers returning home or visiting relatives across Warren, including Rev. W. S. Burton and family in Silver Creek, Miss Beatrice Wetmore returning from Cuba to California, and Miss Margaret Wilson with D. L. Gerould at Lakewood. Multiple families from Kent to Baltimore to Jamestown are listed with destinations and hosts.
The airship blamed for sightings near Smethport was reportedly observed by many in Olean after 11 o clock Sunday night. Witnesses describe lights and a searchlight, with speculation it may be owned by a Pennsylvania operator seeking publicity.
Miss Mary Curtis Lee daughter of the late Confederate General Robert E. Lee was a guest in the city Friday at the home of Mrs. A J Hazeltine. Lee visits Mr. and Mrs. Charles M Dow of Jamestown.
Casper Hale twelve year old son of Mr and Mrs Hale of Eddy Street fell from scaffolding at the Warren Electric Light Co new power plant site in the West End while playing Tuesday evening. He fractured a shoulder bone and will be laid up for much of the summer vacation.
Court House officials and clerks announce a large picnic to be held at Fern Cliff Park near Russell on Tuesday July 27. Committee members include Recorder Bassett of Grand Valley Prothonary Clerk of Russell and County Commissioner Cramer of Farmington township.
Salvatore Vella a 15 year old son of an Italian shoemaker of Hickory Street suffered a severe cut under the left eye when he ran into a glass door at Weidert Bottling Works Monday afternoon. He was taken to doctors Pierce and Brown where the wound required several stitches after the pane shattered during a door draft incident in the alley behind the factory.
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