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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1913
Page
5
John Dunkle, an employee of Wheler Dusenbury at Endeavor, was badly injured Friday afternoon at the plant when his left foot was split from the second toe to the instep while using a broad axe. He was taken to Oil City and treated by Dr. Wilkins who expects the foot to retain use.
The Corry Hide Fur company’s imports prompt Treasury Department action. Secretary McAdoo is close to appointing a deputy collector for Corry, a sub-port, after a local Democrat sought details in Washington. The appointment is anticipated.
A traction car in fog on the Sheffield line struck a herd of cattle last Wednesday. One cow was killed and three others injured. the motorman could not stop in time. The killed animal belonged to Jerry Crary of this city. Old Soldiers Dine Together reports Stephen B. Sterrett and Harvey T. Russell, Civil War veterans, sharing a meal and recalling Get tysburg memories in Russell and Portland.
George L. Mackay and Miss Marie B. Strickland were united in marriage at Chautauqua last Wednesday. Rev. L. T. Bush of Chicago performed the ceremony.
George W. Ward of Kane and Miss Bessie Robbins of Waterford were wed last Wednesday morning in a ceremony conducted by Rev. N A White at the parsonage of the First Methodist Church on Fourth Avenue.
Monroe Gray a 2 Fourth Avenue grocer was arrested Monday by Pure Food Agent Pelton on a charge of selling vinegar branded as cider vinegar but allegedly made from acids and dyes. If found guilty he faces a fine of 50 dollars plus costs. Burial of Mrs Janet McLaughlin in Warren after her death in New York City on Saturday. A service was held at the Presbyterian church with Rev J W Bailey officiating and interment in Oakland cemetery. Laughlin children accompanied the body.
Krespan, Carver House employee, was knocked from his bicycle at Hickory street and Pennsylvania Ave West at 10:30 Monday morning when he collided with W. J. Grandin’s automobile of Tidioute. He was rendered unconscious, taken to Emergency Hospital, and wyd.
A vagrant escaped via a transom in the City Building lockup but was recaptured. He faced a hearing, claimed to be a driller from Oklahoma, and was sentenced to thirty days in the county jail. In Jamestown a man named Earl Stratton surrendered after admitting nitric acid mail box attacks, hoping to be sent to federal prison in Atlanta.
Mrs Florence Avery a nurse and a hospital patient were pursued Friday by a lunatic named Green armed with a half fork. The pair fled across asylum grounds into a North Warren grocery store where a door shielded them. An attendant arrested Green who has reportedly chased nurses before.
Parcel Postmaster General Burleson announces August 15 changes to parcel post. Maximum parcel weight rises from eleven to twenty pounds, first and second zone postage falls, and a rate chart replaces the map with individualized post office rates. The plan includes new delivery gates, more vehicles, and specialized equipment for parcel post use.
A foreigner from Southern Austria employed at the Keystone Kindling Wood factory in Sheffield is held under watch after exposure aboard a ship bringing him to the country. Several smallpox cases were aboard the same vessel. State Health officials examined the man last Wednesday following health department guidance.
Congressman Hulings reports a June 1914 vacancy at the Naval Academy Annapolis for a principal and three alternates to be nominated. The examination conducted by the Naval Department will be held on the third Tuesday in April 1914. Eligibility ranges from 16 to 21 years, with a competitive examination to follow in Oil City within 60 days.
Fish Warden J F Albert concludes mortality in the Allegheny River results from spearing not poison. He and two men speared a night, capturing twenty suckers and wounding others. Albert calls for repealing the spearing law as torchlight discrimination is nearly impossible.
Raymond Hodges was fined 3.50 plus costs by Justice Wheeler for drunkenness and for striking Thomas Harvey on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of a poolroom. Harvey pursued Hodges after the attack. both men were taken to the city lockup. Harvey was later discharged after an inquiry.
A Corry resident hid his earnings in a cooking stove oven during a burglary scare. The next morning his wife burned the folded money and contents, turning them to char. Bank officials recovered some remains and receipts, sending the remnants to the U S Treasury for examination.
A 5 year old girl, Elizabeth Bailey of North Warren, suffered a severe ankle crush when a steel 1 inch beam weighing 1600 pounds fell during school construction. Doctors fear possible amputation as circulation in the foot collapsed and the limb below the ankle tinged black. Witnesses say several boys played near the site and the beam pinned the child until workers lifted it off.
August Strand, 71, a farmer living between Chandlers Valley and Sugar Grove, died after a runaway horse dragged him following hay field work. He was thrown and suffered internal injuries and broken ribs. exact cause and sequence remain unclear. He leaves a wife Caroline and an adopted son Alvin, plus a brother C O Strand and a sister in Sweden. Funeral held at Chandlers Valley Lutheran Church with Rev. Carlstrom officiating.
John P. Samuelson, born in Sweden on September 28 1838, died at 1:30 PM Tuesday after years of ill health at his Chandlers Valley home. A Civil War veteran, he served from September 25 1861 with Company F Ninth New York Cavalry for three years. Survived by his wife Caroline and children Ira F Norman L Ivan L Carl O two daughters Mrs Strom and Mrs A L Brg, sixteen grandchildren and four sisters. Funeral held Friday at home then Swedish Lutheran church.
Eric celebrates Perry Week with $30000 in cash on hand to cover all bills. Ross Walker of Warren takes over Harry H. Craig’s drug store at Tionesta. Craig returns to Clintonville Venango County. A. P. Mount and party from Corry encounter a big black bear near Sugar Run Warren County as it vanishes into the woods.
Word from Dunkirk New York reports Chautauqua grape harvest this year at half of last year's level. Last season's crop valued at 2 130 000 dollars. The current forecast suggests a significant drop in both volume and revenue for local growers.
Superior court hands down opinion in Cousins vs Warren Borough awarding Mrs Harriet Cousins and husband Herbert $3000 plus accrued interest since March 1911 totaling $3400. Jury previously favored plaintiffs with $1500 each. Case stems from a fall on a defective south side sidewalk.
The Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage association will hold its annual convention in Pittsburg during the last week of October. Adele Shaw of Sewickley heads the program committee with Elizabeth Blanchard of Bellefonte and Florence Sibley of Philadelphia as members. Mrs. John H. Armstrong and Mrs. Robert DuPuy of Pittsburg lead committees on halls and entertainment respectively. Additional committees will be named as the event approaches.
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