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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1915
Page
5
Vincent Hawkey of Tidioute was brought to Emergency hospital Friday afternoon for an appendicitis operation. He is reported to be doing as well as could be expected.
D J Mahan of Lander was brushed by a horse he was driving when the animal kicked, breaking and bruising his nose last Wednesday according to the report.
The Annual Picnic of the Odd Fellows of Northwestern Pennsylvania will be held at Exposition Park on Wednesday, August 4. The event benefits the Home at Meadville with attending children to provide entertainment.
The Trunk Line association approved a two cent per mile rail rate within 150 miles of Oil City for Drake Day at Monarch Park on August 27. Tickets go on sale August 25 and 26 and are valid for return to the starting point through August 30.
Postmaster General Burleson raises parcel post size limit to a combined length and girth of 84 inches enabling shipping of standard fruit and berry crates. The prior 72 inch limit had faced demand for expansion. Jamestown Boy Killed by Automobile in Jamestown Saturday. Norman A. Isaacson 11, son of Mr and Mrs William Isaacson, was struck by a car driven by Frank L. Johnson while Johnson followed a fire truck to a call. Zelma Owens 16 elopes with Stewart Henry 20. mother files habeas corpus. Three Warren firms refuse war orders. English government gun cotton order worth 1,000,000 and Russian rifles offer worth 2,000,000 declined.
Frank E. Foster of Buffalo New York who formerly lived in Warren celebrated his fiftieth anniversary in the oil business last Wednesday. He began with the Great Northern Oil company in Franklin Pennsylvania on July 21 1865. That company first manufactured lubricating oil for railroad use from crude petroleum. The Great Northern Oil company became White's Golden Lubricator company which in 1865 built a refinery in Cincinnati. Foster took charge in January 1867 and served as general manager for twenty three years until the sale to Standard Oil. He contributed to products widely used in the automobile industry and left a lasting impact on the field.
An eight pound girl was born Friday to Mr and Mrs Paul Morganroth on Hinckle Street. Miss Mabel K Simpson of Clarendon and George Fritz McAlevy of Oil City announced their engagement at a party. Judge Paul Benson's funeral was held Saturday with Masons Odd Fellows Elks and Bar Association in attendance. Cummings Hawkey wedding held at Tidioute with fifty guests. John Yaegle faces game law charges for possessing two ferrets. hearing set Friday.
The School Board accepted Miss Naomi Gray of the Central Building resignation on Tuesday. Miss Maj orie Fisher was elected to fill the vacancy. Miss Gray will take a position in Ohio. Frank Rich received the contract to repair cement sidewalks around the High School Building. L. W. Davis was chosen assistant janitor at the High School Building.
H A Rathburn of Sugar Grove received a severe injury last Monday afternoon at the Sugar Grove can factory when his right hand came in contact with an ammonia pipe. He could not free his hand and it frostbitten while workers heard his cries and warmed the pipe. It took about ten minutes before help arrived and released him. It will be some time before he can return to work.
A sensational Erie political dispute centers on Postmaster John T. Brew and his assistant Samuel T. Brainerd who has served nearly thirty years. Brainerd has filed charges of postal law violations by Brew, prompting a department investigation anticipated soon.
Sylvester Scramling died at two o'clock Saturday morning at his brother in law L D Raymond's home after several weeks of illness. He was 85 years 1 month 28 days old. Funeral services were held Sunday at the residence and M E church, with interment in David Curtis Cemetery. He had lived in Columbus about seventy years and left no children. His wife had died several years ago.
Harrisburg sent word that Milton Kerr and Fred Healy two State Hospital workers at Warren have been appointed as policemen in Warren County with duties to enforce laws and maintain order for the county.
H N Reist the county farm agent has visited farmers in Warren and neighboring townships since taking duties. He has already visited Columbus Corydon Freehold and Brokenstraw and will extend to other districts soon. Corry Wrench Company Factory Burned Friday with losses over 10000 and minimal insurance. No cause known and firemen could do little once the blaze started.
Chamber of Commerce secures 50,000 poster stamps to advertise Warren. Stamps sold at $1 per thousand, featuring a design depicting Warren’s timber belt factories and the oil derrick and refinery as the city’s mainstay.
Funeral services for Mrs Walker Offerlee Johns daughter of Mr and Mrs Jacob Offerlee were held Wednesday at the family home with interment in Oakland. She died Friday at her home in Offerlee Kansas after a brief illness following a stroke of paralysis. Her body arrived in Warren Monday for the services.
Mrs. William Swartz hosted a one o'clock luncheon for Miss Pearl Erickson whose engagement to Charles Edgar Van Horne of Syracuse New York was announced. Pink roses and smilax decorated the dining room with fourteen covers. Out of town guest Miss Bess Trayhern of Belington West Virginia attended.
The annual Warren County teachers institute will run the week of November 8. It had been set for August 30 but was moved due to Fair week. November 8 was chosen to align with the talent brought for the earlier dates and no alternative dates were available.
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