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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1908
Page
1
Banking service grows as more people rely on banks to hold funds. The article notes wider appreciation of banking usefulness and improved methods increasing public confidence in financial institutions.
Warren National Bank emphasizes protection of patrons with a careful up to date system. Officers pledge accuracy promptness and equal care for all depositors large or small.
A commerce notice records transfers including Wim Lovelass to Fred W. Enos in Pine Grove for 4000 dollars and Jane Best to Daniel Ruhlman in Warren for 4000. Additional conveyances cover Clarendon Pittsfield Freehold Deerfield Warren Youngsville and other locales with amounts from 1 to 1500 dollars.
Gregory Brown announces a season end shoe sale to clean up business. Discounts range from 15 to 50 percent and apply to selected stock.
Mr home matters and social notes from Warren, Bay City, and surrounding towns. Europe-bound plans for Mr and Mrs J Norman Davies. Guests Lucy Munroe and Van Ness Yates, family reunions, and military and sports reports including Warren-Dunkirk golf win and a long Corry Falconer baseball game. Funeral, memorials, and local civic events noted.
An ad invites prospective students to enroll for the Fall Term at Hoff Business College Warren PA. It touts the school as old reliable established and well known in Northwestern Pennsylvania and offers to help with enrollment via call or write. Proprietors listed: I J Horr and L J HoL Mes.
John Offerlee of Farmington township near Lander was shot and killed Friday afternoon by neighbor Thomas Divilbliss. Offerlee, about 50, had moved to Lander with his wife and three children. Divilbliss, a 55 year old bachelor, fired buckshot from a shotgun after a dispute over repairs at Offerlee’s rented farm. An autopsy confirmed the fatal wound to the chest. Divilbliss was arrested and jailed in Warren. a coroner’s inquest found the death a gunshot from Divilbliss. Insanity is reportedly likely as a defense.
A list of marriages from June to July 1908 includes Hugh McKelvey and Lena Magee in Mayville New York Frank Reed and Hilda Johnson in Lanning Hill Warren County and more. Multiple couples from Warren Kane and Sugar Grove are named with dates July 1908 and residences listed. The note also records the Garland Garland Ohio funeral for Alima Cochran and obituaries for George L Dodds Silas McIntyre and others with burial details at Youngsville Riverside and Pittsfield Presbyterian church.
George H. Bimber, aged 82, died in Pleasantville Pennsylvania on July 23 1908. Born in Hesse Cassel Germany he emigrated to the United States at age five settling in Zelienople. He served as chief bugler in the Twelfth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry during the Civil War. Survived by wife Martha L. Bimber and son Andrew Bimber of Youngsville.
A letter signed by over 1,000 Warren citizens including teachers lawyers doctors and business leaders expresses deep appreciation for the Superintendent Mac Gowan. The document lauds his energetic unflagging work guiding the district and notes the schools rank among the best in the land with ongoing best wishes for future success.
Basil Dyer aged about 35 was found dead on the Pennsylvania railroad near Youngsville Saturday night. His body was torn, head and limbs severed, and the remains buried Sunday afternoon. Dyer, known to reside with a brother in Youngsville, had been drinking and may have been on the tracks or asleep. Train crews reported no collision.
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