Public School Teachers Chosen for 1911-12
The school board met with most directors present and elected teachers for next year while fixing salaries and noting one vacancy for a sewing teacher. The janitor of the Central building was fined for burning rubbish but the charge was remitted. medical inspector Dr. Ball’s report was accepted and forwarded to the new board. The new board's officers were reappointed with Dr. C. J. Frantz as president and committees unchanged. Some salaries remain undecided due to pending state code signing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
J. W. Elliott
E. L. Corah
M. W. Ball
Russel
Adams
Russell
C. J. Frantz
M. M. Dunham
W. F. Bennett
Frantz
The Standard Oil Story Behind Its Telescope of Power
The article outlines Standard Oil’s 1882 New Jersey incorporation with 10 million in capital, later rising to 110 million to gain control of 70 percent of US petroleum output. It notes 5500 million in surplus, cash assets near 338 per share, plus 300 per share oil value, totaling 688 per share. It cites dividends history, a $9 million payout on the decision day, and extensive assets: 8000 miles of trunk pipe, 75000 miles of feeders, 22 refineries, 4000 stations, 80 million barrels in reserve, 9000 tank cars, 5000 wagons, 200 vessels, 60 ocean tankers, and 70,000 employees with a $150,000 daily payroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil
New Jersey
United States
A Treasure of a Cook
Mrs. Newedd explains she could not buy a stove and hire a cook with the money given. She says the cook, a treasure, has just stepped out to fetch crackers and cheese for the household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Newedd
His Idea For Theorist. Tommy Pop A Theorist
A whimsical Philadelphia Record item describes a theoretician as a man who believes he learns by watching a frog from the bank rather than swimming. The playful remark contrasts action with contemplation in family satire.
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Tommy
Pop
Philadelphia Record
Recalled 1888 murder case of Ella Dinsmore in Oil City
Oil City’s newspaper recalls the 1888 trial of Ella Dinsmore of St. Petersburg Clarion county for murder in her home, with co-defendant David J. King who was condemned to death, later commuted to life, and who, after 16 years, was released. Dinsmore was acquitted on venue changes. King, now 58, lives near Oil City and alleges self defense. Davis was killed amid jealousy over Dinsmore.
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Oil City
Venango
Ella Dinsmore
St. Petersburg
Clarion County
J. C. Davis
King
Board of Pardons
Davis
Larsones move to former Susan Hale farm on Jamestown land
June 6 report from Akeley notes Mr and Mrs Henry Larson of Jamestown moving onto the farm once known as the Susan Hale place. Rains have boosted crop growth and grass promising hay. Visitors include S M Johnson, Mrs John Geracimos, D M Howard, Flora Rufus, Elley Galley, and Johnson family. John Marsh farm hatchery yielded four hundred fifty chicks last week. Charles Worden and family attended a Jamestown circus. Jennie Brown and Minnie Johnson visited their Jamestown relatives. Matilda Newman returned from Warren visit.
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Akeley
Henry Larson
Jamestown
Susan Hale
S. M. Johnson
Howard Homestead
John Geracimos
D. M. Howard
Warren
Flora Rufus
Erie
Elley Galley
John Marsh
Charles Worden
Jennie Brown
Russell
Minnie Johnson
Ludwig Johnson
Matilda Newman
Girard Doctor Plans Mail Order Church Project
Dr. F. C. Pratt of Girard proposes a mail order church offering sermons by mail. Each set contains 12 sermons teaching a single lesson without fixed dogma for a nominal fee to cover printing and postage. Initial orders have been received and the scheme begins in a few weeks.
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WV Ord
Sunset
Far West
Panama-Pacific Club
San Francisco
Panama Canal
Pacific
Atlantic
Battery Street
California
Girard
F. C. Pratt
Lucien Bonaparte Before Wellington in England
Memoir excerpt recounts Lucien Bonaparte in disgrace with Napoleon and praised as capable, with claims he saved Napoleon during the 18th Brumaire. The narrator describes Lucien’s cringing manners and Napoleonic likeness, his bowing presentation to the Duke of Wellington, and Wellington’s cold reception after the Duchess de Dino note.
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Lucien Bonaparte
Wellington
Lucien
England
Napoleon
Duchesse de Canizzaro
Duke of Wellington
Waterloo
Duchesse de Dino
Ancient Korean rain gauge tied to King Sejo
The article credits King Sejo of Korea with inventing a rain measuring device in 1442. A bronze vase fifteen inches deep and seven inches in diameter stood on a pillar in the royal observatory. Officials recorded rainfall heights and reported results to the king, with similar instruments sent to provinces for centralized data.
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Castelli
Galilei
Korean Meteorological Observatory
Y. Wada
Sejo
Korea
Curious Assertions Move Through Press on Anatomy
The text catalogues sensational phrasing such as a man shot in a ticket office and in the suburbs. It notes vivid lines about kissing, whipping, sitting, entering, fainting and other intimate actions reflecting columnar curiosity about anatomy in era journalism.
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Smith Co
Warren PA
Coats
F. H. Gaige
A. Grace Petheram
I. Flower
Sylvia E. Ball
Edna B. Blood
Science
F. A. Dubois
Lillian Hepfinger
G. Roy Hosler
M. T
Addison White
Anna H. Finley
Frances Allen
Eng. Alg
Madie A. Miller
Mary A. Hartz
Laura DeForest
Ethel V. Morrison
Marion Hamm
Ellen T. Glenn
Stella Y. James
Ruth Cramer
South Street
Mae M. Moran Prin
E. Ruth Mahaffey
Mary M. Grimes
Mary Mooney
Zelda Maitland
Helen Maher
Jennie B. Holt
Grace M. Mahaffey
A. Lucile Partridge
Edith G. Hazeltine
Ethel DeForest
East Street
Blanche M. Hawkins Prin
Katherine Marsh
Martha Ayer
Virginia D. Green
Anna Dervin
Charlotta MacLean
Mary Dunn
Gertrude Shoff
Fourth Ward
Blanche McClintock Prin
Katherine Meehan
Edna B. Denniston
Polly W. Denniston
Margaret Corbin
Eva M. Corbin
Central
Edith Langdale Prin
Lizzie M. Wells
H. Smith Co
Warren, Penn
Nero
Nero Drug CO
Warren, Pa
David L. King
Venango County
Queer Anatomy
Pennsylvania
Olean Or
Bradford
Olean
Rock City
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