Two Fires Sparked at State Hospital Friday Night
Two fires broke out Friday at the State Hospital. The first occurred midnight on the third floor south wing, damaging a storeroom for clothes and darkening the ward. Nurses evacuated 55 patients in an orderly descent as flames consumed cotton dresses. The second blaze arose in the laundry drying room near the ninth ward and was contained quickly by attendants. No injuries or smoke fatalities were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Hospital
H. W.mitchell
R. C. Reeves
Mrs Lena Erickson Dies of Pneumonia in Sugar Grove
Mrs Lena Erickson born in Sweden in 1841 died Friday at 10 am at her Sugar Grove township home after illness since Sunday. Widow of August Erickson she lived in Sugar Grove since 1873 and was a Swedish Mission church member. Survived by Elmer in the township and daughters Mrs Charles Lindquist and Mrs Lawrence Lindquist of Tidioute. Funeral at Swedish Mission Church Sunday at 2 pm Rev Cook officiating. Interment Chandler Bailey Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Erickson
August Erickson
Sugar Grove Township
Erickson
Sweden
United States
Swedish Mission Church
Elmer
Charles Lindquist
Lawrence Lindquist
Tidioute
Mission Church
Cook
Chandlers Bailey Cemetery
Funeral for Gilbert Hevenor Held by Knights Templars
Funeral services for Gilbert MacBeth Hevenor were held Thursday evening at the family residence on Franklin Street. Knights Templars led the rites with Rev. J. W. Smith officiating. Jamestown and Salamanca Knights attended, with interment in Salamanca Friday afternoon escorted by thirty Knights Templars. bearers included I. H. Mott M. M. Dunham J. Kelle Harry Peterson S. S. Bryner and Mr. Andrews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert MacBeth Hevenor
Franklin Street
Knights ‘Templars
J. W. Smith
Jamestowns
Sallamancan Knigts
Salamanca
Knights Templars
I. H. Mott
M. M. Dunham
J. Kelle
Harry Peterson
Warren
S. S. Bryner
Sheffield
Mr. Andrews
Warrenites Attend Y M C A Conference in Rochester
George H. Miller W F Messner Dr O S Brown E H Beshlin H G Eaton and Secretary Kottcamp attended a Y M C A conference at the Powers Hotel Rochester last Friday to discuss current and future war related work at home and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Miller
W. F. Messner
Dr. O. S. Brown
E. H. Beshlin
H. G. Eaton
Kottcamp
Powers Hotel
Rochester
Relaion
Warren Boys to Polk Institute for Feeble Minded
George and Oscar Warner known as the wild boys of Garland will be moved to the Polk Polk State hospital and taken to the Feeble Minded Institute. Their condition reportedly lacks improvement and Venango county hospital is considered the best bonding place for them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George and
Oscar Warner
Garland
State Hospital
Institute
Polk
Venango County
Ernest Eaton Named Assistant Superintendent for Cabin Creek Oil Refinery
Ernest Eaton leaves Sunday night for Charleston West Virginia to join Cabin Creek Oil Co as assistant superintendent for a new refinery under construction. He will assume full charge when the plant is completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Eaton
Charleston
W. Va
Cabin Creek Oil Co
Eaton Oil Finds its 17th Well on Jackson Avenue
The Eaton Oil company completed its 17th well on upper Jackson Avenue on Thursday at six o'clock The venture proved productive with fourteen barrels pumped on Friday morning and reported as a good result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eaton Oil Company
Upper Jackson Avenue
Farmers in Warren County Organize Loan Association
Farmers in Warren County are invited to organize a Farm Loan Association to borrow from the Federal Loan Bank at 5 percent. A meeting will be held Friday afternoon at the Farm Bureau office in the courthouse. The association requires at least ten members, each borrowing at least $20,000, owning land with borrowing capacity set at 50 percent of its value as determined by three local directors and an appraiser from Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren County
Federal Loan Bank
Baltimore
Farm Loan Association
Burreau
Court House
Association
Tri County Workhouse Discussed by Erie Authorities
The Erie Dispatch reports that Erie County Commissioners plan a northwestern Pennsylvania workhouse. A conference with District Attorney Firman is planned to advance a joint proposal with Crawford Warren and Venango counties for a central facility. Plans are in rough form and due for June grand jury action in Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie Dispatch
Erie County
Pennsylvania
Robert J. Firman
Crawford
Warren
Venango
Golf Links to Be Suburban Residence Section
The Golf Links overlooking Warren from the east will become a residential suburb once the Warren Golf Club moves to the new Conewango Valley Country Club between Russell and Warren. A winding driveway will connect Canton Street to the clubhouse, and the grounds will be plotted immediately though ownership transfers occur next year. The site overlooks the city and Allegheny Valley, promising a prime addition to the area.
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Warren
Warren Golf Club
Conewango Valley Country Club
Russell
Canton Street
Allegheny Valley
Ancient books found among waste paper treasure value
Thomas Irvine of the East Side disposed of old newspapers and sold school books from the 1830s with the lot. A grammar from 1836 bore a teachers certificate dated 1856, and Guy C Irvine’s name appears in a 1832 inscription. A speller from 1836 was included as part of a cherished, long-held collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Irvine
East Side
Guy C. Irvine
L. L. Spencer
George Clark Arrested for Making Threats
George Clark of Hickory street was held for court on a charge of threats. He posted bail in saloons Monday and faced Squire Blackman after a verbal complaint by Jacob Morris. He may meditate between now and the June term unless bail is posted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Clark
Hickory Street
Jacob Morris
Squire Blackman
Clark
Bunker Hill
Emile Amann
Charles Mahood Hurt While Attempting Ride on Truck
18 year old Charles Mahood, son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Mahood, was hurt Tuesday morning when he tried to catch a Shar man delivery truck on Pennsylvania Ave near Union. He was thrown to the pavement, bloodgowing, and internal injury suspected. Joe Sullivan helped take him home near Eberhart Miller store as a physician was summoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Clarence Mahood
Leonard McGlaughlin
Pennsylvania Ave
Union Street
Mahood
Joe Sullivan
Eberhart & Miller
Overturned Wash Boiler Burns Pleasant Township Child
Norman Highhouse two years old pulled a boiler of clothes and hot water onto himself Monday morning. He burned face and upper chest, doctors say he will likely live. He climbed an open oven door to reach the boiler. skin grafting may be needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman
E. W. Highhouse
Pleasant Township
Henry Zeigler Hurt Thrown From Motor Wheel
Henry Zeigler baggage master at the P R R station was injured Monday when he was thrown from a motor wheel on Fourth Avenue near the D A V depot. Inexperienced with the wheel he pulled the wrong lever while trying to stop it, sending it forward at high speed. he was thrown to the ground, slicing flesh from elbow to bone despite wearing two coats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Zeigler
Fourth Avenue
Serenaders Face Damages After New Couple’s Home Visit
A dozen young men who serenaded Mr and Mrs Wylie Bates at their Hemlin Hill home near Youngsville on March 19 appeared before Justice Plummer Mead. They damaged Bates property valued at $15. the owners had them arrested. They agreed to settle the damage and will not be prosecuted further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wylie Bates
Hemlin Hill
Youngsville
Justice of the Peace
Robbery at Columbia Theatre in Erie
A highwayman forced his revolver through the ticket window at the Columbia Theatre in Erie last week and took a roll of bills. Charles Becker pursued the thief to the corner of Eighth and Peach streets, asked about the loot, and was threatened before the robber escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Erie
Charles Becker
Eighth and
Peach Streets
Becker
John Robinson Shows to Parade in Warren this Summer
Warren will host at least one big circus this summer with John Robinson Shows slated to perform on June 25. The circus will likely spend Sunday in Warren after an advance agent visited Tuesday to arrange details for the appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
John Robinson
Charles Savage Will Not Reopen East Side Photo Studio
Charles M. Savage announced he will not reopen the East Side photo studio run with his father George W. Savage for over thirty years. The studio closed last fall and the storeroom will be rented as he shifts focus to his oil lease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Savage
George W. Savage
D. I. Ball Named to State Industrial Inventory Committee
D I Ball a veteran Warren County bar member is named by Governor Brumbaugh to join a 200 member state panel to inventory industrial resources for national need. George William Pepper of Philadelphia chairs the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. I. Ball
Warren County
Brumbaugh
George William Pepper
Philadelphia
P. J. White Forms Ambitious New Oil Corporation
P J White, once of Warren and associate of Harry F Sinclair in White and Sinclair, is reported forming a new 200 million dollar oil company in Tulsa to take over assets including Pure Oil and its Mid-Continent unit Quaker Oil. He is said to have paid 50000 for options on these assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. White
Warren
Harry F. Sinclair
White & Sinclair
Tulsa
Oil Corporation
Pure Oil Company
Quaker Oil Company
Mr. White
Shutt Recovers from Detroit Injury at 64
Friends learn that K. G. Shutt is recovering from injuries suffered in Detroit four weeks ago. At age 64 his broken bones are knitting and doctors expect him to be out of bed within about three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. G. Shutt
Detroit
Parker Named Grand Valley Assessor in Eldred Vacancy
County commissioners on Saturday appointed L. M. Parker of Grand Valley to fill the assessor vacancy in Eldred township after the resignation of L. M. Proper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Parker
Grand Valley
Eldred Township
L. M. Proper
Captain W W Wilson Dies in New Brighton Pa
Capt W W Wilson a former Akeley Pa resident died at his daughter Mrs Jos Cogswell s home New Brighton Pa at 6 pm March 23 1917 The funeral followed in Warren and Akeley interment was in Haile cemetery He was born February 15 1836 in Warren County and served in the 2nd Minnesota during the Civil War including Sherman s march to the sea He is survived by two daughters four grandchildren and several sisters in California Pennsylvania and New York
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Wilson
Akeley
Jos. Cogswell
New Brighton
Warren
S. W. Thompson
Sixth Avenue
Grange Hall
Haile
Warren County
Minnesota
2Nd Minn
Sherman
Lookout Mountain
Wilson
Joe Fuller
Oil City
Mary Siggins
Roseville
California
H. E. Brayton
Youngsville
Margaret Demmon
Sarah W. Thompson
6Th Avenue
Plan to Move Street Railway Link to Ease Liberty Street Traffic
John Williams, head of the Street Committee, proposes rerouting the North Warren and W. & J. line from Market to Pennsylvania Avenue then Liberty Street, removing the junctions at Third and Market. The change, to be voted by the Council, aims to speed traffic before Liberty is repaved this summer, relying on the 1915 double track on Pennsylvania Avenue. Parking and cross-traffic conflicts at the Liberty Street station would lessen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Street
Street Railway
John Williams
Lower Market Street
Williams
Warren and
Pennsylvania Avenue
Liberty St
Market
Liberty
Third
Traction Company
Mrs Eiden Dies After Two Year Illness
After more than two years of illness Mrs. M. C. N. Eiden widow of Peter Eiden died at her home 106 Conenango avenue at 10 o clock Thursday March 22 1917 She was 64 and daughter of the late Dr Alexander Buerkle She resided in the city 49 years and was a Holy Redeemer church member Survived by son Leo and brothers Henry Albert Alex Buerkle sisters Mrs Parr and Mrs Saunders Funeral was held Monday at 9 am from Holy Redeemer church Interment in St Josephs cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. C. N. Eiden
Peter Eiden
Conenango Avenue
Alexander Buerkle
the Holy Redeemer Church
Leo
Henry Albert
Alex Buerkle
Warren
Parr
Saunders
Virginia
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Penn A R R Announces Summer Excursion Dates
The Pennsylvania Railroad fixed its summer river excursions to Oleas and Bradford for 1917 on April 22 May 20 June 10 September 30 and October 28. Five excursions are planned this year up from four in 1916 with round trip fare rising from 1 to 1.25. Down river dates are not yet announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania R. R
Oleas
Bradford
Down River
Extra Watchmen Guard Sheffield Tannery
Extra watchmen have been placed in Sheffield to guard the Elk Tanning Company property. They will patrol at night to augment the regular force. Officials cite wartime vigilance and fear of German spies as the reason for the extra staffing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheffield
Elk Tanning Company
Germany
Mail Office Supplies Legal Blanks and Sign Cards
The Mail office serves as a headquarters for legal blanks sign cards and related stationery at competitively right prices.
Mrs Libbie Allen Keefe Dies in Oklahoma
Mrs Libbie Allen Keefe daughter of Mr and Mrs J W Allen of Bartlesville Oklahoma and former Warren residents died in Beaumont Texas Monday morning at 1145 She is survived by her parents husband and a four year old son Funeral and interment will be in Bartlesville The Allen family were well known in Warren They left years ago to live in the west.
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Libbie Allen Keefe
J. W. Allen
Bartlesville
Okla
Warren
Beaumont
Texas
SheffieldYouthful Driller Loses Eye In Accident
Tracy Whitton of Sheffield, a driller, lost one eye after a fragment of iron struck him while drilling on Big Mill Creek. He was taken to Ridgway hospital where doctors report recovery as well as can be expected.
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Tracy Whitton
Sheffield
Big Mill Creek
Ridgway Hospital
Chandlers Valley Community Notices and Obituaries
Arch Hanson's ill daughter shows slight improvement. Funeral for Lena Erickson at Mission church Sustley with Rev Kook officiating. Erickson family mourns and receives community sympathy. Theodore Akine and Andrew Swanson attended Jamestown funeral of Joan Johnson, their brother-in-law. Mell Evans funeral held at home with Rev Ira Hanks officiating. burial at Youngsville.
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Chandlers Valley
Archie Hanson
Lena Erickson
Mission Church
Sustley
Kook
Erickson
Theodore Akine
Andrew Swanson
Jamestown
Joan Johnson
Mell Evans
Ira Hanks
Youngsville
Visit Notes From War ren and Surrounding Areas
Ruth and Floyd Swanson of Warren visited their father recently. Rev Meeker was a guest at Rev Ira Hanks. Mrs Frank Anderson and her young daughter visited her parents from Sunday to Tuesday. Edward Johnson MacKay and Folkman of Warren spent Sunday afternoon at Ross Porter. Charles Latt lost a valuable horse Wednesday morning. Mrs B J Wilson was called to Spring Creek Wednesday by the serious illness of her sister there.
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Frank Anderson
Edward Johnson
MacKay and Folkman
Warren
Ross Porter
Charles Latt
B. J. Wilson
Spring Creek
Fighting in Galicia and Macedonia Bites Back
German war office reports renewed fighting in Galicia near the Zlochoff Tarnopol line where German forces say they captured 33 Russians and 13 machine guns and gained ground along the Naragovka river with over 250 prisoners. In Macedonia French troops tested an attack between Lakes Ochrida and Preba but were repulsed. In the Austro Italian theater artillery bombardments and raids continue on opposing positions.
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Galicia
Macedonia
Ochrida
Presba
German War Office
Zlochoff-Tarnopol
Zrzezany
Naragovka
Lake Ochrida
Lake Preba
Berlin
German Plot Unearthed Near Panama on San Andres Island
Passengers aboard the steamer Colon report German agents seek to reopen a wireless station on San Andres Island, 240 miles north of Colon. The postwar station had been closed after British government pressure and prior wartime scouting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Colon
San Andres
Colombia
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Gilbert Hevenir
Polk Institute
Eaton
Jackson Ave
Tri-County
Geo. Clark
Charles Mahood
Columbia Theatre
Charles Savage
Photo Studio
BIG Corporation
Ss. M. Parker
Grand Valley Assessor
PENN
R. R
Sheffield Tannery
Seashore
Cape May
Wildwood
Ocean City
Sea Isle City
Anglesea
Stone Harbor
Avalon
Washington
B. P. Fraser
Brisbane Building
Buffalo
N. Y
Pennsylvania Railroad
Stanly
Mass
E.D. Clapp
Warren Co. Warren
Ajax
Floyd Clicquennot
Michigan State Auto School
Russell Bros
Wallace Garage
S. J. Wallace
Penn’a Avenue W
Oklahoma
Chandlers Vallep
Ruth and
Floyd Swanson
Rev
Meeker
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