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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1913
Page
5
The Warren city council approved paying for flood protection work and sewers. A June 24 special election is scheduled. The mill race bridge at Liberty street will be repaired for up to 300 dollars, with later steps to condemn or purchase the waterway from alleged owners Newmaker and Reed.
The drowning of Hammermiller, 18, near Celeron after a boat outing with Robert Price is reported with Price unable to describe the incident. A lake watchman found the overturned skiff and Price clinging to the bottom, exhausted from drink and exposure.
Miss Lucy Isabelle Marsh of New York City gave a recital in Warren praised for flawless tone and sincere singing. The program featured French and English selections, an encore, and solid piano support from Miss Helen Wolverton.
High School announces eight senior speakers for the June 10 commencement at Library Theatre. Edith Newmaker and Martha Crandall headline with titles such as Vocational Training in Public Schools and Wanted: Anoth er Lincoln. Francis Gibson will present Our Sales.
The portable saw mill of John Smn eleton on Irvine Run about a mile from Irvineton was destroyed by fire Friday evening. The cause is unknown. The mill had operated about two years and the loss to the mill and stock is about $2,000.
Oscar Tunall of Kane shot himself at his parents home after bail was set for a March 29 larceny charge. He fled as officers served the bailpiece and died from a 38 calibre pistol shot to the heart, a choice described as preferring death to imprisonment.
An escapee from North Warren insane asylum in Warren County reportedly died within an hour after drinking wood alcohol in Fairfield Erie County. Coroner Hanley says the body matches the escaped inmate description. The man, about 50, rough dressed, was found in J. C. Root’s barn and taken to the morgue in Erie. Also, Mrs. H. C. Bryan, wife of a cigar maker, was shot in Harrisburg by a bullet meant for another person. the Bryans planned to move to Warren.
Reports from the Sugar Grove oil field near the Warren county line in New York describe active functioning and new wells on a sizable scale. The Russell Oil Company of Milwaukee plans extensive drilling with J. D. Russell of Lakewood as manager, leasing over 3 000 acres and contracting Frank Potter of Kane to drill twenty wells. A drilling machine arrived from Kane and equipment was unloaded at Youngsville for transport to the site.
Fourteen Jamestown street railway workers are under arrest on felony charges. They allegedly traveled to Lakewood and Chautauqua Traction lines and cut wires causing several hundred dollars in damage. In a separate matter the Jamestown Board of Education rejected a student request for a single-session day, despite speeches in favor.
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