Surprise Shower for Mr. and Mrs. Leon Wynn
A group of Columbus youths hosted a Saturday night surprise shower at the Wynn home. Guests brought cut glass silver linen and purse money, served lunch, and wished the couple a happy married life.
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1912
Page
2
A group of Columbus youths hosted a Saturday night surprise shower at the Wynn home. Guests brought cut glass silver linen and purse money, served lunch, and wished the couple a happy married life.
May updates from the Germany area list residents moving back for summer and changes in farms. C D Outrich bought a new work horse, J O Lounsbury improves after illness, F A Nelson shuts mill for summer, and Perry Whitmann farms for J M Clendening. Additional items mention travels to Russell and Corydon, plus family moves and workers returning home.
Pear Lake May 19. Gust Anderson and family and Mrs A D Root were Jamestown visitors last week. Rev McIntyre and Miss Elga Tillotson attended a Sunday School convention at Frewsburg. Fern Morton is home from Edinboro for a few days. Mr and Mrs Wm Burdick of Lakewood N Y visited here last week. Mrs C Douglas of Houghton Mich visited her sister Mrs Wm Sweetland the past week. Mrs Chas Chapman was a Corry visitor last week. Freehold High School graduating class Manda Johnson Alice Johnson May Briggs Emma Wright Sarah Jones Carr Hinckley Roy Faust went to Corry to have a class photo taken. Prof E G Brown accompanied them.
Mrs. Gussie Lindsey visited Jamestown on Monday. Mrs. Alice Lindsey stayed with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hale. The Dodge Ball team worked on their new diamond last week. Mrs. Kck Marsh visited Russell friends. Miss Ethelyn Johnson of Falkner, Glen Helgren of Jamestown, and Mr. and Mrs. Geo Geracimos spent Sunday at Howard Homestead. Warm weather spurs cottage repairs among summer cottagers.
A quotation from the Jewell Republican of Kansas stating that a horse with poor legs is useless and a man with a broken word is likewise deemed no good. The line captures a blunt standard of practical integrity in rural reporting.
Miss Walters visited at the home of Thos. Robinsonshaw last Sunday. FE. O. Root visits his niece, Mrs K. L. Martin. Mr. and Mrs. George Benedict were Corry visitors one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. Southwick visited relatives in Torpedo Sunday. A. E. Tarr was a Youngsville visitor last Saturday. Oscar Green hauled shingle timber to Brown and Robins mill at Garland today. Miss Alice Benedict, employed by Mrs. Martin at Newton, visited her parents Sunday. C. Southwick sold two of his cows this week.
Miss Ida Hisenbauer leaves Hazleton Pennsylvania for Grand Junction Colorado to wed Harvey Barger a lumberman she has never met. She is among several Hazleton region girls who have chosen marriage through a matrimonial bureau with many local women reported to belong to a matrimonial club.
The king and queen opened a vast floral show at Chelsea Hospital grounds. The event features blooms from many regions including an orchid group valued at a million dollars.
Count Sachsen, the Russian ambassador at Berlin, died in Monte Carlo on May 22. The report notes his death occurred while he was staying in the city for medical treatment. The cause of death was not disclosed.
New York May 22 wheat No 2 hard winter 1 22 and 4 tenths dollars per bushel oats standard f o b 6 14 cents pork mess 20 to 20 50 creamery butter extras 27 4 to 28 cents state and Pennsylvania whites new large 2 1 2 cents potatoes state per bag 3 50 to 3 75 Maine per bag 4 00 to 4 15.
Buffalo dairy and grain prices listed for May 22 include wheat No. 2 white at 1.18 and red at 1.19, corn yellow No. 3 at 33c, oats No. 2 white at 58.4c, flour blended patent 6.75 per barrel, creamery butter 28c, eggs white fancy 21 12c, cheese good to choice 16 6.5c, and white potatoes fancy per bushel 1.40.
Prime steers range $8.75 to $9.10 per cwt with 1,200 to 1,400 lb loads. Cows bring $6.25 to $7.00, heifers $7.50 to $8.00, bulls $5.80 to $7.00, and veals $9.00 to $9.25. Sheep and lambs list spring lambs at $8.50 to $8.85 and mixed sheep at $5.25 to $5.75.
Timothy sits at number two on the track with bids of 28.00 and 28.50 for class Timothy. No. 3 Timothy trades at 25.90 to 26.50. Straw, wheat and oat values range from 14.00 to 18.90.
Warren County Pomona Grange No 10 holds joint sessions with Allegheny Grange No 1 280 at Kinzua June 6 7 1912. The program covers Welcome, discussions on farming vs mechanics, education, temperance and social topics, debates, recitations, and a fifth degree initiation with memorial services for Austin W. Bumpus.
An offer to send a free full description of a cure for consumption and lung ailments. Charles A Abbott invites readers at 60 Ann Street New York City to request the treatment description, claiming it helps asthma bronchitis catarrh grip coughs colds and related illnesses.
In a curious scene, Adam blurts out Eavesdropping when his wife tumbles from a fig tree, prompting astonishment and a quick gather of onlookers. The incident centers on the alleged spying and an accident in a domestic setting.
An amateur chemist reportedly found an explosive far stronger than dynamite but the formula was lost with the chemist and most of the town’s glass in a disaster. The event left investigators unsure of the explosive’s exact composition and origin.
The piece notes that the saying One Swallow does not make a spring originated in England Germany and Russia. It contrasts southern Italy and France versions with similar cautions about overreaching and balance in grasping too much.
An advertising notice invites readers to place ads in the local Mail section. The brief highlights quick placement and visibility for businesses seeking mail readership. No further specifics on rates dates or formats are provided in the fragment.
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