Ice Cream Stake in County Official's Next Venture
County Commissioner W. H. Hought ling has purchased an interest in the Walker Ice Cream Company and will devote his time to that business after leaving office. The item notes related local business, incidents, and social happenings across Warren County with multiple named individuals and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Houghtling
Walker Ice Cream Company
D. F. A. Wheelock
Warren
Beaver Falls
College Hill
Patterson Heights
Beaver County
Seyler Acquitted After Five-Hour Jury Deliberation
In Mays Landing New Jersey William Seyler was found not guilty after a five hour jury verdict. Applause erupted briefly before Justice Trenchard calmed the crowd. Seyler left in custody was discharged and headed to Atlantic City on a late train. His brother Orvis, kept as a witness, was released.
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Mays Landing
N. J
William Seyler
Justice Trenchard
Seyler
Atlantic City
Orvis
Fassett Son Operated On In Ithaca
Congressman J Sloat Fassett reports his son J Sloat Fassett Jr was operated on for appendicitis in Ithaca. The operation was successful and the prognosis favors recovery.
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Albany
J. Sloat Fassett
Ithaca
J. Sloat Fassett, Jr
Man refuses to return jar after bold clerk trick
A man recounts buying a quart jar of cold cream from a bold female clerk for a dollar then spotting cheaper jars for 25 cents elsewhere. He fears public scorn if he re-enters the drug store and dismisses the idea of returning the item.
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Newark News
First Europeans See the Mississippi in 1519
John Fiske notes the 1519 sighting of the Mississippi by a white man, Alvaréz de Pineda, who explored Florida’s coast to Tampico before entering the river as Rio de Santo Espiritu. Pineda reportedly spent six weeks along its banks trading with Indigenous people, marking an early European contact well before the Mayflower voyage.
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Waters
John Fiske
Plymouth Rock
Mississippi
Fiske
Florida
Alvarez de Pineda
Tampico
Mexico
Cortes
Pineda
Rio de Santo Espiritu
Theater idea sparks penny-pinching proposal
In a playful exchange Tom questions how to invite a young lady to the theater and Jack replies with a humorous plan to pawn his watch for ticket money, a quip captured by the Boston Transcript.
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Tom
Jack
Boston Transcript
Have Confidence in Child A Suspicious Parent
A Haliburton quotation cautions trust in a child amid parental suspicion, urging vigilance and care in youth guidance.
Political Burglaries and Espionage in 18th Century Berlin
A stolen document seized by the British ambassador in Berlin revealed France’s recognition of American independence. Hugh Elliot forced open the French minister’s desk to obtain the treaty copy. In 1855 a scandal emerged over Russians burgling Berlin’s embassy, copying secret papers for another nation, then replacing them before morning. The thefts continued for two years before detection.
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Berlin
America
France
Hugh Elliot
Dean Starving Girls’ School Funds Sparks Ohio Outcry
A Kennebec Journal excerpt recalls news from Ohio claiming the dean of a girls' school starved the students to divert board money to debts. The writer asserts such behavior would not occur in Texas or Maine, noting contrasts with New Hampshire.
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Ohio
Texas
Maine
New Hampshire
Kennebec Journal
Of Course. When we succeed it is hard work, failure is due entirely to bad luck.
The remark frames success as earned effort and failure as mere bad luck, reflecting a mindset that attributes outcomes to personal effort versus chance. It emphasizes perseverance and resilience.
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Conenango Trust Company
Pennsylvania Ave
Institution
Leon Deitch
Liberty Street
Deitch
Bessie Wickstrom
Marguerite Rapp
David Moore
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
R. E. Tannehill
State Railroad Commission
Saegertown
United States
Cambridge Springs
Wells Fargo
Warren Construction Company
C. S. Mead
Youngsville
Spencer- Wilcox
Spencer-Wilcox
W. W. Spencer
Sugar Grove
Gus
Walter Frohman
Riverside Acid Company
Mr. Frohman
James Wilbert Confer
Strattonville
Minnie Reese
Glade Township
First Evangelical Church
D. L. Caldwell
Everts Hardware Store
Barnes
Frank Barnes
Venango County
Meadville
Eliza Copeland
Pithole
Olean
N. Y
Sharpsburg
Nina Bean
Carver Street
Priscilla Club
Weldbank
Jessie Bathurst
Charles Witz
Oklahoma
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania Monument
Allentown
C. LaRue Munson
Lycoming County
William H. Berry
Chester County
Webster Grimm
Bucks County
Elks Minstrels
Library Theater
Jamestown
Walker
Minnie Fagan
Thomas Edward Fagan
George L. Werle
Louis J. Werle
John Vander
Sheffield
William Broadhead
Jaimestown
Nelson P. Wheeler
Washington
Oil City
Adams Express Company
Elm Street
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Philadelphia
Truby
Eugene Hall
Erie County
North Warren
Hall
James Seldon
Civic Improvement
Civic Improvement Association
J. H. Alexander
A. A. Davis & Co
Hoff Business College
Newmaker & Reed
Wallace Bros. Grosch Livery Co
Foley, Masterson,d
J. D. Woodard
Woodard
Cornplanter
Cornplanter Refining Company
East Warren
People’s Sovereignty League
J. Waldron Miller
C. H. Dunn
Commonwealth
Tidioute
Daughters of the
Company I
Willis Cowan
Annette Wade
John Goal
John Smith
John Strahan
Clarendon
Henry Riddlesperger
Stoneham
Eldred
Tiona
H. B. Ensign
Corydon
Justice Perry
Charles E. Dietsch
Andrew C. Shirley
Leon A. Dietsch
Shirley
Metzgar
C. E. Metzgar Company
East Branch
Charles Smith
Cribbins
Sidney J. Branch
Nora Ellen Cribbins
St Joseph’s Rectory
Father McKegney
Rock City
Struther’s
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ralph B. Simpson
Highhouse
Adams
Fassett
Oxfords
Penna. Ave. W
Suspension Bridge
Warren, PA
T. O. Slater & CO
Pennsylvania Avenue West
U.S
Seattle
Re. D. Everts Hardware CO
Warren, Pennsylvania
Riever
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