Warren County Farmers Seek 5000 From NYC Strangers Swindle
A group of Warren County farmers has hired attorney D. A. Arird to investigate what they call one of the region’s largest agricultural swindles. The six principal losers include Bill Mead and George King of Yankee Bush, Thomas Horner of Pittsfield, Ralph Sullivan near Youngsville, Earnest Leonhart of Trvine, and Carl Mourer of Youngsville, who allege they were overpaid for hay bought last winter by a New York City stranger who has not remitted.
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Warren County
D. A. Arird
Bill Mead
George King
Yankee Bush
Thomas Horner
Pittsfield
Ralph Sullivan
Youngsville
Earnest Leonhart
Trvine
Carl Mourer
New York City
Motion In Superior Court For License Hearing
In Pittsburgh last Thursday a motion by remonstrants’ attorneys seeks a hearing in Forest county liquor license cases. The court adjourned to October, advancing the cases to Philadelphia for argument beginning the first Monday of October, with optional paper submissions. The applicants’ attorney declines to accept the October timeline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Pittsburgh
Forest County
Philadelphia
Fire Destroys Bill Eysinger's Eye Shade at hotel
William Eysinger, a clerk at the St. James hotel, saw a celluloid eye shade burn away while lighting a perfecto. A puff of smoke and a flash of flame consumed the shade but he was uninjured. Former Warren resident, his friends note it was only the shade that vanished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Eysinger
William Eysinger
St. James
Eysinger
Bradford Star
Warren
David Anderson Dies After Drinking Sulphuric Acid
David Anderson of North Warren died at 6 o clock Sunday after six days of agony from swallowing sulphuric acid. Physician Dr. E J Cowden kept him under morphine to ease suffering. Born in Sweden 45 years ago, he came to Warren county 25 years ago and owned a farm on Jackson Run road. He leaves a wife and two children and brothers and sisters in North Warren Warren Yankee Bush Fentonville and two sisters in other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Anderson
North Warren
E. J. Cowden
Mr. Anderson
Sweden
Warren County
Jackson Run Road
Joseph
George
Arland
Ernest
True
Conrad
Marcus Larson
Warren
Charles Peterson
Yankee Bush
Peterson
Fentonville
Daughter Born to Tidioute Couple
A daughter was born Saturday evening at Emergency hospital to Mr and Mrs Jesse Kightlinger of Tidioute. Jamestown police pursued a horse thief with Deputy Sheriff E A Gossett and Officer James Hayes, tracking him from Titusville to Pittsfield before losing trace in this county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tidioute
Jesse Kightlinger
E. A. Gossett
James Hayes
Jamestown, N. Y
Titusville
Brocton
Jamestown
Pittsfield
New York Bankers Bid High For War Ren Borough School Bond
The War ren borough school district sold a 1915 bond issue for 30 000 to Spitzer Rorick and company of New York at 30621 plus accrued interest. Four bids were submitted and the top bid will fund remodeling the high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bankers Bay
Warren Borough
Spitzer Rorick and Company of
Hospitals Get Appropriations From State Legislature
Senate committee reports state funding for several county hospitals. Kane Summit $11,500 Meadville City $17,000 Warren Emergency $14,000 Elk County General Ridgway $19,000 Punxsutawney $20,000 Pennsylvania Memorial Brookville $17,000 State Warren $22,500. New power plant building under way in Warren to cost $20,000 with a larger boiler and expanded capacity. Bear Lake man loses valuable horse valued at $600 after a mysterious illness in the barn. Mayburg chemical worker falls into acid vat, dies from burns at Warren hospital. accident occurs while crossing a board over a five-foot vat of acetate of lime.
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Senate
Kane Summit Hospital
Meadville City Hospital
Warren Emergency
Elk County General Hospital
Ridgway
Punxsutawney Hospital
Pennsylvania Memorial Home
Brookville
State Hospital
Warren
Warren Light and Power Company
Bear Lake
Philo Cooper
Mayburg
Joseph Calebria
Tionesta Valley Chemical Company
Warren Hospital
Calebria
Dies Friday Afternoon Widow of Lavern A. Siggins
Mrs. Margaret Siggins 69, widow of Lavern A. Siggins, died at home on Oak Street Friday afternoon. Daughter of Mathew P. and Sarah Hunter of Tidioute, she married May 20, 1868, and moved to the city five years later. Survived by two sisters and three sons Clyde and Roy Siggins of Cody Wyoming George Siggins of Warren and three daughters Mrs John Wells Buffalo NY Mrs W S Clark and Edna Siggins Warren. Funeral at 2:30 Monday at family residence.
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Margaret Siggins
Lavern A. Siggins
Oak Street
Mathew P
Sarah Magill Hunter
Tidioute
D. B. Everett
Jamestown
Louisa Tipton
Clyde J
Roy
Cody
Wyo
George Siggins
Warren
John D. Wells
Buffalo
N. Y
W. S. Clark
Edna S. Siggins
Hemming Child Refuses to Go with Warren Grandfather
Bertha Hemming, ten, under Warren County Courts custody, refuses to accompany her grandfather M. E. Harmstead to Philadelphia. She has twice escaped at the Pennsylvania station each time. The father has been in a New Jersey hospital for five years and the mother, seeking custody, had earlier suit granted to the grandfather by Judge Hinckley. The child will stay in Warren with her aunt unless the mother acts.
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Bertha Hemming
Warren
Warren County
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Station
M. E. Harmstead
Young Couple Wedded at M E Parsonage
Harry George Songer and Miss Edythe Loree were married Monday by Dr Norris A White at the First M E parsonage on Fourth Avenue. The ring ceremony was used and witnessed by the bride's brother and sister. The couple, both well known in the city, went to their new furnished home on Cayuga avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Parsonage
Harry George Songer
Edythe Loree
Norris A. White
Fourth Avenue
Charles Bowers Shot by 22 Caliber Rifle on Job
Charles Bowers was struck while working on a cottage on the Conewango near North Warren. He felt a sting in his right arm and initially thought an air rifle caused the wound. At home in Warren a surgeon found the bullet had passed entirely through the fleshy arm, lodged under the skin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conewango
North Warren
Charles Bowers
Warren
Lander High School Commencement Exercises
The Lander High School commencement will be held Thursday at 8 PM in the M E Church with Rev Frank Stoddard of Busti delivering the address. The class includes Lina Maud Knapp Anna Irene Babcock Lucile Grace Mix Georgia Madeline Bur ett Fritz Ernest Anderson Rose Elizabeth Espersen Nina Elizabeth Springer Lois Elizabeth Cowell Gertrude Agnes Parker John Perry Firth. Next Sunday morning Rev G W Corey will deliver the baccalaureate sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lander High School
M. E
Frank Stoddard
Busti
Lina Maud Knapp
Anna Irene Babcock
Lucile Grace Mix
Georgia Madeline Burett
Fritz Ernest Anderson
Roselizabeth Espersen
Nina Elizabeth Springer
Lois Elizabeth Cowell
Gertrude Agnes Parker
John Perry Firth
G. W. Corey
M. E. Church
Miss Daelhousen Wins In Supreme Court
The Philadelphia Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the appeals of the Miles estate executors. It upheld the Warren County lower court verdict in favor of Miss Alwilda A. Daelhousen of Fagundas, declaring she is entitled to participate in her late employer Hugh Miles’s estate. The case ends the dispute over the house and land left to the housekeeper, who was his longtime attendant.
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Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Miles
Alwilda A. Daelhousen
Fagundas
Warren County
Miss Daelhausen
Hugh Miles
Edgett Carpenter Shop Destroyed By Early Morning Fire
An early morning blaze at the Edgett Carpenter shop on Warren Island caused about 2000 in damage. The fire started in a storage room and spread, prompting multiple engine calls and leaving the building one of Warren’s oldest structures in ruins. Insurance covers loss for Edgett and the Waters Estate. Adjourned City Council meeting notes follow with brief personnel updates.
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P. W. Edgett
Myron Waters McTate
R. L. Doty
Warren
Piso Company
Edgett
Waters
Boy Injured Stepping on Glass During Game
Walfred Johnson of Fourth Avenue suffered a severe cut to the right foot Friday afternoon after stepping on a broken bottle during play. The wound pierced to the bone and he cannot walk for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walfred Johnson
Otto Johnson
Fourth Avenue
Depth Test Well on Tidioute Creek
Oil operators in Tidioute discuss drilling a test well at the creek mouth to a depth of 5,000 feet while a rig remains on site. The existing hole is just over 1,800 feet. the original well was drilled by Fred Jones and yielded about 80 feet of Queens sand with little third sand.
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Tidioute
Tidioute Creek
Fred Jones
Clarendon Children Exhibit Snakes Draw Crowds
In Clarendon this county, children toured a magistrate asking about a snake bounty. They declared “more than 20” snakes, set up a tent exhibit with a girl as a “charmer,” and drew liberal patronage despite no bounty provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarendon
Warren Company Sold to Philadelphia Firm
The Warren company of Oklahoma, largely owned by Warren residents, is sold to Crew-Levick of Philadelphia led by president William Muir. The buyer paid 80 000 dollars cash plus stock in Drew-Levick to Warren stockholders. Oil lands in Oklahoma and Illinois were noted. George C Priestly of Barnesville, a former Warren resident, takes a Drew-Levick post at 12000 dollars yearly and will relocate his family to Philadelphia as headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Company
Oklahoma
Warren
Crew-Levick Company
Philadelphia
William Muir
Titusville
Crew Levick Company
Drew-Levick Company
Illinois
George C. Priestly
Barnesville
Okla
Regular Monthly Meeting of D. A. R. Chapter
The Cepera Josef Warren Chapter of the P held its regular meeting at the Woman's Club with good attendance. The program included ritual, singing, two vocal solos by Mrs H R Ridelsperger, a talk by Mrs Manning on the Mothers' Congress, and Regent delegate Miss Baxter reported on the Continental Congress. Ice cream and cake followed. Next meeting is June 10 at 2 30 p m at the Woman's Club with officers to be elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cepera
Josef Warren
America
H. R. Ridelsperger
Manning
Mothers’ Congress
Woman’s Club
Conewango Valley Club Organized Monday
A meeting of subscribers formed the tentative Conewango Valley Country Club above the farm colony between here and Russell. Prominent financiers promote the project with a $50 000 charter and shares at $50 each. A building committee and constitutional draft were appointed, with work to begin after plans by architect E A Philips are finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conewango Valley
Messrs
Horace Crary
M. C. Parshall
Ed. Campbell
A. G. Lyons
C. T. Conarro
E. A. Philips
Miss Dickey Resigns YWCA Secretaryship
Miss Laura S. Dickey resigns as general secretary of the YWCA to pursue hospital and deaconess training in Baltimore. She plans to join missionary work in China next spring as the wife of Wysham L. Weather? of Princeton NY. Margaret Nason of Cleveland named successor. Dickey to depart next week. Mary Campbell to oversee in Warren until September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura S. Dickey
Dickey
Baltimore
Presbyterian Deaconess
China
OL. Weon, Wysham
Princeton
N. Y
Miss Dickey
Warren
Young Women’s Christian Association
Wek
Margaret Nason
Cleveland
Mary Campbell
Wilson College
Jean Boggs
Taylor
Daughter Arrives At Wineriter Home
Miss Vera May Wineriter arrived Saturday morning at the home of Mr and Mrs Claire E Winterster of 16 Redwood street. The newborn weighed eight and a half pounds. Mother and daughter, and the father, are doing well.
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Wineriter
Vera May Wineriter
Claire E. Winterster
Redwood Street
Pie Social at Jackson Run Boosts Sunday School Fund
A Friday pie social at H. Lundahl's home in Jackson Run drew about sixty attendees and a pleasant social evening. The event raised a neat sum for the Sunday school library, with the house adorned in Japanese lanterns lilacs and apple blossoms.
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H. Lundahl
Jackson Run
Columbus Girl Weds Erie Man Here
Miss Marian Nelson of Columbus and Henry Seaman of Erie were married last Wednesday at the First Lutheran Church parsonage by Rev. W. C. Beck. The couple, accompanied by the bride’s family, plan a short motor trip before returning to Erie to make their home.
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Marian Nelson
Columbus
Henry Seaman
Erie
First Lutheran Church
W. C. Beck
Fire damages Tidioute news stand. spontaneous combustion suspected
Co. O. Lundquist's store in Tidioute suffered heavy damage Monday before volunteers could contain the blaze. Origin undetermined, but confined to a storeroom filled with oily rags. main building largely spared, allowing business to continue.
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Co. O. Lundquist
Tidioute
Lundquist
Park Ettinger Wedding Unites Della K Ettinger and Clarence Parks
Last Thursday evening at ten o clock at the home of Mr and Mrs A W Ettinger 1809 Pennsylvania Avenue ER Della K Ettinger united in marriage with Clarence W Parks by Rev J A Galbraith pastor of Epworth Methodist Church The Me thodist ring ceremony was used Miss Marie Ettinger sister of the bride acted as bridesmaid and Gerald W Peck as best man Both bride and groom are well known in the community The bride has worked as a clerk at Printz store and the groom is an employee of Warren Refining Company
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Printz
Warren Refining Company
Marie Ettinger
Gerald W. Peck
Convention in Titusville elects Scandinavian Brotherhood officers
The district convention of the Scandinavian Brotherhood of America met in Titusville with seventy five delegates from northwestern Pennsylvania. Officers elected include Samuel Murgeson as president and C J Quisp as vice president, with a banquet to follow the meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titusville
Scandinavian Brotherhood of America
Pennsylvania
Baer
Alfred Levander
Renova
Samuel Murgeson
C. J. Quisp
Mount Jewitt
A. W. Anderson
Ludlow
Ludwig Johnson
Warren
Harry Bell
Marshall
Hulda Okerberg
Sheffield
Anna Lawson
Carl Engstrom
Kane
Plot to wreck naval depots raises security fears
New York May 16 report says navy department raised guards around depots and arsenals near New York after evidence of a plot to destroy them. Ione Island off Peekskill named. Commander Galbraith in charge denied the report as unfounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Navy Department
Ione Island
Peekskill
Galbraith
Warren Mail Printing Offers Wide Price List
Warren Mail, a local printing hub, advertises its services and urges readers to call for price quotes on a range of printing tasks. The notice emphasizes availability and competitive pricing.
Footwear advised for seasonable warm days
Readers are urged to consider appropriate footwear as pleasant warm days approach. The note highlights comfort and practicality for outdoor wear during milder weather.
Spring Stock Tendered at Reasonable Prices
The notice touts a full stock of spring merchandise at low, reasonable prices and notes the seller's reputation for value.
Women's Canvas and Dress Shoes Offered at Modest Prices
Readable ad item lists women’s and misses’ white canvas shoes including oxfords and pumps with prices from 98 cents and 1.25 and 1.48 up to 4.00 per pair.
Mary Jane and Emy Lou Lead Pumps for Little Folks
Mary Jane and Emy Lou offer pumps for children with prices 98c 1.25 and 1.48. The item highlights affordable footwear options for youngsters.
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Mary Jane
Emy Lou
Barefoot sandals and low priced footwear collection
Barefoot sandals offered across all grades with a range of men and boys tennis shoes priced at 39c 49c 59c and 75c.
Shoes for Men Women and Boys at Low Prices
Advertises men's and boys scout shoes priced at 1.35 1.65 1.98 and up with a $3.50 repair offer. Full lines of dress shoes for every family member.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Public Service Commission
Pomona Grange
Corydon
Harvey Lindberg
Mr. Lindberg
Haag
Archie Akam
Walton Farm
Frank Favafuli
Tionesta Valley Chemical Co
Favafuli
Pittsburg
Warren Interstate Baseball Club
Barney Dreyfuss
Pirates
Hill
Corry
Hot Springs
Bucaneers
Youngstown
Pirate
Lander Schools
Daaelhousen
Edgett Carpenter ‘Shop
Maybank
Westfield
O'Neil
Burgess Knabb
E. H. Beshlin
San Francisco
Baker
C. E. Spencer
Irvin L. Geer
R. N. Brown
W. C. Duff
Messrs. Brown
Duff
Mr. Brown
Geer
Durham
Civic Improvement League
S. E. Pease
Cleveland, O
Williams
Second Avenue
Liberty Street
Conewango Valley Club
Patent Medicine
Second Ave
Warren, Pa
Scandinavian Brotherhood
The
Warren Mail
Washington
Mt Vernon
Harrisburg
B. P. Frazer
Brisbane Building
R. R
Redding Shoe CO
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