Warren area notes mix of fire, school, and politics
Local items report the old P and E depot remodel. Fredonia normal school plans at 270000 dollars. Ridgway timber cut signals decline of Elk County lumber. Queen Esther play May 29 30. election officer verdict not guilty but costs. Kinnear pensions for Warren County veterans. Kane shoots Harrington at Erie docks. Laona post office to close June 1. Meadsville poor farm visit deemed unnecessary. Sheffield high school grads four. Dunns roller mill advances. iron horse fountain planned on Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther
Corydon
Crawford County Court
Titusville
Fizze 1
Bradford
Maud Fizzell
Fredonia Normal
State of New York
J. C. Sibley
Warren County
John J. Patchen
Freehold
L. W. Kinnea
Kane
Laona
Chautauqua County
Fredonia
United States
Thomas
Crawford County
Meadville
Peter A. Carlson
Amy Barnes
Alta Chamberlain
Alma Carlson
H. M. Conaway
Tipioute
Dunn
Robert Morris
Free Methodist Church
Boro
Main Street
Magill
Russell Bride to Be Mrs Jennie Russell in June Ceremony
Rev Samuel Todd and Miss Jennie Russell plan a June 20 wedding at the M E Church in Russell. Miss Russell is a Warren County teacher. Todd has repaired and built churches on his charge. A reception at Frank Mott's home precedes a Buffalo exposition trip. Memorial day needs include Uncle Tom's Cabin performance for Epworth League charity. A church trial looms in United Brethren church.
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Russell
Samuel Todd
Jennie Russell
Warren County
Todd
M. E. Church
J. C. McDonald
Warren
Burns
Falconer
Graham
Florence Russell
Frank Mott
Jamestown
N. Y
Memorial
Epworth League
Vermilyea
United Brethren Church
Vacation with Parents After Harrisburg Trip
May 27 notes Miss Josie Hughes returns from Harrisburg Pennsylvania and begins a family vacation in the village. The M E Church Aid society hosted a ten cent supper at the Somers home raising over six dollars. Sabbath School staff plan a Children's Day program for June 9. Windsor Hotel repaint lifts spirits of Landlord Carmichael. Prolonged cold wet weather delays spring farming and corn planting.
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Josie Hughes
Harrisburg
Our Village
M.E. Church Aid Society
George H. Somers
M. E
Windsor Hotel
Carmichael
Sharon Merchants Seek $100 License for Outsider Sellers
The Franklin Spectator argues Sharon should impose a $100 license on peddlers from outside Mercer county who travel to town to sell wares. It says local merchants deserve protection for rent, taxes, and wages, and that prohibitive licensing should extend to outside canvassers for job printing and advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon
Mercer County
Franklin Spectator
I will pay cash for old metals and rubber items
Notice seeks old friends and offers cash for worn rubber boots and tires, brass, lead, zinc, copper boiler parts, and other scrap free of cloth or dirt. Items can be left at Watson Avenue near Boss Wagon Shop between 2nd and 3rd streets or at Seeley’s boarding house on Poplar Street. Robert Johnson invites inquiries evenings.
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Watson Avenue
Second
Seeley’s
Poplar Street
Notice Advertises Scrap Metal Prices and Local Services
A notice invites bringing Iron Copper Brass Zinc Lead Rope Rags Rubber to WARREN RON METAL Co. at D A V P R R grounds opposite Freight Depot Fourth St for market price cash. It also advertises visiting cards at the Mail Office and millinery by Miss Sill at Warren with pricing details.
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Warren [Ron Metal Co
Fourth St
Amendment to dog taxation act directs excess to township school funds
Signed by Gov Stone this 1901 amendment to the 1893 act on dog taxation and sheep protection requires any treasurer ending the year with more than two hundred dollars in funds for claims to pay the excess to county school funds. The transfer is proportional to dog tax receipts from each township, borough, and city for the year.
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William A. Stone
High Schools for Townships Act Prescribes Centralization
The act defines centralization as abolishing sub districts and moving pupils to central township schools. It requires a majority vote by qualified electors to proceed, enabling site purchase and building if approved. If rejected, re-submission is barred for two years. Public ballots specify Yes or No for centralization and financing. The act allows bond issuance and a five mill tax cap with up to five percent bonds for centralization. Upon approval, townships must maintain a graded curriculum including a two year high school and provide transportation within three fourths of a mile. Takes effect on passage.
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Senate
House of Representatives
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
General Assembly
Board of School Directors
Board of
School Directors
New Store Opens for Painters on Liberty Street
N K Wendelbor announces a new paint and decorating shop at 217 Liberty Street Warren Pennsylvania offering painters supplies interior decorating painting and paper hanging services for local customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. K. Wendelbor
New Store
Liberty St
Warren, Pa
Liberty Street
N. K
Warren Borough Digging Ordinance Regulates Street Excavations
Warren borough enacts an ordinance controlling digging and trenching in unpaved streets and future paved roads. Permits required from Street committee or borough Clerk with seasonal limits and bonds. Violations carry fines and nuisance penalties with removal and restoration duties by offenders.
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Borough of
Warren
Pennsylvania
Borough of Warren
Said Street Committee
Borough
L. T. Borchers
E. H. Beshlin
F. Barnhart
Burgess
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Warren Mail
Neighborhood Notes
Fredonia Normal School
Board of Managers
Advocate
Ridgway
Elk County
Youngsville
Lewis Kinnear
H. M. Irwin
Congressman Sibley
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Franklin News
Irvington
Robert Johnson
Miss Sill’s
Warren Mills CO
Seasecee Waae
Gov. Stone
Dongola Shoe
Warren Savings Bank
Warren, Warren Co
State of
Resources
Eee Eeesenen
Commonwealth
Ss. I
G. B. Ensworth
Ozronesmith
James Clark
O. W. Beaty
M. B. Dunham
Second St
Short St
T. W.mcnett
T. W. McNett
Warren Specialty Company
Dimity
India
Baker, PA
N. K. Wendelboe
MAY Bank & CO
Walter A. Wood
Milwaukee
Adriance Platt
Buckeye
THE
New Boston
B. G. Gregory
John Hepburn, M.D
Water Street
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