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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1915
Page
8
Russell residents report visits and births, with many townspeople traveling to Jamestown Warren and Kane. A newborn daughter on Monday to Ray Fehlman and wife joins numerous social visits, Epworth League events, and community gatherings across Scandia Akeley Warren and Quaker Hall with neighbors and relatives.
Farmers report improving weather and rising tide crops with fall plowing underway. Local residents attend Levi Brown's funeral in Panama. Community club Willing Workers met with Flora Allen. Several residents visit relatives in Jamestown, Warren, and Lottsville. visits include McDonald family, Mrs. Sherman, and the Cale household.
Nov 9 update from Halt Branch reports Mrs. F D Lay returning home after visiting her ill mother Mrs. Jack Hillard. Visits include Mr and Mrs Wynn Gibson of Union City with Mrs Gibson's mother Mrs W N Teasdale. Rev Harry A McNitt to move to Springwater NY. L E Nichols of Corry visits his mother Mrs Harriet Nichols. N R Oviatt obtains Cyrus Stakes household goods in Corry. Grangers install wall under hall and paper it. Arthur Nichols visits Sprotansburg. L C Cobb elected supervisor of Spring Creek.
Artist Ferdinand Pinney Earle marries Charlotte Herman, 22, of Rutherford, New Jersey, his fourth wife in twelve years. The ceremony occurred October 7 at Oceanic New Jersey, conducted by Rev Dr Charles Fees. The couple reside in Seabright.
Malachi Jenkins, a Thomasville county resident, admits to 22 matrimonial unions. After breaking jail to visit a new wife in Lowndes County, police recaptured him while he socialized with another spouse. He remains jailed on a misdemeanor charge and may stay in custody.
Reading native Charles B. Spatz editor of a Boyertown weekly newspaper reports a Germany based will entitling him to a share of 2 million dollars. He faces solicitations from beggars marriage offers and schemes while his wife reads his mail. The German uncle Frederick Crefeld died in September leaving no direct heirs. The government will take 20 percent for war funds. Spatz plans to stay in Bogerstown publishing until inheritance arrives.
James S. Gray aged 79 died suddenly at his home on Halyday street after helping remove a screen door. Born June 16 1836 in Warren Pa he worked as a moulder for Struthers Wells and later at Joseph Reid Gas Engine Works before retiring. Survived by wife and children Harry J Gray Mrs Clara Greeley Warren Pa Mrs Hattie Morgan Edinboro Pa. Services will be held at the family home Rev E B Welch presiding with interment in Warren. Oil City Derrick
Franklin November 9 engagement announced at a dinner honoring Miss Isabelle Rapp known as Belle Rapp to John Adelbert Mackey. The banquet for 23 co workers at First Methodist church included a playful obituary style notice and a custom menu. Belle Rapp, a linotypist at the News, will wed after more than a year in Franklin. James B Borland presented a cut glass vase with chrysanthemums.
Thomas Leon Reed aged 21 of Olanta Clearfield county died from injuries after being blindfolded on a narrow plank during a secret order initiation. He was tossed into a blanket and fell, breaking his neck. A coroner's jury ruled accidental death and exonerated order members.
Mrs. Rachel J Bachop marked her ninetieth birthday at the old brick home in Russell surrounded by relatives and friends. She remains one of the county’s oldest women with a keen mind and interest in current events though illness over months has weakened her physically. Many old friends visited throughout the day. She has lived her entire life in Warren County.
Harrisburg November 9. Frank L Rimel an eleven year old Chester County boy raised 148 bushels of corn on one acre. His father taught him the method and on Wycoff Smiths land at Colebrook Farms Whitford Gaester County he used manure fertilizer and careful cultivation. He weighed 10355 pounds of corn from the acre and Governor Brumbaugh urged continued diligent work.
A newspaper note advertises a WarrenMain subscription rate of one dollar per year paid in advance. The brief item presents a simple payment term for readers and potential subscribers.
Beverly T. Galloway of Cornell outlines a plan for the farm of the future at a New York convocation. He argues permanent agriculture must avoid peasantized labor, promote humane living, and use labor saving devices to free farmers for educated, wholesome lives. The school should be a community center focusing on people’s needs and life itself.
A German legend from the Neckar valley recounts how wives carried their husbands in a siege at Castle Weinsberg. Emperor Konrad, moved by the gesture, allowed women to reclaim their jewels, later memorialized by Queen Charlotte in 1820 with a hilltop asylum in Württemberg.
A Danish American fireman in Panama recalls a hunting trip with a Jamaican guide near a trestle bridge. He claimed a fifty foot long snake was glimpsed in tall grass, while the guide offered a broken creole account of the chase. The tale appeared in the Los Angeles Times.
The text notes how ground animals blend with surroundings for protection. Quail on the ground resemble dried leaves, snakes and fishes imitate sand and water, and marine life like mackerel and dolphins appear to blend with ripples and sky. The camouflages evolved to protect life, not entertain.
The fair lady at the man’s side recoiled with a prudish movement. She struggled to speak and finally replied in tremulous breath that she would marry only if papal consent was set. She declared she never marries without that.
A New York Sun excerpt shows a liveryman quoting a rate of $2 for the first hour and $1 for each additional hour for horse and buggy. The lady plans to use it for two more hours after skipping the first hour.
The piece notes topaz derives from a Greek verb meaning to guess. It states the jewel arrived from the east and was alleged to originate from an island, prompting men to speculate about the isle that yielded these beautiful gems.
Edith demands permission to speak with her father about marriage as Jack insists they must wed if they want a future. The dialogue reveals a clash over parental consent and commitment in their plans.
A quip about refusing all panhandlers rather than a single requester. The exchange underscores skepticism toward charitable lending and the karma of helping versus denying. The humor contrasts personal plea with systemic refusal in a social setting.
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