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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1917
Page
5
Baltimore papers announce Miss Marguerite Herring Hooper to Norman H. Cook of Cleveland Ohio. Cook is son of Mr and Mrs T B Cook of North Warren.
Sidney D. Blackman says he has made no application for borough solicitor and does not expect to seek the office at the next organization of the Council.
Harry Neilly and Mrs Neilly from Chicago are guests of his mother Mrs Jennie Neilly and sister Miss Lou Neilly at Newcomb Place. Neilly serves as sporting editor on the Chicago American.
Miss Elvina Anderson of Sheffield and Charles Benson of East Branch were united in marriage Saturday afternoon at the Swedish Lutheran church parsonage in Sheffield with Rev. A. S. Pearson performing the ceremony.
Mrs Jessie Geer of Warren is noted for her Red Cross service knitted seven pairs of bed socks five pairs of mittens and two mufflers and for securing 112 members for the Warren chapter.
Gerald Wright, chairman of Wright Fuel and sealer of weights and measures, is named county chairman for the Federal Fuel Administration of Pennsylvania by Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh. The appointment carries substantial responsibility.
The future year will see Reserve Militia work forming 125 men in Warren and 125 in Bradford creating Company M with Pittsburgh as headquarters. Each company will total 250 men, comprising three infantry regiments and one cavalry regiment to be spread across the state.
H D Johnson arrested by Constable Adams on a warrant by O P Leppard charging assault and battery. The dispute involved three men. Westling captured and under 300 dollar bail. McGovern at large. Johnson arraigned and held on 300 dollar bail awaiting grand jury.
Postmaster G A Woodside of Sugar Grove received a telephone report last Tuesday that wool stored on a farm outbuildings had been stolen. Fred Barret, delivering nails on route 1, joined Woodside in pursuit and soon recovered the wool, but the thief escaped.
The draft board has not decided if winter quarters will be at the Y M C A or the council chamber. A Friday letter from Governor Brumbaugh casts doubt on releasing currently serving married men whose wives rely on them. He says letting them return home would disrupt training by placing less advanced men to fill regimental positions. No copies of the questionnaire have been received.
Prothonotary Chas A Clark reports blanks for licenses to be issued to all persons using and handling explosives have been received from Harrisburg.
Cigarmakers in the Steber factory served notice Friday they demand a raise of two dollars per thousand cigars. The item notes the wage dispute as reported in the local paper.
Firefighters answered a Saturday call to the Mill building apartments of Mrs Ella Houghnat where a mop left boiling caused smoke as water evaporated. Damage limited to the mop with no injuries reported.
President Wilson issues a proclamation that all aliens must register and obtain travel permits. Enemies are barred from approaching waterfronts docks railroad terminals or storage yards within 100 yards and forbidden to enter or reside in the District of Columbia.
Governor Brumbaugh designates November 29 as Thanksgiving Day urging prayer and work for victory and peaceful aims. Judge W D Hinckley names County Commissioner E M Lowe as trustee on the joint county industrial farm workhouse and reformatory board for district No. 6, serving with districts spanning Erie Crawford Mercer Venango Clarion Forest Warren McKean Elk Jefferson.
Warren County farmers report 125000 bushels of potatoes still in the ground that will rot unless digging help is provided. The Warren Chamber of Commerce mediates between farmers and workers, who would dig for two dollars a bushel. Many offers exist, but farmers hope to weather the crisis and seek higher future prices.
West Virginia Governor Cornwell and Massachusetts Governor McCall clash over John Johnson's extradition for assault on a white girl in Charleston. Cornwell accuses McCall of delaying justice, while McCall cites slave danger and possible wrongful conviction, Johnson held on $10,000 bail as a fugitive from justice.
Reports say Haig’s offenses push Germans back between St Quentin and the Scarpe while Italians along the Piave repel repeated assaults at Mont Tomba and take prisoners, guns, and materiel. British forces rapidly encircle Jerusalem as they close on key routes near Cambrai.
The Chicago Federation of Labor ordered investigations into charges that waiters in Chicago hotels are alien enemies and espionage agents. B H Parker of the Waiters Union alleges most waiters in large hotels belong to the International Geneva association based in Dresden and that 75 percent are non citizens with many German and Austrian subjects among them.
Banks in Scranton announce the creation of one cent script to ease a penny shortage caused by wartime taxes and higher circulation. The script will be redeemable from now until July 1, with vault pennies extremely scarce, affecting watermen and tobacco shops.
Four crew members of the British schooner Union, damaged by a November gale, were rescued by a French steamer which then used the derelict craft as a target to prevent it becoming a menace to navigation.
Mrs Charles M Schwab contributes 35 sweaters and 12 helmets to war relief committees in New York. Her example spurs her household to knit 50 sweaters 24 socks 12 scarfs 12 helmets and 6 wristlets for troops.
Philadelphia November 21 the Pennsylvania branch of the National Woman's Party ends its third annual convention by approving sending protests to President Wilson on behalf of imprisoned suffragists in Washington. Nearly all delegates applaud the resolution.
New York provision market notes butter higher than textra at 46 47c eggs fresh gathered extra fine 55c cheese state fresh specials 23e
Market notes list prices in Buffalo for numerous commodities. Winter wheat No 2 white at 2.23 and No 2 red at 2.26 per bushel. Oats 71 to 71 1 2 cents. Butter range 41 to 47 cents. Cheese 26 to 27 cents. Poultry and poultry products quoted with multiple cuts and prices. Potatoes and onions prices given. beans listed with Marrows and mediums.
CATTLE shipping steers 12.00 to 13.25, butcher steers 9.50 to 12.00, heifers 8.00 to 11.25, choice veals 14.25 to 14.50, veal 12.00 to 13.25. SHEEP AND LAMBS 16.75 to 17.00 for choice, mixed sheep 10.25 to 11.00. HOGS Yorkers 18.00 to 18.10, fight Yorkers 17.50 to 17.76, heavies 18.35 to 18.40.
Hay prices listed by grade and type include track hay at $21.00 for No. 1 time and $18.00 for No. 1, with $16.00 for No. 3. Straw and wheat fetch $8.50 to $9.00, while hay supplies cover ats and wheat at various bids.
Fair Co-Ed effort at Kansas Wesleyan business college in Salina shines shoes for five cents to raise money for a student body pledged war fund. The parlor operates in a first class floor room and will open each Saturday until the goal is met.
The article warns of a government supervised monopoly described as the greatest trust, led by lawyer Joseph P. Cotton. It claims all meat and food packing plants are licensed and that packers promise full cooperation with no excess profits charged to the public.
The May notice states an order for printing to The Mail in Werren Pennsylvania has been approved. Prices are confirmed as acceptable. Public record notes completion and release for the local printing service.
A reflection on studying books and forming a society that gathers minds without jealousy. It praises diverse opinion and shared conduct where leaders speak or remain silent, and decisions arise through orderly adjournment and deliberation.
Police were called as 9,000 people gathered at Brockton City Hall to witness Mayor McLeod sell four tons of sugar. The crowd surged, several bystanders were knocked down, six women and several children were slightly injured, and the mayor halted the sale and closed the doors until order was restored.
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