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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1917
Page
5
County Farm Agent Reist and County Commissioner E M Lowe will travel to Washington county to buy a number of sheep to bring back for Warren county farmers.
All Sunday service on the New York Central D A W and P branches was removed from the schedule per a Thursday announcement. The change took effect last Sunday.
Assembleman John Siggins Jr announces a quantity of fish and game laws available at his office while they last. Gerald Phillips of North Warren, a Newport Yeoman School graduate, has been assigned to a ship as a third class yeoman after enlisting in the navy last spring.
Warren fire department will stop making parts for the Boyd fire truck of the Centenial hose company if needed. Word says the Boyd company in Philadelphia has ceased to manufacture the truck.
Raymond Sheber proprietor of the Sheber Cigar factory in Oil City plans to go out of business until after the War. Labor difficulties are given as the reason. He learned the business with his father in War Ren. A crew of Western Electric men are installing two position switchboards for the Bell Telephone in the Warren office due to increased business over the last six months.
Residents south of the railroad consider annexation to Warren to gain electric service. Taxes from shops and factories could cover added rights. Aaron Printz of Warren received letters from Sweden noting high prices for essentials like shoes at 25 to 30 dollars a pair, thread at 50 to 60 cents, and the kerosene shortage for those without electricity.
Attorney George B. Munn filed an application in the Pronthonotary Charles A. Clark's office on behalf of Warren Lodge No 109 Loyal Order of Monose for a charter of corporation. The application states the order is maintained for social and beneficial purposes for members.
Eysinger formerly of this city and aboard the U S S Brooklyn in the Asiatic squadron has been moved to hospital duty in Yokohama Japan. He attended a Brooklyn crew banquet in a Yokohama hotel where a final warning on sugar shortage was read urging sailors not to fill pockets with lump sugar.
Tid ioute chapter presents an application for a separate charter to National Red Cross headquarters. Kirkpatrick field secretary attended a Tidioute conference Wednesday. Since last June’s war fund drive a breach has split the Tidioute and Warren chapters despite efforts by Warren officers to reconcile and mobilize all members nationwide.
Rev Dr Norris A White pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church of Franklin is ill at his mother's home in New Castle. Sewer work for the year totals about 12 000 feet laid with 7 000 in the upper Conewango district. Sheffield township contributes 714.54 to Warren county Y M C A war fund with Barnet and Henrys Mill giving 320 and Sowbrook 50. All parts of Sheffield gave liberally.
Charles Berber of Saybrook was taken to Warren General Hospital after breaking his leg weeks ago at the Interior Oil and Gas Corporation gasoline plant in Saybrook.
The October report shows hospital totals including 55 patients at start, 77 admitted, 39 96 discharged and 3 deaths. Pay patients had 23 admissions with 318 days of care and charity care logged 15 admissions with 333 days of care, totaling 1244 patient days.
Mrs. S. E. Walker is seriously ill at her Waterstreet home with pneumonia. She and her daughter Mrs. D. C. Russell of Jamestown returned Friday from Camp Hancock Augusta Ga where they visited Richard Walker. Mrs Walker contracted a further cold on the return journey.
The Pennsylvania potato growers urge all potato raisers to attend a December 6 meeting at the offices of the committee of public safety Philadelphia to form a state division of the Potato Association of America. Warren county agriculturists plan to attend. Also noted is a Sugar Grove meeting of ditching machine stockholders with Farm Agent H N Reist and Recorder Henry H Bassett present. Work has stopped for fall and the machine has laid several thousand feet of tile in Farmington township.
E. H. Beshlin filed a trespass action in Prothonotary Clark's office for Magdalen Brazington and guardians against the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. The complaint, returnable on the first Monday of December, concerns injuries when a June 16 auto ride was struck by a train at Glade crossing, resulting in Brazington losing a leg.
Indications point to far fewer applications for liquor licenses in Warren County next year as drys lack associate judges on the bench and liquor prices cut sales and profits. Large hotels and dealers will apply, while drys brace for a hard fight similar to Venango County where prohibition prevails.
A Warren based oil firm named 1916 Oil Company formed to develop land acquired by W. J. Knapp at a recent government sale in Oklahoma. It will issue 25000 dollars in stock. Officers elected were E. D. Stewart president David Kimmel vice president M. M. Dunham secretary W. J. Knupp treasurer. Board members include A. E. Boeschlin T N Dunham H C Eba Alex Erickson J R Bairstow Charles Sshleuber and R H Winger. Drilling slated to begin in early spring.
Mrs George B Munn, who underwent surgery at a Buffalo hospital last week, remains in serious condition. Her husband Mr Munn is at her bedside and reported Tuesday that she was somewhat better.
Conewango Circle of the P. H. C. filled a box of candy tobacco and cigarettes shipped Saturday to the members of Company I at Camp Hancock Augusta Georgia. Twelve P. H. C. members are in U S service.
Commissioner’s Clerk Addison White left Sunday night for Pittsburgh to serve as a federal court juror. Federal court opens Monday with Judge Buffington presiding. Warren Preston of Farm Township has also been summoned to serve on the jury.
The food administration orders confectionery makers to cut production to fifty percent of normal. The Chocolate Products company warns Warren retailers it will supply only half of orders after a specified date as sugar conservation measures tighten.
Judge Watson D. Hinckley issues an opinion in favor of J. H. West Lumber against West Lumber Company. An injunction is granted to prevent further use of a name too close to J. H. West Lumber. The case notes that JH West co founded a separate West West Lumber after 1914, with offices nearby and mail mixups between the firms.
The Automobile Division of the State Highway Department has received over 5 100 applications for 1918 motor vehicle registrations and licenses totaling 40 835 dollars. Drivers are urged to apply early as 1918 tags are required by January 1. Corporations with large fleets are urged to expedite filings and affidavits must accompany all applications.
The October oil report shows 164 wells completed in New York and several Pennsylvania counties, up three from September, led by Allegheny and Bradford gains. New production dropped to 310 barrels, with Venango and Clarion down 35 barrels. Nineteen failures were recorded, gas wells up to 12, rigs 60 and wells drilling 154, a net 15 fewer New York rigs.
The county nears the dog license deadline as 2525 people could be affected and 375 in Warren alone. Dr. Evan O’Neil asks for licensed dog counts for research, while Commissioner Adison White lists townships and wards with licensed dogs. Notable figures include Sheffield 182, Connewango 166, Cherry Grove 22, and ward tallies across Warren boroughs.
The Warren Mail reports pricing options for subscribers in the United Kingdom and details how readers abroad can access the publication. The notice emphasizes subscription options and delivery terms for international readers.
In California's Temperial Valley cooling food by sun and evaporation is possible. J. G. Hill of Mecca near the Salton sea devised an ice free refrigerator with a wooden frame and many shelves. Burlap layers and a perforated tin can spray water to keep the interior cool.
An old Alabama mountain man guards a log-hole jug of dew from moonlit tavern corn. He downs a swallow and faces a rattlesnake coiled at his foot, daring it to strike while remaining clutching his stubborn pride.
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