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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1908
Page
8
Notice to correspondents says all copy must be in by Tuesday each week. Each correspondent must sign their name to all communications, but names won’t be published unless requested. Do not write on both sides of the paper.
Sept 22 notices show Centennial hose members resting at a local site for fishing and sport. Names mentioned include Miss Isabella Atkins, Jim Myers of Long Island, Mike Smith of Stateline Run, Randall Geer, Linn Atkins, Ed Sweeting, Robert Howe, and Mrs Delmage. A social at the English boat house featured a chicken dinner with Miss Atkins present.
The town received a fifty volume traveling library from the Pennsylvania Free Library Commission. Cc L Harper of Salamanca rents rooms for a photo gallery and will visit Saturdays. Corydon Grange hosted Kinzua Grange for a harvest supper with a large crowd. Nina Whipple of Salamanca visited cousin Henry Everts over Sunday. Eri D Everts returned from a week with International Harvesting Co. Warren West End lost to the local club. C J L MacIntyre of Grand Valley drove through. Dr Flatt improved his house. Rain arrived easing forest fire risk. Arthur Kerrick of Tidioute worked as extra operator. Rev Buzza led M E church services.
Mrs M J Grove of Kinzu a guest of Mrs Geo Foulkrod in town. Frank Marsh J Reeves and Walter Hoop hauled loads to Marshburg last week. Mrs R H Shearman visited Warren. Mrs J M Green and Miss Mabel Green toured Randolph New York last week. A Marsh and wife Bradford visited relatives nearby. Ray Shearman business visitor at county seat Tuesday. Mrs L D Smith shopped in Kinzu Tuesday. Mrs P C Holt Warren visitor Tuesday. Orlo Hoop visited Tidewater Pipeline Company camp at Tiona. R E Green Warren County district deputy begins inspection tour. Geo Foulkrod also a Warren visitor. At last the much needed and long.
The long awaited rain fell all day Monday marking the first since August 8. The downpour helped crops and livestock, cleared smoke and dust, and aided forest fire control in the area. L. F. Kay and Frank Pitcher of Kinzua fought fires on the J. D. Harris estate all week.
Sept 24 local items report visits by Mr and Mrs O E Headley to Mr Foster amid Mrs Foster’s illness. Caregivers include Mrs C Gifford for her ill daughter. Pearl Fellows returns to Cable Hollow. Mrs Joe Fellows aids daughter Mrs J O Lounsbury. E D Everts travels to Warren. Birth of Master Ralph Beach Sept 18 1908 to Mr and Mrs J O Lounsbury. patient improving from fever. Other arrivals, farm work, cows, and illnesses noted among area residents.
A rain began this morning ending seven weeks of drought and bringing relief to those with fires or dry wells. Families in town include Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Spencer visiting Chautauqua and local youths heading to Westfield for Welch's grape juice factory work. Cemetery Auxiliary meets planned with hostesses, and fourteen Italian workers on the Erie cutoff are reported guilty of dynamiting fish.
Sept 29 R E Green Sugar Run State Inspector of Granges met with Secretary J O Lounsbury to review Grange finances. Local visits include Mrs C D Outrid and Mrs J Miller. Rain eases forest fire danger. several residents mentioned in passing.
C D Outrid conducted business in Warren on Friday. H M Marsh plans to move to Russell this winter. E D Everts of Warren visited a local farm one day last week.
Sept. 28 notes list Mrs. Ed Vansile among the sick. Mrs. Henry Crecraft returns home after staying with her daughter. Miss Bertha Passinger and Henry Akeley visited Mrs. William Scott. Mrs. A W Young called on Mrs. Vansile. J F Madigan of Westline returned home after visiting his mother. Locals attended a dance at Charley Barneys. Mary Akeley of North Warren visited parents. A C Walker and Mrs. Wm Scott visited Warren. Passinger and A S Passinger were Warren visitors.
Analyzes party platforms as imperfect compromises and argues voters distrust platforms. It notes three Democratic factions the solid South Tammany Hall and radicals. It asserts presidents follow oath over party lines and that candidates’ views matter more than platforms. Review of Reviews September.
An essay on defining news argues it is not measured by importance or proximity but by public desire. It recalls Civil War era notions of bread and news, noting newspapers serve their own publics and test readers’ appetite rather than universal standards.
The October Scribner notes editors chase the greatest common denominator of their audience and treats scandals and murders as routine occurrences in virtuous papers, while more sensational outlets herald them as prime news.
The Rev Charles Aked in the November New Idea Woman's Magazine declares the American wife the best in the world praising her freedom money leisure and initiative. He argues American women endure fewer drags and enjoy more happiness and independence than women in other lands.
On DA. V. and P. R.y. for Dunkirk and intermediate stations times 8:54 pm and 4:59 pm. For Titusville and intermediate stations times 10:34 am and 8:04 pm.
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