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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1914
Page
5
The Robert B. Esselstyn Company opened a new store in the Masonic Building on Liberty Street with a formal Friday evening opening attended by hundreds of visitors.
Promoter and bond salesman John Conduit Smith was arrested in New York on a charge of selling five thousand dollars of bogus stock. He previously operated in Warren selling Cherokee Tale Co stock claiming valuable talcum mines in Georgia and took over ten thousand dollars from the local area before the stock proved worthless.
Thomas Bloomer, 75, of Limestone township Warren county, died Saturday from head injuries after a wooden slab from a window 25 feet above struck him while he stood outside the Wheeler and Dusenberry mill at Endeavor. He was outside piling slabs when debris from inside caused the fatal fracture. no witness saw the accident.
The Pennsylvania railroad plans a new passenger station at Corry at the junction where the local line meets the crosscut division. It would be placed about a half mile west of the current site, avoiding yard shunting and saving time, though distant from the business center.
Augustus Jones a lifelong Columbus Township resident died at his home south of the village Tuesday morning at 11 o clock aged 79 Funeral services were held Thursday at 1 pm at the home and 2 pm from the Columbus church Survived by his wife one son Andrew one brother Oscar Jones of Columbus two sisters Mrs Evaline Sample of Columbus and Mrs Caroline Shantz of Cherry Point Illinois Jones spent life on the old farm and aided many through hard times In the past ten years he suffered blindness yet managed his business affairs.
Harry Richard Card of Coalingo California and Arlie Fay Anderson of Selkirk wed at Grace M E Church parsonage last Thursday morning. They will reside in Coalingo after a brief honeymoon period.
Mrs Jane Russell Todd and Dr E H Mellon of Springfield Illinois wed several months ago. They departed for a wedding trip and plan to settle in Florida. Auto party fatality near Emporium claims Mrs Josiah Howard and injures others. Presbyterian Missionary Society session opens in Warren with leaders from New York and Georgia outlining home and foreign mission efforts.
Warren capitalists acquire controlling interest in the Bailey Table Company of Jamestown. At a Warren board meeting C. S. Homer is named president and general manager, B. M. Bailey becomes vice president, F. M. Knapp treasurer, and T. K. Creal secretary and superintendent. Homer and Creal supervise the factory and will oversee both the Warren Furniture Company and the acquired Jamestown plant.
Sunday evening a well dressed man rented a room at Mrs. Fagan’s Hickory street home for $3 weekly and paid with a $9.60 check made out to Charles H. Simmons. The check, tied to H A Wilson of Cadwell Cabinet Co Jamestown NY, was forged. Earlier the same man cashed an $8.60 check at a Warren grocer that also proved forged.
Western Union telegraph operator A B Squires disappeared from Warren on Thursday with 124.33 dollars but was found in Buffalo Saturday morning. He repaid the shortage in full and will not be prosecuted. Squires previously worked as a brokers’ telegraph operator in Meadville and came to Warren to run the local office while Miss Bowman was away on vacation.
The Corry Leader reports Owen O. Wiard billed to speak at the Evangelical church in Warren. Described as a detective anti saloon worker and blood hound breeder he is labeled a general grafter famed for Pure City Campaigns that drew statewide notice including a Cleveland incident.
The ceremony occurred Monday morning at the Stennett home 302 West Wayne Corry with best man Rasselas Brown and bridesmaid Bess Drought. Rev C E Woodward officiated for the Presbyterian church. After a family breakfast the couple left for Erie to board a train for Sheridan Wyoming where they will reside. The groom formerly resided in Warren.
A trolley line study progresses from Columbus Pennsylvania toward Clymer Sherman and Mayville with pledges secured for survey and right of way. J H Miller of Columbus is elected president and I O Ottaway of Sherman treasurer, who also serves as a director. Eugene Bentley of Jamestown is hired to conduct the survey, begun last Monday, with a 15 percent assessment on subscribed funds. Local leaders cite a thickly settled prosperous route and expect major public benefit.
The fourteenth season of the Warren concert lecture course begins October 13 at Library Theater with the Richelhaffer Skibinsky Company. Future programs include Albert Wiggam's lectures on heredity and eugenics, Sarah Mildred Willmer, the Schumann quintet with historic costumes, and Sidney Landon closing April 12. Season tickets and prices are listed, stressing high quality and civic value.
Official notice listing the Warren Mail ownership, management and circulation details. Editor and Publisher J A Larson signs as owner. sworn October 1 1914 before D G Blackman with commission until 1920. Bondholders and security holders show none.
Build a business for yourself as a local representative to handle guaranteed hosiery for Perfection Knitting Mills. Need a responsible party in the city. Also a notice offering trespass signs forbidding hunting on premises for sale at The Warren Mail office. 10 cents each.
Advert describes high cut shoes for men and boys with prices from 2.48 to 7.50. Rubber boots and hunting rubbers offered at or below last year’s prices. Highlights Arrow and Top Notch brands as headquarters for durable footwear.
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