Harvest season notes and local social events in Akeley
Harvesting is nearly finished in this section with chestnuts scarce and poor in quality. An ice cream social for the organ fund will be at Gouldtown school house on Thursday October 2. A husking bee and dancing party follow on Tuesday hosted by Mr and Mrs S Confer. Local visits and meetings noted.
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Akeley
Organ Fund
Gouldtown School House
Clara B. Marsh
Warren
D. M. Howard
John Geracimos
Fairbanks
Jamestown
Howard Homestead
Phoebe Marsh
C. E. Marsh
Towne
North East
Henry Arthurs
Grange Hall
Charles Barney
Threshers Ready After Breakdowns and Local Moves
The Eagle notes threshers in the neighborhood have repaired after a breakdown and are ready to finish their work. Fred May secures a railroad job in Oil City and plans to move soon. Richard Gilson and wife sell their farm near Pittsburg to Mr. Hentzel and move to his father-in-law John Ross’s farm. both are 100 acres. Families visited relatives in Union City and Shelmadine. Edna Gilson heads to the grape country. the Vails return from Syracuse with news of trips and dinners with Gilson and Belknap families.
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Eagle
Fred May
Oil City
Richard Gilson
Hentzel
Pittsburg
Alex Brown
Dan Brown
Union City
Oscar Ross
D. T. Gregory
Shelmadine
C. C. Gilson
Edna Gilson
Grape Country
Harry Vail
Ralph
Syracuse
N. Y
J. W. Belknap
Fe de Siedwell
Practical Joke Risks Eyebrows In Tobacco Box Trick
In Sheffield on a recent Saturday a prank involved tobacco boxes and powder that caused two men to burn fingers and lose eyebrow hairs when a match was struck. The incident, while amusing, demonstrates a dangerous joke in offices and stores.
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Sheffield
New British eyesight tests grant mail steamer licenses
Under new British licensing for Atlantic mail steamers, pilots must distinguish white, red and green signals the size of a pin head twelve feet away.
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Atlantic
Explanation of the Income Tax Sets Tone for Public
Treasury to issue income tax blanks through post offices and federal offices. Hull explains the two tax bands from one to six percent and the withholding rule starts November 1 1913. Returns due March 1 1914 for earnings since March 1 1913 with payment by June 30. Net income includes salaries profits and interest. gifts aren’t income. deductions cover business costs losses and depreciation.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Internal Revenue Offices
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
Treasury
Hull
Ataeaas
Internal Revenue
United States
Sheffield Personalities and Local Visitors
Local social notes list Earl Wise and H Crawford visiting from Oil City, Kane visitors Lyman and many others. Entries name David Johnson newly returned from US Army, A Yetter and wives, Frank Yetter, C R McNeal, William Walter, G Westmore, Horace Crary, A Burns, M Hodges, H Bentley, I A Allen, Wm Wolverton, H Watson and Frank McNeal among others visiting or noted in the area.
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Warren
William C. Wlater
G. Westmore
Cleveland
Horace Crary
A. Burns
Jamestown
M. Hodges
North Warren
Washington
H. Bentley
Oil City
A. M. Allen
Buffalo
I. A. Wilson
Wm. M. Wolverton
New York City
Frank McNeal
Kane
H. Watson
Erie
Bayonet Relic Tied to 1749 Expedition
A Jamestown man asserts a bayonet from 1749 is the relic of De Celoron’s expedition. The object’s provenance links to the historic fur trade era and colonial expeditions.
Bayonet Found in Swamp Linked to De Celoron Expedition
Jamestown reports Abner Hazeltine establishing the dug relic as a France made bayonet from De Celoron’s 1749 expedition. Preservation credit goes to Civil War veteran Charles Gron who found it with musket parts and passed it to the Chautauqua Society of History and Science.
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Jamestown
Abner Hazeltine
Chautauqua Lake
DeCeloron
Chautauqua Society of History and Science
Charles Gron
Lakewood
George Stoneman
Gran
Historical Society
Hazeltine
de Celoron
Chautauqua County
King’s Eighth
Fort Pitt
France
England
Ordicr Department
U.S. Army
John T. Th
Bannerman
New York
Fire prevention urged for households by Baldwin
State Fire Marshal J. L. Baldwin urges immediate home cleanup and chimney flue cleaning to prevent fires. He warns high insurance rates from neglect and compares U S fire losses to Europe, urging neighbors to join in fire safety, with a call to act today.
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United States
Europe
J. L. Baldwin
Basketball Season Delayed Until Jamestown Game
Sheffield plans to start basketball later next month with Jamestown’s Myob team visiting. Manager Liljenberg may schedule a mid month game but waits for a full winter slate to avoid dampening interest. Fans look toward the world series starting October 7.
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Sheffield
Myob
Jamestown
Liljenberg
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First National Bank
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Man
Warren Trust Company
Citizens National Bank
Warren, Pennsylvania
BANK
The
Warren Savings Bank
Warren Savings Bank Incorporated
Depository
State of
Pennsylvania
Victor Company
Caruso
Victor
Victor Records
G. M. Noyes
Victrola Shop
Victor Victrolas
Edison Kinetoscope
C. Frederick
Bartsch
C. F. Bartsch
Penn. Ave
E. Warren, Pa
Water Street
A. W. Haton
Philadelphia
iLife Insurance
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