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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1912
Page
3
The Tionesta Vindicator reports red squirrels are abundant and troublesome eating apples and nesting in barns. A farmer in Forest county is credited with killing 24 in a single barn last week amid growing nuisance reports.
Morristown New Jersey resident Lemuel Pierson Jr after weeks of nightly bee noise ripped away weather boards at his home. He uncovered nearly 100 pounds of honey stored by three swarms, the result of a queen leading the infestation. The family had previously been smoked out in a failed fumigation attempt.
Bishop William Burt of Buffalo condemned sham ministers addressing a class of young men at the Central New York Methodist Episcopal conference in Auburn New York. He urged genuine belief and warned that one cannot be a true minister and a hypocrite. He called on any who cannot believe to leave the church and seek another communion.
Philadelphia Sept 30 The steel rail orders of the Pennsylvania railroad system for 1913 will total about 250000 tons, to be placed soon, compared with 150000 tons this year. United States Steel is expected to receive 125000 tons and Cambria and Pennsylvania Steel companies likely supply about 62500 tons each.
Canandaigua village and town and Geneva city and town will be the only places in Ontario county where liquor sales remain legal after Monday. Phelps Manchester Shortsville Victor Clifton Springs and Naples will join the dry column for two more years. County Treasurer Cole reports 74 license applications from Geneva city and Canandaigua for the new fiscal year starting Oct 1.
John O'Donnell of Portage and Charles Parker of Dalton N Y were burned to death in a fire that destroyed the Parker home Monday night Parker living alone at the time had O'Donnell as his guest and both men were said to have been drinking heavily all day The fire was discovered by neighbor Mr Gebhardt
Isaac P. Wail a 62 year old Susquehanna division brake man was stricken with apoplexy during a moving picture show in Hornell He received medical aid at a physician office and was later moved to his home where he died hours later He is survived by his wife and adopted daughter Anna of Hornell.
The 64 year old farmhand Joseph Whiteman of Geneseo died after falling from the table of a separator on threshing rig owned by Frank Hagan of Geneseo. The fall broke his neck and leg and crushed his face. he died within minutes.
On Monday the Watertown New York Produce Exchange saw a record cheese sale with 15 1 2 cents a pound paid for all grades as nearly 10 000 boxes traded. The price exceeds last year by about two cents per pound.
Chicago on October 3 reports the trial of George W. Fitzgerald, indicted in 1910 for an alleged theft of 137000 from the United States sub-treasury, has been postponed to Monday.
Arthur Ludwig, assistant freight foreman for the Pennsylvania Railroad, shot himself last evening at the grave of his young child in Titusville. He left a widow and baby survivor.
Plainfield Wisconsin October 3 20 year old Carle Applebee adopted son of Gilbert Applebee was killed while hunting. He went to the woods alone and his body was found later. The top of the head had been shot off.
The private banking firm of B. Hammell & Son, led by David Hammell of Appleton Wisconsin and W F Hammell of Gladstone Michigan, has made a voluntary assignment.
The board of education closes the Union school in Chautauqua New York due to scarlet fever. Seven pupils infected and the illness has reached epidemic levels.
Thomas J. McDonough, 57, was found burned in his bed at a Scaparelo boarding house. Authorities believe he overturned a lamp while reading, causing the fatal blaze.
Sheriff Hart responded to Corfu New York where John Schmeigel a 25 year old farmer allegedly killed his father and drove his wife from their home before barricading the house and firing at neighbors. He escaped as authorities investigate a card game dispute.
English apiarist Mr. Burrows of Loughton Essex after two years of trials produced a stingless bee by mating Cyprian drones with Italian queens. The insects are safe to handle even by a child and less prone to disease, though they possess a sting that is useless as a weapon and die when it is lost.
Warren House, who killed Valentine Lukowski by turning a compressed air hose on him in a joke, will begin an unusual sentence in Buffalo's supreme court. He must work with a probation officer for an indefinite period and pay 3 dollars weekly to support Lukowski's family until the children are grown. The total fines and costs may exceed 1500 dollars over about ten years.
The central New York conference of the Methodist Episcopal church met at Auburn last week and selected West Genesee Street M E church in Syracuse for the 1913 session. Gifts to Methodist schools and colleges were announced, and a minister was withdrawn under charges.
Five members of the McCaffrey family drowned when a canoe tipped after a muscalonge struggled inside. Victims included William McCaffrey, a Toronto sales manager for Canadian Electric, his mother wife and two children.
Herbert Beattie a 46 year old Bellona New York farmer was gored to death after releasing a bull into the barn yard for feeding. The beast charged and killed him instantly in the yard.
The director of posts plans to have state telegraph and telephone girls live at home or form housekeeping groups. He argues well paid workers spend money on clothes not food, leading to anaemia, while the public protests overwork and creates department trouble.
The article notes that Chinese women wear children in baskets hung from a bar across the shoulders. It mentions twins are valued to preserve balance of weight and possibly for reasons beyond practicality.
A brief fragment features a husband exclaiming joy on a day of promise and his wife urging a visit to the milliner's, captured in a 무엇적 fragment from Fiiegende Blaetter.
Miss Mabel White a 19 year old music teacher from Johs Corners Pa was attacked by an unknown man who hid in her room and tried to pour carbolic acid down her throat after beating her with a blunt instrument. The assailant dragged her to a stairwell and buried her beneath debris before police arrested Austin A Andrew of Millertown as a suspect.
Dr. William A. Evans of Chicago tells the fourth national conservation congress in Indianapolis that Eugenics has been neglected and families have disappeared. He argues attention has favored prize cattle over humans and links urban death rates to lack of vegetable life. He cites hog cholera and tuberculosis in cattle raising meat costs.
Austrian printer Nicholas Buchhauser told Judge Kenesaw Landis that he pledges allegiance to "King Taft" while applying for naturalization in federal court. Landis questioned the claim but noted the man is as qualified to become a voter as others present. About two hundred applicants attended.
Augusta Ga Oct 3 In response to a general strike order issued 300 conductors and trainmen of the Georgia railroad went on a strike at 730 oclock last night.
New York provision market notes prices for wheat No 2 hard winter at 1 004 per bushel oats standard 1 0 b 38 percent butter creamery extras 320 state dairy finest tubs eggs state and Pennsylvania white fancy new laid 41 4 cents per dozen potatoes state and Pennsylvania per 180 pounds 1 50 to 2 00.
Buffalo market rundown for October 2 lists wheat No. 2 white at 1.98, No. 2 mixed at 1.08. corn No. 2 yellow 73% cents. oats No. 3 white 34% to 34 4 cents. flour blends and patents priced per barrel. butter creamery prints 83 cents. cheese 16 to 44 cents. eggs state hennery white fancy 35 cents. potatoes white fancy 55 to 60 cents per bushel.
Prime steers range from 7.25 to 9.50 per hundredweight with 1,200 to 1,400 lb cattle listed. Choice fat cows bring 6.00 to 6.25, heifers 7.00 to 7.50, bulls 5.75 to 6.00, veals 11.24 to 12.90, and fair to good 10.00 to 11.00. Spring lambs 7.00 to 7.25, mixed sheep 4.35 to 4.75. Hogs bring 8.75 to 9.00 for light Yorkers and 9.00 to 9.26 for heavy hogs.
Market notes show Timothy No 2 on track at 14.00 to 14.54 dollars and No 1 chite clover mined at 15.09 to 15.50 dollars. Oat and wheat etraw listed at 2.00 dollars per unit.
A Decatur barber and Civil War veteran Christian Riebsame, Bloomington Illinois born, recalled the founding of the first Grand Army of the Republic post in Decatur on April 6 1866. The improvised loft meeting lit by candles birthed the order with twelve charter members led by Major M F Kanan and first adjutant George R Steele.
The property at the northwest corner of Jackson and Prospect streets Warren Borough Warren County Pennsylvania Lot twenty designated on Branchville map Henry Cobham survey November 12 1472 recorded deeds 581 582 two story frame dwelling seized in execution sale to satisfy Kate W Hutchinson suit sheriff Henry Park sale dates sept 28 oct 3 10
Mrs. Anna Kounz of 211 Mechanic St Pueblo Colorado describes years of nervous prostration that left her unable to do housework. She tried various doctors and druggist remedies with no relief before a neighbor advised her husband to seek a different remedy.
An endorsement describes relief from nervous disorders after using Dr Miles Nervine with two bottles leading to full recovery. The ad urges readers with loss of appetite digestion weakness or insomnia to seek the remedy, noting a thirty year proven value and money back if the first bottle fails. Sold by all druggists Miles Medical Co Elkhart Ind
An advertisement states Rev Edward A Wilson was healed by a simple method and offers a free full description of his cure. It claims to treat consumption asthma bronchitis catarrh grip coughs colds and all lung and throat ailments and invites readers to write to Charles A Abbott in New York City for the details.
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