Fire Escape Erection and Local Community Notes
Erecting a fire escape on the Hertzel building housing the Mail Office and Warren Business College. A series of brief local items follow: Dairy Inspector M J Chrisman appointed. Poor Directors' Convention in Indiana. K of P lodge consolidation planned. Council nomination declined by Dr J R Durham. Somerset county politics and Conewango bridge re-planking. Sixth Ward pupils donate a grave marker for Carl Lindstone. Donation Day for Warren Emergency Day set for Oct 28. bicycle lamp explosion injures John Wendelboe. hog raising profitability figures. O’Bryan from Water and Third streets injured. James King in India to visit Warren. Pinkleton Detective Harry G Myers makes notable captures. Postmaster General budgets for parcels post and air mail experiments. total next year expenses listed.
Five October Birth In Manchester As Gardner Gould Family Welcomes Son
News items include the October 5 birth at the Gardner Gould home in Manchester Massachusetts to Mrs Nina Clapp of Tiona. Also reported are Warren flood relief totaling $629.50 and various local incidents including a football tie, a murder case, marriages, a missing felon, and a civil war veterans reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner Gould
Manchester
Mass
Nina Clapp
Tiona
Three Diphtheria Cases Reported on Wayne Street
Gertrude Reeves 16 Mabel Nelson 23 and Barbara Davis 29 all reside at 4 Wayne street and are diagnosed with diphtheria. Pittsfield man Charles Croup armed with a revolver ran amuck in Youngsville after drinking heavily but no fatalities occurred. At a Columbian Athletic Club meeting the property was transferred to the Knights of Columbus and the club dissolved in memory. Twenty years ago on December 20 1891 the club began in a room of the Johnson Exchange block with 15 young men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Reeves
Mabel Nelson
Barbara Davis
Wayne Street
Chas. Croup
Pittsfield
Youngsville
Columbian Athletic Club
Knights of Columbus
Johnson Exchange Block
Conduits for Wires Approved in Warren
Warren borough passes conduit ordinance allowing Bell Telephone and Western Union to lay shared conduits in East and West Pennsylvania avenues Hickory Street Water Street and Liberty Street to Warren National Bank building. Fire and police signal wires incur no charge and telephone service becomes free, saving about $200 annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Telephone Company
Bell Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
Warren Borough
Pennsylvania Avenue
Hickory Street
Water Street
Liberty Street
Warren National Bank
Officers Elected for Pennsylvania W C T U
The thirty seventh annual convention of the W C T U elected officers including President Mrs Ella M George Beaver Falls Vice President at large Mrs Kate Ritenour Uniontown Corresponding Secretary Mrs Sylvia B Norris Beaver Falls Recording Secretary Mrs Elizabeth P Griest Lancaster Treasurer Mrs Jeah Caleb Marion Ulysses General Secretary Mrs Rebecca B Chambers West Grove and general secretaries of branches Loyal Temperance Legion Mrs Elma M Preston New Garden Temperance Light Bearers Mrs Evelyn H Riddell Houston Clintondale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella M. George
Beaver Falls
Kate Ritenour
Uniontown
Sylvia B. Norris
Elizabeth P. Griest
Lancaster
Jeah Caleb Marion
Ulysses
Rebecca B. Chambers
West Grove
Loyal Temperance Legion
Elma M. Preston
New Garden
Temperance Light
Evelyn H. Riddell Houston
Clintondale
Warren County Warrants Case Docketed In Crippen Trials
Commonwealth v Earl Crippen was quashed on a technicality in Columbus. Crippen reacquired on a new peace warrant and the hearing was waived, with the case moved to the December term. Flaherty v G H Crippen and Son Earl also waived hearings and await the next Warren Quarter Sessions term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Commonwealth
Earl Crippen
Michael Flaherty
Columbus
Marsh
Mr. Crippen
M. Flaherty
Warren County Court
Flaherty
G. H. Crippen
Earl
Sullivan
Warren
Charles W. Stone In Critical Health at Home
Former lieutenant governor and three term congressman Charles W. Stone lies at his Liberty Street home in a complete nervous breakdown. Doctors Jones of Buffalo and Alfred Spieler of Philadelphia, along with local physicians, treat him as family and friends worry. Some hope for recovery remains despite his extremely critical state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Stone
Liberty Street
Dr. Jones
Buffalo
Alfred Spieler
Philadelphia
Mr. Stone
Andrews murder appeal postponed to January hearing
The Supreme Court sitting at Pittsburg will finish cases before November 6. The appeal of John M. Andrews, convicted of Emil Amann's murder, is certified to the Eastern district and will be heard in Philadelphia on January 8, 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Pittsburg
John M. Andrews
Emil Amann
Philadelphia
Indian Boys Escape From Prison at Warren Pa
Indian boys Orion Hartwhite and Leslie Dowdy held for trial in U S court for robbing the Onyxville post office escaped Warren Pennsylvania jail by using blankets to reach the ground after removing a second story bar. They were to be moved to Buffalo for trial and all nearby cities were alerted. Halfwhite, returned by his father Charles Logan, is from Quaker Bridge New York and will be taken to Buffalo for the same charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orion Hartwhite
Leslie Dowdy
Onyxville
N. Y
Warren
Buffalo
Halfwhite
Charles Logan
Quaker Bridge
Onoville
Columbus Day Ball Draws Large Crowd in Armory Hall
Columbus Day Ball hosted by Warren Council Knights of Columbus in the Armory of Company I, 16th Regiment featured Lind and Svensen orchestra playing twenty dances. Attendance was high and organizers received praise for careful arrangements. Prof Hyde and wife returned Tuesday from a two week Rochester visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Council Knights of Columbus
16Th Regiment
Lind
Svensen
Prof. Hyde
Rochester
N. Y
Nuptial Events Across Several Communities
Tuesday morning at St Josephs church Mary Marshall wed Fred Swanson with Rev Sieverding presiding. At 501 Market Street Laverne Horton wed Homer Johnson of Lawrenceville Ill. Rev H M Conaway officiated. Also, Chas E Schoby of Corydon married Laura Gilmore of Onoville N Y at First M E parsonage with Rev Conaway. Ethel M Northrop wed Chas J Sampsell in Jamestown by Rev Conaway. Frank W Sanford of Sheffield married Pearl E Goodman in Oil City by Rev S V Carmony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph’s Church
Mary Marshall
Fred Swanson
Rev. Sieverding
Bride
Market Street
Laverne Horton
Homer Johnson
Lawrenceville, Ill
H. M. Conaway
M. E
Conaway
Chas. E. Schoby
Corydon
Laura Gilmore
Onoville
N. Y
Chas. J. Sampsell
Jamestown
Ethel M. Northrop
Frank W. Sanford
Sheffield
Pearl E. Goodman
Oil City
S. V. Carmony
United Evangelical Church
Big Ashville Fire Damages Several Buildings
A large blaze in Ashville New York damaged the post office Grange hall pool room and residence of C B Qeebee plus the Sheldon hotel livery barns and the M E church. Residents fought the flames using well water stopping further spread. Total losses estimated at about 10000 with insurance on all structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qeebee
Ashville
N. Y
M. E
Warren Pair Ties Knot in Tacoma Wedding
Miss Goldie Erickson formerly of Warren wed Erick A. Johnson, ex-Warren resident, in Tacoma Washington on October 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldie Erickson
Warren
Tacoma
Wash
Erick A. Johnson
Emergency Hospital Report for September Month
Monthly hospital summary shows 57 admissions and 43 discharges in September, with 6 deaths and 27 patients remaining by October 1. Charity care totaled 126 days with 14 charity admissions. overall days of care reached 732 across all patients and charities. Donations include assorted produce, clothing, and household items from multiple donors and group Elias Lodge. Visiting physicians for October and November were Dr. Hamilton and Dr. Schmehl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Metzger
Emmet Lacy
Marion Dunlap
Rev. Cadwell
F- M. Smith
N. B. Dunham
Ruben
F. M. Knapp
F. C
Arrest Declares Dean’s Secretary Lorena Gibbs Charged
Lorena C. Gibbs a 20 year old private secretary to Dean C A Martin head of the college of architecture at Cornell university was arrested at her mother’s Ithaca New York home on a grand larceny charge. During last summer she spent time in Perry and Hornell New York and is alleged to have passed bad checks drawn on the First National Bank of Ithaca signed Alice M Ning. Gibbs has long been a resident of Ithaca and the arrest shocks friends and university associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorena C. Gibbs
Dean C. A. Martin
College of Architecture
Cornell University
Ithaca
N. Y
Perry and Hornell
First National Bank of
Alice M. Ning
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hertzel
Mail Office
Warren Business College
M. J. Chrisman
E. E. Thompson
Rouse Hospital
M. Brady
Indiana
K. of P
Tidioute Lodge
Warren Lodge
Grand Lodge
Somerset
Somerset County
Turkeyfoot
Akeley Bridge
Conewango
Akeley
Warren and
Sixth Ward
Carl Lindstone
Clarendon
John Wendelboe
O'Bryan
W. P. O’bryan
Water and
Third Streets
Brown Run
India
James King
Upper Burham
New York
Philippines
II Warren
Myers
Pinkleton
Harry G. Myers
Andrews
Ithica
Empire State
Fund For Experiments
Austin
Eaton
Pipiks
Pipik
Franklin High School
Franklin
Effie Shirley
Nancy Hawks
Shirley
Williamsville
Tidioute
G. H. Downing
Emma Head
RE. A. Minning
Methodist Episcopal Church
Fischer
Ferdinand Fischer
Erie City
Erie County Commissioners
Grant J. Smith
Erie County
State Troopers
State Constabulary
Pennsylvania
High Grade Oil Company
Hammond Iron Works
C. E. Bell
Charles E. Bell
County
Ochelata
Okla
D. W. Fisk
Stoneham
G. W. Denniston
Gilbert W. Denniston
J. W. Smith
The
Episcopal Church
James Bairstow
Ralph Cousins
William Kopf
Windfield Henderson
EK. Walker
S. E. Walker
Oaklanh Cemetery
W. S. Carson
J. B. Carson
Redhot
Corydon Caldwell
Brooklyn
Caldwell
Lander
Grange
Grange Lodge
C. R. Hodares
C. G. Babcock
H. H. Cowls
C. V. Springver
Pittsfielder
Council
Crippens
Dean
Berger
Warren County
J. H. Berger Warren
Penn’a
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