Local Notes From North Warren Highlights Oct Events
Mrs Wm Stevenson returns home after six weeks in St Paul Minn. Mrs Wm Fitzsimmons also comes home from six weeks in Colorado while Mr Fitzsimmons stays for health. A W Jones moved goods into the vacated Hodges store room. Crockers hosted Titusville guests last week. Alley Kohler adds a new east porch. A ten pound girl born Oct 17 to Mr and Mrs F B Taylor. Hodges and Blandin left for Meadville for Royal Arcane meeting. T A Strickland back from Lander after a week. Mr and Mrs S W White of Frewsburg NY visiting locals. Isabelle Blanding leaves Blanding hotel for Mil City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Warren
Wm. Stevenson
St. Paul
Minn
Wm. Fitzsimmons
Colorado
Fitzsimmons
West
A. W. Jones
E. M. Hodges
F. A. Crocker
Titusville
Alley Kohler
F. B. Taylor
F. A. Blandin
Meadville
T. A. Strickland
Lander
S. W. White
Frewsburg
N. Y
Isabelle Blanding
Blanding Hotel
Mil City
Local Happenings Include Three Weddings This Week
Columbus notes a hip injury to Mrs. William Shippee who is improving with care. Celia Ga Mi visits Corry. Two weddings occurred on October 16 with Hazel Fox and Langdon Rowe and Louise Lamona and Clayton Carrier. Future union planned for Mable Schelton and John Bagley on October 29 in connection with James town. A newborn son arrived for Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Trisket. Charles Patterson visits from Corry. Byron Benson remains ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
William Shippee
Louise Lamona
Clayton Carrier
Mable Schelton
John Bagley
Jamestown
Nelson Trisket
Charles Patterson
Corry
B. A
Akeley Report Notes Harvest Buoys and Local News
Grand View Fruit Farm gathered twelve hundred barrels of good apples and 1000 barrels of cider apples. Buckwheat and oats yielded a light crop. Mrs Ida Hale and her father Mr Picket returned from the west. David Hale remains troubled by sciatic rheumatism. Mrs Rachel Martin of Altoona visits Mrs C E Marsh. Poverty Social by L O T M at Grange hall drew praise with prizes to Myrtle Thompson and Arvid Carlson, boxes sale earning over $20 and dancing. L A H C A to meet with Ms Francis Hale. John Colegrove and family visited John Marsh. D M Howard of Warren called on Akeley friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange Hall
Myrtle Thompson
Arvid Carlson
Francis Hale
John Colegrove
Sheffield
John Marsh
D. M. Howard
Warren
Akeley Friends
Local notes from Matthews Run describe injuries and activity
C D Jones improves after oil fire injuries. Lumber and poles moved by Gallup and Sheldon and Chas Dixon. Various residents travel, visit relatives, and farm work continues. An acid mishap at the old cheese factory burns three boys, prompting caution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Cole
Warren
C. M. Chapman
Ray Davis
Mr. Davis
Beebe
Tidioute
Sam Fidler
C. C. Johnson
Pittsfield
Elmer Sederburg
Youngsville
Deb Vorce
Henry Ward
C.C. Johnson
Frank Carlson
Greeks Ban Large Hats in Theaters Amid Fine Rule
Athens enforces a theater hat ban with a 40 dollar fine for women wearing oversized hats. The decree by police chief Emmanuel Zimbrakakis lets a paying male companion cover the penalty. Hats decorated with flowers birds or fruit are prohibited under threat of up to fifteen days in prison for nonpayment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
M. Emmanuel Zimbrakakis
Trade card and pamphlet listing at reasonable prices
An era advertisement highlights a sale of cards, billheads, circulars, affection and show bills, pamphlets, law blanks, briefs, blank books, and labels offered at reasonable prices. The reader is invited to procure assorted printed materials from a local supplier.
New Dyspepsule Treatment Promises Quick Relief
A doctor touts BYSPEPSULES as an inexpensive simple cure for indigestion and related symptoms. The ad claims rapid relief from heartburn belching sour stomach gas and nausea, with promising results for dyspepsia.
Newly Married Couple Stranded On Honeymoon After Honeymoon Misadventure
A Pittsburgh couple on their honeymoon arrived in Punxsutawney after the bride lost her purse in New York, leaving them nearly penniless. The printer husband found work at each stop to fund travel while towns helped them onward. In Du Bois bystanders laughed at their plight, as the couple, calling themselves Mr and Mrs Fred Davis, trudged homeward with few belongings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
New York
Rochester
N. Y
Punxsutawney
du Bois
Fred Davis
Greenland Expedition Reveals Irregular Inland Ice
The Copenhagen Riget prints Dr. Alfred de Quervain’s account of crossing Greenland with six Swiss savants. They started with 29 dogs, three sleds, and ten bearers who deserted. the team reached 8,330 feet on July 12 and saw peaks of 9,200 feet. The inland ice proved less regular than believed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Riget
Alfred de Quérvai
Greenland
Quervain
Peary
Nordenskjold
Sermilik Fjord
Switzerland
Mount Forel
Angmagsalik
Serro
Newsy Paragraphs From Around The World
Guard doubts Taft due to fear of a possible reprisal. H B Pearce who identified Ortis McManigal in the Indianapolis dynamite conspiracy case is beaten and robbed returning to Kansas City. Mrs Elizabeth Meriweather aged 996 travels from St Louis to Brooklyn to sue a publisher over alleged book promotion failures. The Bank of the Metropolis wins a 5050 dollar judgment against General Sickles as sheriff levies again on Civil War era art treasures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
H. B. Pearce
Ortis McManigal
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Elizabeth Meriweather
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Bank of the Metropolis
New York City
Sickles
Taft Cancels Trip and Buys Time for Campaign Speeches
Taft suspends his Hot Springs travel plans and may deliver several speeches before the campaign ends. A separate note reports Marconi loses his right eye to protect the left after a car crash. In Schenectady, Mayor Lunn is rearrested with six others during a striker meeting and faces $1,000 bail. A New York incident describes a mouse causing a lamp to topple and a $2,500 house catching fire amid gasolene ignition and a fatal blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Marconi
Spezia
Lunn
Schenectady
Little Falls
de Catche
New Yo
Lample
Burnignites Gasole
Gustav Sch¢i Schoen
Ed Downing
Turkish Fleet Bombards Varna and Other News
Summaries of daily items include the Turkish fleet’s bombardment of Varna on the Black Sea, New York planning a $116000 animal hospital opening next summer, Oscar Straus criticizing Charles Murphy and William Barnes Jr. in Buffalo, and Abdul Hamidi of New York civilization. A witness tests Greenwood lake tragedy, Governor Wilson’s political philosophy, a Mahwah shotgun death, Little Falls mill strikes, McCall on vote selling, and Billy Rugh funeral crowd in Gary Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Varna
Black Sea
New York
Oscar
Straus
Buffalo
Charles F. Murphy
William Barnes
Abdul Hamidi
Greenwood Lake
Burton W. Gibson
Mahwah
N. J
Little Falls
N. Y
Representative McCall
Massachusetts
St. John the Divine
New York City
Billy Rugh
Gary
Ind
Balloon champions die in fall as war looms near Adrianople
Wednesday reports confirm the deaths of German balloon champion Lieutenant Hans Gehricke and his aide Lieutenant Steler in a fatal lightning accident. Bulgarian and Turkish forces, 225600 and 200000 strong, prepare for a Titanic clash at Adrianople. No word for two weeks on the Prairie transport with 750 marines or the Santo Domingo peace commission. In Yonkers a nurse who accidentally gave poison to a new mother is partly revived but may go insane. In Tarrytown New York James Doorley says his sister in law abducted his baby to Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Gericke
Steler
Adrianople
Prairie
Peace Commission
Santo Domingo
Yonkers Hospital
James Doorley
Tarrytown
N. Y
Ireland
Warships Lurk to Block Turkish Exit at Dardanelles
Reading shows Greek warships poised to destroy the Turkish fleet should it emerge from the Dardanelles amid fragile tensions in the region. The report notes naval maneuvers and heightened state activity as both sides position for potential engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dardanelles
Burton W. Gibson
Orange County
Rosa M. Szabo
Greenwood Lake
Toby Tyson
Brooklyn
Bureau of Ordnance of the Navy
Also Mentioned on This Page
First National Bank
Warren, Penna
Warren Trust Company
Benjamin Franklin
Citizens National Bank
Warren, Penn
Akeley
Warren Savings Bank
Warren, Pennsylvania
State of
Pennsylvania
Be Quervaln
News of the World
Globe
Hot Springs
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