Local notes from Lottsville and surrounding towns
Matthews Run notes a Pierce reunion at Lottsville with about 20 neighbor women hosting Mrs. H L Rowley. Oil lease activity includes King and Fox visiting for prospects. Local visits include the Chapman and Johnson families. Bell Telephone line work. Rowley barn damage from lightning. school opens with 14 pupils taught by Miss Orissa Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sugar Grove
L. S. Chapman
Elmer Blanchard
Long Point
Clare Chapman
Warren
Maria Bowers
Sweet
Chas. Dixon
Garland
Bell Telephone Company
Geo. King
L. S
Roy McCain
Jamestown
Nina Anderson
Olive
Myrtle Anderson
Chandlers Valley
Orissa Johnson
Percy
Residents Return From Week With Friends In Mount Oak
Mrs Edith Pierce and family of Youngsville return home after a week with friends in Mount Oak. Miss Letta Hayes visits Mickle Hill. Mrs Mabel Oviatt improves after illness. Mr and Mrs Carl Winger and baby of Oil City join Mr and Mrs James Cochran of White Oak and Hugh Cochran of Philadelphia visiting Nettie Nichols. School opens with large attendance. Farmers complain of heavy rain hindering oats. Clayton Oviatt visited Fred Cochran of Eagle last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Oak
Edith Pierce
Youngsville
Letta Hayes
Mickle Hill
Mabel Oviatt
Carl Winger
Oil City
James Cochran
White Oak
Hugh Cochran
Philadelphia
Nettie Nichols
E. A. Young
Clayton Oviatt
Fred Cochrans
Eagle
Patchen Hollow Community Notes Near Patchen School Bus Route
Sept 3 report from Patchen Hollow covers school activities and visits. Carl Norbeck to drive the Patchen school bus again this year and Chandiers Valley participates. Misses Oressa Johnson Floy Lawson Olive and Dora Palmer start schools this week. Lottie Lawson plans to stay with Mr Russell. Mrs Nelson of Jamestown visits Mrs Frank Patchen. Francis Patchen hosts relatives from Sugar Grove. Lillian Anderson visited Francis Patchen. Oscar Johnson family attended church at Sugar Grove. August Palmer hosts his parents briefly. Local dance at McKeans draws youths. Edna Johnson visited Oressa Johnson Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Norbeck
Patchen Hollow
Patchen
Chandiers Valley
Oressa Johnson
Floy Lawson
Olive
Dora Palmer
Lottie Lawson
Russell
Nelson
Jamestown
Frank Patchen
Francis Patchen
Sugar Grove
Lillian Anderson
Oscar Johnson
August Palmer
McKeans
Edna Johnson
Noted reform lecturer quote echoes in class
A sturdy boy challenges peers after a teacher cites a demand to quit grafting exposure. He quotes a reform lecturer to underscore the lesson, implying moral scrutiny in conduct. The scene mixes classroom discipline with a pun on exposure and integrity.
Cornplanter Reservation News Highlights
School opened under Miss Lucia Browne of Corydon with a cleaned building. Rev M F Trippe of Salamanca led services. C S Knapp of Warren visited the Reservation. Local families and neighbors attended a funeral in Old Town New York. A severe wind storm caused damage including a wagon shed and fruit trees at Dwight Bennetts and near Geo Lees orchard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucia Browne
Corydon
M.F. Trippe
Salamanca
C. S. Knapp
Warren
Dwight Bennett
George Lee
Gordon
Peter Hen Hawke
Old Town
N. Y
James Redeye
Charles Gordons
Phebe Gordon
Mattie
Gibson Dolson
Mae Pierce
Rugene Pierce
Agnes
Albany
H. A. Ostrander
Ganango
John Lawrence
Holt Farm
Young Geo. Lee’s
George Lee, Sr
Rains Damage Oat Crop and Apple Orchards
In Akeley heavy rain and winds damaged local oat crops and blew hundreds of bushels from apple orchards. The L. A. H. Co. A. group met at Kroone cottage with a plan for an October Grange Hall bazaar. Members to make three sale articles and wear aprons. Next meeting set for Howard Homestead last Friday of September to finalize bazaar details. Socials included several gatherings with young people, gifts, and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akeley
Kroone Cottage
Grange Hall
Howard
Lois Hale
Cecil Thompson
Levi Hale
Confer
Josephine Ricker
Sugar Grove
C. E. Marsh
Frewsburg
Lyndall Hill
Youngstown
Howard Homestead
Hilda Coleman
Meadville
Beechwood
Alice Martin
Pittsburg
Matilda Newman
E. Brown
Myrtle Coxe
North Adams
Mass
Warren
John Marsh
Ira Adams
Old Peoples' Picnic Draws Big Attendance in Columbus
In Columbus on Thursday August 2 there was a large turnout for the old peoples picnic. Twenty five elderly guests sat for a table totaling 1633 years. Elections named Rexford as president Lee Crosby as secretary and Miss Alice Spencer as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Rexford
Lee Crosby
Alice Spencer
Ladies’ Aid
N. E. Dewey
Mrs. Lamb
Buffalo
Cyrus Blakesley
Edith Margin
Meadville
Brakelton
Sears Raymond
Lillian Barnes
Cambridge Springs
Marie Francis
B. A. West
D. FE. M. Powers
Ashville
Frank Wooden
Margaret Cove
North East
Frank Gordon
Emory Mead
Jamestown
Fredonia
Herbert Mead
Chandlers Valley Notes and Local Updates
Rev W M Cage arrives from the Erie Conference to lead Chandlers Valley for the coming year. Paul Spencer visits Warren relatives. Mrs F T Hurlbert improves after illness. Mrs C E Dupree and Ruth Kane return from visiting friends. G B Whitcomb expands with another kiln for apple drying. Oat crops suffer from persistent rains. Martha Blodgett's castor bean leaf reaches 32 inches. Dr and Mrs Edward Jones depart for Winnipeg Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chandlers Valley
W. M. Cage
Erie Conference
Paul Spencer
Warren
F. T. Hurlbert
C. E. Dupree
Ruth
Kane
G. B. Whitcomb
Martha Blodgett
Sanford Notes on Local Visits and Picnic
Mrs. Kate Falkinburg and daughter Effigene returned to Cambridge Springs after a week here. J N Falkinburg and E B Fetterolf with Leo attended the Grange picnic at Selkirk. John W. Rapp called in town. Sanford Sunday School will hold a grove picnic next Saturday. all are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford
Kate Falkinburg
Effigene
Cambridge Springs
J. N. Falkinburg
E. BE. Fetterolf
Leo
Grange
O. T. Ongley
Selkirk
John W. Rapp
Sanford Sunday School
Sanford’s Grove
Laurels Taken From Brooklyn and a Globe Totter’s View
A Globe Totter argues Brooklyn should not be called the City of churches while comparing it to distant sacred sites. He cites Benares in India with about 2,000 temples and 500,000 idols along narrow streets where worshippers freely gather. He notes Hindoo belief that it is a gateway to paradise for residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Hudson
Rhine
Ganges
Nile
India
Benares
Paradise
Locomotive’s Diet Delights Freddie’s Rail Talk
Young Freddie, student of trains, recalls a moment at a roadside station. He muses the engine is fed coal and hot water for dinner and enjoys hot air for dessert as the train sits held up with his mother nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freddie
Born Not Made. A Prof Says Miss Skylight Should Be A Milliner
In a dialogue the professor declares Miss Skylight’s life work should be as a milliner despite her journalism hopes. He contends she is born to craft and decorate rather than pursue writing and public life. The exchange highlights gendered career expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Skylight
Advertise in the Mail and Get Results
Local advertisement notice urging businesses to place ads in the Mail for effective reach. Highlights quick insertion and broad readership with emphasis on strong visibility and measurable response.
Cities Take Up War on Floods
Harrisburg Sept 5 Serious consideration is given by large state cities to forming flood committees modeled after the Pittsburgh Flood Commission. The Pittsburgh plan with a four year study and a $125000 cost offers guidance for controlling rivers and preventing floods across the state. Additional committees will seek federal and state cooperation and aim to unite under one effective organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Ces
Flood Commission of
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Commission
Allegheny
Monongahela
Ohio
Susquehanna
Delaware
Schuylkill
Juniata
Flood Commission
Congress
Pittsburgh Aims Modern Docks and Belt Line Rail
Pittsburgh plans to canalize the Ohio River and build modern docks with a belt line railroad to move goods from water to rail. An engineer from the Pittsburgh Flood Commission, Kenneth C. Grant, will study European terminals and report this month. A bond issue of about 1,999 is planned to finance the improvements and a sea wall. The project will reduce freight costs and boost river transportation for Pennsylvania towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
United States
Ohio River
Ohio
Pittsburgh Flood Commission
Kenneth C. Grant
Europe
Cairo
Flood Commission
Upper
Monongahela
Allegheny
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Ayaa Bey
Antrey Collier
First National Bank
Penna
Citizens National Bank
Warren, Penn’a
Warren Savings Bank
Warren, Pennsylvania
Depository
State of
Cornplanter Reservation
Mrs. Edward Jones
Winnipeg
Canada
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