Weather Brings Busy Farms as Harvest Begins
Hillside correspondence notes good weather accelerating harvest with oats thrashed and yields per acre reported favorable. Local social visits include Ernest Robbins and family returning from Jamestown, and multiple residents traveling between Hillside Lottsville Bear Lake Warren and Youngsville for visits and schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillside
Ernest Robbins
Mae
Jamestown
Florence Clark
James Woodburn
McCullen
Lottsville
Ruth Shatz
Bear Lake
Dorothy
Mary Verruth
Margaret Woodburn
John Garr
Sugar Grove
Harry Cale
George Abbott
van Ess
Martindale
James Hibner
Nina Sherman
Bemis Point
Anna Porter
Spring Creek
Will Porter
Bear Lake Community News and Family Notes
Bear Lake reports visiting families from Warren and Wrightsville, school openings with Miss Whaley as principal, and local church activities. Nurses, officers, and couples such as Rush Chapman and Autumn G Rich wed on August 28, while residents relocate between Cleveland and Iowa and Halphide moves west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bear Lake
Serp
Zilphia Pardee
Eliza Root
Mabel Tillotson
Rush Chapman
Wrightsville
Ivan Price
Autumn Goodrich
Laura Bordwell
Pennilia Simmons
Patterson
Edna Cole
Henrietta Dorn
Elinor Pierce
Lulu Hinckley
Corry
E. L. Perkins
George
Fred Perkins
Cleveland
Minnie Perkins
Roy
Bert Chapman
Pacific Coast
Halphide
Cavala
Hame
Towa
Poison Plot Ends In Elope With Wife
Potter County resident Orin H. Miles was poisoned by Robert Wells who then fled with his wife intending to marry Edith in New York. Miles, bed ridden, ingested tainted medicine and sought aid, later found unconscious. poison identified as arsenic. Miles filed a warrant charging Wells with administering poison with intent to kill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Wells
Orin H. Miles
Potter County
Edith
New York State
Miles
Wells
Gold
Andrews Settlement
Two Kinds of People In The World In The Youth Achievement Movement
The speaker contrasts doers vs others and urges recognition for boys and girls who achieve. He argues achievement, not parental wealth, proves nobility and offers pathways to employment and national notices for youths with verified deeds. President Wilson is cited for supporting the movement and a vision of honor and opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
America
How One Boy Made Good
A Chicago Englewood high school class works on varied articles in the manual training department. Andrew Nelson builds a home lathe with patterns for his foundry work and does not seek employment, preferring to work when he can earn a dollar for small tasks. He plans many future projects and progress, showing practical skill and ambition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manual Training Department
Englewood (Chicago) High School
Andrew Nelson
Andrew
Embroidered flag sells for Bel gian relief fund
A small embroidered flag sold at auction in Martinsborough New Zealand for 12000 to the Bel gian relief fund. It was sold ten times to the highest bidder who returned it each time and finally presented to the local school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsborough
New Zealand
Better Tree Surgery For San Jose Scale Control
United States Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin 650 outlines sprays and spraying apparatus to combat the San Jose Scale. It notes heavy pest damage unless prompt treatment occurs, recommends dormant spraying with strong washes, and cites preferred uses of prepared washes for small plantings versus homemade lime sulfur mixtures for larger orchards. Dr. J Arthur Engler of Warren, Pa. is credited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
United States Department of Agriculture
Farmers’ Bulletin
Bulletin
J. Arthur Engler
Warren
Labor leader endorses staff report on industrial relations panel
Bloomington Illinois September 8 Secretary Frank Morrison of the American Federation of Labor endorses the recent staff report of the industrial relations commission. He argues labor supports preparedness but demands an end to the killing of America's manhood in shops mills and mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ill
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Industrial Relations Commission
America
Assailant of Forest County DA Arrested in Ohio
After a prolonged chase through Pennsylvania New York and Ohio Troop D Private Adolph Dressler and City Detective Jacobs cornered James Scheltino in an attic Youngstown Ohio. Scheltino armed with a knife and hammer resisted until disarmed and jailed, then taken to Tionesta with Dressler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
New York
Ohio
Adolph Dressler
Youngstown
James Scheltino
M. A. Carringer
Forest County
Tionesta
Scheltino
Jacobs
Dressler
Butler
Giant Biplane Tests Reveal 421% Meter Span
Copenhagen reports the new giant German biplane measures about 421 meters across the wing and packs 300 horsepower motors driving three propellers. The craft carries 12 bombs, five machine guns, wireless and searchlights, with eight crew and eight hours of fuel enabling London round trips in about five hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Denmark
Germany
London
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Willis Brown
National Youth Achievement Committee
St. Joseph, Hil
Mary S. White
Lewis Alverson
Reno, OO
Jacob Groll
New Bedford, Mass
Charles Lawrence
N. Y
John Hughes
Kingston
Easton
Daniel Hurley
Margaret Doyle
Rices Landing
James Black
John
Morris Mulvihill
Clifton, N. J
Edward Morrell
New Hampton
Passaic
Cleveland, O
Hy Wonder
Richmond
Catherine Roberts
Martin’s Ferry
Riverside Bridge Company
Bridge Company
Kalamazoo, Mich
Eva Jackson
Charles R. Olmstead
Arthur Brewer
Olmstead
Dallas
Tex
Esther Hoffman
Temple, Tex
Esther Grant
National Committee
Chicago
Washington
National Youth Achievement
S. Lasalle St
Rogers Bros
International Silver CO
Meriden
Conn
Meriden Britannia Co
Erie
Kane
Oil City
Mayville
Waterford
Union City
Elgin
Summerdale
Sherman
Panama
Clymer
Pennsylvania Railroad
Warren Mail
Carringer
Titusville
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