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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1915
Page
5
Emmett Heggerty of Warren caught four bass on Saturday afternoon in the river. Each fish weighed about three pounds, contributing to a productive outing for the local angler.
The Warren County Jail was empty Thursday afternoon for the first time in eight years after the last inmate was released. Previously the jail housed between two and twenty prisoners, marking a historic clearance as the retail merchants plan their August 1916 convention in Bradford following a Pennsylvania association meeting at Conneaut Lake.
Mrs P C Mead of Blue Eye died Sunday afternoon at home. She leaves a husband and two sons. funeral was Tuesday at 11 AM at the Congregational church Spring Creek with burial in Spring Creek cemetery. Wilbur J White, 65, died suddenly in Kane on Friday night. once a manager at Rockwell tannery Stoneham with his brother Judge Willard White of Boise. He was brother to J E Wheeler and Miss Helen White of Warren.
James Howard of Butcher’s Mills visited Warren Thursday with a notable display of rattlesnakes. The collection included fourteen family members led by the papa snake over four feet long with eleven rattles, a mother, three juveniles about six inches, and nine unhatched young.
Axel Thore, a Pennsylvan ia Avenue East fish merchant, reports his clerk Jack Marshall missing with $35. Marshall approached Thore about a fried fish and oyster stand venture, seeking a partnership in which Thore invested $35. neither Marshall nor the money has reappeared, and a hidden pocket book from Thore's apartments is also gone.
Farmers with teams gathered at W. D. Allcorn’s Lander farm on Wednesday to harvest his oats while he struggles with pneumonia. The community mobilized to assist the ailing resident.
W T Allison a Warren County Court tipstave celebrated his 71st birthday on Monday. He recalled a snowstorm from 61 years ago in Clinton County where he was born while visiting Warren.
The Warren County Association of old soldiers will meet in Columbus on September 18 as guests of Mrs. Damon. All old soldiers and friends are invited.
Lyle Fox of Russell entertained friends from Warren at a wiener and marshmallow roast at his home south of Russell last Wednesday evening. Mrs. H. H. Fox prepared sandwiches and coffee for the gathering.
Judge W D Hinckley appointed Clark Henderson of the Eighth Ward Warren to replace S H Briggs who resigned. H A Johnson was named judge of election in place of W D Ward who resigned, and Horace Eames of Pittsfield was appointed judge of election due to the death of Richard Brooks.
Borough Solicitor E H Beshlin served notice on Geo E Colvin and R G Chapel last Thursday lodging a protest against the iron fence around the New School Building for crowding the sidewalk and claiming two feet of city property. Lander Cemetery work adds an acre and new iron fence trees shrubs and monuments enhancing the burial plot ambiance.
Two men from Russell report losses while camping on Conewango Creek north of town. They found a new rifle, ammunition, two bathing suits and provisions missing. A motor was also stolen from a cottage in the area recently.
Nine divorce cases were heard in Argument Court Monday with Judge Hinckley and Associates Siggins and Hughes on the bench. Thus far three have been granted: David R. McClelland versus Myrtle C. McClelland, Charles A. Bartsch versus Myrtle E. Bartsch, and Justine Walton versus Cassius Walton. Several motions were made during the day.
The Woman's Club schedules a rich fall and winter program merging with the Art Department to study English art. The literary section offers classes in French Spanish and German with Parliamentary Law added. Women in Warren may join for a small fee.
Frank Magee a 40 year old driller from near Sheffield was killed in Ridgway yards when falling from a moving freight train. His son escaped unharmed while Magee was thrown under the cars. Survived by a wife and several children. Undertaker H E VanAken Ridgway handled the body. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon with interment near Halston.
The 35 acre Hunt Farm on Jackson Run was sold Friday afternoon at sheriff's sale. Mrs Gertrude Hunt had mortgaged $1 050 but obtained 1391 25 from three banks led by Jamestown Bank which held priority according to the sale. Attorney John Siggins bought the property acting for the Jamestown bank. Mrs Hunt has been missing since last spring.
A noon Monday blaze in the Struthers-Wells plant engine room, part of a new addition built around the old facility by McClintock Marshall of Pittsburgh, raged for about thirty minutes. Water shattered roof windows as technician Joseph Bender was cut by falling glass. damage chiefly hit the engine room with estimated loss under $1,000.
LeRoy G. Buchanan of Warren married Miss Ethel Iona Kightlinger of Irvington at the First M E Church in Warren. The couple will reside in Russell after a short wedding trip. Irvineton resident W M Vallentine injured when an Emery wheel exploded causing a fractured left wrist and facial cuts.
Samuel M. Kee of Tidioute, aged 102, was admitted to Kane Summit Hospital for radium therapy for cancer. He previously fractured his thigh two years ago and recovered after a stay at Emergency Hospital. He hopes to leave Kane Hospital cured after the radium course.
A Friday social at Hale's Grove near Russell drew about fifty guests from the A No 1 Swastika Club. Attendees circled a large bonfire to roast corn, wine ers and marshmallows while a local program of selections entertained the group.
In Oil City a problem in mixed relationships shows B L and A V Sager married to cousins. By marriage the brothers become cousins of their wives and of each other. The wives, through the same logic, are both cousins and sisters in law. A Venango county sister of the Sager brothers, Mrs Perry McCalmont, is married to an uncle of the Medames Sager, making the sisters of their husbands aunts and the uncle a brother in law.
Warren fishermen from the local United Sportsmen camp file fifty trout applications with the state Fisheries Commission and the U S Fisheries Service to stock Conenango Creek between Warren and Jamestown with bass and sunfish. About 200 members in Warren County are enthusiastic about the fish and game issue.
The Buffalo United Brethren conference shared transfers and assignments including H. H. Williams moving to Warren and W. P. Hanks to Union City. N. J. MacIntyre goes to Elmwood Buffalo. A. A. Luther named Conference Evangelist. Other placements list pastors for Albion through Youngsville and multiple Buffalo churches.
Handsome and dignified wedding invitations announcements and at home cards offered at moderate cost. Mail Printing Co invites readers to write for prices and samples. Address 229 Penn a Ave West.
The Erie Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church will convene at Grace M E Church Oil City from September 22 to the following Monday. Bishop William Burt of Buffalo presides over the ministerial conference. the lay members elect their chair. The ministerial group includes 281 men serving 461 churches with 67081 members and church property valued at 3595833. Last year benevolence contributions totaled 101219. The Bishop's cabinet of six district superintendents assists in assignments: Erie C O Meade, Clarion C W Minner, Franklin A R Rich, Jamestown J P Burns, Meadville J C McDonald, New Castle J A McCamey. No district superintendent changes expected.
Our Fall lines are arriving with most items now in the store. Shoppers can view new clothing selections and seasonal accessories as inventory fills shelves and racks.
The statement promises a stronger ability to supply high-grade footwear at well known market prices, suggesting improved stock and value for customers. No specific dates, people, or places are named.
The strongest line of men's shoes ever shown in Warren at prices from 1.98 to 8.00 and more than your money's worth in every pair.
The note emphasizes making shoes and customer treatment the key advertising tool. It suggests quality products and attentive service as the main strategy to attract and retain customers. The statement frames customer care as the restaurant of brand reputation.
A store invites noncustomers to try its offerings with a trial on the next visit, signaling an openness to convert curious shoppers into regular customers.
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