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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1908
Page
8
All copy should be in our hands by Tuesday each week. Each correspondent must sign their name to all communications but names will not be published unless requested. Do not write on both sides of the paper.
Charles Johnson and Axel Johnson drove to Russell Saturday with a load of spiles. Master Ralph Black is ill. Mrs. Alice Gifford tends her daughter Mrs. Bert Foster who is quite sick. Eva Ladow moves from Steuburg to this place. Joseph C. Sibley and family pass through en route to Salamanca in an automobile. O. E. Headley in Warren Saturday. Mrs. C. Outrid staying in Warren with friends. Mrs. J. Martin visiting son Wesley Martin. J. O. Lounsbury lost a cow. Charlie Sample’s little girl from Sample Hill, N Y, staying with aunt Mrs. H. W. Marsh this fall.
Big Bend notes report the sixth Atkins family reunion at Clarence and Luce's Purse Run home on Sept 4 with 52 relatives and 12 visitors. A busy social scene follows with visits from Hugh and wife, Frewsbury, and others. many residents and travelers pass through or stay for gatherings and dinners. Sepr 14 entries mention Magee, Warren visits, and Linn Atkins returning from Morrison work.
Mrs. George Rhodes visits from Viola while locals plan trips to the grape belt. EK I Cobb improves after a weeks long illness, county fair attendance noted, thrashers harvest anew, fires threaten nearby lands with no reported damage. A daughter born to Norman and Mrs. McKay erie, Mrs. Pereau recovers after four cancers removed. The Rev McClelland baptizes four in Mr Taylors mill pond.
The Corydon schools opened September 7 with strong attendance under re elected principal L E Jones and teachers Cena Whiteley Mabel Thomas and several local instructors. The town has fresh paint on school buildings and interior upgrades, plus over forty rods of new cement sidewalk enhancing beauty and convenience. Notable visitors include Henry Everett Lucia Brown and Nelson Mead, while Rev W R Buzza returns to his Corydon-Kinzua district charge to broad admiration. The ball team manager seeks a midweek game with Sheffield. recent match ended in a 3 3 tenth inning tie.
A wedding at the Crosby residence joined Mary Alice Crosby to Will L. Doud with Rev. W. H. Allison performing the ring ceremony. The couple left for California for a few weeks before heading to Manila where the groom serves as Superintendent of Sanitation, while the bride Ed has taught in Corry and her home school.
Seward Clark of Columbus aided his father at Sample's Flats mill repair and sawmill work. M J Bassett of Baker Hill buried at East Side cemetery. Dr Bennett treats Mrs Fordman. Grace Robbins operated on for appendicitis with successful recovery. Elmer Damon from West Virginia visiting. Drs Stewart Smith Bennett perform successful appendectomy on Grace Robbins. A J Curtis from Warren practices dentistry in Bennett's office. O P Castler and wife visit daughter Mrs Richardson and Castler does carpentry for C D Rickerson.
Sepr 15. Clayton Holmes of Butler spent a week or two in town visiting relatives. E Hatch, wife and son Reginald of Onoville, were Sugar Run visitors recently.
R H Shearman visited Warren last week while school started Monday with Miss Griffin of Corydon as teacher. David Holt and Miss Myrtle Landers visited Warren during the week. C D Seaman and Miss Lena Hoop left for a western trip visiting several states. Mrs J E Morse and family visited relatives in Potter county this week. E D Newton and wife of Klondike were in town last week. O K Hood visited the pipeline camp at Morrisons. Leo Wilcox and wife visited Corydon Sunday before last.
A compiled transfer notice shows Geo Hasenstab and wife selling to Sarah Bristow in Garland for 290 dollars and many other parcel changes across towns such as Eldred Pittsfield and Sugar Grove with prices ranging from 37.10 to 1900 dollars. Transactions include sheriff sales and estate dealings with multiple couples and executors named.
James W Kelly of Jefferson street died Monday at his home after a prolonged illness. Born April 13 1843 near Greenville Mercer county Pa he served in the Civil War with Company G 140 Illinois Volunteers. Survived by four daughters and three brothers. funeral at his home at 10 30 Wednesday with interment in Clarksville Mercer county.
A Victorian style morning prayer asks for cheerful industry and steady conduct. It invokes cheerful effort through the day and a peaceful, undishonored rest at night, ending with a quiet Amen.
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