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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1919
Page
2
Several families and individuals are listed visiting, traveling, or residing in surrounding towns. Topics include guests from Canton Ohio, trips to Grand Valley and Sherman New York, furloughs in Georgia, school positions, and hosting gatherings with relatives and friends in Warren and nearby communities.
Rev. Mr. Dibble has been returned to this place by the United Brethren Conference for another year. Mrs. Minnie Perkins visited Jamestown on Thursday. S. J. Carr learned his son Harold reached Corry on September 9 after about eighteen months in France with the U S Army. Mrs. Emma O’Brien of Broken Bow arrived to spend time with relatives. Mrs. William Bennink is ill at home. Miss Lucile Hinckley and Miss Donna Bailey attend Edinboro School. Mr. and Mrs. H J Scholton host their grandson from Adrian Michigan.
Mr and Mrs D H Mahan left for Pomona California to spend fall and winter months. A surprise party greeted them at home Monday. Genevieve and Anna Babcock head to Cleveland to teach this term. B L Coleman and family plus Eugene Cornwell from Pittsburgh visit L A Coleman and Allan Firth. Mrs Paul Rowland of Erie visits Will Rowland. H M Nelson visits Mt Jewett with friends.
Akeley began the week with Miss Leontine Harrington as teacher at the primary school and Miss Marie Harrington in charge of the Wiltsie School on the west side. Local residents including Mrs. Bert Rublee and her child visited T. J. Harrington, while Mr. and Mrs. Harry Randall hosted a 6 o’clock dinner for Jos. Wiggins, Mr. Currie, and the Misses Jones of Erie.
Carl Olson starts a new barn on the site of a prior blaze three weeks earlier. Mrs. Clarice Carlson of Jamestown visits, Mrs. Myrtle Kay returns from a month in the South by auto, and the W R C met with good turnout at the hall. Free Methodist prayer meeting was held on Mill Street, Titusville Fair day trips occurred, and pastors Driscoll and Weicher change assignments.
A Philadelphia physician Dr Gaillard notes shifting life insurance views. Underweight applicants are no longer penalized while overweight is a risk, as heart and other diseases now threaten sturdier men more than TB did.
A minister jokes at dinner about marrying his eighteen year old daughter to a congregation member. An eight year old corrects him, and the minister tries to fix the remark by saying Mary will be an old witch, prompting family laughter.
A rail-thin man entered a Brooklyn tailor shop and emerged morphed into a stout figure. Patrolmen McMahon and Walsh chased him into a cellar where he hid in a dumb-waiter. Found to weigh about 300 pounds, the suspect Joseph Riches was arrested on burglary charges after police uncovered nearly $1,000 in stolen navy uniform cloth. He claimed to live above the shop.
Denver detectives traced Edward Haynes to a rooming house after a suspicious pawn loan on a watch. Two jars of plum jelly found in his room linked him to a housebreaking at Mrs. A. M. McNeill's home, leading to his confession.
Berlin tightens border controls to halt smuggling of luxury goods by carload from occupied territories. French and English merchants reportedly store chocolate cigarettes and soap and ship them through their lines with alleged connivance of authorities. President Ebert signs decree creating a commission to enforce peace indemnity and abolishes the imperial navy office with naval matters moved to the defense ministry bureau.
In New York state police courts minor offenders are sentenced to saving terms. Syracuse invested $5,000 in war savings stamps for offenders, with funds returned to men or used for families. At Niagara Falls David Broderick paid $12 weekly for six months, received $230.50 in stamps, and chose indefinite probation to continue savings.
A U.S. company capitalized at $100,000,000 is being organized in Poland to extend credits to Polish cities for canals water plants and hospitals, per the Vossische Zeitung of Berlin.
New York will see a sale of 9 million pounds of pork shoulders and mutton and 1.5 million pounds of poultry distributed by butchers. The distribution comes due to the lack of refrigeration plants in schools, impacting how meat reaches consumers.
Representative RA T Democrat of California calls for a federal trade commission inquiry into sugar prices in a formal resolution. The move aims to examine pricing, supply and potential market manipulation affecting consumers and industry stakeholders.
The article recounts Lieutenant Frank Luke's last mission during World War I. He attacked ten German planes after shooting down three observation balloons near Verdun, then landed, killed eleven soldiers, and was killed by German fire as villagers found his body the next day. Phoenix honors him as America's leading ace, with Captain Rickenbacker praising his skill.
Mrs B O Tufnell notes Bruges hardly changed since the war with intact belongings and a comfortable hotel. The carillon and public buildings survived, though the port shows war signs from enemy works and airstrikes. Shops are open and city life resumes as khaki clad men and W A A C personnel add a new note.
The city of Bruges moves to honor the Zeebrugge raid with a memorial near the spot where the blockships Intrepid and Iphigenia were sunk to block German submarines. The Vindictive cruiser’s sacrifice enabled the sinking, shaping a monument visible from the sea.
A merchant captain mistook a large seal for a submarine periscope as it surfaced just 30 yards away. The tense near encounter ended when the observer identified the creature, turning fear into relief after a moment of dread at sea.
A Popular Mechanics fashion note says the latest roller skates resemble British tanks with tanklike light sheet metal bodies. Despite snowshoe size, novelty prevails as children embrace the armored look from wartime imagination.
In a neighborly exchange, a hobbyist explains his rosy luck comes from hard work. He tills the soil, sprays diligently, and spends much time tending the bushes. The conversation highlights steady care as the key to flourishing roses.
The article describes catching gulls and petrels in Newfoundland and New England using cod liver as bait and long-line setups. It notes albatross fishing off the Cape of Good Hope with pork on a line, detailing how birds are lured, hooked, and then captured with careful handling.
Historical reminiscences recall how early American sculpture relied on French artists. Houdon modeled Washington for a statue, debating modern dress versus Roman attire, with Washington Jefferson and Franklin advising on proper garments for the Father of his Country.
A Brockton Enterprise piece recounts a boy named Stanley who resists gratuities due to his mother’s guidance. Reporter William H. Dimock notes an incident where a neighbor slipped a nickel to the boy after a newspaper errand, prompting the boy to insist he only held out his hand. The tale underscores a Puritan conscience and gentle moral clash over tips.
The American Forestry association of Washington notes the black-throated green warbler builds multiple nests and may become nervous when approached. The bird’s coloration is described as yellow green on the head, olive back, jet black throat and white underparts with occasional yellow.
Before 1895 progress in automobile development is summarized as a parade of heavy park phaetons with front gas tanks and machinery under the vehicle. Excess weight and complexity caused axle heating, gear failures, and noisy explosions, signaling early failures in the field.
A Chicago Cribbage excerpt recalls a wedding where the cake knife halted at the cake center as the table rocked. The mother removed the cake fin from the bottom, prompting the bride to remark that revenge is swent in a moment of awkward humor.
Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich, brother of the former emperor, has escaped from Perm where he was imprisoned by Bolsheviks and reached Admiral Kolchak’s forces. He is preparing to assume the role of pretender to the imperial throne.
The case Robert Carrell Brown v Lyda Myrtle Brown proceeds by subpoena. alias subpoenas returned non est inventus. Respondent must appear in person at the Court of Common Pleas in Warren on the first Monday in October the 6th to answer the libel and show cause why divorce from the bonds of matrimony should not be granted. Sheriff W. W. Muir and Attorney Geo B. Munn are noted. Court term runs Sept 11 to Oct 2, 1919.
An offer describes publishing an alphabetical list of names and addresses for advertisers to target with samples and circulars. Readers are urged to mail 10 cents and provide full address details to be entered on the list.
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