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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1914
Page
5
In the Hugh Miles estate case finished, Judge Hinckley disposed of the liquor case of E C Woods. Woods pleaded guilty to furnishing liquor to a man of intemperate habits and was sentenced to remain in jail twenty days longer plus a $10 fine and costs.
A large Viehle car turned turtle at the base of a hill near Wrightsville Sunday at 5 30 PM. Occupants were not identified and none were reported hurt. The car, owned in Jamestown, was seriously damaged and brake failure was cited by the driver. Commencing September 26 four days of Salvation Army provincial council sessions begin in Warren with Col R E Holtz of Philadelphia in charge and Col Margaretts from New York City assisting. Two daily meetings plus street services expected. Margaretts will present Heroes with moving pictures on the final night.
William Beardsley son of outlaw Edward Beardsley now at Auburn for shooting at Summerdale sent to Batavia School for the Blind. Five siblings found homes in eastern New York through city agencies after a Pennsylvania visit. Edna remains at Gerry Home awaiting a suitable home or self sufficiency.
J P Jefferson urged the Emergency Hospital board to build a maternity wing as a memorial to his wife Alice Wetmore Jefferson who was killed crossing the GeesRaer railroad tracks near Market Street. Mrs Jefferson had attended a board meeting on state aid and offered to arrange funds if needed.
The Oil Creek Baptist Association concluded its fiftieth session last Thursday after meetings that began Tuesday morning. Officers elected for the coming year include Moderator W H Dennis Bradford clerk C F Hahn Kane treasurer J W B Smiley Union City and Winfield Bloomquist secretary of the Sunday School convention. An open air meeting in front of the Savings Bank was a noted feature. The next gathering will be at Spartansburg for a golden jubilee marking its fifty year origin.
The C H Smith Company has acquired the extensive Hertzel Hardware and Sporting Goods stock and will relocate it to their Sheffield store.
A movement is on foot to annex Falconer to Jamestown with support from Falconer residents and Mayor Carlson. The two towns are close and the gap is narrowing as Jamestown expands toward Falconer. annexation would add 2,000 or more to Jamestown’s population.
Mrs. Frank Robbins hosted the Clendening A B Church Ladies Aid at her home on September 17. A bountiful dinner followed by a short business meeting raised 2.15 in donations. Visitors included Rev I Hanks and Rev A Meeker who led the devotional service. Next meeting location undecided.
Audit shows forty eight guarantors liable for 15 to 17 dollars each for Chautauqua tickets sold in Oil City. Some signed with belief that 100 signatures would be obtained. Guarantors offer to have Chautauqua management pay 10 dollars per signature, expectation is that proposal will be accepted.
Marvin K. Mead and Pauline C. Crane of Spring Creek were married last Wednesday at 8 pm by Rev. L A Kirkland. The ceremony was witnessed by close relatives and a few guests, followed by luncheon and music. The couple will reside on a Mead farm near Spring Creek.
Dr. H A Surface state economic zoologist urges farmers to sow wheat as late as possible to guard against Hessian fly. Advises delaying for a week if sowing this week last September, adjusted by latitude, and stresses careful seed bed preparation to ensure a strong crop next year amid expected large plantings.
The 43d annual meeting of the Pennsylvania State Editorial Association will run September 29 and 30 in Pittsburg. A banquet at the University of Pittsburgh Hotel Schenley features principal speaker Arthur Brisbane of the New York American. Mayor Joseph G. Armstrong will welcome guests at a Tuesday morning reception.
The Derrick reports the Seep Purchasing Agency has sold 500000 barrels of Pennsylvania crude oil to Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. The sale will allow the agency to take about all current production until further notice, excluding producer tanks and credit balances. Affected are high grade oil producers in Pennsylvania eastern Ohio and West Virginia who are patrons of Standard Oil. The buyer reportedly needed vast tankage at Olean, New York.
A southbound D. A. V. P. passenger train ran into an open switch near Fredonia on Sunday night. Fireman Salhaaf was severely injured as the locomotive and cab were wrecked. Dunkirk wrecking crew cleared the track after six hours of work.
The war may cause about a million orphans by Christmas and American children are urged to lead a shipload of gifts to European orphans next Christmas. The plan, originated by James Keeley of the Chicago Herald, has been taken up by about twenty newspapers with President Wilson showing interest.
Reports from western Pennsylvania indicate chestnut trees are laden with nuts as frosts remained light. Pleasant weather could ensure full maturation and a large crop, contrasting with last year when heavy June frost reduced harvests in the vicinity.
Mrs Amanda Weeks, last survivor among those arrested after the Lincoln assassination, dies at 89 in Washington D C. She was at Mrs Surratt’s home during the murder and reportedly said Lincoln should have been shot long before. She had been released after 10 days in prison.
Erie battles state vaccination law as 4000 children sent home for missing the required certificate. Courts hold, pending decision, students may attend school for now.
Complaint alleges Canadahia Chapter DAR placed a new monument over the Drake well is being defaced by children or vandals. Names chiseled into stones and even the main rock. Calls for severe punishment upon apprehension of the vandals.
William Blair, 78, died Sunday after a long illness. He lived in Warren for 44 years, born in Williamsport, spent most of his life as a schoolmaster and expert accountant. C S Knapp and W B Keefer caught a thirty pound muscalonge on Lake Chautauqua, baited with a ten inch sucker. Rev C N Hanks and Alice Irene Delamater wed in Chandlers Valley and now reside in Warsaw New York where Hanks oversees two churches. Harrison Lincoln of Mayville, missing for three weeks, was found in a woodlot near the George Cornell farm south of Mayville. death cause undetermined. Private funeral held in Sherman, New York.
Presbyterian Women plan a Warren meeting next Thursday and Friday. Seven vagrants were arrested last Thursday, jailed overnight, then ordered to leave the city. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Eaton last Wednesday at Emergency Hospital. Mrs. Murphy’s West Fifth Avenue home suffered a major fire blamed on an exploding oil lamp. insured for 800 dollars. A corn roast occurred Friday evening at Miss Elizabeth Johnston’s North Warren home. Green & Davidson rent space behind Reynolds store for ready to wear goods. Mrs. George Peterson injured when a window fell on her finger Saturday. Leon H Johnson and Miss Ruby Rundquist wed in Jamestown last Saturday. A new cement sidewalk abuts the street railway waiting room on Liberty Street. Pennsylvania Avenue poles go up. wires down. old poles removed.
The Free Methodist church on Conewango avenue will be dedicated next Sunday September 27 as the Oil City conference opens in the new building with Bishop W A A Sellen presiding. A collision on Third avenue and Market street damaged a Berger grocery wagon and W H Allen car, about 100 dollars.
C L McMillen and Miss Ida Shortt wed at the bride’s Youngsville home on Wednesday evening. A barn fire on the Wm Wheelock farm in Yankee Bush destroyed the building and contents with an estimated loss around 2500, bearing little insurance. The city enforces street work for fines unpaid by drunks or vagrants. Mrs John Humphrey of 442 Hazel Street is seriously ill with pneumonia.
Laverne Bragg a 14 year old from Pine Grove township was jailed for a Juvenile Court hearing on the charge of stealing a horse from John Ruland on the previous Saturday.
Eugene Baker of 126 Conenango avenue was reported Wednesday as suffering from typhoid fever after several days of illness with the exact ailment not yet determined.
A supplier lists a full stock of legal blanks including Landlord's Warrants House Leases Warranty Deeds Quit-Claim Deeds Mortgages Executions Promissory Notes noting steady demand for these standardized forms.
The Boston Globe quotes Robert Herrick arguing against the idea that a woman's place is only in the home. He asserts both genders share the responsibility and the thinking woman resents such limited roles.
Classified notice seeking a local, responsible representative to handle guaranteed hosiery for Perfection Knitting Mills based in Philadelphia. Good proposition for the right party. Sept. 24 4t.
For sale at The Warren Mail office are trespass signs forbidding hunters and other trespassers from entering premises, priced at 10 cents each.
Auction bills syrup labels letter heads and all kinds of job printing promptly and reasonably done at The Warren Mail office.
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