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Newspaper
Warren Tribune
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1927
Page
3
The borough building basement hosted a busy shooting event last evening as a number of sharpshooters tested their skills in a brief series of demonstrations. Unlike a formal competition, the session appeared to be informal practice for participants and onlookers alike.
Four inspectors were appointed yesterday to combat the European corn borer in Warren County farms. Wilbur Mead oversees seven townships east and south of the Allegheny Ridge, Pleasant, Mead, Cherry Grove, Watson, Limestone, Corydon, and virus. Cooper leads operations in Sugar Grove, Pine Grove, Farmington, and Elk. Seth Holmes targets borers in Pittsfield, Brokenstraw, Tonewango, and Glade townships. N. A. Dodd covers Columbus, Spring Creek, Creehold, and A. L. Brown attends Grand Valley, Deerfield, Eldred, Triumph, and South West townships.
The body of a man killed by Erie Train Number 5 near Olean on Sunday has been identified as a resident of Williamsport. He is not Walter Cornish, who had been feared missing from his Columbus area home in this county by relatives.
In Erie the will of Dr. Charles F Hastings known as John Hugh, who died March 16, 1926, directs executor Benjamin C Tunison of Pittsburgh to fund or transfer assets for a children's home. The estate amount is unspecified but Hastings left a share to his parents, former New York residents. Hastings hid behind his alias while running a toy shop for four years. He was later identified and courts in New York settled his inheritance.
Routes through local obituaries note the funeral of Mrs. Jennie McClung at 2 PM from her brother W. H. Ford’s home on Washington Street with Rev. E. C. Platt officiating and burial at Lakeview cemetery. Also reported is the found death of Daniel E. Stone, 69, of East Randolph, from acute dilation of the heart, with services at Hortvnk funeral parlors and Randolph. Other notices include services for Mrs. Mary Ann Lesser at 114 Conenango Avenue and Frank M. Neebly’s funeral at 2:30 PM from Mrs. W. T. Jowell’s home, with burial in Oakland cemetery.
Albert M. Lynn president of West Penn Electric Company died Saturday in Roosevelt hospital New York City aged 51. He served as a director of American Water Works and Electric Company and had numerous visits to Warren for rate hearings. He was a witness at the Andrews murder trial in 1911 and held an executive role with West Penn Electric for over thirty years.
A water main leak on Second Avenue in front of the Printz Company store was repaired during the night by a Warren Water Company crew under the direction of Superintendent J. L. Mathews.
Grover Smith at 30 North State street North Warren becomes the representative for Peninsular Furnace Company which maintains a branch in James town. Mr Smith is fully capable to handle this line of work.
Best quality Timothy and Clover Sead seeds with guaranteed germination. Domestic grown, priced right. Also a complete line of Little Chick feeds from Algo to support poultry needs.
A sermon urges daily quiet devotion to God and keeping a sacred guest chamber in the heart. It contrasts Jesus with his earthly brother Joses, who toiled in carpentry yet failed to glimpse divine glory. The poem by Harry Keno illustrates the cost of ignoring prophetic vision in daily work.
A former foreman in the Pickett Hardware shop embarks on a new line of work, and he will have the best wishes of many friends as he moves forward.
Wesley Peck age 84 longtime Russell vicinity resident died about one oclock this morning at his home. He is survived by his wife four sisters and one brother. The funeral is planned for Saturday at 2 30 PM with burial to be announced later in Russell or Marshburg cemetery.
Babe Ruth hit two singles in four plate appearances while Rogers Hornsby sat out as rain postponed the Giants vs Phillies. Ty Cobb added two singles in four at bats and Tris Speaker was idle in the Senators vs Red Sox washout. Ruth led with .286, Cobb .375, all with perfect fielding at 1.000.
A cyclone struck Vulcanes, six miles below Del Rio, Texas, killing one person and injuring thirty. The town along the Rio Grande suffered damage as residents assessed wreckage and searched for missing belongings. Meanwhile a separate note mentions Miss Seth Jensen planning a summer in New York with her mother, Mrs Johanna Jensen.
Mrs Anne Walsh Carrington was granted a divorce from millionaire husband Colonel Edward C Carrington on cruelty grounds after both sides dropped mutual infidelity charges. Judge Geo Fred Rush presided. Carrington had alleged desertion against his former wife. Also reported, a tornado struck Lufkin Texas killing one and injuring several with significant damage.
A summary of automobile policy varieties examines protection scope and service reliability. It notes differing policy types and insurer responsiveness, aiming to identify the most economical and prompt coverage for vehicle owners.
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