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Newspaper
Warren Tribune
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1927
Page
5
The 1927 edition of Pennsylvania Highways is prepared for distribution. James L. Stuart, secretary of highways, says copies cost five cents for postage and aims to release the guide between March 18 and 31 each year.
The People against Lloyd L. Knowlton of Warren charged with driving while intoxicated near Driftwood was heard by Justice Clark L. Lord at Bemus Point. With Assistant DA absent, the hearing was adjourned to August 10 at 10 o'clock. Oliver W. Derr, whose car overturned, remains in critical condition at W C A hospital.
John W. Knox of Bruin wed Ivy M. McAllister of Pittsburgh inside the Pennsylvania Memorial to Civil War soldiers. Knox’s father in law, whose name is etched on a bronze plate, attended the ceremony. Minor Musings ponders President Coolidge on a possible third term amid a light political joke.
Stanley Baldwin, prime minister and treasurer, received scores of messages from England the Dominions and foreign countries on his sixtieth birthday. The year saw the coal stoppage end and major bills pass amid Labour attacks, with Baldwin finding respite at Chequers.
Prohibition agents found a hearse on a New Orleans water front street carrying four hundred gallon cans of alcohol, mistaken as a coffin by mourners. A procession of "pail bearers" scattered when federal agents approached and opened the hearse door.
Dr K Krause, a German explorer, reports honey from Asia Minor containing poison. Ingestion causes giddiness and sometimes fainting. Toxic nectar likely from poisonous rhododendrons. Ancient Greeks Xenophon and Aristotle described such honey, a claim denied by the Conservative headquarters.
Miami report states Thomas J. Harris proposed cultivating bamboo in the Everglades to drain soil and strengthen dykes with bamboo roots after touring the area. The idea envisions bamboo forests forming in a few years amid plans for development.
Ephraim A. Carlson administrator will sell at public sale on August 27 at 2 PM the Albert Lindstrom farm in Sugar Grove Township Warren County Pennsylvania. The 20 acre parcel lies north 114.2 rods, east 41, south 118, west 15 to the highway. Proceeds cover debts. 20 percent down, balance on confirmation. Sale may be confirmed September 12 1927.
In Pittsburgh a modern guillotine operates at a warehouse yard to batter illicit stills into scrap copper. Prohibition agents report the process yields nearly $9,000 monthly in government revenue from the scrap material.
A delegation of prominent railroad officials from Melbourne Australia visited Harrisburg on an inspection tour of Pennsylvania Railroad facilities. Donald Cameron chairman of the staff board and H Ll Dickson official of the Victorian railroad are on a three months tour of U S lines.
John L. Baird, the Scottish television inventor, is planned to arrive in New York in August for transatlantic tests linking America and Europe. Popular Science Monthly reports he expects television service between the old and new world to become commercially established soon.
An ad describes a brand of disinfectant promising to kill bed bugs roaches and ants and prevent future infestations. It touts strong potency and effective action against eggs and generations, framing the product as a complete pest solution.
Central Labor Union asks all workers and families to patronize home industry and demand the union label. The notice promotes various local firms including automotive, electrical, meat market, tailors, dairy, optometrist, petroleum, sheet metal, van service, wholesale grocers, with contact details.
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