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Newspaper
Warren Tribune
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1928
Page
5
Warren County officials and President R T Jones promote a family fair starting next Wednesday. They tout an expanded educational program, standout livestock and agricultural exhibits, and an exciting entertainment lineup. Weather remains the chief factor for record attendance as planners urge every resident to attend and spread the word.
Miss Ivy Hawke completed the English channel crossing from the French coast to Dover in 21 hours and 44 minutes, finishing between St. Margaret's Bay and Kingsdown. Frank Perks, a Birmingham swimmer, started after her but abandoned about five miles offshore.
In Harrisburg on August 20, Dr. BE M Green reports severe overcrowding at the state hospital for the insane. The 1,522 residents exceed the 1,000 designed capacity, mixing healthy and tuberculosis patients and straining staff. The report notes adverse effects on care and safety in the wards. Also noted is pitcher Art Johnson of Warren, now with Beaumont, reporting a fourteen pound weight loss as the Texas League season ends September 9.
Fraters are summoned to assemble at the Masonic Temple at 3 p m on Wednesday August 22 1926 in full Templar uniform by order of Commander Calvin W Barwis for the late frater Sir Frank M Knapp.
Russell Phillips joins Warren Radio in the Exchange block to run sales and service for all radio sets. He is noted for extensive radio experience and qualifications. The firm offers Kolster and Majestic lines.
Pennsylvania's July report shows 142 deaths and 12,291 injuries across industries, with mining seeing the largest drop from June. The same briefing notes license revocations, oil education plans for Tulsa, bankers visiting Penn State, and local excursion and accident news from Warren.
Motor cycle drivers including several from Jamestown tested the Exposition Park track after the ball game Sunday afternoon. Labor Day plans include motorcycle races alongside sanctioned automobile events by the Universal Automobile Racing Association based in New York City. A Warren Moose delegation attended Jamestown Moose picnic at Celoron Park Sunday, with afternoon sports under William Roach and Theodore Anderson, marking the lodge’s first annual picnic. Reverend James M. Thoborn, once Warren’s Methodist pastor, preached at the First Methodist church yesterday to a large crowd joyfully greeting him.
A three dozen Warren merchants held a Friday and Saturday Dollar Day sale described as among the largest in town. Store officials and the Chamber of Commerce report brisk buying despite threatened weather, with large crowds on Saturday night. Miss Lyla Sage, Madame Dollar Day, narrowly escaped being caught, duplicating William H. Marks’s Friday feat.
In Youngsville a M E choir event for about 35 guests featured a marshmallow roast, games, ghost stories, and hymn singing around Mrs Charlotta Olds’s cottage during her Corry vacation. Out of town guests included the Olds family of West Virginia and the Warrens of Painesville.
In a trolley car Jimmy kept sniffing and rubbing his nose. A nearby woman offered a handkerchief, but he replied he would not lend it to strangers, highlighting a tense moment of caution with a stranger.
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