Youthful Slayer Is Electrocuted at Rockview Pen
Joseph Kamenisky a 20 year old Lackawanna County resident was executed in the Pennsylvania electric chair at Rockview penitentiary for shooting Dr George Kelly who had amputated his leg three years earlier He was pronounced dead at 7 08 p m after a single electric shock The case set a swift disposition record in the state and followed two earlier attempts to die by his own hand The pardon board and Governor Fisher refused clemency and Kamenisky was carried to the death house from Scranton for the fatal sentence
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Bellefonte
State of Pennsylvania
Joseph Kamenisky
Lack
Awanns County
Rockview
George Kelly
Kamenisky
Francis P. McCreesh
Andrew E. Dingas
Jessop
Asde
C J. Newcomb
Jeasop
Theeackawanna County
Pennsylvania
Scranton
Lackawanna County
State Pardon Board
Kamerisky
John S. Fisher
Kely
Dr. Kelly
Wilkes-Barre
Death House
Rockview Penitentiary
Kammenisky
Women's Aid Reports Record Helpfulness for PRR Employees
The annual report from the Women's Aid of the Pennsylvania Railroad, issued at Broad Street station in Philadelphia, shows 32 417 visits to railroad families in 1927, a rise of 3 921 from the prior year. Led by Mrs. W. W. Atterbury as director general, with Mrs. Elisha Lee and Mrs. M. W. Clement in management, the group of mostly female relatives provided money medical care food clothing fuel flowers and comfort to the sick and injured.
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Women's Aid
The
Pennsylvania Railroad
Broad Street
Philadelphia
W. W. Atterbury
Elisha Lee
M. W. Clement
Warren Borough road work improves Park Avenue
Warren street department workers repaired Park avenue with filling and patching. A weekly roundup notes a 15 passenger bus tour heading to Watkins Glen, locals attend Celoron Park ball game, and other town updates including a car theft report, a Clarendon accident, and summer school plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Borough Street Department
Park Avenue Road
Giada
Jamestown Motorist Arrested on Speeding Charge
A Warren resident from Irvin(e) Street was arrested Sunday evening on West Second Street Jamestown for speeding.
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Jamestown
Warren
Irvine Street
West Second Street
Warren Board Meeting to Discuss Grade School Building
An adjourned meeting of the War ren board of education is scheduled for the high building Monday night at seven o'clock. Matters regarding the grade school building program are to be discussed. ANNOUNCE OPENINGS A number of openings to be filled by competitive examinations were announced Monday by the United States Civil Service commission. Applicants are advised to obtain further information at the Warren post-office building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Board of Education
United States Civil Service Commission
Warren Post-Office
Revoke Licenses and Prohibitory List Released
The Pennsylvania department of Highways announced the revocation of 45 automobile drivers licenses and added 16 names to the prohibitory blacklist. Revocations included 31 for intoxication and three for transporting liquor, with one for reckless driving. LANDS BIG TROUT A B Ayers received a rainbow trout 17 1/2 inches long and weighing two pounds four ounces from O J Tome for a catch near Corydon using soft shelled crab bait.
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Pennsylvania Department of Highways
A. B. Ayers
Warren Savings Bank and Trust Company
O. J. Tome
Corydon
Central W C T U Picnic Set for Wednesday at Ball Home
The annual Central W C T U picnic moves to Mrs. D I Ball on Market Street on Wednesday afternoon with a one o'clock luncheon. Members should bring a dish and their own utensils. After luncheon a business meeting will elect officers for the year and pick delegates to county and state conventions. Aprons for sale at the Warren County Fair booth are requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. I. Ball
Market Street
Barnes
Scranton
W. C. T. U. Booth
Warren County
Farewell Party for Mr and Mrs Anderegg
Neighbors surprised Mr and Mrs Albert Anderegg with a farewell party Friday evening at their new home above North Warren. Five tables of five hundred were played with prizes to Mrs A Anderegg and Viola Connelly and Albert Carbough and Julisn Connelly. Refreshments followed and gifts were presented for their new residence.
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Albert Anderegg
Anderegg
North Warren
Wuring
A. Anderegg
Viola Connelly
Albert Carbough
Julisn Connelly
Mrs. Anderegg
Youngsville U B Church Picnic Plans and Nearby News
Youngsville notes announce the M E Sunday School picnic to be held August 2 at Wild Cat Park near Ludlow. Buses will depart from the M E church at 1 PM to transport Sunday school children. Supper at 5:30 PM, with lemonade and ice cream provided. Union services planned August 5 and 12 between M E and U B churches with Rev Davison speaking. Also reported are an Roosevelt Highway auto accident injuring Metro Fedorchuk and others, a mulberry tree injury to Willam Sartko, and upcoming visits by Dr White and Rev Miller with notes on the Quincy orphanage and local travelers Kathryn McKinney in France.
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Youngsville
M. E
Wild Cat Park
Ludlow
M. FE
M. E. Church
U. B
Roosevelt Highway
Metro Fedorchuk
Pittsfield R. D
Pittsfield
Pleasant Valley Inn
Fedorchuk
Culbert
White
Jamesto Ne
Jamestown
Entertained Families and Local Visitors in Week's Outing
Mr and Mrs W L York hosted twenty relatives and guests from Dubois Warren Chandlers Valley and Sugar Grove for a six oclock yard dinner. Bates Street residents including about thirty guests visited Mrs Albert Anderson at her cottage on Chautauqua Lake for bathing and boating. Dean Anderson completes a Kentucky camp extension and tours southern states before returning home. Mrs Lanning of Huston Pa and Mrs Edith Pierce host visits. Kermit and Robert Vicarder from Jamestown spend Sunday at home. Martha Sweetly visits Kane. Walter Brennan's Philadelphia father stays at his son's hotel on 2nd Street. Grace and Belle Quay visit Youngsville from Kane. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union meets Friday at 2:30 with Mrs A S Briggs on Ford Street.
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Boston
W. L. York
Dubois
Warren
Chandlers Valley
Sugar Grove
Bates St
Batea ‘Street
Albert Anderson
Bates Street
Vukote
Chautauqua Lake
Dean Anderson
Kentucky
Waashington
D. C
Dean
Lanning
Huston
Edith Pierce
Kermit
Robert Vicarder
Jamestown
N. Y
Martha
Kane
Walter Brennan
Philadelphia
2Nd Street
Grace
Belle Quay
Youngsville
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Mra. A
Briggs
Ford Street
Deaths and Funerals: Mills and Barrett of Warren Area
Mrs. Leona Cole Mills of Oakland California and former Warren county resident died July 23. She left three sons Wave Adams Leon A Mills and Byron Mills and siblings A L Cole and T F Eastman. Rev A G Mills married in 1890 and died two years ago. Walter Barrett a 15 year Warren resident died Sunday night aged 64. Survived by three brothers and three sisters. Funeral Tuesday at 2 from Mrs Carr’s home with burial at Cherry Hill Sugargrove.
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Leona Cole Mills
Oakland
Calif
Warren County
Wave Adams
Newport News
Leon A. Mills
Byron Mills
A. L. Cole
East Brady
Youngsville
Mannington
W. Va
Walter Barrett
North Warren
L. D. Carr
Sugargrove
Pred
Charles
Harry
Delman Mickleson
Rh. C
Federal Court Sets Record For Western District of Pa
Pittsburgh July 30 The federal court of the western district of Pennsylvania reported a yearly record for the fiscal year ending June 30 1930 with 1382 criminal convictions including 1168 for prohibition violations. The year saw 1477 new cases and 506 und disposed. Civil cases totaled 1458 with government judgments totaling 44041.91. Fees amounted to 149676 in criminal fines.
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Pittsburgh
U. P
Federal Court of the Western ‘District of
Pennsylvania
John D. Myer
United States
Knickers for Women Banned by Norwich Official
Norwich police chief announces an order allowing only men on streets in knickers while deeming women knickers as vulgar. Cautious buyers encouraged by Tribune ad.
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Norwich
Conn
U. P
George Linton
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Rockview Pen
PENNA
Women’s Aid
Magnesia
Mullen
Wonder Tours of
America
Canada
Watkinston
Celoron
Celoron Park
Jamestown Spider- Webbs
Thorpe
Red Ravens
Byiar
Sammy Cosmano
Anthony Guiffre
Cleveland
Ohio
Indians
Warren Boys
Moon Brook Country Club
Johnson
the Tribune
Art Johnson
Warren Pitcher
Beaumont
Sheridan Baker
Littsville
First Presbyterian Church
Clarendon
Theodore Johnson
Lafayette
McKean County
Fred Vacatura
Johnsonburg
Stein
E. L. Stein
New York
James Cable
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Erie
Matthew Williams
Frank Williams
Lacy Street
W. C. Price
State Highway Patrol
Price
Metro Fedorchuck
Fedorchuck
P. W. M. Pressel
Warren Schools
Mary Duncan
Central W.C.T.U
Celeron Park
Jamestown Saddle Club
State Troopers
Troop C
Youngsville U. B
Udlow
Willam Sartko
William
Batthe
Miller
Quincy Orphange
Quincy
Mro. Kitzmiller
Miss McKinney
William McKinney
Second Street
Kathryn
France
Paris
Palace of Versailles
Mias McKinney
St. Gallen
Mildred Sarvis
B. P.S
James B. Murphy
London
Federal Court For Western Dist
Marcelling Anna KH
Lawson
Penna. Ave
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