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Newspaper
Warren Tribune
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1927
Page
5
The contest awards 506,009 votes to the top club candidate for new subscribers from May 14 to mid July with 400,000 to second, 300,000 to third, 200,000 to fourth, and 100,000 to fifth. Listed are club officers and participants from Warren and surrounding towns with tallies around 270,000 to 290,000 in several districts.
John M. Eddy and William Curry, both Oak Street mail carrier and city employee, were hurt in a Nash sedan collision with a Citizens Transit car at the Rouseville trolley crossing. Eddy faces chest pain as doctors expect recovery. Curry sustains facial and body injuries. The trolley car was damaged, and another car ferried a single passenger to Oil City. The motorman reported signaling as the car approached the crossing.
A report describes JD E H Ebeias and E. T. Ferguson chasing a big black bear along the Hickory Valley railroad near Endeavor. The bear leaped onto the track, dodged a trestle, and disappeared into a swamp before reemerging briefly from mud and water to dash into the woods. Tree pest canker worm damages foliage across borough and county prompting local control efforts and grease bands around trunks.
The sixth annual water carnival is planned for July 22 at Conneaut Lake, under Thiel College Greenville. Events include swimming races from 50 to 440 yards, fancy diving, canoe tilting, and yacht and motor boat races. Medals and trophies will be awarded, entries close July 16 with J. B. Stoleber, athletic director, no entry fee.
The Coudersport consistory three day meeting draws 179 in class and over two thousand total attendees with visiting Masons from thirteen consistories. The Nathan L. Strong class honors Congressman Strong of Brookville as wives and companions join daily events. The cathedral will expand to accommodate growth, keeping Coudersport the biggest masonic town in the world by size.
Local stargazers hoping to glimpse the Pons Win Recke comet were disappointed as heavy clouds obscured the sky. Also in Erie a Pennsylvania Real Estate Association meeting elected officers for the 1928 convention and set a site, with McKesper and Allentown noted as likely locations.
Nine Pennsylvania counties are now free of bovine tuberculosis and named modified accredited counties by state and federal officials. Lawrence, home of Secretary of Agriculture C G Jordan, is the last to join. five more Butler Cameron Clearfield Indiana and McKean were accredited in the past year. Counties Mercer Crawford and Jefferson were accredited earlier. Potter and Union have completed county tests but not yet accredited.
Peach orchard owners are urged to inspect all trees around July 1 and remove any showing symptoms of peach yellows. W A McCubbin of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture notes that the only effective control is prompt removal, with annual inspections over six years cutting yellows from 3.5 percent in 1921 to under 0.5 percent in 1926 across about 500,000 trees in 400 orchards.
Gowanda June 23 One man died and three were badly burned in a fire at Burt Bury Garage causing about 8000 in losses. Burt Bury 60 died from smoke inhalation and Burt Brown 45 former fire chief Harris and Maynard Smith were badly burned when a high power line fell on their hose. Fire started 420 pm in an alley between the firemen s hall and the village power plant.
A kitchen dialogue outlines baking tomatoes stuffed with Fin Nan Haddies. Tomatoes are halved and seasoned, filled with chopped Haddies moistened by seasoned cream sauce with curry and Worcestershire, topped with breadcrumbs and butter, then baked until tender and served in individual dishes.
A kettle of tar boiling on a garage roof caused a fire that gutted the area, with three injured firefighters participating in a field day at Jamestown. Villagers mourn the first local fire death in years, while nearby structures were saved and the department was called out.
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