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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1895
Page
7
Corydon townships and villages in McKean County trace early settlement, schools, churches, and population figures. Stories cover Corydon from 1827, Pine Grove from 1799, Tidioute growth, and surrounding towns with schools, post offices, and industries, naming key settlers and landmark structures.
The history notes Matthew Young settled Youngsville in 1800, building a log cabin on Brokenstraw Creek. By 1695 the borough boasted about 1,000 residents, a graded school, four churches, three hotels, five mercantile houses, two manufacturing establishments, one hospital, and many notable homes as it thrives with Prospect of brighter days ahead.
The tract was laid out by Dr W A Irvine and named for his grandfather General Wa Irvine of Revolutionary fame. The land runs on both sides of Broken-
Sugar Grove and nearby towns grew from early settler families before 1810 with a post office grist mills and churches. By 1880s the region boasted three railroads, mills, tanneries eight mills a glass factory hotels and a conservatory. Sugar Grove population around seven to eight hundred with later expansion to about 3 000 in Sheffield and a fire rebuilt town six miles from Warren now with two railroads four churches and oil refineries.
Legislative snapshot notes New Jersey considers suffrage and other women’s rights measures while a bill for women attorneys passed the senate after a prior rejection. It also mentions a Missouri proposal to legalize houses of ill-repute, Illinois sweat shop ruling, and broader implications for women’s legal status and Sabbath observance.
In Pennsylvania a bill to equalize parental rights is introduced while New York passes temperance instruction legislation. Delaware raises the consent age to eighteen as Indiana enacts temperance measures. Utah may follow with equal suffrage, and Philadelphia women vote for school directors, with one candidate 129 votes ahead of Warwick.
Johnson's Exchange, a forty year staple at Warren, is described as a historic landmark. The article recounts its original 1855 construction, varied tenants on the lower floors, multiple firms on the east store, and the second floor offices. It notes the third floor halls used for secret orders, dances, wartime military drill headquarters, sanitary fairs, and notable entertainments and societies.
In Warren, traveling troops and Indian shows drew crowds since 1861 with Skiff and Gaylord and others delivering lavish talent and wardrobe. W. A. Rouse’s theatrical company visited yearly, presenting plays like Few Nights in a Bar Room and Lady of Lyons to packed houses.
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