Warren area scraps from June include weddings and town news
Local notes report marriages, visits, and social events across Warren and surrounding towns. Highlights include the June 16 marriage of Rander Pam and Dora Modeen in Warren with a serenade home, plus multiple arrivals, illnesses, and community happenings noting visitors from Jamestown Buffalo Rochester and Erie.
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John McConlouge
Union City
M. B. Tiffany
Kane
H. J. Ruland
Wardwell
E. BR. Pierce
F. P. Hue
Warren
Allene Knapp
Henry Quinn
Philip Wheeler
Richard Knapp
P. A. Hostead
Oscar Seaburg
John
The Country Road Problem and Road Tax Questions in Pennsylvania
A statewide set of road questions asks voters if they favor abolishing cash road taxes, supporting state aid to roads, and distributing funds by various methods. It seeks views on township borrowing, convict labor, supervision, and county classifications, with responses to Secretary Charles F. Ettla in Philadelphia.
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Road Commission of Pennsylvania
Charles F. Ettla
Locust Street
Philadelphia
Dodds Catarrh Cure Local and Internal Treatment
Local treatment soothes irritated membranes clears nasal passages and heals ulcers. Internal treatment removes poisons and aids natural restoration when catarrh affects bronchial tubes or lungs. Book available from Foster Milburn & Co Buffalo and sold in Warren by Geo S Davis and Siegfried & Co. 36 6m
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Foster, Milburn & CO
Buffalo
N. Y
Warren
Geo. S. Davis
Second and
Liberty Streets
Siegfried & Co
Liberty and
Second Streets
Administrator's Notice for Hugh Prupree Estate
Letters testamentary granted to Ben J. F. Dupree as administrator for Hugh Prupree of Brokenstraw Warren county Pa. Debtors must pay immediately and creditors present claims properly authenticated for settlement. April 22 1890.
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Hugh Prupree
Brokenstraw
Warren County
Ben J. F. Dupree
Letters of administration for John Sandberg estate
Notice from Warren Pa on June 1 1890 announces the appointment of Cas A Prierson as administrator of the estate of John Sandberg late of Farmington township Warren county Pa. Immediate payment urged and all claims must be presented duly authenticated for settlement.
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John Sandberg
Farmington
Warren County
Cas. A. Prierson
Adym
Warren, Pa
Lion Tamer Oscar Scheikron Linked to Hamburg Training and Diagrams of Danger
Oscar Scheikron a German lion tamer employed by Schneider & Trenkamp moved from Cleveland to Chicago to train sea lions for Capt. Paul Boyton. He described entering cages armed with a knife revolvers and hot iron rods, surrounded by men with rods and a sliding gate. He recalled a tiger attack when a lion protected him a reminder of the constant peril in taming big cats.
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Wanburg Mart
Cleveland
Oscar Scheikron
Schneider & Trenkamp Company
Hamburg
Slenger
Sceikron
Scheikron
Sheikron
Changes in Missouri River Mouth Shifts Toward St Louis
The Missouri river has moved its mouth southward over 30 years due to bank erosion. Maps once showed the river emptying opposite Alton but channels have breached the lower bank while upper deposits rise. The mouth is now about three miles closer to St Louis and may drift toward the Chain of Rocks or farther.
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Missouri
Mississippi
Alton
Streat
St. Louis
Forbidden Coco-de-mer Fruit Exports To Europe
The coco-de-mer fruit, tied to Gen Gordon's Eden legend, has been exported to Europe. The nut weighs 20 pounds and spans 25 inches. It grows on the Coloicea sechelarum palm, 100 feet tall, found only on the Serchelle Islands. Ancient tales claimed it washed ashore on the Muaulive Islands long before Seychelles discovery, with rumors of a submarine tree and poison counteracting powers.
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Coco-De-Mer
Gordon
Garden of Eden
Europe
Serchelle Islands
Serchelles
Muaulive
A Stout Quaker and His Unusual Carriage
A Brooklyn Eagle note recalls Friend Adam Mott, a Maine Quaker famed for extreme size. He reportedly weighed 860 pounds with his second wife at 2 pounds, and they rode in a special carriage drawn by a strong horse to bear 609 pounds of humanity, making him a notable curiosity as they traveled the country.
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Adam Mott
Brooklyn
Eagie
Cruelty to Children Praised in Courtroom Scene
A Philadelphia Times cor net reports a dramatic court exchange about a schoolteacher accused of abusing pupils. A woman denounces the man as a monster while the cadets at West Point are described as spending no money and living on a government salary yet receiving supplies via drafts from the commissary over four years.
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Fred Glover
Corry
Goshen
Justice Mandeville
P. Jordan
Emma Sherman
Buffalo
G. W. Brockway
Tom Jordan
Sheffield
Crone
West Point
Commissary Department
Philadelphia Times
New York Importers Buy Heavy Summer Stock At Bargain Prices
Weather trimmed summer import stock and forced price cuts. Buyers secured 500 pieces Scotch Zephyrs 36 inches wide at 19 cents yard, 20 pieces black and white Sarah Silk at 60 cents, 4-inch Gros Grain Silk at 75 cents, Silk Henriettas at 90 cents, Wool printed Challies at 40 cents, and 2,000 pieces printed Challies at 5 cents. Other stores ask higher prices across the city. Bargains offered on summer dress goods.
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New York
Warren
New Carpets and Lace Curtains Sale Hits Record Low Prices
Over 800 pairs odds and ends lace curtains included in a closing out sale. Large carpet selection advertised at the lowest prices ever heard of with hundreds of customers already shopping. The dealer seeks volume trade, offering no-frills endorsements from recent buyers.
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Hamburg
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