Local and Civic News from Warren Ledger 1877
Wednesday and Thursday items report sugar snow, muddy roads, and ongoing local notices. Trade and church events include a newly planned lecture at the Ludlow House, a temperance surge with pledges, and Dr. Hazeltine attending Derrick accident victims. Notable items cover new firms in town, a Warren Academy trustee, and a Meadville lawyer delivering a library lecture.
Oil Field Activity Keeps Up High Wares of Oil
The Oi Field shows steady activity with many new derricks rising despite only one notable new strike at North Warren. Wells common output ranges 75 to 150 barrels daily as Trushell & Co near Littl Indian Hollow report 400 feet of oil in a new well. Stoffman & Co at Myers farm have a very dry well dubbed old dusty. Roy and Verback on Big Indian Hollow yield about five barrels. Market closed at Titusville Tuesday night at 26 24 with a firm tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. Madison
Clarendon
Ogden Pierce
Wilcox
Fleming
Ile
Hazeltine
A. B. Richmond
Meadville
Library Association
Schoolhrouse Hall
Emily Soldine
Titusville
Opera House
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
Warren
Sugar Grove
Gowanda
Cattaraugus Co
N. Y
Jounal
Jowrnad
North Warren
Trushell & Co
Littl Indian Hollow
Stoffman & Co
Myers
Big Indian Hollow
Roy
Verback
Haverly Minstrels Bring Boston Praise To Roscoe Hall
The Haverly troupe appears in Roscoe Hall Monday March 18 after a War ren visit with full houses. Boston Herald lauds the company as among the best seen in Boston, strong in all departments and not a cheap excess of talent. The review highlights superior quartet vocalism and broad audience appeal with nightly applause. Also listed are March term court verdicts and juror names for the April term of Court in Warren, including cases of assault, battery, larceny, and liquor offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Hall
Warren
Boston Herald
Boston
L. D. Wetmore
W. LB. Acocks
W. W. Connely
James Kinnear
M. Ti. Church
Tidioute
R. C. Scott
C. M. Shortt
Join Tate
Thomas Barlow
Commonwealth
John Brown
Dayton Dustin
John Martin
Martin Shaffer
George H. Leonhart
Williams
HW. J. Miller
Warren and Jefferson Railroad prospected with new survey
A winter survey shortens the Warren and Jefferson route, with Buffalo investors backing the project. Meanwhile local notices report on music publisher F. W. Helmick and new songs honoring P. P. Bliss, and discuss political retirements and a jail case involving Michael Hack. Hotel changes include W. P. Weeks taking Shaw House duties and Peter Martin succeeding Weeks at the Junction House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren & Jefferson Railroad
Buffalo
Tennessee
Key
Grant
Liverpool
London
Rio Janeiro
Jerusalem
Hayes
Michael Hack
Leonard
Hack
New Jersey Mutual Life
W. I’. Weeks
Junction House
Irvineton
Shaw House
Tiddioute
Weeks
Tidioute
Peter Martin
Mr. Weeks
Martin
Temperance meeting notes and church critique in Warren
Correspondence of Ledger notes a temperance meeting at the Presbyterian Church with Rev Rankin Hon Brown and Judge Johnson speaking. It describes licensing disputes, social shaming of drinkers, and mixed town sentiment in Warren with remarks on saloons, reform efforts, and local clergy conduct. It also covers Michigan and Erie temperance activity, new goods, and local Sheffield notes including meetings, oil wells, a near drowning, and small court anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
W. A. Rankin
W. D. Brown
Johnson
Rankin
Warren
Scofield
Orris Hall
New Brick
Christian Mirror
Mr. Talmage
Michigan
Indiana
Maine
Robert Boocock
Baptist Church
Erie
Park Opera House
1St Presbyterian Church
Reminiscences of Warren County Society and History
A compilation of recollections from Warren County with notes on 1820s events, jurors, and early local officials. It lists names of jurors and ex-sheriffs, recalls travels for a habeas corpus case, and mentions county commissioners and treasurers. Retained are Virginia health notes, river towns, and 1877 local happenings including lectures, schools, and society officers.
Ignorance and wisdom tied to progress in 1877
A long dated summary highlights the link between education, industry, and prosperity. It notes low youth schooling in New York City and Pennsyl vania, large teacher wages and public expense, strong Philadelphia manufacturing output, and calls for universal schooling. It cites a 33 percent productivity gain if workers read working drawings and mentions appointments and sermons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Alleghany City
Penn’s
Philadelphia
United States
Penn’a
Portland
Breath of Miasma Prevents Fever for Travelers
The article touts Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a preventive against malaria and fever, claiming air in malarious regions carries miasma while users remain immune. It asserts the bitters also cures and reduces severity between paroxysms, appealing to travelers and residents in fever zones.
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Warren Ledger
L F Watson
Trazletine
Normal School
Edinboro
Lansing
W. CG. Plummer
Forest County
Zifusville Cownter
Waterloo
E. KK. Phompson
Carver House Jug Store
Warren, Pa
Haverly’s ‘Minstrels
Jason Andruss
Pine Grove
Samuel Brasington
Glades
Robert Belden
Jas. Burch
Spring Creek
Joel W. Baker
Freehold
Benj. Chandler
Neerfield
M. A. Curtis
Conewango
Elliott F. Chaffee
Nicholas Cables
B. W. Clark
J. M. Clapp
W. Corwin
Jerome Davis
James Donaldson
A. E. Eldred
Charles Jinstman
Farmington
J. I.oughnot
Henry "Gaunt
Sugar "Grove
Jalu Hunter
Muse
Youngsville
Charles Jones
John A. Kinsman
Sextus Keller
I.K. Kane
Deerfield
Philip Leonhart
N. Mead
Brokenstraw
John McKissick
Columbus
Ozaro Nesmith
A. Buhlman
Elijah Root
Alexander ’ Ross
Dennis Sullivan
David Simmons
David 0. Smith
Ellis Spencer
Charles ‘West
Francis Thayer
James *Woolside
F. W. Helmick
West Fourth St
Cincinnati
Sleaven
D. M. Jordan
Charles Baker
P. P. Bliss
Ashtabula
Bliss
D. M. Gross & Bro
Hoxor
Cole Hill
Eugene Borden
Douglas Wade
Walter Wade
Lottie Martin
Clara Wade
Lona Cole
Luella Camp
Fred Oviott
Charlie Sturdavant
H. O. Hawitton
Sheffield
L. F. Merritt
Forks
Lower Sheffield
Templars
Sheffield Oil Company
Perry Dixon
Black Hills
B. P
Fremont
R. B. Hayes
Brookston
Mr. C
Mr. J
Warren County
Painesville, O
B. F. Morris
Ozrar Star
Mary Hook
Jacob
Judge Moore
Jacob Hook
John Irvine
Mark C. Dalrymple
Robert Russell
James Morrison
Henry Dunn
Jerry Dunn
James Arthur
Boon Arthur
Hook
Asa Scott
Mary Shirley
Mentor
Sheriff King
John Andrews
Lansing Wetmore
Asa Winters
Martin Reese
Daniel Pound
James Gray
Frederick Miles
James Bonner
Thomas Martin
Daniel Horn
John King
William Pier
Walter W. Hodges
Virginia
Union
Rocky Mountains
Rappahannock
York and James
Great Falls
G& Elc
Fainboro
Epirnsone
Benj. T. Morey
E. W. Bebee
T. W. Knapp
Girard
Alex. Clark
D. D
Heasley
Kansas
President Hayes
St. John
Entremous Society
Alice Wetmore
Alice Parmlee
Annie Palmer
Nettie Full
Mary Ames
Ellie Scofield
Clara Cowan
Algo
Lucy James
Sarah McLeod
Jennie Davis
Earl Boeshlin
John Baur
Sarah Walters
Eliza Blowers
Russell Walters
Leonard Walters
Wille Cobb
Merritt O'Brien
Mary A. Satu
Tionor Roy
Pleasant Township
Orrie Tiertzel
Tarvey Hertzel
Georgie Smith
Theodore Schuler
Evaleen Shertzel
Mary Schuler
L. M. Kina
Second Street
Ludlow
Thomas Bell
Jella
Ocram
Berkitressen & Orr
Western
Penna
Emily Seldene
Opera Bouffe Company
Stella Prima
Parshall Opera House
Madame L? Archuluc
Offenbach
Jamestown
B. F. Sloan, Esq
Washington
Observer
Whitman
Fredrick Seward
Seward
Cadwallader
Scuunce
Soumnon
Sononon
J. H. Schenck
Scheneck
Schenck
Br. Schenek
Sixth and Arch Sts
Schenek
Grusn
A. W. More & Co
Bescnun
Woodbury
Hasestine & Davis
Rt Eee
Via
Hazeltine & Davis
Gev. 2d
Liberty Star
Warren, Penn.a
The
N.d
A. W.motek & Co
Gienn
Depot Crittenton
N. Y. Hill
St. Vitus
P.O. Venango Co
M. M. Fenner
Fredonia
Siri
Hettle
Maud Cross
St. Yiua
Wilson Cross
Wilson Cross & Bros. Druggists
Rochester
du. M. M
Fenner
Fredonip
W.Y
G.H. Haas
Dr. Fenner
Cogswell—Lish
Glade
Warren Co
Jerome L. Cogswell
Francis A. Lish
Tasker—Nickerson
Orren Hook
D. W. G. James
Wilson R. Tasker
Ellen Nickerson
Upton
Garland
James Upton
Benjamin Upton
Chick
Enterprise
Mary L
L. M. Chick
J C. Caspar
New York
Sgr
Front Street
Hinehart
Wa. A. Greaves
Lverow
J. H. Williams
Smira
Sacono
Wanna, Pa
Vanita
Savings Bank
Wiinley
L .F. Watson
Nesmith
A J. Hazeltne
L. F. Watson, D. H. Honren, P. Farconne, M. B. Doxham
A.J
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Stine
J. C. Bennett
Honharts Block
J. & P. Coates
A. T. Goshorn
J. R. Hawley
Pres T
Apex
A Borixn
Sec’y Pro Tem
Ball & Levy, Merchant Tailors
Michigan Street
Buffalo, N.Y
Geo, Ball & Co
Omarte
FTER
R. B. Stewart
Hall
Dee
J. Sager
Conewango Creek
Lamhber
Warren Gil
Gil
J. Miller
M. C. Talbott
Anderson
Shefeld
Janleviit
A. Rhulman
Baltimore
Nott Door
Park Oflee
Waren, PA
Novnate Real Estate
Sloush
East Street
Warren Gas Co
Atock
Glade Township
Parshall & Dennison
D.W. A. James
Johnson's
House &Sign
Apposite Union School
Hickory Street
Rowland
Irvine Mills
Briver Titusville
W. Beardslee & CO
Serre Rees
Txonge Srimon &Co
Janlely
Reif
Cutter
T. S. Messner & Co
C. McDaniela
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