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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1884
Page
5
In Warren area notes a new oil derrick rose near the cemetery hill, drawing visibility from town. The Bell Brothers advertise locally. a street sprinkler appeared, dust control noted. Community events include a Good Templars night cap at John Roegers' home on May 6, and Lutheran services discussing heavenly recognition.
Mrs Buck and daughter return from Clarion County visit. Rumor says rail work terminating here will be pushed this spring. Fogle talked of boring for oil this spring. not seen lately. Chas Lott distributes seed corn and grafting scions at Farmers' Club. Debate asks if sult is a natural necessity for stock. Opera dispute continues with epithets. Will capitalists invest in wool and manufacturing in Warren County given high meat prices and water power. Hazeltine & Co. water power could support larger cloth production and broader industry.
Messra Rankin Mintzer and Knapp owners of the Chapel lots east of Warren House on Short St prepare a brick block of five stores two stories high with 112 foot frontage and sixty foot depth. Upper floors will serve as offices and dwellings. Chapel house moved to rear for rent. cellars to start this week. Town shows widespread building improvement as Warren era continues.
R. Schnur, Esq. plans a neat house over the river. L. C. Arnott of Youngsville visited last Wednesday. Bro. White of the Tidiouteens was in town regulating matters. Mrs. J. B. Carver arrived from Clifton N Y and stays with the Tolles. C. H. Meacham leaves Saturday for a Sugar Grove drug store sojourn. Master Killian and Miss Anna Wentworth of Sugar Grove attended the Expo this week. Fred Walz of Tidioute visited last Wednesday, in good humor despite warm weather. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Brownell thank friends who aided after the loss of their child. Rev. L. M. Boyer, new Evangelical pastor, has arrived and begun his duties. C D Arird, county superintendent, sought re election. praised for good service though seen as Republican.
Last Sunday afternoon in Pine Grove township the barn of P H Lukens burned down with six cattle and tools lost. Insurance covers 700 of 1100. Adjacent Wiltsey barn also burned with similar loss and 300 insured. Comment notes farmers left without barns and tools, and Mrs. P B Allen cites travel to Philadelphia this week.
Classified notice seeking a desirable building lot. "Address House Wanted" appears with P. O. Box 767 for responses. No further details on location, price, or timeframe provided in readable text.
The Farmers Agricultural Association held its fifth monthly meeting with President C Lott in the chair. A committee was formed to coordinate with the Board of Trade to raise at least one thousand dollars for grounds and buildings for an agricultural fair. Members debated corn growing methods including plowing depth, manure use, fertilizers, and varieties, with several farmers sharing practices and opinions.
A farmer advocates placing small kernels at the end of the ear and applying manure variably by green or rotted condition to boost cob development. He disputes deep or shallow plowing and cites six inches as ideal depth. One hundred bushels per acre is good, achieved with plaster. The meeting discussed stock salt and encouraged joining the farmers association for full notes.
M B Curtis brings Sam'l of Posen to Warren for an evening performance at the Academy of Music. Curtis as Sal of Posen draws a packed audience with unique, humorous dramming and natural portraiture, praised for strong impersonation and lively scenes. Miss Albina De Mer leads as Alle Celeste with a strong supporting cast.
Davis Bros spudding No 6 on their Glade farm. Verback spudding No 1 on Verback lots. Wardwell district drilling light with four new rigs completed. Fredayes has a rig on Fletcher Parker farm behind Oakland Cemetery. Henry & Co completed rig on Lessler lot near D Beatty's old gusher. Wesley Chambers completed No 5 on Offerlee Hertzel Smith lease. Anchor Oil finished No 1 on Blakesley team Glade, boarded up as a mystery. Brown Bros finished a fair producer in Mead township opposite Glade run tannery, about nine inches in 250 tank. Andrew Hertzel started a rig at Ott rm. Geo Marsh plans a lease. Both parties refer to Judge Brown for decision after statements. Chambers finished No 4 shot with dynamite by S Re Dressers, about 3875 pounds. First 4 hours expect ~24 barrels. Well fired up 40 feet in 36 hours. new blasting method may grow in use.
Horton Crary Co of Sheffield has purchased the Brookston tannery property for 16000 dollars. The works have been shut down for a year and the new owners plan to rebuild and employ two hundred men within four months. The tannery lies seven miles from Sheffield on the Narrow Gauge road, owned by the buyers, aiding bark freight and other shipments.
Sheriff sale notice lists Warren Pennsylvania property in Elk Township tied to P. E. Appleby. Description spans 226 acres from Indian Reservation lines to historic bounds. auction set for May 11, 1884 at 2 PM at Warren Court House. Property previously tied to D. D. Glidden. sale ordered by F. N. Merriam. E A. ALLEN, Sheriff. Warren Pa April 28, 1684.
Advertising rates advertised for newspapers with a note of 70 free issues, urging contact with GEO P ROWELL at 2 Spruce Street New York for promotional placement.
Warren town council enacts a licensing ordinance for house to house canvassers pedlars and transient dealers. It requires licenses with daily or yearly fees for books pictures groceries fish grapes clothing wagons and similar trades. Penalties range from three to ten dollars for noncompliance and licenses may be issued by the burgess officials.
Notice is given that an application will be made to a Warren County law judge on Saturday May 3, 1884 at 10 a.m. under the Pennsylvania act for incorporation of a corporation named Mechanic's Lyceum Association of Sheffield. The object is the erection of a hall for public and private purposes and to enjoy all rights and privileges of the act and supplements. Vermons, Novas & Minckley, solicitors.
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