Warren Ledger notes patchwork town events and people
The issue lists locals in Warren with notices on ice supply by Ed Clemons, millinery by Mrs Gillmore, a new soda fountain at Cook & Northrop, and John C Utter’s police reappointment. It records oil output, weather, a marriage critique linked to flour prices, and a planned Warren Bradford coach service, plus society items on funerals, church meetings, and performances by the Warren Musical Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. Clemons
Lorena Dietch
Dr. Bull
Cook & Northrop
Order of
United Workmen
Erie County
John B. Owens
Mass Tienda Bax’ ‘Ler
Derrick
John C. Utter
Cerelle
Milliman
John Hunter
Tidioute
James Olsen
China
San Francisco
Theneek
A. Wise
M. Mead
Milwaukee
Warren
Oil Prosperity in Warren District and Legal Case
Oil activity surges in Warren County with several wells producing strong yields including the Watson well over 200 barrels per day and warnings of wild catting ahead of fall. The market notes oil sold at 2.10 and a court case Oscar A. Lawson versus W. Slaggarty results in a $500 verdict amid complication over an 1870 injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
McWilliams
Glade Run
Logan
Rankin Farm
Middle Glade
Jamestown
Thompson Lot
North Warren
Bronson
North Glade
Thompson & Co
Watson & Co
New York State Line
Warren County
Mr. Iaggarty
Mr. Haggarty
Lawson
Mr. H
Rouse I Hospital
Smt
Hay
Haggarty
Sugar Grove
Johnson and Lindsey
Non. G. W. Scofield
W. D. Grown
Wilbur and
Miles
Warren oil field optimism stirs Warren county hopes
A May 14 1877 letter from AY 2 urges Warren residents to invest faith in North Warren and Glade fields as rich paying oil territory. It notes outcroppings suggest larger discoveries, a predicted rush within thirty days, and calls for local press support and population growth. A May 30 Rip Van Winkle performance by BE M Crane and cast is announced with music by Prof. Held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Eorror Leperr
Warren County
Down River
Glade
North Warren
Orull
Asylum Farm
Pennsylvania
Mr. BE
M. Crane
Frank Malls
Lillie Guasia
Lillie Gay
Wasington Crying
Rip van Winkle
Mr. Crane
Gussie
Guy
Crane
Prof
Held
Obituary of Rohnar Mills and early Warren County pioneers
The obituary notes the death of Rohnar Mills on May 12 1877 marking the loss of a last century emigrant to Warren County and honors the Miles family’s pioneering era in Sugar Grove and Pine Grove. It recounts Robert Miles the elder’s arrival from Northumberland County in 1736, his hard work, lumbering endeavors, and public offices, and describes his character. The piece preserves local newspaper notices, temperance updates, and various community items reflecting life in Warren and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Warren
Rohnar Mills
Warren County
Robert Miles
Northumberland Co
Sugar Grove Township
John
David
Frederick
Pine Grove
Conewango
Sucerga
Gov. Wolfe
W. W. Hodges
Warren
Alnee
Hfe
Presbyterian Church of
Hox
Great Britain
Sturdevant
Dudley Sturddyvant
Ellis
Farmington
Edward Ellis
Miles
Taunt
Pegeare
Panama
San Francisco
Will E
Hill
Spring Creek
Leon Roy
B.S
L. A. Hill
French Dress-pad Skirt Ad and Local School Board Notes
Mrs Caspar advertises the new French dress pad skirt and accessories for fashionable dress, plus ready made Dolmans at reduced prices. The Tidiane school case with Prof Arnold is resolved with teachers backed. boys warned to behave or be thrashed. Board finds William Newman guilty of rule violations and subject to corporal punishment. Judges Henderson and colleagues discussed their post bench careers and referenced political changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold
Tidiante
Tidioute Journal
Wm. Newman
Lawson
W. BR. Dawson
Various patent medicines and sales notices pushy old ads
The fragment advertises Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy Dr. Pierce’s Memorandum Hooks Dr. King’s New Discovery and Sweet Worm Powders with addresses in Warren Pa and Titusville Pa. It touts immediate relief, trial bottles, and casual medical claims amid other sales lines for liquors and commodities. It also includes a political quip about Tweed and a price note on flour suggesting economic opinion in era journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
A. W. Morek & Co
Warren Pa
Are You There My Love and Public Notices From Coal Regions
An 1800s style fragment recounts a clandestine garden crossing amid an angry guardian. The Mauch Chunk Democrat notes business collapse in canals and coal areas with idle boats and near-starvation. An adv for Schenck's Mandrake Pills promises rapid liver cleansing and headache relief. Hospetler's Stomach Bitters touted as a wonder for fevers and constitutional weakness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mauch Chunk
Schenck
Hostettler
Also Mentioned on This Page
Warren Ledger
Sheffield
Mail
Martin Staeffer
Nour
W. A. Rankin
G. W. Scofield
L. F. Watson
L. F. Watson, 8. P. Johnson, and O. H. Hunter
James Halliday
John Sill
Evangelical Church
Liberty Street
S. B. Kring
P. E
Bradford
Oil News
A. A. Davis & Co
Court of Common Pleas
Callon A. A. Davis & Co
Revere
Allegheny Valley
Frank Metzgar
Metzgar
Frank
Murphy Temperance Meeting
Good Templars’ Hall
Mr. Swanson
J. D. James
Lsq
London
Robert Falconer
Warren Odd Fellows
Geo. F. Borie
Philadelphia
Dr. Chas, N. Hickok
Bedford
U. S
J.B. White
Youngsville Lodge
H. P. Kinnear
G. H. Ames
R. K. King
A. Rearick
G. A. Jackson
Grand Guardian
E. B. Eldred
Noble Grand
W. Butler
W. Waters
W. E. Smith
Robt
Dennison
F. Crane
Roscoe Hall
J. B. Nicholson
Order
Charles N. Hickok
Geo. ¥. Borie
D.M. Gross & Bro
Richardson
New York
Trunkeyville
Frank Davis
Cobham
United States
Venango County
Weill
Columbia
A. A. Davis
Women’s Christian Temperance Union of
Harlem
Clearfield
Parker City
Greenland Bros
Waterloo
Ind
Henry Moody
Clarion County
Maggie
Jane Custer
Angola
Ignant
W. H. Henderson
L. H. Carter
B. G. Cassler
Randolph
Henderson
Henderson & Wentworth
Green
Marvin
Grover
Bowen
Grant
Hayes
Judge Henderson
Cupid
Sage
Pierce
E. K. Thompson
BE. K. Thompson
Titusville
War‘ren
Senate Committee
Aew
M. Mead’s
Hanhart Block
Janelott
The
Christian Union
Glenn
Depot
Crittonton
76Th Ave
Popular Cash Clothing House
En Mertgel & Mermith’s
Opp
Suspension Bridge
Warren, Pa
Cash Clothing House
Cash Coning House
Michael Ball
GEO. Ball & CO
Keystone
Warren Savings Bank
A. Davis & CO
Epters
L. Mary Hook
Glide
Bern
Xadis
C. Wolk Verbeck
Apr Lewer
Columlars
Vantasser
Columbus
Warner
Spaulding
Sittr
Thomas Ryan
Tidioute, Pa
Pougain
Urren
James Roy
Conewango Township
Philip Siegrist
Conewanga Townalay
Charfield County
E. Dailey
Elisha Thomay Ido
John Weiler
John Thomas
Curtis
Mead Sry
Conowango
F. Mead
Auditora
Loulsama
New Orleans
G. T. Beauregard
Louisiana
Jobal A. Early
Virginia
Capital Prize
G. T. Beaumecanp
Jaxor
Baney
Wa Yioners
MLA
Dauphin
P.O
Williamson & Co
Broadway
N.Y
Pire
Ab Warren Wooden
A.W. Merck
Roorstown
Onto
Marcel
M. M. Fenner
Fredonia
James Phelps
Green & Spelman
Marchants
Fennet
Bawer—Ackley
Russellsburg
A. H. Bowers
George Hower
Jonnie Ackley
Wilson—Adams
George M. D. Wilson
Mary L. Adams
Howard—Raymond
M. Colegrove
F. Howard
Sallie E. Raymond
Phillip
S—Rogers
Charles J. Philips
Mattie B. Rogers
Mead Township
J.C. W Pendetty
Ais
Wm. White
Hazel Street
Geo. Culver
Mbys Ib
Tennessee
Cumberland County
D. W. C. James
Heal
Web of
Meat Market
F A. Cogswell
City ‘Meat Market
Fisher's Block
C. Arnold & Bro
al Bertzel
Water Street
Pittsburgh
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