Warren Ledger Local and Other Matters
Apples are plentiful and cheap this season. Notes on local people, events, and happenings from Warren including a murder acquittal, theater, fairs, and upcoming visits. Mentions Col. Noyes, D. Seymour Homer, J. M. Carson, and Grayson P. McArthur. includes social, business, and entertainment items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Noyes
Eire
J. M. Carson
Oil City
Mikesell
San Francisco
Gen. Grant
Liverpool
Edenburg
Seymour Homer
Youngsville
LepGeEnr
Ring politics and a county treasurer robbery headline
The piece chronicles accusations of a Warren Republican ring backing C W H Radeker in Ohio as well as a sweeping robbery in Auglaize County where treasurer Lewis Myers was forced to open the safe after being held at gunpoint. It also notes theater plans and local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Coombs
Warren
Randolph
J. D. James
Variety Hall
Workingmans
Knake & Co
Pittsburgh
Arthur W. French
Harry Percy
J. B. Offerlee
Glade
Jacob Sweeting
Esq
James
Ile
C. W
Radeker
T. KE. Barnes
Knapp
Farmington
Warren Ring
South West
Barnes
Sheffield
Met
Auglaize
Ohio
Lewis Myers
Myers
Mr. Hayes
Imogene
J. Bowers
Boyce
Nelle
Bear Lake
Elisha Cook
Alwys
Randolph Register
Dr. Bull
J. C. Long
Tidioute
T. B. Monks
Long
Hayes
Luate
George W. Harmon
Warren County
Wetmore
Youngsville
City
Hoxtetter
Fenner
Cleveland
M. M. Fenner
Fredonia
Willie
Aimmer
Wil
Wille
Asa
Mus. C. A. Dunlap
Leonhawss
Brokenstraw Township
Ohn
Leonhart
John
Order of Patrons of Husbandry
Brokenstraw Grange
Grange
Mother Earth
Job
Jol
Marchs
Granger
Cash Clothing House
Pennsylvania
Court session records a busy term and a divorce verdict
The September 3 1877 court convened with Justices Wetmore Acocks and Connelly noting a high criminal docket and civil list. Blodgett vs Blodgett ended in a divorce verdict after a lengthy trial, while many criminal cases were settled or nolled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. D. Wetmore
J. J
W. B. Acocks
W. W. Connelly
Blodgett
Commonwealth
J. N. Thompson
Com
Elizabeth McGill
Addie Bonner
George R. Weaver
Early Warren County Schools and Settlers Narrative
N. B. Thompson reflects on the first Warren County settlement in Pine Grove township dating to ca 1790 with names Miles Russell Marsh Frew and others. He traces early schooling from 1816 private teaching to the 1820 schoolhouse, notes later four to six months terms, and critiques declining efficiency due to broader educational shifts and lax oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. BR. Thompson
McKean County
Allegheny
Canoe Place
Port Allegany
Conewango
Conewango Creek
Beech Woods
Pine Grove Township
Wayne
Robert Miles
John Russell
John
Hugh Marsh
John Frew
Isaiah Jones
Pine Grove
Stephen Rodgers
Marsh Settlement
Farmington Township
Prohibition Convention Nominates Inconsequential Ticket
The Prohibition Convention met in Esq Hodges office on Monday and named James Cramer for Treasurer and Robert Falconer for County Surveyor with unclear Warren Academy trustees. Attendees were few, delegates irregular, and the meeting regarded a broad farce. The piece extols insurance as a humane safeguard and promotes Sill & Co and the N S Life Insurance Co with offices at Burgess block, near the First National Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esq. Hodges
James Cramer
Farmington
Robert Falconer
Warren
Warren Academy
Sill & Co
N. S. Life Insurance Company
John Sill & Co
Burgess’ Block
Frst National Bank
Aloté
Dr King’s New Discovery touted for consumption cure
Advertises Dr Kings New Discovery as superior for consumption and lung diseases with endorsements from physicians clergy and press. Mentions trial bottles free and $1 sizes from A W Merck Co Warren Pa. Also promotes E K Thompsons Cough Syrup and Hoxtetters Domach Bitters with various remedies and offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Merck & Co
Warren, Pa
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Warren Ledger
Non. L. ¥. Watson
West
Stev. W. L. Riley
John Cooney
Irvington
Junction House
D. M. Gross
Henry Hunter
O. Ur. Hunter & Son
Sol. Cohen
Geo. Ball
Bergers
Roscoe Hall
Petroleum VY
Brian
Geo. Fox
Grayson P. McArthur
Colorado
McArthur
North Warren
Philadelphia
Oil City Derrick
Jeremiah Kirberger
Mr. Steadman
Kirberger
Jerry
Edith K. Sessions
W. L. Sessions
Chant. Co
Murdoch
W. A. Rankin
Young Men’s Temperance Union
Good Templars’ Trail
Johnson’s Exchange
Cana
Gallilee
Union School
Miss Baker
Miss Greene
Mrs. Bernard
Miss Taylor
Miss King
Miss Burton
Miss Sherman
Branch
Miss Troward
Prof
A. B. Miller
Wren
Biossons
Daniing
Charlie Baker
United States
F. W. Helmick
West Fourth Street
Cincinnati
Ossoms
Orris Hall
Wright Et al
Sheffield Township
Donaldson’s
Forest County
Russell Keife
Western Penitentiary
Keife
Wm. Brooks
Chandlers Valley
O. Way
Way
M. A. Skinner
Nolle
A. W. McCulloch
A. J. Morrison
BE. G. Wannigan
Warren Savings Bank
C. I. Kennedy
I. B. Waite
Kennedy
Waite
Rolle
Enos Snapp
M. Burlingame
John Sullivan
Sullivans
Thomas Brennan
Patrick Sullivan
George Smith
Samuel Boyer
Grand Jury
James Bingham
Venango County
D. B. Hatch
P. Hichelsdorfer
Charles Brown
Libbie Zeller
J. K. Palmer
Horton
0 & Co
Henry C. Corn
Calvin Kingsley
Com. Ve. Weaver
Cora Chage
Lanning
Henry Dorn
Alanson Kingsley
Dorn
Kingsley
Costa
Inueston Shirley
Joseph Wells
O. G. Dalrymple
Crawford Democrat
Bellefonte Watchman
I. B. Gara
Erie
Scofield
Pine Grove School History
Insurance
Duff
East Swan Street
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. King
E.K. Thompson
Titusville
Schenck
Couans & Corps
Glenn
Crittenton’s
Sixth Avenue
New York
Hall
É&C
A. W. Morck & Co
Tieonly
L. E. Ackeley
Stock Report
de Haven & Townsend
South Third Street
Pennsylvanie Railroad
Reading
Lehigalley Railroad
Lehigh Coal and Navigation United Companies of
New Jersey
Phipila and the Railroad
Worthern Central Railroad Co
Bestoricitie Fass. RB. Co
A. A. Davis & CO
Werren Savings Bank
Ae A. A. Davis & CO
Trushel & Mintzer
B. Nesmith & Son
MR. Trushel
Nat'l Bank
A. Mintzer
P. J. Troshel
CNEAP
Old Exchange
Warren Pa
Jylovitz
J. Lenz
Northwestern
Penna
Greenland Brothers
Valley’s
Ciarge
High St
Front St
Episcopal Church
Acrand
THE
Popular Cash Clothing House
Hertzel de’ Wesmith
Opp
Suspension Bridge
Michael Ball
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