Warren Mail notices spring town notes and building boom
A Warren issue lists Easter timing, fishing season, and social events including a Cigarmaker’s Union ball. It notes exams for teachers, new millinery stock, and a spring building surge with several two story houses under construction on Second, Fifth, Laurel and Poplar streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ministerial Association
Jamestown District
Warren
O. H. Hunter & Son
Cigarmaker’s Union of
Roscoe Hall
Cook & Smith’s Orchestra
Jamestown
N.Y
W. D. Brown
Alice Cary
Thompson
Union School
A. Ruhlman
J. W. Stearns
Second Street
Eysinger
Allen
John Grindley
C. M. Marston
Fifth Street
Wm. Morris
Laurel Street
Poplar Street
J. Lyons
Point Chautauqua preps boost summer activity
At Point Chautauqua extensive preparations signal a strong season with new hotel and tabernacle under construction. Hartson Tabernacle timber work proceeds with Mr. Hartson supervising, cottages rise, and a busy season anticipated with boarding hall, grocer, and improved grounds. The Baptist Social Union plans its June session and events from July 23 to August 1 led by Prof. W. F. Sherwin. Vendors advertise nearby goods and Seed agency promotes Landreth seeds at Variety Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Chautauqua
J. M. Robertson
Hartson Tabernacle
Barnes
Corry
Baptist Social Union of Western
Tabernacle
W. F. Sherwin
Woman’s Missionary Department
Mayville
No Fruit When Saviour Came Test of the Tree
A devotional poem by S. O. H. urges that true faith is proven by fruit not leaves. It recalls the withering of a barren tree after Christ's demand for fruit and calls readers to align thoughts words and deeds with professed belief.
Weather Warnings Blunt March Delicate Tropic Promises
A Southern breeze signals spring with jasmine and roses but a warning arrives to keep winter clothing. The poem contrasts tropic softness and early blooms with practical advice to wear winter flannels while March tempers the promises of bluebirds and pansies.
Personal Paragraphs from the Warren Chronicle
M Waters of Mississippi reporter returns. Senator Stone comes home as Senate adjourns. Henry E Downer of Detroit visits Warren. Mrs Beech er related. Waters family eyes Europe next summer. Clark Hose meets. Lewis Dryer resigns, Gus Mull new foreman. C S Tripp to open a tailoring store in Bradford with C Grant. Librarian Miss Harrison acknowledges Congressional docs and War ren Library gifts from Col. Watson. Hertzel Russell Waters at Ball town for pigeon shooting. about 100 pigeons captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Waters
Mississippi
Senator Stone
Senate
Henry E. Downer
Detroit
Mich
M. Beecher
Warren
Europe
Clark Hose
Lewis Dryer
Gus Mull
C.S. Tripp
Col. Watson
Andrew Hertzel
R. K. Russell
W. Waters
Balltown
Road Upgrade Progress Boosts Local Rail Service
The work to upgrade the line advances rapidly with new steel rails replacing worn ones and gauge widened by three quarters of an inch to match the N Y Central. Supt Thayer earns praise for efficiency while talks continue on Buffalo and Jamestown cars crossing into Dunkirk territory and connecting with Bradford Salamanca routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y. Central
Thayer
Buffalo & Jamestown
Buffalo
Pittsburg
Irvington
Oil City
Buffalo Company
Dunkirk
Bradford
Salamanca
Rochester
Jefferson County
Wells Record 100-Barrel Output Weekly at Eggleston Farm
John Bell & Co reports 100-barrel well at Eggleston farm Glade No 5 produced over 190 barrels in 24 hours last week and remains active. At Stoneham the Struthers well pumped about fifty barrels but underperforms due to a faulty pump being repaired this week. A new rig begins on the Riddlesperger tract later this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bell & Co’s
Eggleston Farm
Glade
No. 5
Stoneham
Struthers
John Bell
Riddlesperger
Railroad talks on Warren Bradford link in Oil City
J. R. Clark vice president and A. D. Wood chief engineer of the Warren Rochester and Bradford railroad visited Oil City yesterday for a conference with Hulings and Mackey of the Olean Bradford Warren railroad. They discussed uniting or building the line from Warren to Bradford and will submit the matter to their directors for final adoption with the result to be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil City
J. R. Clark
A. D. Wood
Warren
Rochester
Quotidian quarrel over politics and religion in editorial work
A Ledger column laments slim funds in the office and contrasts the burden of a fraudulent administration with a light load for editors. The piece praises a young man for elegant expression equating him with a famed professor’s student and mocks rival figures in a terse, comic aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ledger
Prof. Miller
Chin Yang
Wah John
Unclaimed Letters in Warren Post Office March 30 1878
The Warren Pennsylvania post office lists unclaimed letters including Miss Mattie Albaugh Miss Maranda Cherbrough Miss Blanche Darlington James Davison Mollie Harrington A Kunwahr Loren Laubree Mrs Rose Miller C H Rachner G F Rankin Nettie Robbins Daniel Soliday Jane A Smith John Smith Mary E Southwick J Lock Warwick. All not called for within four weeks will be sent to the Dead Letter Office. O C Attey P M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Albaugh
Maranda M. Cherbrough
Blanche Darlington
James C. Davison
Mollie Harrington
A. Kunwahr
Loren Laubree
Rose Miller
C. H. Rachner
G. F. Rankin
Nettie Robbins
Daniel Soliday
Jane A. Smith
John Smith
Mary E. Southwick
J. Lock Warwick
O. C. Attey
P. M
Watches at Frep Morcx's bankrupt sale in New York
Four dozen solid silver, full jeweled Patent Lever Watches offered at $10 each and two dozen solid gold Ladies' Watches at $15 to $20 each. Goods were bought cash in a late New York bankruptcy sale and are fifty percent cheaper than similar quality items locally. All watches are fully guaranteed as represented. Frep Morck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frep Morcx’s
New York
Frep Morck
Penna
British Temperance Provident Life Assurance Office
Temperance Mutual Benefit Association
United States
Lebanon
D. G. Morss
Warren Town Council Opens 1878 79 Session with New Burgess
At the first regular meeting of our Town Council for 1878 79 held April 1 at John Sill's office, new Burgess M Miles and new councilmen S Burgess J H Palmer A Hertzel and Jas Clark Jr began their terms. Clerk R P King and Treasurer James Clark Jr were elected and plans discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sill
M. Miles
Messrs. S. Burgess
J. H. Palmer
A. Hertzel
Jas. Clark, Jr
C. H. Noyes
Mr. Miles
Messrs
E. G. Wood
W. C. Rowland
Wm. Lewis
Clark
G. L. Friday
Burgess
James Clark
R. P. King
A. D. Wood
Titusville
Warren
Allegheny
Hickory Street
Burgess Miles
Fire Department
James Clark, Jr
Andrew Hertzel
8. Burgess
A. J. Davis
P. Greenlund
M. Spaulding
P. J. Falconer
Cobham School closes after lively spring exercises
The Cobham Pa Chronicle notes a bustling spring period with raft maker George Dunham and a successful school program led by Miss Julia Fuellhart. The 1878 program featured songs, recitations, compositions, a farce, and an address, ending with patrons’ praise and hopes for future honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cobham
George Dunham
Warren
Julia Fuellhart
Julia
Katy Harrington
Allie McKean
Judson Kuber
Ettie Huff
Emma McKean
Lola Connely
Eddie Connely
Arlie Huff
Alice McKean
Mary Keating
Flowers
Aunt Peabody
Frank
Jim
Flora Connely
Julia Harrington
R Cobham
Erie and surrounding notes on travel, people, and events
County and Neighborhood reports steamers on Chattanqua Lake and drilling for grease in Union City. Erie Select Council levies 15 mills for city purposes. Samuel Adams of Franklin drowns in the Allegheny. Ladies' Christian Temperance Union opens Holly Tree Inn in Erie. Casement Savings Bank of Union City liquidates at 30 cents on the dollar. State Dairyman's Association meets in Waterford on April 10. Pigeons and shotgun hunters around Tidioute. ten barrels shipped. Oil City Derrick relocates to new quarters. Navigation open along lakes. Cleveland and Detroit boats making regular trips. Rail meeting in Kinzu for Warren & Bradford Railroad with speakers announced. Four candidates named for Erie County Superintendent: Wheaton, Knapp, Twining, Thomas. Moses Mansfield, former Wetmore woolen foreman, dies in Randolph, NY, after railroad accident and subsequent paralysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Adams
Franklin
Allegheny River
Ladies’ Christian Temperance Union of
Erie
Casement Savings Bank of
Union City
Pennsylvania State Dairyman’s Association
Waterford
Tidioute
Oil City
Pennsylvania
Cleveland
Detroit
Warren & Bradford Railroad
Kinzua
A. Hertall
Erie Co
Wheaton and Knapp
Girard
Twining
Thomas
Fairview
Moses Mansfield
Wetmore
North Warren
Randolph
N. Y
Atlantic and Great Western Railroad
Backwoods Town Notes On Politics And Oratory
In Corydon Illinois, March 20 1878 Mrs F J Morrison reflects on the silver bill and political attitudes Grace Greenwood quotes and contrasts reactions Ingersoll is praised yet judged for his style and a young woman wins a declamation prize at Randoph Institute articles also note visiting students and prize details of three Ruskin volumes
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richardson
Grace Greenwood
Grace
Washington
Corydon
Randolph
B. Wilcox
M. Meridew
C. Brewster
Josephine H. Arthur
Miss Arthur
Chamberlin Institute
Col. Robt. Ingersoll
Ledger
Col. Ingersoll
United States
F. J. Morrison
Corydon, Pa
School entertainments praised. receipts noted
Last Friday and Saturday evenings featured school entertainments praised by teachers and scholars. Receipts totaled 27 dollars. Local church pastor Rev. Warner discusses building a parsonage. Also advertises Will Smith's cheap mouldings for motes and pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E
Warner
Shania
Duty to Parents and Noble Mother remembered
An elderly mother’s care burdens a daughter and family in a discussion with a neighbor. The narrative then honors Grandma Parker, praising selfless nursing and family devotion, ending with a funeral full of solemn praise and a speaker urging children to care for aging parents. It closes with a temperance life insurance notice and drug advert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beile
Edith
Henry
George
Frank
Sarah
Belle
Edith Stearnes
Grandma Parker
Mr. Stearnes
School attendance and scholars by term ending March 27 1878
Report shows term attendance by gender with 93 percent male and 92 percent female attendance, average term attendance 38, and lists scholars distinguished by Harp study. Notable attendees include Janet Wilson Augusta Pierce Minerva Decker and Kitt Grinnell. Also details three month exam averages and notable absences. Primary school figures show 88 percent male and 89 percent female attendance with average 42. lists scholars distinguished by hard study and those not absent. Three monthly exam averages include Mamie Quick Jackson Pierce Anna Burnett May Robinson Emma Minor Eva Morris and others. End notes announce printer and local notices about weddings and gallery ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Wilson
Augusta Pierce
Minerva Decker
Kitt Grinnell
Jerry Pierce
Harry Quick
Eddy Decker
Lincoln Mandaville
Maud Ellis
Addie Dennison
Ida Cloos
Mav Robinson
Mamie Quick
Emma Upton
Anna Burnett
Emma Minor
Chas, Sturdevant
Earl Andrews
Guy McGuire
Lewis Mandaville
May Robinson
Charlie Pierce
Edith Pierce
Jackson Pierce
Eva Morris
Alice Shehan
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Warren Mail
Home Matters
ilcDowell & Orr
Frep Marcx’s
Surry’s
Landreth
Variety Hall
Jessamine
Chattanqua Lake
Select Council
Garland Gleanings
Will Smith’s
Celia Sanford
R. H. Johnson
Hatch
Madison County
Ww. J. Lymphon, Eaton
Garland School
Nell
Will Smith
Matz
Beuritz
Devon
Asborne
Hamilton
Warren Co
Hartford and
Lowell
Hartford
Tapestry
Brussels
Cocoa
Imperial
China
Warren, Pa
Parmlee & Henry
KIRM
Trushel & Mintzer
B. Nesmith & Son
Chearlyd
Cassel
Z&the
Bank
P. J. Trushel
A. Mintzer
Ruhlman’s
S. Internal Revenue
B. Cowan
Internal Revenue
J. N. Schnur & Son
C. R. Schnur
J.n.schnur
Co. R. Schnur
Keystone Block
F. H. Wyman
Orris Hall
Carver House
Brock
N. B
Mulholland & Felters
Johnson's Enchange
Johnsen, White & Co
Robert Johnson
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