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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1888
Page
3
In Warren the Easter spirit shines with floral imagery and a notice of spring events. The column lists sales, openings, and local engagements, including clothing, dry goods, and drugstore notices, plus council bicycle rules and court items. Strong entities include Warren, Ohio, local stores, and community groups.
Mr M Waters returns home from the South. Jake Eysinger seeks health in Hot Springs Arkansas. Dr D V Stranahan returns from Philadelphia improved. A J Brown sustains severe burns at a Well. J B Russell starts as third Letter-carrier. Henry Cogswell enters meat trade at Oneida Market with Riddlesperger Bros. Sheriff Love took Harry Ten Eyck to Western Penitentiary. Marriage announced Feb 22 1888 Samuel W Brown and Margaret Wolfe of Clifford KS. G A Walker of Emporium visits Warren now Cameron County business leader. T W Dempsey attends funeral in town and Elmira NY. Samuel Garfield resigns as State Hospital Steward plans to run Floyd Hotel Sagertown PA. Garfield praised for prior service. He leaves Crawford County with best wishes. Sagertown hotel venture urged.
The Cosmorama manager Mr Bartlett is coordinating daily rehearsals through Thursday for upcoming entertainments. A respected observer praises the artful statuary and pictures in color and composition, predicting great pleasure for Warren audiences. Each night features a full programme change, with high expectations for elegant and unique displays.
Directors decided the Warren fair will run in the third week of September. F K Russell resigned as director and T P Jenkins of Farmington was elected. F A Cogswell became Superintendent of the grounds. Jamestown and Franklin fairs occur in the first week, Corry in the second, Warren in the third, completing a regional circuit. Snow Ball Flour advertised at Davis' drug store.
Easter morning drew large crowds as War ren Churches, Presbyterian, Episcopal, M E, Evangelical, Lutheran and Catholic congregations held services. Pastors Holmes Ryan Bray Shannon and Doerr led ceremonies with special music, flowers, and offerings, underscoring a festive renewal theme.
The article recalls a high river stage with several rafts in use and many awaiting launch. Old lumbermen recount rafting exploits from nights with high water to perilous passages, joking that stories grow with each telling. Lyle Valentine plans a fifth pilot as four others are set to steer.
Emma Wright expresses heartfelt thanks to physicians nurses and staff at North Warren Hospital for their helpfulness during her husband illness and for the many favors and sympathy shown.
All delegates to the session of the Presbytery of Erie at Bradford on April 9 and 11, and others wishing to attend, may obtain certificates entitling transportation at reduced rates by applying to Theodore Ladd, Esq., Bradford, Pa. Signed R. B. Holmes for the Committee.
Ginger ale is advertised as always stocked with fresh butter at Davis Drug Store, highlighting a persistent availability for shoppers.
The Farmer's Club met last Saturday with minutes read and approved. An informal talk on grass seed followed by S. H. Evans's essay on winter stock feeding emphasized warm stables and water, and liberal feeding for cows. Members discussed library rules, added a seven day extension, and agreed to fund a library with at least $1 per user. Next meeting topics include Miller vs. Sowed Corn and reviving old pastures.
The Burgess Rankin and Town Council met overnight on April 2 in a crowded room amid smoke. They appointed a Bridge Committee and Police Committee, approved water use for sprinkling, and granted a bicycle ordinance repeal except near business and schools. Fire Chief Windsor won a third term amid internal protests. bids for sewers were opened and awarded. dog tax assessment duties assigned. cider selling restrictions updated. adjournment near 1 AM.
County notes span a September fair in Franklin from the 4th to 7th, Titusville adopts a letter carrier system, a Methodist building will serve as Chautauqua HQ, Union City endures a costly fire, and Ida F. Henderson graduates top of her class in Cleveland. Other items include oil market chatter, horsemen meet in Meadville, and local real estate and personnel moves across Corry Jamestown Gowanda Youngsville and Kane with Creole shipping and military post openings.
A statewide roundup notes Senator Quay funding seeds for Granges, Arbor Day proclaimed for April 27 with tree planting guidance. It reports 567 G A R Posts in Pennsylvania and 40,937 members, led by Warren County with eight Posts. Governor Beaver health circular urges smallpox vaccination and traveler observation.
Judge L D Wetmore of Warren Pa owns a seven hundred acre Warren county farm a few miles below Midland. Once dilapidated the property now thrives under green crop practice with a large main barn rich with livestock including Durham cattle and thoroughbred horses. The owner is described as genial and hopeful for the region.
A Republican Club organized last week in Farmington with James Currie as President, E M Hodges as Secretary, and A R Mix as Treasurer. A Pine Grove Republican Club formed in Russell on Friday evening March 30 with Robert Parrish as President, Jnc B Allen as Vice President, Homer M Putnam as Secretary, and W R Johnson as Treasurer, planning to elect delegates to the County Convention of Clubs. All township Republicans are urged to attend.
Public sale announced by H A Hardenburg retiring from livery in Warren. On Hickory street at his stables Tuesday and Wednesday April 10 and 11, 1888, will be offered 25 horses including bay pacer Billy, 15 buggies, 4 phaetons, various wagons and sleighs, 15 double harness, 20 single harness, bells robes dusters blankets whips nets and more. Terms cash under 10, six months 10 to 25, one year 25 or more. half horses Tuesday, rest Wednesday. L H Bean Auctioneer.
The Bradford Star notes a clarification that Frank D. Reeves had no involvement with Kimball in the West. Reeves sent a letter denying any connection, and the actual person connected to Kimball was a different man with a similar name.
The Pittsburgh Times notes an extensive carbon black factory to be located at Ludlow, Warren county, but Ludlow belongs to McKean county. The piece hints Warren county men will drive the project to life, suggesting a regional development tale.
The Warren Presbyterians donated over $1,000 to the disabled ministers fund and $255 to the Foreign Missions two weeks ago.
A. H. Olmstead reports a Pomona Grange resolution passed unanimously calling Warren County Fair Association to place premiums for agricultural products on an equal footing with other professions. Patrons of Husbandry pledge support and urge farmers to join in the effort.
Mrs B Einstein returns from New York and Philadelphia with a large stock of millinery and fancy goods bought direct from manufacturers at a 25 percent discount. Opening day is set for April 10.
Readable remnants offer ends on various lengths with wholesale-like savings. Seersuckers ginghams satines cottonades denims tickings dress goods tablecloths white satin and more priced well below values. New spring stock in dress goods novelties includes latinos madras curtains lace and silk sarahs at reduced rates.
Farmington reports good sap flow despite mud. Stageman Mr. Smith keeps up trips to Jamestown and Warren. Donations to Rev. Ginader and Rev. Henshaw raise about 78 and 75 respectively. Y P S Society nets about 30 for library books. Local visits include Fred Marsh from Buffalo and T. Phillips with horses for sale at Melton Phillips. The piece closes with a lengthy poem about loss and faith.
Property deeds across Warren County list transfers in towns such as Pittsfield Brokenstraw Eldred Pine Grove Triumph Sugar Grove and Mead. Amounts range from 1 to 8500 with notable sums to H W Lane Thos E Ferrier and S T Allen Adm r. The list includes multiple spouses and estates transferring parcels to individuals and companies.
A Ohio physician Dr J M Chaplin is jailed on bigamy charges amid reports he has ten wives, seven living. A Smethport dispatch notes Ida Hoosted of Pennsylvania has fourteen marriages to all living husbands, last wed a few months ago, aged about 38, amid rumors of calamitous events.
Good new house with seven rooms gas and water large garden. Between Fifth and Sixth streets on Water street. Inquire of C. M. Jameson Fish and Poultry Market Hickory Street.
Florence McConnell aged six years and seven months, only child of P H and J C McConnell, died in Corydon on March 28, 1888.
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