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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1889
Page
3
The Warren Mail highlights a busy April with Presbytery next week and Easter on the 21st. Local items include new factories and shops opening, seed catalogs from Vick at Rochester, housing moves, and social events at Library Hall and the Y M C A. Disease-free cigar and perfume listings appear alongside lodging ads and garden seed promotions.
Rev J M Thoburn lectures on India in Warren and Dunkirk. Secretary Stone returns from Harrisburg for a short stay. Miss May Rockwell and Miss Anna Rockwell return from East travels and Vassar visits. Fred and James Hazeltine back from Oberlin. Dr C H Meacham called to Fredonia for mother’s illness. Mrs Patterson and Miss Rose Kopf promoting G N Patterson millinery. Local editor Rogers visits on way to Harrisburg. Holmes to return from Buffalo. Prof Bridge preaches in Warren. Mrs C C Thompson and children home from Harrisburg. Miss Arnett visiting. A Kirberger and niece Augusta move to Xchange block. Shurmer to relocate. Hunter P Hunter & Jarvis busy serving patrons. Miss Louise B Miller to reopen dressmaking April 3 at 509 Liberty Street.
Rev J M Thoburn former Methodist pastor lectures at the Warren church Friday evening on India. He speaks from personal experience about Calcutta and the Bengalese Cingalese Parsees and Eurasians with anecdotes of his time in India. Music begins at eight, admission 25 cents and 15 cents for children.
Regular meeting presided by Burgess Morek discussed Warren Street Railway track, sewer petitions, and street matters. Nelson Moore resigned. A D Wood elected to fill vacancy. fire and police reports approved. contracts awarded for printing. various committees instructed and council adjourned to next Friday evening.
The play Only a Farmer's Daughter screens at Library Hall next Thursday evening April 4 with strong local support and assured entertainment. The New York Express praises its original plot focused on domestic affection and rustic life, noting vivid contrasts between the farmer's home and city events and with stakes of gain recognition and cupidity.
G. N. Patterson announces April 1 in store hiring Miss Anna Sill as part of a spring and Easter opening. Experienced buyers in New York Philadelphia Cleveland and Pittsburg are selecting goods for shipment as the store enlarges its front and improves the room inviting interested customers in millinery and fancy goods.
The program lists events for April at 7:30 p m with prompts including Confirmation The Resurrection of the dead and The use of doctrine The schedule also notes Books and reading April 9 4 15 evening prayer and Holy Communion on April 7 at 10 15 a m and 11 a m.
Warren County farmers gathered at the Court House on March 30 for a lively session led by C Lott. Topics covered included sheep law, millet sowing, silo building, ensilage corn, feeding mixes, milk handling, and practical dairy improvements citing Wisconsin progress and Cooley creamery benefits.
Secretary C H Whaley reports Warren County Pomona Grange sessions at Spring Creek with strong county turnout and visitors from Erie and Crawford. Sugar Grove chosen for June meeting. inter county picnic views to be gathered and reported to Deputy Olmstead. W A Mead remembered with resolutions. tax and meat bills urged, advocating Grangers tax equality and legislative action to protect agricultural interests.
The Pittsburg Conference of the Evangelical Association closed its Brookville session with Franklin District postings. Presiding Elder Rev. J. D. Domer leads. appointments include L. M. Boyer in Franklin, F. P. Hummel Oil City, W. F. Shannon Warren Station, J. C. Hadlock Warren Circuit, and others across Venango Crawford and nearby towns. The reappointment of Rev. Shannon to Warren is praised by his congregation and the wider community.
A reader praises letters signed X that attack a proposed constitutional prohibitory amendment due for June voting. The writer argues prohibition fails to curb appetite and cites rising drunkenness after license restrictions, urging pamphlet distribution of at least 100,000 copies. TEMPERANCE.
Krystong Coraine Co announces a new branch in Youngsville Pa located in the Kinnear building opposite the Fairmont House. The shop offers men's boys and children's clothing at low prices with suits to order at reasonable rates and invites local patronage.
Miss A N Hanley announces a change in dressmaking staff to improve quality and style. She assures patrons of superior workmanship originality and taste with dresses made in latest styles. Prices moderate. 1525 Chestnut Street Philadelphia.
The Sugar Grove News notes E V Coleman succeeding G Offerle Co as Warren county florist. He supplies choicest greenery hot house and bedding plants hanging baskets and all floral decorations year round. Colemans greenhouse on Liberty Street near the post office attracts visitors to Warren.
An advertisement touts Ayer's Cherry Pectoral as a successful remedy for consumption in early stages, claiming it stops coughing soothes the throat and lungs and brings rest. It cites numerous testimonials. Also mentions fresh onions lettuce spinach at John Langdal.
The Kane congregation dedicated a new Baptist church last week. The era’s filings note Lake Erie’s planned planting of thirteen million white fish, and Ex-Gov St John of Kansas spoke on Prohibition in Corry. Local fires, prices, and travel updates fill notices from Oil City to Warren with community happenings and civic notes.
March 27 notes report Maple sugar making attracts local interest. T. J. Baker of Lottsville has a large stock of logs to saw this spring. Dr. W. D. Whitney plans to move to Indiana to practice. The Swartz family endures multiple bereavements with the oldest son killed in an accident. the mother and youngest child soon follow in grief. The Prohibition amendment is urged, with calls for action to curb illegal whisky traffic.
April 1 inventory reports residents’ relocations. Nelson plans farm stay. A Wright named postmaster with Glenn Wright as assistant. Hallock, Wright families swap houses. Sliter brother visiting Corydon. Dr. Whitneys attends arm injury. school term starts April 8. Mrs Sliter stocks millinery. town moves begin as summer season opens.
An old advertisement extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a nerve tonic and tranquilizer. It claims the tonic strengthens digestion, quiets nerves, and relieves headaches sleep disturbances sensitivity to noise and various ailments including dyspepsia biliousness rheumatism constipation and kidney complaints.
S Burt at 400 Hickory street advertises fresh and salt water fish. Dr Henry Baxter’s Mandrake Bitters promises to restore appetite and ease dizziness with several doses. Bottles are claimed to satisfy. N C Allen and B F Morris listed.
Real estate transfer list shows numerous conveyances with varied sums from $25 to $40,000. Key entries include C. W. Scofield transferring Mead properties for $80,000, Oscar Cobb and wife selling Sheffield holdings for $20,000, and W. G. Hunter transfers in Cherry Grove totaling $18,? other multiple deeds recorded to and from individuals in Mead Pine Grove Glade and surrounding areas with prices from $1 to $40,000.
Prescriptions carefully compounded and fresh drugs of all descriptions at Guo 8 Davis' Dave Stons.
The piece attacks Prohibition extremism and its impact on lawmaking, business, and church life. It notes Massachusetts voters, a split in clergy stance, and concerns over religious leaders pressuring civil policy while warning against church encroachment on politics.
Local merchants advertise a fresh stock of spring novelty curtains and fabrics. The notice highlights Latines priced from 8 to 35 cents, inviting shoppers to view new material selections.
The piece argues that extensive church ties to Prohibition alienate workers who see wealth and status in church life. It notes clergy divisions with many leaders opposing prohibition and highlights figures like Dr. Crosby as proponents of temperance over legal coercion. The tone reflects a historical clash between religious influence and labor sentiment.
A North Pacific coast visitor describes Puget Sound firs producing boards up to 100 feet long and six feet wide with no knots. He notes trees reaching 250 feet, 1800 miles of shore, a vast timber belt of 30,000,000 acres, and standing timber estimated at 500,000,000,000 feet, threatening a millennium of supply at current cuts.
At A. Peterson's Warren office on March 27 1889 members of the Republican County Committee met to set primary and county convention dates and to adopt a rule preventing cumulative voting. The plan calls for single ballots for multiple candidates and separate counting of each precinct.
In Pittsfield Pa. Robert L. Andrews wed Elmira Hood of Tionesta Forest Co. Pa. at Rev Breckenridge’s home. In Youngsville Pa. George W Scraton wed Viola Graham of Brokenstraw Warren Co. Pa. at the M E Parsonage.
Corrected weekly by Goodrich and Fehrman shows prices paid by Warren dealers for apples, butter, beans, pork, cheese, evaporated apples, eggs, hams, lard, onions, potatoes, shoulders, and corn meal among others. Also lists prices charged for sugar coffee granulated yellow corn meal molasses syrup rice timothy and clover seed kerosene.
A political promotion urges every Republican to subscribe to the Mail and Philadelphia Weekly Press for the price of 1.75 dollars. The appeal emphasizes broad party support and a low cost for access to the publication.
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