Warren City Officers Address Borough Health and Fire Needs
The April meeting of Warren's borough council features Burgess Thompson outlining priorities for health and prevention, fire protection, street repair, and debt management. He advocates a health officer, death records, a fire department plan, and a sinking fund, with standing committees named for streets, fire, sidewalks, parks, poor, water, health, bridges, sewerage, gas, and public buildings.
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Ael
S. H. Davis
Wm. Schnur
S. M. Cogswell
Fire Department
A. A. Davis
August Merck
F. M. Knapp
H. Davis
J. C. Siechrist
Joseph Walkerman
Robt. MacKay
August Morck
Death of Mrs Martha King in 1885 obituary
Mrs Martha King wife of J H King died last Sunday April 5 1885 at age 68. Daughter of the late Robert Russell of Russellburg and sister of R K Russell of Warren. Funeral at 2 PM today from the Episcopal church where she was a devoted member.
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J. H. King
Martha King
Episcopal Church
King
Warren
Martha
Janauschek to star in four act drama at Library Hall
The distinguished tragedienne Janauschek with a select company will perform My Life at Library Hall next Saturday evening April 11. The exchange lauds her as the preeminent American actress of today, famed for tragedy and broader dramatic mastery across the stage.
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Janauschek
Library Hall
Two Town Lots for Sale on Second and East Streets
For sale two town lots at the corner of Second and East streets. Inquiries to Miss Jennie Davis, P. O. box 704, Warren, Pa.
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Jennie Davis
P. O
Warren
Sugar and Flour Prices Named as Bargain Time
An advertisement urges buyers to take advantage of unusually low Sugar and Flour prices now with emphasis on affordability and immediate purchase opportunities.
Change In Gentlemen's Attire For Spring At Key Stone
The Key stone Clothing Co. unveils a noble array of suits for spring ahead of competitors. Five at oranges ten cents per dozen, Lemons Gao. P. Orr & Co's.
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Keystone Clothing Co
Warren Fire Department Chief's 1885 Annual Report
Chief Engineer H Smith submits the 1884 85 annual report to Warren Burgess and Town Council detailing nine alarms four outside requests for aid two from North Warren and Glade plus losses of 4531 with 3233 insured and a net 1298 actual loss. He calls for funds to replace a Struthers two wheeled cart, adds three water controlling nozzles and notes apparatus and hose inventories, new fire police, telephone alarm use in city building sleeping rooms and seeks an extra telephones for the Chief Engineer. He records two deaths Albert Hertzel and Thomas Clayton and honors department personnel.
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Warren
Borough of
North Warren
Glade
Silsby
Struthers Independent Company
West End
Struthers Hose Company
Fire Committee
Niagara Hose
W.C. Allan
L. F
Thomas Clayton
Struthers Hose
H. Smith
Fire Department
Arbor Day in Pennsylvania and regional community notes
Arbor Day observed Thursday in Pennsylvania. Erie streets now lit by electricity. Dr J B Chace, oldest physician in Corry, died after a weeklong illness. Ashville Sugar Grove and Busti Sunday School Institute set for April 20–21 at Busti with Rev R S Borland conductor. Butler county licenses show 21 of 71 approved, Prohibitionists upbeat. Prof E E Higbee reappointed Public Instruction head by Gov Pattison. Shingle mill owners plan meeting April 25 at Spartansburg to form protective association. Meadville conducts cooking class by Eight local maidens. Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society fixes Philadelphia exhibition Sept 23–Oct 7. Meadville Tribune absorbs Meadville Republican and Morning News, becoming Meadville’s sole daily. Edgar Huidekoper buys Holstein bull Hendrick in Holland and plans import next summer. A Pittsburgh loafer who insulted Gen Grant dragged to stable, ropes used, then released. Pennsylvania Railroad launches rapid transit through express Chicago trip in 24 hours. Chautauqua Lake sleighing noted with 125 days since freeze. Bradford police gift mayor a gold watch. town records excerpted from Warren borough charter book listing decades of officials and rolls dating to 1838–1884.
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Butler County
Butler Town
E. E. Higbee
Pattison
Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society
Philadelphia
Meadville Tribune
Meadville Republican
Morning News
Meadville
Edgar Huidekoper
Hendrick
Holland
Pittsburg
Gen. Grant
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chicago
New York
Henry Whittemore
Fluvanna
Chautauqua Lake
Bradford
James Broder
James
Commandery of Knights Templar forms in Warren
Warren Commandery K T. was partially organized in Masonic Hall last Tuesday evening March 31 with about forty members and officers including E C C Thompson Gen C E Corbitt C G J M Clapp Treasurer O W Beaty Prelate N Moore Warder J L Burroughs C of G W Merkle Sentinel A T Knowlson. Formal organization occurs next June with prominent members expected from abroad.
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Knights Templar
Warren
K. T
Masonic Hall
E. C
C. C. Thompson
C. E. Corbitt
C. G
J. M. Clapp
O. W. Beaty
Poverets
G. L. Friday
N. Moore
Ss. W
Wm. Schnur
J. W
D. F. A. Wheelock
S. B
Henry Fuellhart
Thomas Babtie
Warder
J. L. Burroughs
Wm. Merkle
Jos. Walkerman
Amos Klinger
Sentinel
A. T. Knowlson
Warren County
Ice Gorges Flood Ripple Through Rail Lines
The river gorge flooded Oil City and Hickory causing railroad blockades and trestle damage. Several sections saw track coverage with ice causing train delays. limited damage reported elsewhere. Trains on the P and E near Lock Haven halted for days while Erie Renova and east of Williamsport resumed Monday.
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Parker
Oil City
Hickory
Corry
Lock Haven
Erie
Renova
Williamsport
One Price Clothing Store Ad Announces Uniform Pricing Rules
Warren Pa March 23 1885 to the public the store owner announces a new one price policy with all goods marked in plain figures and sold as marked. The message claims the largest stock and best Western Pennsylvania selection and promises the lowest living prices. Also mentions Good Flour 75c and 1.00 per sack at Geo P Orr & Co.
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Pennsylvania
C. C
Wilton
Nottingham
Bey Bros
Warren
Gero. Ball
Geo. P. Orr & Co
Trousers and clothing offered by Keystone Clothing Co
Various clothing patterns advertised with measurements requested. Also ads promote cough cures at 25 cents and a pine timber tract for sale in Columbus Township. Arnica liniment claimed to cure rheumatism and is sold by Johnson and Siegfried in Warren, Pa.
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Johnson & Siegfried
Columbus Township
O. F. Hoffman
Warren
Johnson& Siegfried
Boots and Shoes Savings and Cough Honey Ad
An old classified style note touts Boots and Shoes at Dr Fenner and promotes Fenner's Improved Cough Honey claiming relief in one hour. It also advertises good flour priced 70c to $1.00 per sack.
Marriages Listed in Freehold to Warren Area Couples
A sequence of 1885 nuptials reported from Pennsylvania and nearby towns. Marshall Jones of Spring Creek weds Lila Messenger of Freehold. A D English weds Belle Merriam in Kane. Wm H Breitenstein m Miss Mary Turner in Tidioute. George W Fenton weds Naomi Smith in Busti. Albert Gustaffson weds Charlotte Johnson in Tionesta. Gustafson weds Christine Ahs in Warren.
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Russell
Naomi Smith
Farmington
Gustaffson—Johnson
Tionesta
Presbyterian Parsonage
J. Hickling
Albert Gustaffson
Charlotte Johnson
Tidioute
Gustafson
Ahs
Warren
Roman Schnur
J. P
Joan Gustafson
Christine Ahs
Sheffield
Obituaries of Eunice Woodin and William Long
In Sugar Grove on March 24, 1885 Mrs. Eunice Clarissa Woodin aged 66 years 2 months 12 days. In McMinnville Tennessee on February 27, 1885 Mr. Wm W Long aged about 54 years born in Pittsfield Warren County April 9 1830. He married Betsey Packard December 24 1862 and joined the Presbyterian Church at Garland Pennsylvania January 1865. He moved with his family to McMinnville Warren County Tennessee October 18 1877 where he resided until death. Com.
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Geo. R. Walker
Warren
Cameron County
Emporium
Stella
Wm. L. Sykes
Elk County
Joseph Carlow
Thomas Conway
Carlow
Richard Stewart
Third Street
McMinnville
Warren Co
Tenn
Keystone Clothing Co Leads With New Suitings Line
The Keystone Clothing Co takes the lead with a latest and nobbiest line of suitings and trousering. Oranges 10 cents per dozen and lemons 15 cents at Gero. P. Orr & Co.
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Keystone Clothing Co
Gero
P. Orr & Co
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The
Warren Mail
Home Matters
Boston Journal
the Deckers
Taylor
Shope
Conewango
Hackney & Hull
Charlie Ott
Brant
Morrison Run
Greaves
S. T. Allen
Wyman’s
Samuel Grandin
Knapp & Cable
Beaty Block
Robins
North Pole
J. C. Fox
Allen
High Street
Laurel
D. Shear’s
West Warren
Warren Fire Department
Hooks
Smith
A. B. Kehr
Geo. S. Davis
Burgess Thompson
Justice Schnur
Ott Pettit
Sunday Mirror
Wendlebee
Trinity Memorial Church
A. W. Ryan
M. Beecher
J. H. Palmer
F. H. Rockwell
W. J. Alexander
H. P. Hunter
L. F. Watson
Major James
Ernest Smith
Robert Henderson
Trinity Church
Mr. Beecher
Mr. Palmer
People IN Print
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Libray All
Col. Watson
Washington
Mary .Beecher
Rochester
Jennie Smith
Mary Hodges
Baltimore
George Ball
Buffalo
Bartholomew
Weed
Hattie Kinnear
Stennett
Judge Brown
L. D. Wetmore
Geo. A. Jenks Esq
Brookville, Pa
Dr. Sager
A. P. Wetmore
Virginia
Midland Station
Farquar County
Mary Turner
Oberlin College
Ohio
Robert Harley
Cameron
Jamestown
Hilton
Fredonia
Kate C. Cobham
New York Medical College
John D. Stranahan
LeBeuf
Erie County
Herkimer County
Gibson J. Stranahan
Concord Township
Daniel V
Perry G
Union City
Franklin B
Concord
Margaret E. (Mead
Edward D. Wetmore
Wn. E. Rice
Wetmore
Noyes
Hinckley
Rice
Freehold
John A. Hall
Jamestown Journal
T. F. Rochester
Burgess and Town Council
Messrs
Schnur
Davis
MacKay
Eddy
Borchers
Bell
F. A. Cogswell
R. P. King
S. G. Ward
A. Carroll
H. E. Davis
Committee On Public Health
Gero. P. Orr & Co
Lemons Gao
P, Orr & Co’s
J. B. Chace
Ashville
Sugar Grove and
Busti
R. S. Borland P. E
Warren Borough
Messrs. Eddy
John Andrews, Burgess
Struthers
Joseph Hackney
Lansing Wetmore
Zachariah Eddy
James Stewart
Albinus
Thos, Struthers
Joshua Turner
Burgess
Robert Arthur
Rufus Olney
Eben Jackson
Thomas Turner
Scott W. Sayles
Jaic
William Pier
Clerk
Francis Hook
W. W. Hodges
Gilman Merrill
J. C. Gordon
Warren L. Adams
G. Merrill, Co
B. Curtis, Burgess
Henry Sargent
Orris Hall
John Edgar
David Jackson
G. Merrill
C. B. Curtis
Hiram Gilman
N. B. Eldred
Geo. L. Chapel
J. D. Summerton
Cc. B. Curtis
Abijah Morrison
Stephen Carver
Thos. Clemons
A. H. Ludlow
Robt. Falconer
Richard 8. Orr
Rawrsee
J.D. Summerton
Joseph Carver
J. Y. James
John H. King
Richard Alden
Urge
Henry L. Church
Wm. Bell
G. Stevens
Silas Lacy
Charles W. Rathbun
S.L. Axtell
Aaron S. Parmlee
Lewis Arnett
S. J. Page
James H. Eddy
A. H W. Summerton
Wm. S. Parmlee
Jerome B. Carver
G.stevens
George Lobdel
J. H. Eddy
Rasselas Brown, Co
Masten, Jr
H. T. Baker
Richard S. Orr
John H. Hull
D. W. Stranahan
Carlton B. Curtis
J. D. James
Calvin C. Lovell
Thos
Clemons
L. T. Parmlee
P. R. Bennett
G. W. Scofield
Benj. Nesmith
W.S. Parmlee
A. Hertzel
G. A. Irvine
John F. McPherson
Thos. Clemens
G. L. Chapel
Wm. Mead
John N. Miles
Milo Parks
Starling Waters
J. A. Morrison
Boon Mead
Richard
Orr
J. Page
Milton W. Hall
Alden
Andrew Hertzel
F. A. Randall
H. L. Church
J. H. Hull
Wm.s. Parmlee
Theodore C. Spencer
Thos, Clemons
J. B. Carver
Peter Somers
C. Park
M. W. Hull
A. J. Davis
W. F. Kingsbury
T. Clemons
S. N. Dickinson
S. D. Hall
John M. Olney
George Offerlee
A.J. Davis
J.D. James
D. J. Hodges
J. M. Olmey
Geo. Offerlee
C. W. H. Werback
A. Brock
Thomas Clemons
C. W. H. Verback
J. M. Olney
John Sill
E. T. F. Valentine
D. Hall
G. N. Parmlee
H. Allen
F. T. F. Valentine
Christian Keller
Christian Smith
Seneca Burgess
J.B. Carver
J. A. Neill
L. Arnett
C. Smith
C. Keller
S. Burgess
T. Allen
G. Offerlee
J. F. Davis
John Honhart
O. H. Hunter
Chas. Dinsmoor
A. B. McKain
R. D. Bartlett
P. Bucher
R. K. Russell
J. B. Brown
C. Dinsmoor
B. F. Morris
M. Schaffer
S. Keller Jr
J. H. Hall
8. Keller
L. W. Arnett
G. Offerleer
G. Otterlee
J. H. Mitchell
Charles Dinsmoor
James Nesmith
C. W. Stone
Jas. Clark Jr
Wm. Ryan
H. A. Jamieson
John M. Davidson
D. W.C. James
George Ott
James Clark Jr
M. B. Dunham
G. Ott
W. Ryan
G. H. Ames
E. B. Eldred
Geo
Ott
W. C. Rowland
E. G. Wood
W. H. Pickett
M. Spaulding
W.C. Rowland
P. J. Falconer
E.G. Wood
L. Friday
Cc. H. Noyes
Peter Greenland
Wm. L. Lewis
M. Miles
P.greenland
Ss. T. Allen Geo
O. Cornelius
D. S. McNett
T. J. Clemons
A. W. Morek
F. Barnhart
W. H. Heck
P. Greenland
Robt. Dennison
C. A. Waters
A. Conarro
R. Dennison
G. H. Leonhart
A. J. Hazeltine
Fr. Barnhart
L. T. Borchers
J. A. Bell
A. W. Mercek
J. WH. Eddy
Geo. P. Orr
J.C. Siechrist
Gee
P. Orr
August Mercek
Co. C. Thompson
F. A. Core Burgess
M. Cogswell
J. C. Cette August Merck Jr
Robert MacKay
Bell Bros
Keystone Clothing Co’s
Merchant Tailoring Department
NEW Spring Goods
Chambreys
Toile du Nords
O. H. Hunter & Son
A. A. Davis & CO
Warren, Penn
Stewart
P.Z. Bayer
A. B. McKain & Son
Liberty and
Water Streets
Warren, PA
Alice Preston
Estella Fay
Lina Franklin
Cora Mix
Ella Wheeler
Adda Franklin
Jennie West
Mary Pless
Hattie Skinner
Jennie Putnam
Bear Lake
Lottsville Road
B. W. Woodin
O. F. Graham
Garland D. A. V.& P
Pittsfield
Miss Morrison
Miss Jackson
Grand Valley
Frank Wood
John Williams
Columbus
J. L. Grandin
Florida
Warren County Directory
J. N. Lacy
Saan
N. V. C. Smith
Bazar
Vales
N. W. C. Smith
D. N. Walker
Youngsville
Co. E. Walker
de Sale
99 Cent Music and Variety Store
Acrnae & Hull, Insurance Agents
Warren Savings Bank
W.A. Hackney
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