Warren Warren items mix humor and notices in April issue
The column strings together spring fashions, ere the Erie Wooden Ware Works, new carpets and milinery goods from Miss Daggett and Mrs Gillmore with notes on a new D A V P timetable. It mentions public sales at the P E Railroad depot, clean up calls, local lectures, a presbytery meeting, a concert class, and a runaway horse incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Chadwick
O. H. Hunter & Son
Erie
Chapel Fork
Anon Parmlee & Henry
Local notes and appointments in Warren area
Sheriff Brace hosts thirteen guests as star boarders. W B McCormick named postmaster of Cobham on March 23. Rev B L Miller from Canton becomes pastor of German Evangelical Church succeeding Rev Rearick. Supt Thompson releases Wickersham’s 1877 Public Instruction report, largest in its field. Major James plans to attend to business soon, Providence permitting. M Beecher recovering and rides with Frank K. Russell assisting at bank. Laban Hazeltine and Will Smith depart for Pittsburgh for the week. George Culver new Pound Master to enforce street animal control. Policeman Bernard empowered to arrest cruelty to animals. A Warren girl seeks a steady companion to talk to on the way to school. dead crechaw noted as abundant. F A Wood named Grand Valley postmaster on March 80. Frank Wood, Warren-born, praised. E P Banning Sr M D visiting Carver House for treatments. Last Saturday three would-be sailors capsize on the river. Will Parmlee Jr rescues them, wind gust capsizing their boat, warning that sailing is dangerous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff Brace
W. B. McCormick
Cobham
B. L. Miller
Canton
Ohio
German Evangelical Church
Rearick
Thompson
Wickersham
James
Providence
M. Beecher
Frank K. Russell
Laban Hazeltine
Laban Lodge K. of
Will Smith
Grand Lodge
Pittsburg
George Culver
Bernard
Commonwealth
Warren
Crechaw
F. A. Wood
Grand Valley
Frank
E. G. Wood
E. P. Banning, Sr
Carver House
Cary Beecher
Charlie Mead
Ed. Vosburg
Will Parmlee, Jr
Will
May term court jurors listed for several townships
The official list shows jurors drawn for the May term of Court beginning Monday May 6. Names include M E Skinner for Columbus borough. Lewis Jaquith Byron Albro Emmett Curtis for Columbus township. G A Confer D F Hat maker for South West. John Dennison Eli Ruland for Pine Grove. WWW Cadwell C J Samuelson D W Buel Donald Stuart S R Virgill L P Dennison for Sugar Grove. A R Curtis John L Ma Graw H N Brown S R McKean for Deerfield. W C Gillet Horace Jones E W Ingerham for Tidioute. Samuel Woodburn for Freehold. E T Barnes for Sheffield. J H Spencer W E Smith Godfrey Haas W H Pickett Boon MaGee for Warren. A Miner for Pittsfield. Horace Hill Henry Rhinehart Worthy Stanford for Farmington. Wm Jackson for Spring Creek. Harvey Phillips for Glade. F W Weiler for Conewango. John Christee for Brokenstraw. A Malone for Eldred. C W Kidder for Mead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
M. E. Skinner
Columbus Township
Lewis Jaquith
Byron Albro
Emmett Curtis
South West
G. A. Confer
D. F. Hatmaker
Pine Grove
John Dennison
Eli Ruland
Sugar Grove
Cadwell
C. J. Samuelson
D. W. Buel
Donald Stuart
S. R. Virgill
L. P. Dennison
Deerfield
A. R. Curtis
John L. MaGraw
H. N. Brown
S. R. McKean
Tidioute
W. C. Gillet
Horace Jones
E. W. Ingerham
Freehold
Samuel Woodburn
Sheffield
E. T. Barnes
Warren
J. H. Spencer
W. E. Smith
Godfrey Haas
W. H. Pickett
Boon MaGee
Pittsfield
A. Miner
Farmington
Horace Hill
Henry Rhinehart
Worthy Stanford
Spring Creek
Wm. Jackson
Glade
Harvey Phillips
Conewango
F. W. Weiler
Brokenstraw
John Christee
Eldred
A. Malone
Mead
C. W. Kidder
Warren Lodge of Odd Fellows Installs Officers
Last Tuesday evening Warren Lodge of Odd Fellows installed officers led by N G C W Butler and Y G John Grindley with J E Berkstresser as Secretary and T E Barnes as Treasurer Dwight Cowan named L S to N G George Ott Conductor J J Taylor 2d I G S H Cogswell R S to V G Wesley Fellers L S to V G John M Davidson Rev Crane to speak at Odd Fellows Hall Friday April 26 in observance of the 59th anniversary of Odd Fellowship in the United States public invited
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Lodge of
Odd Fellows
N.G
C. W. Butler
Y.G
John Grindley
J. E. Berkstresser
T. E. Barnes
G. H. Ames
N. G
D.S. McNett
L.S
Dwight Cowan
George Ott
Robert Henderson
I. G
J. J. Taylor
O. G
S. H. Cogswell
R.S
V. G
Wesley Fellers
L. S
John M. Davidson
Court sessions last week presided by Judge Wetmore
Court heard four days of cases with Associates Connely and Acocks. J. M. Martin vs McKinney heirs ended with verdict for defendants. J. W. Chandler vs Samuelson ejectment verdict for defendant. Blair vs Leonhart verdict for defendant. Great National Petroleum Co. vs Babcock for timber cutting verdict for defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemuel
Warren district oil output rises despite strikes
Ongoing strikes push Warren district daily production to about 500 barrels. Hoff man & Clinton's Hospital term well yielded over 200 barrels in the first day after starting last Wednesday, with 150 barrels on Saturday and about 60 on Monday. Stoneham well Struthers flowed five barrels daily this past week. New Crull well shows oil but quantity unknown. Bell and Logan plan to drill soon. Stoneham oil is light amber and about two degrees lighter in gravity than Glade or North Warren oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Bell
Hoffman & Clinton
New Crull
Stoneham
Struthers
Messrs
Logan
Glade
North Warren
New England Supper Benefit for Sabbath School
An old fashioned New England supper is set for Tuesday evening April 16 at H. O. Robinson's house. Proceeds go to the North Warren Sabbath School building fund. Tickets are 25 cents and a stage will run every hour. Mrs. N Dunn, Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northe
New England
H. O. Robinson
North Warren
N, Dunn
Will Smith's Mouldings for Pictures and Frames
The finest stock of mouldings for frames and all kinds of pictures can be found very cheap at Will Smith's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Smith's
Religious Lecture Illustrated Sparks Outcry in Warren
A crowd packed Roscoe Hall for a so called religious illustrated lecture by Dr Gulling Francis. Spectacular tricks with a piano and spirit appearances failed to impress observers. Citizens and officials called it a humbug and Mayor Miles declared future Sunday shows unlikely. Pigeons and netting stories followed with calls for tighter laws. Police report March 31 1878 lists arrests for drunkenness assault petit larceny vagrancy and fines totaling $5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B. Bernard
New Oil Field Near Warren Signals Bigger Region Ahead
An expanded oil prospect southeast of Warren promises a larger productive belt than earlier fields near Bradford, Tarport, and Limestone. Reports detail 10,000 barrels per day regionally, multiple new wells with two to four barrels daily, and plans for further development as operators rush to capitalize on white sand and 38 feet of pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
Tarport
Messrs
Moses, Foster, Butts
Great Belt
Olmstead
Beatty
Warren
Tolles
Dunkirk
Struthers
Clapp, Stone & Co
Tidioute
Sheffield
Tionesta Creek
State of Cable Hollow and Its Farm Life
A reader from Cable Hollow describes a small state bounded by Allegheny ridges and Quaker Hill, noting industrious farming folk led by William and Levi Brown. A frame barn for roots and stock storage is featured. Levi Brown suffers a bad fall but recovers. Signed Nemo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Empire of Warren
Cable Hollow
Allegheny Mountains
Gouldtown
Quaker Hill
Fox Hill
McCoy
Wm. Brown
Levi Brown
Keb. Johnson
Nemo
April News From Wrightsville in 1878
April brings clear roads and busy spring work as local residents report progress. Peter Young built a neat fence on Mechanic Street while the Post Office moves nearer the business center. Felix notes the sugar festival drew a large crowd, and P Wright returns east with new spring goods. L Pierce visits Venango county, Miss Jennie Allan plans summer school, and Augustus Young weds Miss Sarah Ann Bull in an Anglo Swedish ceremony. Horr Wrightsville, Pa., April 6, 1878.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Young
Mechanic Street
Mechanic
Main Street
L. Pierce
Venango County
Jennie Allan
Augustus Young
Sarah Ann Bull
Warren Retail Markets
List of groceries and prices from Warren retail market dated Tuesday April 9 1878 including flours potatoes onions amber flour corn meal middlings oil meal butter lard oats corn eggs ham pork rice honey tea soap brooms salt and other staples with quantities and unit measures and corrected by Johnson White & Co and C P Henry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Henry
Carolina
Rio
Salt
Concert by Hinsdale singer set for April 13
Mr C M Parker of Hinsdale N Y conducts a vocal music class numbered sixty to seventy and will give a concert Saturday evening April 13 followed by ten lessons in ten successive nights. Presbyterian Sabbath school officers elected Hiram Andrews Superintendent. Mr Wm J McCrary and wife of Petroleum Centre visiting. he is an oil operator in Bradford. Our summer term begins today with teachers O H Hamilton and Miss A Haupin. Mills are running in full blast. Garland Pa April 8 1878. Unclaimed Lutters In Warren Pa Post Office April 2 1878 Chas Anderson Alf Davis Mrs Geo Jenner Miss Clara Ospin. four weeks unclaimed will be sent to Dead Letter Office. D C Aiew P M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Parker
Hinsdale
N. Y
Presbyterian Sabbath School
Hiram Andrews
Wm. J. McCrary
Petroleum Centre
Bradford
H Hamilton
A. Haupin
Garland
Warren
Chas. Anderson
Alfe Davis
Geo. Jenner
Clara Ospin
D. C
Hard Times Weigh on Merchants Spring Outlook
The piece notes ongoing hard times despite hopes for relief from policy. It argues living within means and avoiding debt as key to stability. New York merchants expect weaker spring orders after heavy fall purchases, with Warren stores showing varied demand and cautious stocking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Warren
Carver House Buggies Rival Imported Displayed in City
A large collection of buggies claimed from Cincinnati is shown in front of Carver House, praised as rivaling and equaling Eastern manufacturers. Cordie & Koebly’s carriages gain local reputation, with public trust in domestic production over imports. Also notes Seventh Division soldiers’ Summer pay of 26 798.53 and advertises Will Smith's Gallery and wedding print services. Bring rags to R H Johnson for cash, summer purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Carver House
Warren
Cordie & Koebly
Pennsylvania
Simmons Bowman Marriage in Warren March 6 1878
In Warren on April 6 1878 at the Baptist Parsonage Rev E F Crane united Harry Simmons and Elizabeth Bowman both of Warren in marriage.
O H Hunter & Son Dry Goods Ad in Warren Pa 1878
An 1878 Warren Pennsylvania advertisement for O H Hunter and Son promotes corsets from 33 cents, Hamilton Corset, buttons trimmings sheetings muslins tickings denims cheviots shirtings prints ginghams and other dry goods in stock with a note of the date April 1 1878.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
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Miss D
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Erie Presbytery
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Fred Evans
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Peck
Music Hall
Siggin
Jamieson & Co
Geo. Ball & Co
Suspension Bridge
George
Buffalo
Sally
Mike
Henry
G. (Gulling) Francis
Roscoe Hall
Burgess and
Gulling Francis
Noah
Jonah
Daniel
Lazarus
Aaron
Miles
Gulling
McKean
Forest
Gemmill
Tionesta
Youngaville
Foret
Edenburg
Titusville
Oil City
H.S. Mays
Rochester and State Line Railway
Harmon
E. A. Waterman
S. D. Bates
Ellery
Green Clark
GWR
Titusville Herald
Babcock & Hulings
McKean Oil District
Hodge Run
Wilder & Co
Corry
Wilder
Girard Hall
Butler
Parker City
St. Petersburg
Clarion
Kinzua
Warren, Rochester & Bradford Railroad
Messrs. T. Struthers
Jr. Waters
H. A. Jamieson
A. Hertzel
J. F. McPherson
Olean, Bradford & Warren Railroad Co
State Line
Duke Centre
Westinghouse
Exchange
Galusha A. Grow
Col. Drake
Bethlehem
Bradford Oil Exchange
C. L. Wheeler
George H. van Vleck
A. J. Stephenson
A. F. Kent
J. M. Fuller
L. Emery, Jr
Johnson
John Brown
P.L. Kennedy
F. E. Boden
J.S
Ben Amann
Fort Sumpter
Johnson & White
Council Proceedings
Old Council
John Sill
Noyes
Wood
Spaulding
Davis
Greenland
Falconer
Clark
John Utter
J. Clark, Jr
Warren Read
John Reeger
Strests
Hertzel
A. W. Merck & Co
A. D. Wood
Culver
E. T. Hazeltine& Co
Read
Second Street
Samuel Dunn
A. Carroll
R. McKay
A. McKay
A. Ruhmor
Ise Marston
Wrightsville
Horr
Wrightsville, Pa
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Johnson, White & Co
Peache
Aneene
Java
Tere
Garland Gleanings
Nell
Mart
R. H. Johnson
R. H. Jonnson
Phillips—Nichols
C. Nichols
T. P. Warner
Leroy Phillips
Sioux City
Iowa
Mary A. Nichols
Sprig Creek
Parish—Scott
M. E. Parsonage
R. M. Warren
Robert Parish
Centerville
Effie R. Scott
Spartansburg
Beattie — McConkey
L. M. Gilleland
J. Beattie
Little Rock
Ark
Libbie J. McConkey
Sparks
S. M. Shelly
East Aurora
John P. Thompson
Youngsville
Isaac Davis
Anderson
Gustaf Anderson
Standard
Warren, Pa
Beuritz
Devon
Asborne
Warren Co
Hartford and
Lowell
Hartford
Tapestry
Brussels
Cocoa
Imperial
China
Parmlee & Henry
Trushel & Mintzer
B. Nesmith & Son
Cheally
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J. Trushel
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