Progress on Warren high school and local civic matters
Sept Abbey pushes the new Warren high school with brick delays for towers. Court viewers are appointed to study making the Allegheny bridge at Tidioute free. Licenses for liquor face few delays as 42 of 48 are granted. Warren Academy transfers discussed for Warren school district benefit. Council notes resignation, streetcar switch approval, and new health board appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbey
Allegheny
Tidioute
J. J. Wheeler
J. W. Wilkins
M. W. Bovee
H. D. Raymond
Gov. H. Bates
T. L. Putnam
J. M. Tabor
Warren
Messrs
Diehl
Tabor
Warren Academy
Allen & Son
Warren County
D. I. Ball
W. D. Hinckley
Warren Boro
Easter Services Spark Warrens Churches and Gifts
Easter services across Warren churches drew large crowds with floral displays and special music. Trinity Memorial raised just over $1,000 for church debt relief, while the Sunday school children gave about $100 from mite-boxes. Rev. J W Smith closes seven years at First Presbyterian with over $14,000 annual contributions and 80 new members. First M E Church reports four new members under Pastor Edmonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Trinity Memorial
J. W. Smith
First Presbyterian Church
Smith
M. E
Edmonds
The Eagle Graphophone and Bicycle Line
W B Heck & Co promotes the Eagle Graphophone as an affordable home entertainment device with comparable sound to pricier phonographs and a wide catalog of records. The display also features a large selection of standard bicycles for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
W. B. Heck & Co
Local Undertaker Promises Best Service at Low Prices
In Warren a long established undertaker advertises thirty years in business with twelve years specializing in the dead and a lady assistant on request. The shop offers a large line of goods, two first class funeral cars including a white one for children, six funeral coaches, night calls, and a price guarantee versus underselling. Office 303 Second street residence 110 Short street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Warren County
Second Street
Short Street
Jacob Keller Tailor Ad Promotes Spring Suitings in Warren
Just received a fine line of spring suitings and overcoatings plus black and blue serges sold by the yard. The fashion plate for spring nineteen ninety eight has arrived. Tailor Jacob Keller at Second and Liberty Streets in Warren, Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Keller
Second
Liberty Sts
Warren
Warren, Pa
Local notices and shop ads column item
Engraved work orders at the MAIL office for wedding invitations calling cards and engravings. Residence for rent at 510 Fourth street with possession after April 10 inquired at First National Bank. White kid gloves with colored embroidery sold at Kertchner's and A A Davis & Co offering baby carriages and more. Jacop Keller the tailor moved downstairs to the corner room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. Keeler
Fourth Street
First National Bank
Jacop Keller
Call
Gee Him
Warren area notices and society items of interest
Local news items include Miss Rockwell returning from New York, family arrivals from California and Williamsport, church events, a centennial postponement, and a musical convention in Sugar Grove. Sawmill fire near Warren, road improvement plans, and military company activities are also noted along with local trades and society happenings.
New Books Ready at Warren Public Library
Warren Public Library announces new fiction, juvenile, and miscellaneous titles. Notable authors include James Lane Allen, James Barnes, Frances Burnett, and Henry Drummond among many others with histories, travel, and literature volumes added for readers.
Changes in Egypt Reflected in Cairo Visit letter
Mrs. L. F. Watson of Warren visited Cairo in 1895 1897 and 1898 noting rapid modernization. She reports tramways replacing camels and donkeys European dress replacing Bedouin attire and trains to the Pyramids and to Luxor signaling a shifting Oriental scene toward Parisian influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
L. F. Watson
Warren
Cairo
Pyramids
Luxor
Two Civil War Veterans Seek to Recruit Company
Representative C W Stone supports Leroy Strong and Elmer Jones of Kinzua who served in the Civil War and now seek authority to recruit a company. They filed the application with Secretary Alger and received endorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
Washington
Pittsburg
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Claims Mercury-Free Remedy
A vintage advertisement warns against mercury exposure and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo asserting internal action on blood and mucous membranes. Emphasizes genuine product, testimonials free, and Druggist sales at 75 cents per bottle. Also touts Hall's Family Pills as the best.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Tailor Jacob Keller Sells Cloth for Bicyclist Suits
Jacob Keller announces a large stock of cloth for bicycle suits at low prices. Cloth can be sponge-cleaned at no extra cost. He also offers a fine yardage selection for children's clothing at the corner of Second and Liberty streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second
Liberty Streets
Jacob Keller
Money to Loan On 9g Mortgages
Easy terms of a hand building and loan association in Warren Pennsylvania. C A Peterson secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
C. A. Peterson
Sec’y
A. A. Davis & Co Stocking Wall Paper and Shades
A. A. Davis and Co announce spring stock arrival featuring wall paper and window shades in latest patterns. Large display includes one use blue periodical tickets for customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Davis & Co
Real Estate Transfers Week Ending April 18 1808
Real estate transfers show multiple deeds with buyers and sellers in Pine Grove Corydon Elk Eldred Pittafield Deerfield South West and adjacent areas. Notable transfers include Carrie B Cheney to A C VanOredale for 1900 Edwin Sanderlin to Clayton C Flatt for 115 and Albert Reynolds to August Haglund for 500. Other entries list short sums and parcel locations with names such as Wilbur Rhone George Jewell and Jos Sharp among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie B. Cheney
A. C. VanOredale
Pine Grove
Edwin Sanderlin
Clayton C. Flatt
Corydon
Fred M. Wheelock
C. M. Shortt
Sugar Grove
Thos. Akeley Etal
Wilbur Rhone
Geo. L. Crow
Geo. A. Jewell
Eldred
John L
Unbound Pennsylvania History Told by Uncle John
An 1800s reader under Uncle John’s signature highlights Pennsylvania’s early achievements and people. It cites Washington, Germantown, Ephrata, and Pennsylvanian scholars, printers, and printers, plus state leaders and wartime contributions. The piece urges youth to seek fuller histories beyond school texts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbott
Lyman
American Historical Association
American Men of Letters
C. D. Warner
Bryant
William Cullen
Bigelow
Simms
William Gilmore
Trent
Webster
Noah
Scudder
Willis
Nathaniel Parker
Beers
Atlantic Monthly
Bishop
Isabella Bird
Korea
Bodley
John Edward C
France
Bryce
James
South Africa
Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine
Chautauquan
Davis
Richard H
Drummond
Henry
John Morley
Addison
Joseph
Courthope
Bacon
Francis
Church
Bentley
Richard
Jebb
Bunyan
John
Froude
Byron
Lord
Nichol
Chaucer
Geoffrey
Ward
Coleridge
Samuel Taylor
Traill
Cowper
William
Smith
Defoe
Daniel
Minto
Dickens
Charles
Dryden
Saintsbury
Fielding
Dobson
Gray
Thomas
Gosse
Keats
Colvin
Lamb
Ainger
Landor
Walter Savage
Locke
Fowler
Macaulay
Thomas Babington
Morrison
Pope
Alexander
Stephen
Sheridan
Richard Brinsley
Oliphant
Sidney
Sir Philip
Symonds
Southey
Robert
Dowden
James Bury
Philip II
Spain
Hume
William the Silent
Harrison
Forum
Grenfell
B. P
Hunt
A.S
Our Lord
McClure
Outing
Outlook
Pater
Walter
Paton
William A
Sicily
Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography
Popular Science Monthly
Public Opinion
Puck
Review of Reviews
St. Nicholas
Schouler
Scribner’s Magazine
Mrs
Nora A
Spencer
Herbert
Stedman
Edmund C
Stevenson
Robert L
Cerennes
Thwaites
Reuben G
van Dyke
Paul
Werner’s Magazine
Winsor
Justin
Cartier
Frontenac
Youth’s Companion
Lewisburg
Pennsylvania
Washington
Hardie
Lancaster
Germantown
America
Swenkfelders
Penna
Martyer Spiegel
Ofig Tg
Ephrata
Lancaster Co
Daniel Pastorius
Peter Miller
Continental Congress
Union
Lee
Gov. Ritter
Whittier
Fort Sumpter
Nazareth Hall
Young Ladies Seminary
United States
Plymouth
United Seen
Philadelphia
Bethlehem
Phila
Benj. Rush
Sam’l Gross
Massachusetts
New England
Bull Run
National
Trenton
Princeton
Bunker Hill
Lexington
Valley Forge
John Barry
Robert Morris
Jay Cooke
Salem
Mass
Putnamville Easter Services and Local Updates
Fresh County News from Putnamville reports Easter services at St. Luke's Church in Jamestown and a busy week of community happenings. Mentions include school term closings, milk shipments, a new fire proof safe, a pole raising, and a summer creamery start. plus residents visiting Warren and Lander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnamville
E. F. Peterson
Marshtown
Ella Franklin
Lander
J. F. Babcock
Packers District
H. A. Putnam
Truth Soap Co
Warren
C. Hansen
E. E. Thompson
R. L. Gardner
Ezra Johnson
Ackley
T. M. Knapp
E. G. Wilcox
J. D. Z. Gould
C. J. Babcock
Dutch Hill
George Lewis
Gouldtown
Tony
H. H. Mix
Clara Ludwick
R. A. Parker
Wm. Stevenson
A. H. L. Phillips
Clarence Skinner
Jamestown
Wrightsville and Corydon Community Notes (April)
April reports show residents across Wrightsville and Corydon in spring activity. Mrs. Rachel Gifford travels from Florida to Westfield. Rev. Baldwin and Miss Gertrude Rumsey conduct revival meetings. local improvements include a new school fence and painting. Community visits include Miss Edith Irvine at Sugar Grove, Miss Kate Archibald visiting Steamburg, and Mrs. Viola Thatcher in Erie. Deputy Grand Master S. C. McClintock installs I. C. O. F. officers in Kinzua. sixteen dollars raised for school decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrightsville
Rachel Gifford
Westfield
Florida
Miss Hallam
Select School
George Abbott, Jr
Colora
Verne Allen
Iowa
C. R. Haupin
Jessie Smith
Corry
Edith Irvine
Sugar Grove
A. Phillis
Thomas Watt
Stillwater
Thomas Yates
Baldwin
Gertrude Rumsey
Crawford
Singer
S. C. McClintock
I. C. O. F. Kinzua
Kate Archibald
Steamburg
O. H. Marsh
Viola Thatcher
Erie
Carr
B. Wilbur
Big Shanty
Corydon
Wilbur
Local notices from Columbus on April events and visits
April 12 notes show Guy Simmons moving to Edgerton Illinois and visits by Judge Lindsey Jas Parmlee. Local church entertainments, illnesses, birthdays, and moving plans are listed for residents including Mary Webb, Rev Hathaway meetings, and family visits. April 13 updates mention Youngs visiting and illness improvement, plus a birthday for Ralph Wandl Young and Orren Polly moving to Crawford County. Big sale announced at FEHLMAN Bros. for china and ware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Guy Simmons
Edgerton
Ill
Lindsey
Jas. C. Parmlee
Warren
Free Church
Pierce
Mary Webb
Hathaway
Peterson
Lottsville
Rev. Baldwin
Rumsey
Hiram Monroe
Dunkirk
Esmond Monroe
Chancey Spencer
Mr. Young
Whitestown
Crawford Co
Bargains at Hunter & Son This Week
Bargains list with yardages and prices for Organdie, Irish Mall, Dress Ginghams, Apron Check Ginghams, Unbleached Muslin, Silkoline, Dress Latine, Dress Lining, Silklets. Also a music consignment for vocal and instrumental sheets priced at 3 for 10c, 35 for $1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Orleans
Delessia
Dinsmoor and Masterson Families Welcome Daughters
In Warren on April 9, 1898, Mr and Mrs Fred Dinsmoor welcomed a daughter. On April 6, 1898, Mr and Mrs John Masterson welcomed a daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dinsmoor
Warren
Fred Dinsmoor
Trushel and Flindt Wedding in Warren
Edward H. Trushel and Jennie E. Flindt were married Tuesday afternoon in Warren at the Flindt home by Rev. A B Markley. The couple, both of Warren, will live in Pittsburg where the groom has a good position in a hardware store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trushel—Flindt
Warren
Obituaries in Stoneham Bear Lake and Conewango areas
Death notices for Mrs. Wm Lamer of Stoneham aged 48, George R Chapman near Bear Lake in his 40th year, and Sophia Westling wife of Jonas E Westling aged 73 in Conewango Two dated April 1898.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamer
Stoneham
Wm. Lamer
Chapman
Bear Lake
George R. Chapman
Westling
Conewango Two
Sophia
Jonas E. Westling
Ice trade dispute over pond ice quality in Warren
In a notice from E Clemons of Warren Pennsylvania he warns ice consumers that his supply from the skating pond remains unavailable injuring his trade and asserts his own ice made from pure spring water is superior. The Pennyfield Carpet Cleaning Works ad promotes carpet cleaning curtain and feather renovation services with pickup at Mansion House managed by E W Sealy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. O
E. Clemons
Warren
Penfield
E. W. Sealy
Tailor Jacob Keller Sells Spring Suitings by the Yard
A full line of Spring Suitings and Blue Serges arrived for sale by the yard at Jacob Keller the tailor located at Second and Liberty Streets in Warren Pennsylvania.
Laxa Tea Promises Digestive Aid and Quick Relief
An 18th or 19th century brief advert claims Laxa Tea cleanses the system aids digestion cures constipation and sick headache. It is sold by druggists with a guarantee and priced at 10 and 25 cents per package.
D A V and P R R Best Route to East or West
The D A V and P R R is promoted as the best route with strong connections and top accommodations. Direct connections at Buffalo with the Empire State Express via New York Central for Rochester Syracuse Utica Albany and New York. Buy tickets from D A V and P R R agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Empire State Express
New York Central
Rochester
Syracuse
Utica
Alban
New York
Siegfried Firms Dissolved. Accounts to Close
The firm of Siegfried and Co is dissolved. Drug business to be run by John M. Siegfried, grocery and china by E W Siegfried & Co. Prompt settlement of accounts will aid in closing affairs. Yours respectfully February 1 1898.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siegfried & Co
John M. Siegfried
E. W. Siegfried & Co
South American Nervine Promised Cure Advertised
An advertisement touts South American Nervine as a universal cure for weak stomachs and nervous disorders. It claims immediate relief and universal success, with Hertzel & Saner druggists in Warren, Pa selling the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hertzel & Saner, Ruggists
Warren, Pa
Wall Paper Stocked by W. C. Rowland & Sons
Warren merchants W. C. Rowland & Sons advertise the largest and most complete stock of wall paper in the city. New designs are constantly added, featuring the latest styles and colors. They invite customers to examine the stock at Exchange block.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elk County
Robert S. Miller
Jane Graffoss
Ridgway
John Spetz & Co
Allegheny
Warren
Warren County
N. A. Porter
Chandlers Valley
W. C. Rowland & Sons
W.C Rowland & Sons
Exchange
Also Mentioned on This Page
Warren Mail
Home Matters
F. G. Haines
Charles Ott
Water Street
Hickory
Poplar Streets
T. W. McNett
Kertcher’s
China
Fehlman Bros
Chautauqua
A. Greaves
Iamwa
Tiago Logu An
UIL
Tiona
Rockwell
Kertcher
Lup14
Maksu
Russell
Will Yates
Glenn Lott
New York City
Struthers Iron Works
M. Waters
8.P. Hal
Florence
Stewart
California
M. H. Taylor
Williamsport
A. R. Taylor
Hitt
Struthers Hotel
New Castle
Matt
Jennie D. Averill
Greaves
Miss Branch
Albert Waters
Piso Force
Cincinnati
Fiona M. Stewart
Maryland
Philopolis
Baltimore
Columbian Athletic Club
Armory
Coleman’s
Titusville
C. E. Case
Gustavus
W. A. Talbott
Fletcher Parker
Joseph A. Schofield
Page House
Market Street
Stoneboro Fair Association
Ep. T. Beck
Struthers Flats
East Side
C. W. Stone
Richland
16Th
Elisoa K. Kane
Smethport Extract Company
Cole Creek
Mr. Kane
Kushequa
Trinity Memorial Church
Morris
Guth
M. D
Walter W. Davis
Wm. J. Alexander
Orris W. Beaty
Charles E. Cobb
Palmer A. Gilbert
Henry P. Hunter
Otis F. Hoffman
F. H. Rockwell
Ernest N. Smith
Joseph Walkerman
Tidicute News
Magill
Mary Isabel
R. L
Mary Thomas
C. L. Grand
Mayville
N. Dak
L. J. Gibb
Andrew A. Peterson
J. T. Whitehead
Triumph
Warren Public Library
McLennan
John. Mitchell
S. Wier
Hugh Wynne
Ober
Frederick A
Pool
Maria L
Redbridge
Rathbone
Mary Powell
Deborah
Arbiege
Silverado Squadrs
Adams
W. T
Pacific Shores
Crockett
Samuel R
Sir Toady Lion
George A
Lillie
Richards
Laura E
A Oye Everett T
Pennsylvania History
Kinzua
St. Luke’s Church
Earl Braley
Beatrice McManus
Linnie Pratt
Jessie Willet
Neil Marsh
Rena Braley
Vernia Simmons
Laura Marsh
Harold Morehouse
Leroy
French
Max App
Carol
Dora McManus
Mason Sheldon
Orlo Oop
Mickle Hill
Fehlman Bro’s
C. H. Hunter & Son
O.H. Hunter & Son
Brocatelle
N. Greenland
F. Humphreys
Humphreys’ Medicine Co
Corilliam and John Sts
Fish of
Riverside Fish and Co
Hickory and
Third Streets
George Smith
Siegfried
W. Jarvis
Water St
Cresco
Wise Man
Anderson & Salyer
Warren National Bank
Hon
Wm. D. Brown
Jerry Crary
D. W. Beaty
A. T. Scofield
Nelson P. Wheeler
G. N. Parmlee
Andrew Hertzel
Charles Chase
C. Schimmelfeng
Christian Smith
H. A. Jamieson
F. E. Hertzel
Cashier
the Warren Savings Bank
A. J. Hazeltine
C. W. Beaty
G. B. Ensworth
G. H. Jackson
O. W. Beaty
L. B. Wood
James Clark
Charles W. Stone
M. B. Dunham
W. M. Lindsey
L. R. Freeman
C. Sigel
Citizens Nat'l Bank
Mynon Warens
T. Hazen
David L. Gerould
L. W. Dennison
Diknctons
M. A. Myers
B. T. Hazeltine
D. ¥. Hoffman
J. M. Tried
LW. Dennison
L. W. Parelall
Jes. C. Pare Ee Ee
M. Slog
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