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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1889
Page
3
The notice proclaims a Wednesday April 17 1839 spring opening with Madam Nature inviting all to view her stock of evening skies sun buds and blossoms. The event is free to everyone and presented as a broad advertisement across vines and trees.
Frank Mayo in The Royal Guard slated for next Saturday. Mrs W H Filler's father ill in Wisconsin. Prof A B Miller travels to Massachusetts with son Robert for summer with relatives. Local items note business openings, sales, housing, and a garden seeds arrival. Trouting season opens. several social events and notices.
Land bought from Mrs. Silk houses a one story 60 by 120 foot factory ready for occupancy this week. J C Fox builder reports brisk work, with Buffalo managers supplying skilled labor. Warren Wooden Ware Works employs 41, led by M W Jamieson and F H Chevalier, thriving on timber rafted from Kinzua. Kolfrat Henderson grist mill serves West End, while Union School enjoys a vacation and locals vow Warren’s lively revival.
Trinity Memorial Church Warren presents Holy Week events from April 17 to 22. Schedule includes services each evening and morning Holy Communion, Easter sermons The Resurrection and Eternal Life, baptisms, and vestry election. Notable items: April 19 Good Friday The Crucifixion and Eternal Life. April 21 Easter Day features Holy Communion, The Resurrection, and Children's Service.
Easter program at the Episcopal Church features a 7 a.m. choral Holy Communion with carols and 11 a.m. musical service with sermon and Holy Communion. The afternoon offers a 7 p.m. musical children’s service with readings and recitations. Notable performers include Whitney, Griotig, Danks, Newton, and Marsh, with choir members and organist listed.
Mrs Caldwell of Toronto Ontario the noted singer will appear in Warren next week probably Thursday evening at Library Hall. She will be assisted by Miss Jessie Alexander a superior elocutionist and Mr F Warrington an accomplished baritone. All who wish to be well entertained should not fail to be present.
A piano teacher from abroad offers instruction at 512 Water Street. Interested residents may call or visit for lessons and rates.
Two large meetings at Library Hall in Warren saw officers chosen and a campaign fund raised for the amendment. Delegates from many boroughs and townships attended, with Capt. Taggart as chair and Rev. Rankin urging unity. A permanent county committee and various subcommittees were named, a fundraising drive launched, and an evening program featured Prof. White and Prof. Frost in support of the amendment.
Trustees of Oakland Cemetery invite lot owners to enroll in a voluntary annual program to mow lots with a lawn mower trim hedges and shrubbery and maintain care. Owners may pay the assessed amount to C C Thompson Secretary or a Trustee to receive a receipt for the service and cost.
The new Episcopal Church at Youngsville will be dedicated Thursday May 2 at 1130 a m with Bishop Whitehead and about a dozen clergymen present. Services will be held in Trinity Memorial Church Warren on Tuesday Apr 30 at 1030 a m with surplice chair of Jamestown N Y. The new church at Kinzua, finished weeks ago, will be dedicated once funded. Kane and Warren hold related services this week.
For sale or rent a Keystone drilling machine for water wells with tools included. In good running order. Apply to Grorae Falkman at 17a8t Carver St Glade Warren Co Pa for terms.
The Erie Presbytery met in Warren from April 9 to 11 with Rev. J. G. Patterson chosen moderator and Rev. J. C. Bruce among elected commissioners to the General Assembly. A strong temperance pledge was adopted urging votes for the June constitutional amendment. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society met in Warren, noting high attendance, reporting $5,180.73 raised for foreign missions and a growing member base.
Reports announce the Allegheny Springs hotel opening May 1 and deaths including John Cummings of West Spring Creek. Town items note a proposed county militia unit, lottery concerns in Titusville, Prohibitory Amendment organizing, Kane Leader changes, nearby deaths Cyrenus Arters and James McIntosh, and a fatal sawmill accident at Hall's mill near Grand Valley with William Phelps killed at age thirty four leaving a wife and three children.
The Mail notes the deaths of S. W. B. Sanford of Eldred aged 90 and James McIntosh of Sugar Grove aged 86, following the late Lester Wright of Freehold aged 85. All are praised for noble deeds and honest character, with descendants proud. Later, Luke Dalrymple of Pittsfield died Monday morning April 15 at age 80.
Spring incident along the river and creek sees hunters firing at ducks with no regard for residents. Samuel H. Cogswell reports a bullet pierced his upper window at about 6 am, threatening his grandson Charles McNett. The note warns against rising early due to stray bullets and urges hunters to stop shooting.
All household furniture for sale at house No 14 Third Street. Call between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. daily before May 1. Also an elegant square piano to rent at Mrs J A McIntosh.
S Burt at 400 Hickory Street advertises a steady stock of fresh and salt water fish. Call for selections and availability.
Advert says rheumatism is quickly cured by Arnica and Oil Liniment from N. C. Allen and B. F. Morris. It presents a medical claim and names the product and sellers.
Gov Beaver and Generals Hartranft Wiley Snowden and Hastings ordered Philadelphia soldiers to wear regulation dress uniforms. Hastings desires a full division dress uniform for major occasions. Spring inspections occur April and May with Lt Bean detailing state Guard inspection. Brigade encampments set for July and August near Philadelphia Pittsburg and a to be announced site in July.
Loren Blodget of Philadelphia urges Warren County farmers to expand fruit growing. He notes Warren hills rival Chautauqua for orchard fruit, with soil and frost advantages, and that several plantings near Warren may reach packing and shipping readiness. He says best fruit for packing can be grown locally and demand exists for well grown orchard fruits.
Gov Beaver and brigade commanders receive praise for Pennsylvania brigades in Washington. Wanamaker Bible class in Philadelphia grows from under 300 to 780 members, causing seating shortages. The State YMCA convention gathers in New Castle in the fall with Postmaster General Wanamaker and 400 delegates statewide, with Warren expected to be represented.
Rev Brady conducts evening meetings with Rev Smith and Rev J P Burns scheduled for Wednesday. School enrollment swells prompting hiring of an additional teacher. C M Goodwin family moves to Mrs Fancher's house as Mrs Fancher expands her dwelling. Steam sawmill work advances. Funeral for Mrs Hagle held at Swedish Church. P Wright seeks medical care in Corry. J W Phillis remodels and enlarges his barn. Retired farmer Cotton visits from Cleveland greeting old friends. Sam Bull buys a new organ for his home.
A Prohibitory Amendment caucus elected delegates to the April 16 Amendment Convention, with J. C. Hamilton and S. Lord among the leaders. Also noted were creamery officers chosen and plans for May startup, along with local health, oil prospects, and a railroad excitement in Sugar Grove. The death of James McIntosh at 86 is reported, and local illness includes Willie Hill.
John B. Bell of St Abilene Texas endorses Ayer’s Pills after trying various cathartic remedies. He asserts the pills give the most satisfactory results for liver and stomach complaints.
Rev Dr Leonard W Bacon argues against Prohibitionist zeal and argues for responsibility of drinkers, urging harsher penalties on drunkards and targeting accessories. Readers in Davenport report saloons and licenses. Ex Gov Gardner supports local option and high license as practical limits to prohibition.
Christian Union denounces the push to label every opponent of constitutional prohibition as an ally of enemies of religion and state. A simple list of opponents, esteemed for moral and political judgment, refutes the charge. Coercive tactics to force votes on a method of restriction backfire and threaten the cause.
An advertisement extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a nerve tonic and tranquilizer. It links nervousness to stomach weakness, claims the tonic strengthens digestion and nerves, and asserts relief from headaches, tremors, sensitivities, dyspepsia, biliousness, rheumatism, constipation, and kidney complaints.
The Place to Buy Clothing and Gents Furnishing Goods at Warren county's top shop under A Weiss. Overhauled and refitted with a vast, fashionable stock. Spring suits, boys' clothes plentiful. We can save you money. Bear me in mind.
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