Warren Mail Highlights Local Happenings in April
April breezes bring kite flying plans, croquet and river scenes as Warren residents comment on lamps, court notices, and garden work. The Agnes Wallace troupe visits Friday and Saturday, while the Musical Association secures a bank building room for meetings. Local diversions include planing mill orders, tailoring, a whiskey boat raid, and rafts on the river as 1874 residents await spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Musical Association
First National Bank
D. B. Bernard
Carver House
Dunham, MacDonald & Co
Rush Bartlett
Oil City
Gabriel
Market Street
Warren
Helping Hand Building and Loan Association
Cameron
Jm. Aldridge
Bells Across Ages Reveal Church and Civic Life
An article surveys the history and inscriptions of bells from ancient times to the present. It notes bells in Moses era to medieval church towers, the King’s College peal in 1456, and the Moscow Great Bell. It chronicles curfew bells, Angelus, and Liberty Bell history, and lists diverse inscriptions from England, Cornwall, Derbyshire, and Orkney reflecting religion, memory, and local pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses
Aaron
Zeschylus
Euripides
Plutarch
Hanthus
King’s College, Cambridge
Eng
Pope Calixt DII
Lateran
John XIV
Brneland
William the Conqueror
Fulgura Frango
Dissipo Ventos
Lucian
Europe
Moscow
Ivan Veliki
Kremlin
Moskva River
Anne
DavGurTer
John
Nichlas
Russia
Troitsa
St. Nicholas
Erfust
Germany
Vienna
Olmatsa
Notre Dame Cathedral
Paris
St. Peter’s
Rome
St. Paul’s
London
York Minster
Peter of
York
Montreal
America
Tom
Lincoln
England
Oxford
Christ Church
Philadelphia
Lancaster
Henry Clay
Independence Hall
Derbyshire
Cornwall
Jesus
Wiltshire
Hampshire
Yorkshire
Dorsetshire
Faythe
Frances
Hertfierd
Cambridgeshire
Benet
Somersetshire
Somersetshire:— “Ail You of Bathe That Hear Mee Sound, Thank Lady Hopton
Samuel Knight
Devonshire
John Taylor and Son
Orkney
Scotland
Robert Maxwell
James Ve
Robert Borthwyk
Edynburgh
Local health updates and moves of notable residents
Mr. J B Brown shows marked health improvement and can walk. Dr Corlett C Hill, Warren native, has settled in Sligo Clarion County and is thriving. Judge L D Wetmore opened Erie Court and nears full use of burned hands. Dr Henry M Fisher, formerly of Warren, located in Allegheny City. Miss Kate Hequembourg, a former teacher in Japan, leaves due to illness and travels toward her father’s locality amid hopes for recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Brown
Corlett C. Hill
Warren
Sligo
Clarion Co
L. D. Wetmore
Erie
Jamestown
Peter Healy
Oil City
Henrietta Brown
Corry
St. John’s
Cross
Union City
Concord
Buffalo
West
Adelbert White
Dixon House
Bingham Canyon
Utah
Ter
Conneautville Bank
Agnes Wallace and Sam B Villa in Warren Friday and Saturday
Agnes Wallace and Sam B Villa bring a sensation comedy troupe to Warren for Friday and Saturday evenings with a Saturday matinee. Miss Wallace charms local theatre goers with a dashy style while Villa’s female impersonations and strong makeup entertain. A talented supporting company and a richly uniformed brass band and orchestra accompany the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Wallace
Sam B. Villa
Sensation
Warren
Agnes
New York Clothier Advertises in Warren County
Geo. Ball travels to New York to buy an extensive ready made clothing and gents furnishing stock. Union School hosts Friday afternoon exercises with declamations and singing under Prof. King. Local notices invite visitors to see Hodges real estate and marriages, lime and cement suppliers, veteran G A R plans, Episcopalian secret service event with ice cream, Library Association meeting, a lost brass safe key reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Ball
New York
Warren County
Union School
King
GEO. Ball's
Local lumber and business notes from Sheffield area
J and T Farnsworth plan a steam saw mill for Horton Crary Co on Farnsworth Run with completion expected by May 1. Horton Crary & Co report strong spring activity and about 300 workers, while Tionesta Creek rafting is poor this season. Also noted are a new history book on Pennsylvania and the April Wood’s Household Magazine, plus spring millinery arrivals and Presbyterian Church pew rentals upcoming May 1.
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Williams Hotel
A. Corey
Tionesta
Sheffield
Horton, Crary & Co
Keystone State
Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Wood
Household
Newburg
N. Y
Local Option in Warren County Debated as a Success
The letter argues Local Option is a grand success, citing two years of drunkenness records for Warren and vicinity. It claims fewer license months show no license months and calls readers to prove opponents' assertions with impartial data.
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Ephor
Warren
Local taxes and farming notes from the region
Youngsville borough sets road tax at five mills and borough tax at two mills. Farmers along the P and E Railroad line in Brokenstraw and Pittsfield begin ploughing for crops. The Literary Society, mostly youths, meets Fridays at the schoolhouse to read and publish The Literary News with weekly editor changes, followed by a debate by older members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngsville
Brokenstraw
Pittsfield
Literary News
Bishop Kerfoot Visits Tidioute on May First
The diocese leader Bishop Kerfoot will visit Tidioute Friday May 1. The Journal notes a new shin bruising velocipede seen on city streets. A “little responsibility” surfaced at the home of Mr E B Grandin last week with a birth announced. Eden Lodge I O O F plans the fifty fifth anniversary on the 26th inst with Rev Frank Brown delivering the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerfoot
Tidioute
E. B. Grandin
Eden Lodge I. O.O. F
Frank Brown
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Warren Mail
Qui Nimrods
Izaak Waltons
Burgess
Vincent
R. Brown
Reading Room
Sciipticon
Roscoe Hall
Episcopal Sunday School
Esehis
Eun
Roscoe Mall
D. J. Hodges
Messner & Trushel
Davidson & Harmon
G. A. R. Mererixe
Warren and
Cobham Post
Hose Company
Orper
Library Association
Warren Library Association
Shefield
Literary
Presbyterian Church
Variety Hall
Titusville
Chautauqua County
Ridgway
Jamestown Alpaca
Saaki Tagai
Arthur Cullum
Meadville
Venango County
Pithole City
Penn’a
Henry Hinkley
Eric
Liverpool
Vic. Woodhall
Lowrie
the Herald
Tionesta Republican
Benj. W. May
H. H. May
T. Gardner
White
Benjamin White May
Cowden
Cor
Broadway & Second Sts
Cincinnate
OFLIO
Os Siuetn
evenKs. V
FHI
Proprieter
A. A A. Travis & Co
Watson & Davis Block
H.des
Judd
A. A. Davis & CO
S. Storum
No. 3
Union Black
Alderney
Olcott
A. Ruhlman
News Depot
Isnover
Scrip Hat and Cap Store
Suspension Bridge
Rtuman’s
S. Keller
C. Smith
GEO
Ball's
Broadway
Amar
Geo. Bail'ss
Keystone Block
Gro. Ball's
Aldridge and
van Fleet
Scrip Clothing
Suspension _ridge
Geo. Ball’s
Johnson’s Exchange
Piso
J. F. Wells & CO
Hoffman & Clark’s
Warren, PA
Deassist
Scrip Clothing Store
of New
People’s Low Price Store
Lonsdale
Il Cts
Warren Co
Parmlee & Henry
aPaYp
Uipe
Disstun
Alann
Roland
TIE Argard
Oriental Hot Air Furnaces
Z&c
Chas. P. Henry
Aron School House
Hickory Street
W. C. Rowland. Warren
Elee Rae Borge Ball
Scrip Hat & Cap Store
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