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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1884
Page
3
The column lists ongoing activities and upcoming happenings including a Farmers Club meeting at the Court House next Saturday at 1 PM, loans and paper drives, theater bills, and updates from local businesses. It notes renovations at Carver House, lumber trades, library exhibits, and the need for house numbering to aid navigation.
Geo Ball introduces extensive line of boys and children's suits with patterns described as beautiful. A baseball and bat are given away with every suit purchased. Boston brown bread is delivered warm for breakfast every Thursday from La Pierre restaurant.
A Warren resident once valued at a six figure sum now fishes commercially in Warren Pennsylvania. The remark about betting on the wrong side of the market is dismissed as a river tale and called a fish story by the Franklin Spectator.
Oranges priced at 15 and 20 cents per dozen and lemons at a cent each from Geo P Orr & Co. Empire Baking Powder comes with a free gift at TuEuropore MESIINER's. A A Davis & Co offer custom window shades in Warren. The La Pierre Restaurant promotes fresh pies as top choice.
In last week’s Wrightsville letter N. F. Wright is corrected from butter maker to butter tub maker. A court note switches Mead for use of Platt v Porterfield to a defendant ruling rather than plaintiff as previously stated.
The court held farmers may work out road tax as a form of payment and rejected any commission for collectors on the work performed. The decision emphasizes the tax imposition involves labor by the supervisor, not the collector or treasurer, and that commissions on worked out taxes are inappropriate.
A newspaper snippet advertises baseball and bat giveaways with every suit bought, plus a noted line of ladies neckwear at Bell Bros. A. A. Davis & Co promotes the Marsh Roller Skate from Johnson & Siegfried as a sale item in the same page.
Beit Bros announces strong sales of Royal Standard Black Silks at low prices to attract trade and urges quick purchases before old prices end. They also showcase a new line of Summer Suits in latest designs displayed for careful inspection.
Lost plaque decorated with lilies, the finder to be rewarded by leaving it at the main office. Curtain poles and cornices offered cheap for spring trade. A. A. Davis & Co. runs a large line of baby carriages at all prices. Lemons 15 cents a dozen, oranges 20 cents a dozen at Treport MissNer's.
The Library building hosts a multi department display with Antiquities Foreign Curiosities Science War Relics Industries and Special Features. The Art department features rare specimens while Library Hall hosts the Olde Tyme Singers. Week events include stereopticon concerts concerts and a Merchant of Venice performance with a New England supper daily. Admission ranges from 15c to 50c with season tickets available.
Next Friday April 25 the Erie club visits Warren for the season opener at Riverside Park. Game called at 3 45 sharp with 25 cent general admission and free grand stand for ladies. Warren aims to upset Erie while both clubs prepare for upcoming bookings with Buffalo Philadelphia Cleveland and others.
Last night the city fathers held an adjourned meeting with a lively mood. G H Ames was elected Collector with five votes, A S Dalrymple three. Ward won five votes for street commissioner, King three. Wood led Borough Surveyor with four votes, Cornelius three, Hamilton one. Night policeman vote split with five nays and three yays. Licensing for traveling agents and pedl ers discussed with licenses from 1 to 5 dollars. Full proceedings next week.
Bell Bros. advertises lace curtains in sets and a full line of wall paper and decorations. Theodore Messner’s line of canned tomatoes, beans and peas is also showcased in the same notice.
A Harrisburg Telegraph report notes a 500 dollar appropriation at the last session for portraits of Ex Lieutenant Governors John Latta and Charles W. Stone. Latta chose J Lawman of Pittsburgh and Stone chose Wim A Greaves of Warren. The portraits, about 4 by 3 feet in gilt frames, were finished, reviewed, and hung in the Lieutenant Governor’s chamber.
Jacob Keller offers imported and domestic cloth stock ready to be made into suits with a guaranteed good fit. His rooms are on Second Street near Liberty, second story, with skilled workmen and latest styles. Also notices on Boots and Shoes sale at Nortthrop's and Mrs Harris' Hazel Street property for sale. Banner Furniture advertises widest assortment and finest furniture at Warren’s Banner Furniture Store.
The note describes wedding cards and invitations printed at the Mail office while schoolboys display liberty poles and streamers for Blaine and Lincoln. It portrays Wayne county as rekindling old fashioned Republican enthusiasm with leaders capable of uniting the people.
A Warren town letter questions the new library building and its hall, condemns a theatre operating within the structure, and urges trustees to explain the plan and protect morals and finances. It warns of dissipation and unpaid debts from frequent plays and calls for public reflection and action.
Reader letter urges the Post Office to replace the single horse Star Route with a railroad mail service. The writer notes regional development from the B N Y P railroad, argues for higher efficiency and faster communication, and asks the Republican paper to press for action in Washington.
A satire on the Commercial Hotel builds a lavish list of amenities and quirks to mock its rivals. The circular parodies lavish features from bath and telegraph to a resident cleric who can do many tasks, while the proprietor claims other hotels are better.
G W Lercer sells hotel belongings Friday April 25 at 1 PM including beds, furniture, plates, carriages, eight horses, wagons, harness, oats, hay, and one milch cow. Sold to highest bidder with cash or credit terms. 5 percent cash discount on large sums. Also listings for bird cages, oranges, framing, and wallpaper by A A Davis & Co.
Warren Pa merchants advertise baking powder at 35 cents per pound and a Hazeltine mixer. Victor Clough of Geneseo Illinois skated 100 miles in 9 hours 55 minutes for a $25 purse. McNett & Co advertises low furniture prices and claims to offer more goods than two Warren County houses.
Meadeville plans a September magazine linked with the Chautauquan while Meadville’s debt grows. Edinboro State Normal School reports 255 students. A Hickory brakeman, Ed Welch, dies on a B N Y & P line. Olean’s town hall burns. Burgess polices loafers. one family expands across territories. Point Chautauqua Union set for July 22 to Aug 4. a Jamestown story notes a nine plus adopted children and a large blended family in a small house.
A roster of residents including Cyrus F Arters at Brokenstraw and M Sr Abbott at Pittsfield among numerous farmers, carpenters, clerks, merchants, and laborers across Warren, Sugar Grove, Spring Creek, Columbus, Youngsville, Farmington, and surrounding towns.
A list of unclaimed letters in Warren, Pennsylvania, dated April 19, 1854, with names such as Anderson, Alex and Bishop, Harvey Klinger, A. Brown, Ina Linsner, Philip Babylon, and others. Instructions request callers to provide advertising date. letters unclaimed after thirty days go to the Dead Letter Office. Also notes lumber output forecasts for Allegheny region, citing Pittsburg Dispatch on timber and raft figures for spring.
April reports from the county describe Eli Haupin’s recovery under Dr. J M Burroughs care. The Stilson Hill cemetery association bought land for 50 dollars, creating a new burial ground beside the old cemetery. Local happenings include new home construction by Jonthon Sheldon, illness of Abner Hazeltine’s wife, maple sugar production by George and David Wright, and hotels being reshingled.
Schools begun the 14th. Hans McKitrick resumes work in his old shop. Cheese men start April 14. Oats worth fifty cents per bushel at the new mill. A telephone line may be established soon. Edward Spencer’s remains buried at Foster cemetery after hospital work. Cheese creamery planned at Pentagrasses. Y P L society buys library house hoping for a reading room. Sugar party at Noah Knapp’s signals season close. Mrs. Roter’s La Pierre Restaurant praised for bread and rolls. A A Davis & Co reports stock of cabinet frames and new box paper ready for sale.
Prices in a weekly list show corn meal and flour items with modest per barrel or sack costs. Grain market fluctuations are noted, and prices are subject to change in response to market conditions.
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