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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1882
Page
3
A hazy ledger from the Marren Mail records daily figures and notes for dates in April, with times 12M 6 P.M. and 10 P.M. alongside numeric tallies such as 59, 54, 51, 57, 66, and 42 to 45 on multiple days. Data appears as fragmented sequences and partial sums.
A bustling column recounts town happenings from paving repairs to new broom drills and church lectures. It notes alumni meeting, beer bottling plants, gas fixtures ruling as personal property, sales at A. A. Davis Co and Baut & Co, and local officers installed for Rowland Hose Co and Warren Lodge of Knights of Pythias.
The Town Council met on Monday evening April 17 1882. Dunn awarded street work contract for one year and King named Street Commissioner. A committee to inspect a Market street house of ill repute. Myers resignation accepted Lacy appointed policeman. Lands between Old Exchange and bridge put up for sale. Burgess to oversee. Taxes set for year police one mill streets two mills borough four mills. Russell named Collector. accounts audit panel formed.
Mrs Weeks and children depart Warren for Salamanca New York to reside. Mr Hunter heads to New York for a third stock of dry goods this season. Greaves of Warren visits Hon Davis family and recovers from typhoid fever. Miss H C Clark of New York plans a Warren summer stay and offers a sketch class. names to A A Davis & Co for contact.
Mrs. Hayes and Ralph Waldo Emerson visited Warren High School with Temperance Christian Union members. Mrs. Wetmore presented portraits of the guests to hang in the school, while students discussed Emerson’s life and writings.
Charles P. Babcock a 28 year old book keeper at Warren Pipe Line died suddenly at the Warren Hotel last Thursday April 20 1882 After feeling ill he was given a small morphine dose and died in the evening His heart disease was noted by physicians He was a charter member of the Ivy Club Oil City and a member of the Citizens Corps The body was taken to Titusville for burial Also contains assorted local ads and notices.
Announcement from Warren Pa dated April 24 1882 requests subscribers to be ready to meet the appointed collector collecting contributions for purchase of land for the Library and Public Hall building. Also a notice seeks unfurnished rooms for a young man for sleeping and sitting space with application details at Mary office.
L G Noyes Druggist offers White Lead and ready mixed paints while A A Davis & Co advertises school books slates ink and affordable prices. McNett & Co opens a new Hickory Street store with a fine line of furniture and undertaking goods and wallpaper.
A Warren to Kinzua railroad test run describes track progress near Kinzua village, new bridge at Tuttletown, and grading toward Salamanca. Citizens assess damages from land takings as courts appoint juries. two daily trains operate Bradford to Kinzua, with growth in Bradford Warren travel and property values cited.
An extended territory lease gives Warren exclusive control within a fifteen mile radius centering at Warren and funds for new lines and exchanges. An exchange is set at Clarendon with connections to major local businesses and hotels. The system plans summer expansions to Irvine Youngsville Sulphur Spring Sugar Grove and more, aiming for broader service at lower rates.
Oil closed Monday at 78c bid as Prof Peckham prepares to sample petroleum for the National Museum. A new oil town Garfield may rise with Tom Hill's hotel as its first building. A Grosh & Co. well on lot 499 produced a duster and is being guarded while attempts to drill a lower sand continue amid a land survey lull.
The National Guard will hold its annual encampment for the entire division at Lewistown starting Saturday, Aug. 19, likely lasting two Sundays. The Sixteenth regiment including I Company of Warren is ready to march, and local notes report a new Second Lieutenant for JT Company P. Warren. The camp site has 300 acres, is well watered, and Lewistown is described as a summer-friendly borough near the Juniata river.
The Warren Presbyterian Church invites all to attend next Monday May 1 at 2 pm for the annual pew rental. The highest bidder secures a pew, and arrangements have been made for pulpit services after Mr Rankin's term ends next Sunday. Confectionery by A A Davis & Co.
A plaintiff wins 10,500 after eye loss in a railroad accident. The Clarendon and Tionesta narrow gauge line will run 15 miles from Clarendon to Tionesta Creek via Cherry Grove Township. Grading has begun and a second line Sheffield to Cherry Grove is planned if interest grows. Germany tests electric lighting on a passenger car at 31 mph with axles driving the generator. Warren oil activity shifts travel, as Bradford to Warren trains rise while the oilmen’s Bradford to Bradford line loses riders.
A Meadville Republican account recalls a daredevil moment when builder Mr McIntyre and engineer George Waterman tested the Columbus Bridge over the Broken Straw. Waterman risked his life on the 80 ton Mogul engine as the builder followed, the bridge settling only an inch and a half.
Batcheller and Dorris present a six in one spectacular with top riders such as Mille Rosina Dubsky Lizzie Keyes Aberlado Dowanda Willie Chaules Mlle Ellie and the Milo Brothers. The museum features Millie Christine the two headed nightingale and a Sioux Indian troupe War Cloud leads the group in a grand free street pageant.
W. H. Simpson & Co. practical plumbers steam and gas fitters and sewer builders have opened a store opposite Variety Hall. They stock gas fixtures iron sinks kitchen boilers water closets bath tubs sewer and drain pipes and related items. Call and examine stock and prices before going elsewhere.
The itemized notices from Russellburg and Pine Grove report daily happenings through April 24 1882. Will Dunn rests at home after work at Clarendon while John Moll lays a shop foundation for a growing business. Hodges Ackley prepare a first class store room with plans for occupancy and delivery service. Local figures E Dean landlord for another year and E J Badger Cassadaga operator visit town. Willis Hale builds a large store at Ackley and Lee Chambers visits from Bradford. Stave mill activity by H Fry and fruit tree shipments arrive.
In Warren Pennsylvania on April 22 1882 the Post Office lists multiple names including Amanda C Anderson Mary Logan Amanda Anderson August Lynch Samuel Anderson Kate Morse Amos Baliney August McGuison Josie Bedow Emma McKaine Mary Bauer Henry Nordin Frans Breed Rosa OBrien Merrit Clark and others. All not called for within four weeks will be sent to the Dead Letter Office. D C Allen P M.
H Flacke advertises the best beer sold in Warren and prepared for family use with free delivery to any part of town. Orders by telephone promptly attended to.
County correspondence reports multiple fires in the Clarendon woods near oil fields. Rigs saved at James Roy and Wm Hopewell holdings, while Bryan Hopkins and others suffer losses. New wells and pipelines, hardware sales, hotel and store openings, rail projects, and a telephone exchange are noted with various firms and individuals named.
Life and business flourish in Sheffield as John McNair & Co rebuild their saw mill after a recent fire and Horton Crary & Co begin tenement construction. A new M E Church heating basement is under way while Dan Morgan oversees. Union School finishes term. A J Deveraux leaves for Union City. Amelia Young starts select school in May. Mrs McNair and Lizzie return from Selma. Mrs Walter Horton travels to Buffalo due to daughter Myra’s illness. April 22, 1882.
Geo Ball and Co announce readiness for business with a large line of clothing hats and furnishing goods at low prices. The hub factory will operate mid next week. Buck a former citizen visits town after leadville stint. J W Snedeker NY company president visits on business. Mrs C G Coltman’s millinery stock arrives. April 25 1852. McNett and Co open new Hickory store.
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