Warren Mail item picks up local notes and notices
Local column reports shifts in business and social events in Warren. Struthers Iron Works shuts down for invoicing. W C T U holds a meeting Aug 4. H O Wait Protectives trip to Salamanca Aug 24. Library Hall opens Aug 30 with The Golden Giant. local business moves noted. a library fundraiser nets about 70 dollars. farm notes warn of potato crop failures. a town watch is found and claimed. liquor store sale and relocation discussed. a train incident injures a boy, prompting medical action. postal changes and hot July weather discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Struthers Iron Works
Presbyterian Church
Beecher & Copeland
Local notices from Warren area figures face health updates and moves
Mrs H L Towle is very low and may die at any time. Mrs W D McLaren and Mrs Peter Sonne visit their husbands in Jamestown NY. Miss Hattie Flagg of Stockton NY visits Miss Kate Messner. Libbie Cogswell returns from Hot Springs AR. brother G W Cogswell improving. R H Johnson, known as Tip, resigns from Carver House and is in Mayville NY. Mr and Mrs A P Trushel return to Warren from Waukesha WI. Mr Trushel's health improves. Mrs J D Summerton turns 80 with plans for a social tea. Miss Stella Grimm visits Miss Annie Stone. Miss Clarice Oxnard of Tarrytown NY accompanies. Dr S J Fisher travels from Olean to Warren Refining Co. works. capacity doubled and product first class. Rev R S Holmes of Plainfield NJ preaches in Warren Presbyterian Church next Sunday. W C Rowland of Warren letters Kane Bank window in gold blue vermilion with detailed shading. praised as artist. Dr A W Ryan takes a month vacation to Green Lake WI. Rev Chas A Bragdon assists services. missionary tour includes Kinzua Corydon Grand Valley Sheffield Ludlow Brookston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Towle
W. D. McLaren
Peter Sonne
Jamestown
N. Y
Hattie Flagg
Stockton
Kate Messner
Libbie Cogswell
Hot Springs
Arkansas
G. W. Cogswell
R. H. Johnson
Tip
Carver House
Mayville
Stella Grimm
Annie Stone
Warren
Clarice Oxnard
Tarrytown
Grace Stone
Franklin News
J. Fisher
Olean
Warren Refining Co
Conewango
W. C. Rowland
Kane Bank
Rowland
Kane
A. W. Ryan
Green Lake
Wisconsin
Michigan
Chas. A. Bragdon
Pittsburg
Kinzua
Corydon
Grand Valley
Sheffield
Ludlow
Brookston
Boys in Blue to Camp Hancock from Warren area
Local militia units from Oil City Franklin Coopers town Titusville and Corry join with Warren Company I to march to Camp Hancock Mt Gretna Lebanon county on August 4. Regiment reviews by Gov Beaver Gen Hartranft and Gen Sheridan follow with camp opening events and parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Hulings
Oil City
Franklin
Cooperstown
Titusville
Corry
Warren
Hancock
Mt. Gretna
Lebanon County
Ridgway
Bradford
Siegfried
Company I
Harrisburg
Warren Fair Preparations for Fourth Annual Event
Warren officers plan the August 30 to September 2, 1887 fair with premiums near 4000 dollars across fruit vegetables and domestic goods. Thoroughbred stock, trotting races, and daily music attend the event with Gov. James A. Beaver scheduled to speak Thursday. A grand stock procession closes the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Keystone
Ensworth
Tidicote
Clarendon
Stoddard
Buckskin
Gov
Rockwell Residence Adds Finishing Touches In Town
The F H Rockwell house shows completion advances with native cherry library and halls and oak front door. Henderson leads the project guaranteeing quality with skilled Warren workers and Wendelboe handling painting in top style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Rockwell
Henderson
Warren
Wendelboe
Oneida Market Praised as Finest By Symi Store
Symi offers infant robes slips and complete outfits for babies at the Ladies Furnishing Store on Third street. The Oneida Market is described as one of the finest in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Symi
Ladies Furnishing
Third Street
Oneida
Wheat and Thistles Dominate Warren County Meeting
The Warren County Agricultural Association held a well attended session at Court House. Members discussed winter wheat varieties, drilling with phosphate, yields, and farming practices. The thistle problem prompted strong debate on control, law enforcement, and practical eradication methods.
Kane pushs water works and local notes from county papers
Boroughs and towns report progress with water works in Kane and Titusville Opera House nearing completion. Oil City gears up for G A R reunion on August 25 while Lakeside School of New Theology opens August 5 at Bemus Point and Session runs to August 21. Union City fires parade set for September 8. county fair moved to September 5 at Marvin Park. Canadohta Club buys Canadohta Lake grounds. Banquet for Willard White planned August 3 in Jamestown. Freight cars with air brake talked. Chautauqua navability debated with Lake Canadohia cited as higher and navigable. Pension fraud trial verdict and new-trial motion noted. Derrick reports Samuel Schell’s arrest in connection with Wagner affair and Turkey City riot. guard tightened after jail escape. Oil City establishes paid fire department with structured crews. How would such a department do for Warren.
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Titusville
Oil City
Lakeside School of New Theology
Bemus Point
Chautauqua Lake
Union City
Marvin Park
Jamestown Journal
Napano R. R
Chautauqua
Lake
Canadohia
S. Todd Perley
Erie
U. S
Acheson
Derrick
Samuel Schell
Wagner
Forest County
Turkey City
Lawrence County
Warren
Jamestown Regatta Draws Boatmen and Crowds at Long Point
Jamestown bustles during the fifteenth annual National Amateur Association regatta as boats crowd the lake resorts. The new Jamestown to Mayville and Brocton railroad operates three trips daily, aided by a busy streetcar line. Local carpenters transform the steamer Nightingale into a handsome flotilla. Mayville boat on shore. Ex-Supt. N. R. Thompson heads Long Point attractions with Willard White’s efforts drawing visitors.
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Jamestown
National Amateur Association
Lake Resorts
Willard White
Mayville
Brocton
Chautauqua County
Geo. Maultby
Nightingale
Warren
A. B. Kehr
Will McLaren
Peter FE. Sonne
John Kehr
Will Fitzgerald
Thomas Tuntstall
Thomas Tuntstall, Who Are Putting the Engine, Boiler, &c
Jamestown Club
Long Point
N. R. Thompson
Sugar Grove
Clarendon Relief Seeks Dishes and Furniture Donations
Clarendon relief asks for dishes and furniture. The committee will send for heavy or bulky articles that are offered. W. A. Rankin serves as chairman.
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Clarendon
Indians tried illegal brush seine on Allegheny River
Last Monday morning Corn planter Indians attempted a brush seine at Big Bend in the Allegheny river. District Attorney Higgins intervened and halted the violation. He found few Indians but about 200 white men ready to help if needed. The piece argues there is a law against such fishing by Indians and cites other similar white-led draws between Warren and Irvine. Also a retail note for Ladies and Children's Underwear and Hosiery at the Ladies Furnishing Store on Third Street.
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M. Mead
T. D. Finch
Corry
Warren
Ed. Leiter
White Cross League
Mike Ball
Fredonia
Titusville
Lilly Dale
Carver House
George King
High Street
Market
Chestnut
Warren Fire Department
Clarendon
Warren County Agricultural Association
Court House
T. W. Jenkins
C. G. F. Mead
Cole
Erie County
Lott
Will
D. Loucks
Quaker Hill
Martin Amber
A. Babcock
Peter Smith
H. Evans
Scotland
W. BP. Acocks
J. P. Samuelson
Mr. Cole
Adam Schutt
Col. Crocker
Philip Siechrist
S. P. Berry
Evans
Samuelson
S. Nt. Evans
Messrs
C. Thompson
P. Smith
Chas. Lott
Mr. Smith
Williams
Acocks
Mowers
Jenkins
Segal
Big Bend
Allegheny River
Higgins
Irvine
State Briefs: G. A. R Posts and Prison Shoe Contract Step Down
The roundup notes 505 G. A. R. posts in Pennsylvania and announces an end to prison shoe contract production in November. It also reports Peter Gromleich of Freemansburg charged under the new liquor law for Sunday beer at home and notes Pennsylvania Railroad tests on steam heated cars with planned fall rollout on passenger trains.
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Pennsylvania
Peter Gromleich
Freemasonburg
Northampton County
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Warren County Briefs Include Post Office Closure and Local News
Slater post office in Warren county is abolished. Tidioute News notes home improvements by H. H. Cumings. Tionesta Gas Company plans a line to Tidioute with gas ready before winter. Two men from Bear Lake jailed in Northumberland for terms of two and one year respectively. Local visitors from Kansas, a lightning barn loss at Farnsworth Siding, and a Warren man charged for indecent pictures in Cobham. Union school teachers listed led by Principal Crawford. Generational gathering at the Springs and in Tidioute with four generations at one table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Cumings
Tidioute
Tionesta Gas Company
Fred Crosby
Mike Crow
Bear Lake
Northumberland
Crosby
Crow
Arthur Dennison
Kansas
Sugar Grove
Thomas Farnsworth
Farnsworth Siding
G. R. Shiley
Warren
Cobham
Squire Walz
R. D. Crawford
Misses McConkey
Benn
Ingoldsby
Clark
Taggart
Bigelow
Miss Bigelow
Williams
Cat. Williams
E. B. Grandin
Florence
Alice
Mabel
Bert Grandin
Sewickley
Building Boom Persists After Fire in Clarendon
County correspondence reports July 29 as a busy building day with 106 structures started. Hemlock framing dominates, many with clapboard or rough siding, and most are longer rather than tall. The relief effort shifts to lumber and supplies as new homes and a church rise, with local firms and officials pushing reconstruction.
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Relief Committee
Burgess Bradley
F. H. Cauley
Henry
H. K. Miller
Warren
Jarecki Mfg. Co
Glade
W. A. Mitchell
Mitchell & Messner
Church Extension Fund
Brown’s
Senator Meredith
Squire Cornelius
Warren Water Co
Allen
Joseph Hand
Will Rankin
Art. McCabe
Sam
Geo. Harmon
D. W. Brodhead
Clarendon
Squire Booth
Dunkle
Clarendon Mutual Gas Co
Wrights and friends visit. several travel plans noted
July 30 report states P Wright returns home from State Line after a week. P L Wright sails to New York. Charlie and Nellie Stuart with two children and Charlie Kinnear visit P L Wright. Mr and Mrs Clyde Wright head to Chautauqua. Charlie Irvine, longtime sufferer, died on the 25th. funeral at home with Rev Cadman officiating. aged about 40. Faire.
Warren Guards Reunion Notice in Warren Pa 1887
Survivors of Warren Guards Co H 10th P R V C who left in 1861 and fought in the Civil War will meet in reunion in Warren on August 18 1887. The remaining veterans show lasting interest in renewing old comradeship despite dwindling numbers.
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Warren Guards
Warren
Co. H
10Th P. R. V.C
Oneida Emphasizes Quick Sales and Small Profits
The Oneida store runs on rapid turnover and slim margins, highlighting brisk sales and steady profits as the core business model.
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Oneida
Warren temperance notes hint at liquor controversy and shifting trade
A Warren temperance column reports the August 18 union meeting and a Pittston convention plan to push a constitutional amendment in 1889. It argues that reports of increased drinking are unfounded, describes lower oil prices and hotel vacancies, and shares a tale of pledge success improving finances for a man who built a home rather than drink.
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Pittston
Commonwealth
Texas
McConnell
Warren
R. R
Remembering Dates for Fairs and Train Timetable
A listing of county and state fairs with dates from Aug 30 to Oct 7 including Warren, Chautauqua and Erie regions. Also notes a Chautauqua Lake R R timetable with Jamestown boat landing departures, arrivals at B N Y and P junction, and connections with Lake Shore at Brocton. Steamers and Mayville schedules are provided with multiple daily times.
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Warren
Jamestown
N. Y
Philadelphia
Sugar Grove
Erie
Titusville
Clarion Fair
Conneautville Fair
Chautauqua Lake R. R
Boat Landing
B. N. Y. & P. Junction
Lake Shore
Brocton
Third street livery and feed stable advertisement
L. A. Siggins old stand offers gentle horses for ladies use with special attention to transient customers. Prices reasonable and telephone connections available. Managed by T. W. McNerr. Also promotes Downs Elixir claiming to cure a common cold from B. F. Morris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Street
L. A. Siggins
T. W. McNerr
B. F. Morris
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Warren Mail
Home Matters
Tunstall & Thompson
Buffalo
Bynap
Ed Paddock
Mr. Hathaway
Garland
Mr. Andrews
A. P. Trushel
Waukesha
J. D. Summerton
R. 8. Holmes
Plainfield
N. J
Vincent
Chautauqqua
Boys IN Blue
Camp Hancock
Our Council
The
Farmer's Club
Canadohta
Lake Chautauqua
Anat
G, N. Patterson
Gooprico & Fgrhlman’s
Wilson
Goodrich & Fehlman
Madame Foy
G. N. Patterson’s
C. H. Meacham & Co
United States
England
Gooprich & Fehlman
Matz
Warren County
Slater
Clarendon Borough
Wrightsville
Temperance Department
Tuersday
Warren Union
Africa
Germany
Great Britain
America
Buffalo Courier
Cleveland
Law and Order
Barkpeelers
Bell Bros
Fe Grill Ue
Tebaith
Daisy
Warner’s
Ball’s
Duplex
Roc
O.H. Hunter & Son
White & Company
Beecher & Cope
White & CO
Warren, Pa
A. Davis& CO
Rames, Dolls
Cé&C
A. A. Davis & CO
Dewey—Myers
Clymer, N. Y
N. E. Dewey
Columbus
Louisa Myers
Jacob Keller
Peter Greenlund
Undertaker
Hickory St
Nelson Greenlund
Exchange Block
Exchange Hotel
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