The Warren Mail’s Aug 4 1885 Circus and Parades Notes
The item notes a debt forgiven tale at a circus night and a crowd with eight tickets bought. It mentions a legal holiday next Saturday and mud from rain. Struthers Hose Company parades in Corry Sept 1 with its band guests of Crosby Hose. The issue notes Miss Belle Henry portrait in Wyman’s window by Greaves and updates on local business and forthcoming parade guests from Barker Hose Fredonia Aug 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Struthers Hose Company
Corry
Crosby Hose
Belle Henry
Wyman
Greaves
C. H. Meacham
J. E. Berkstresser
Wm. Martin
8. E. Davis
McKain
Johnson Hose
Struthers Hose
Warren
People in Print from a Warren Era column
A crowd of short notices from Warren area society. Names include Mrs L D Wetmore at Chautauqua Miss Kate Messner and Misses Cobham Ella Mc Daniels at Chautauqua and Miss Carrie Hull visiting Miss Grace Stone in Lewiston Ill. Judge R Brown and wife traveling to Chicago Kalamazoo. Post office hours shortened Aug 8. Local business updates and events follow from Stark environs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Messner
Chautauqua
Nellie Brann
Hydetown
Clerk Cogswell
Allegheny Spring
J. B. Fisher
Jamestown
Kate Cobham
Ella McDaniels
Carrie Hull
Lewiston, Il
Grace Stone
D. L. Gerould
Sue Morris
Bradford
Daisy Barber
Titusville
E. L. Hempstead
Judge R. Brown
Chicago
Kalamazoo
Carrie Stebbins
New York State
Mattie Johnson
C. W. Sersall
Prof. Miller
Educational Teachers Annual Institute in Warren Session Five Days
Teachers will assemble at Union School Warren on Monday Aug 24 at 2 PM and stay five days. Program covers organization remarks by instructors and others, evening addresses, and multiple sessions on teaching methods, history, hygiene, and moral training. Special notes include attendance days, reduced-rate travel orders, and contact for stamped envelopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Union School
N. R. Luce
Sugar Grove Seminary
W. W. Pringle
J. H. McClintock
Columbus
J. L. Burroughs
8. C. Hayden
G. L. Gehring
Narcissa White
Grove City
W. W. Abbott
Youngsville
P.R.R
C. D. Arirp, Co
Al Pierce Crowned State Trout Champion
In Potter County last Friday Al Pierce caught a brook trout weighing two pounds two ounces, sixteen inches long, with a five ounce pole. Smethport Miner notes rivals F H Rockwell H E Brown and Weston Beaty of Warren caught 21 trout totaling 63 pounds, including a five pound and a near six pound fish, but overall a poor day for trout fishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Pierce
Potter County
Smethport
F.H. Rockwell
H. E. Brown
Weston Beaty
Warren
Memorial Observance for Gen Grant in Warren Library Hall
Public observances will be held in Library Hall next Saturday afternoon under Ford Post G A R in memory of Gen Ulysses S Grant. Citizens urged to close businesses Aug 8 from 1 to 4 PM and attend memorial services at 2 PM with fire department in citizen clothes. Special orders direct post room gathering at 1:30 PM for the funeral service of our late comrade General U S Grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Library Hall
Ford Post
Gen. Grant
Fire Department
Borough of
Warren
Eben N. Ford
Ulysses S. Grant
A. D
C. C. Thompson
Burgess
U.S. Grant
W. J. Alexander
W. H. Taylor
Teachers Examinations 1885 in Warren County
The 1885 teachers examinations for Warren County will be held in multiple towns from August 14 to September 19 with start times 9 30 or 10 30. Subjects include Physiology and Hygiene and Theory of Teaching. Special examinations require board approval and moral references. Directors should attend. no spring exams unless required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren County
Warren
Tidioute
Farmington
Sugar Grove
Lottsville
Columbus
Kinzua
Corydon
Elk
Russellsburg
Grand Valley
Enterprise
Clarendon
Sheffield
Spring Creek Station
Wed
Pittsfield
Youngsville
Resolutions on Grant Death Adopted by Eben N. Ford Post
At a G A R meeting last Thursday the committee reported on Gen. Grant's death and the post unanimously adopted resolutions praising his service and extending sympathy to his family. The resolutions call for thirty days of mourning and note the nation has lost its greatest and most honored soldier and a noble citizen. Committee members N Moors and L T Borchers signed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eben N. Ford Post
Gen. Grant
Eden N. Ford Post
G. A. R. Warren
N. Moors
L. T. Borchers
Mrs Eveline Mead Dies in Youngsville at 77
Eveline A Mead of Youngsville died at 9 a m Sunday August 2 1885 in her 78th year after a week of illness. Her remains will be buried in Oakland Cemetery Warren this Tuesday afternoon. She was a worthy woman beloved by a large circle of relatives and friends and the only surviving sister of Judge King J H King and G W King of Warren and Dr J E King of Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eveline A. Mead
Youngsville
Oakland Cemetery
Warren
Mead
Judge King
J. H. King
G. W. King
J. E. King
Buffalo
Silver Wedding Honored at Spring Creek
A Silver Wedding for Mr. and Mrs. E. I. Cobb was celebrated at their Spring Creek home with about fifty relatives including S. B. Logan of Warren. Miss Ethel Evans, former local teacher, has a city job offer at $500 annually while Sugar Grove schools prep for Aug 17. The Hamersly Opera Co performs Quyette and Chimes of Normandy in Sheffield with Ed E. McCuen joining. A white rattlesnake, 3 feet long with eleven rattles, was shot at Sugar Run by John Sheridan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. I. Cobb
Spring Creek
S. B. Logan
Warren
Freeport Journal
Etta E. Evans
Tidioute
Pittsburg
Butler Schools
Sugar Grove
G. L. Ghering
A. E. Rice
Frank Rexford
Hamersly Opera Co
Sheffield
Normandy
McCuen
Sugar Run
John Sheridan
Castoria Advertisement Recalls a Mother's Trust
A nostalgic promotional verse recalls Castoria as a remedy through stages of motherhood from baby to children, highlighting its perennial use and maternal confidence in the product.
Jamestown Pushes Plan for New Public Hospital
Citizens in Jamestown rally to back a public hospital project seeking city support and funding. Proponents say the facility would expand medical access, create jobs, and relieve strain on existing clinics while officials weigh costs and site options.
Local Legislation Meeting Adjourns After Busy Night
Burgess Thompson and all council members attended as minutes were read and approved. Committees reported progress on streets, sewers, health and public buildings while several special committees were given more time. The borough accepted a fire hydrant test proposal, granted pole and wire permits, and approved licenses and payments including a $1,000 past water bill and various bills for July. A proclamation urged business closures next Saturday from 1 to 4 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgess Thompson
Cogswell
Park
Pinney & Co
Walkerman
Warren Electrical Light Company
Honhart
Third Street
Warren Water Co
Exchange H. & L. Co
Windsor
T. Wildred
T.S. Messner
Plank
Jas. Clark
P. Beglar
Ed Walker
Warren Lt
Ht. Co
J.C. Utter
Police
R. Foster
Ashby & Vincent
Jos. Walkerman
G. W. King
S. H. Cogswell
S. G. Ward
Thos, Walsh
Poplar St
National Transit Pipe Line Company
M. GC. Beebe
Pleasantville
Venango County
Asbury Park
N. J
Beebe
Lake Chautauqui
Long Point
Elton Eddy
Jamestown
Alexander T. Prendergast
N. Y
James Prendergast
James Prendergast. Mr. Prendergast
Kiantone
George K. Anderson
Edenburg
Anderson
Ep Mart coal bank near warrant 3017 described by Baxter
Henry Baxter reports on the Ep Mart coal bank near warrant 3017 in Galen Pa describing two springs yielding coal fragments, a promising vein five feet thick with solid lower coal and a dispersal of disintegrated coal higher up. He notes existing outcrops, erosion, and the potential for deeper discovery, with railroad access by Warren Farnsworth Valley Rail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ep Mart
Watson & Dunham
Watson To
McQueen Run
Quaker Hill
Watson
Henry Baxter
Galen
Chautauqua Opens With Packed Intellectual Feast Schedule
The Chautauqua program details opening day events from Aug 4 including lectures by Dr. Neeley Mr H K Carroll and Dr George Sexton, and multiple conferences such as the Fourth General Missionary Conference and the First Y M C A Conference. Fireworks and chimes cap the day with a public reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neeley
Woman’s Missionary Conference
H. K. Carroll
New York Independent
George Sexton
Fourth
General Missionary Conference
William Butler
Chautauqua
Fisk Jubilees
Dora Henninges
Hutchins
Chicago
C. C. Case
God
John Williamson
J. L. Hurlbut
Holmes
B. T. Vincent
B. M. Adams
B T. Vincent
Homer B. Sprague
Boston
Shakespere
C. L
Miss von Finkelstein
Arabia
I. V. Flagler
Shakespeare
Henninges-Hutchins
L. M. von Finkelstein
Look-Up Legion
American Church-School of Church Work
Milton
Frances E. Willard
Look-up
Legion
Jerusalem
Young People’s
Brothers
H. M. Bacon
Bishop R
Parmlee becomes Lt Colonel in Sixteenth guard
National Guard notes describe Capt. Parmlee's election as Lt Colonel of the Sixteenth regiment at Camp Gallagher after acting in place of absent officers. The piece notes his decade of service, outlines other regimental changes, a butter theft rumor at the camp, a mimic battle causing minor injuries, and a circus visit in Warren with reduced admission and praise from a Harrisburg Telegraph report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parmlee
Camp Gallagher
Col. Wiley
Hulings
Story
Guard
Co. I
Knapp
Siegfried
Pittsburg
Beaver
Thomas Gallagher
National Guard of
Pennsylvania
Westmoreland County
Fifteenth Regiment
W. D. Rupert
Conneautville Courier
Frazier
Clarion
Sixteenth Regiment
J. E. McCabe
Tenth Regiment
Grant
Gas leaks kill shade trees in Warren and nearby areas
The Erie Observer notes widespread tree death from natural gas use in Warren and other gas regions. Leaks threaten vegetation despite iron pipes and fuel gas company involvement. Residents complain, fearing loss of shade and harsh winters, with Mr J C Wells reporting multiple trees lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Warren
Franklin
Franklin Spectator
Lighting Gas Company
J. C. Wells
Bell Bros. Big sale on all wool blankets and more
This week Bell Bros offers forty pairs of all wool white blankets, slightly soiled from a bankrupt stock, priced at 3.65 to 5.75 for four lots. Blankets advertised as equal to new, bought cheap, with a claim of a 40 percent higher retail value if not purchased now. Includes dress goods white goods and carpets with big discounts and a promise never to be undersold. Oriental Laces and neckwear new arrivals accompany broader clearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Bros
Arnica and Oil Liniment Advertises Soothing Relief
An old line from Johnson and Siegfried touts Arnica and Oil Liniment as very healing and soothing. It claims the product does wonders when applied to old sores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson & Siegfried
Youngsville and Ava County Correspondence Highlights Local Visits
In Youngsville and Ava, residents travel and visit relatives with several departures for Chautauqua, Warren, and Oil City. Notable entries include Miss Flora Hofiis, Miss Maggie Day, Ida Shortt, Wallace Thatcher, Rose Brady, and Miss Lizzie Carey. Local trades advertise buggies and phaetons for sale by A. Jaminson & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngsville
Ava
Lynch
Spring Creek
Flora Hofiis
Maggie Day
Chautauqua
Warren
Ida Shortt
Wallace Thatcher
C. G. Herricks
Rose Brady
Garfield
Forer
Busti
O. V. Cotter
May
Alley Thacher
Maudie Bartlett
Evaline Mead
Phillip Mead
Real Estate Transfers From Warren County Court Record
A list of land transfers from Allan and Rice's Warren County Court Record dated August 3 detailing buyers, sellers, locations in Brokenstraw Elk Glade Corydon Youngsville Pine Grove Watson Conewango Freehold and Eldred with amounts ranging from 20 to 2400 dollars and several transfers listed without price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan & Rice
Warren County
Wilbur Waliing
T. Fulkerson
Brokenstraw
Jones Titus
Wm. Gordon
Elk
Samuel Hook
Herman Behrman
Glade
Frank Bartlett
H. Porter
Corydon
Clarinda J. Kitchen
Anna A. Humes
Warren
A. Culbertson
John Conly
F. K. Russell
Harry Isaacs
James McKinney
Wm. A. Maines
Youngsville
P. Parker
H. W. Neiley
Kingua
D.S. Randall
James H. Cole
Pine Grove
John Grunder
Jonas P. Smith
Watson
W.i.bachop
A. L. Kern
R. Brown Et al
Andrew Gantz
Conewango
Ada M
Jas. H. McCullough
Traverse B. Fuller
Angelina Bowman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Warren Mail
Home Matters
Elate
People IN Print
L. D. Wetmore
Chautau
J. H. Bell
Bell Brothers
Ball & Thompson
Beaty
Alexander
York State
Struthers Iron Works
Nelson Moore
Frank Sailor
G. H. Higgins
Mike Walkerman
E. E. Linn
J. M Myers
F. E. Barker
Henry Rapp
Henry Rabe
Philip Fehlman
O’brien
Hoffman
J. C. Fox
Abdey
Glade Tannery
John Cahill, Jr
Bartholomew and
Pierce
Father de LaRoque
H. H. Goucher
Tacoma
Washington Territory
J. H. Kelly
Paragraph
J. N. Myers
J. P. Jefferson
Ohio
Geo. P. Orr
Sheriff Allen
Ed. Walker
New York
Capt. Alexander
T. O. Slater
al Johnson
Harry J. Miller
Louella F. Topping
Elmira
Eva Miller
Wm. Lesser
Susan Lesser
Emil Lesser
Lott
Warren Co. Agricultural Association
Durham
Jacob Riley
McKean County
Teachers’ Annual Institute
W. A. Rankin
Warren School Board
Bertha McConkey
R. J. White
Supt
Prather
John O’neil
Supt. Prather
J. P. Miller
Col. G. W. Bain
The
Kentucky Orator
C. D. Anrep, Co
Castoria
Thos
Bell
Parmlee & Henry, Telephone Co
Allen & Higgins
J. Regner
Watson Township
Neighborhood Notes
Cattaraugus County
Newman
Chautauqua County
Point Chautauqua
Bradford Shooting Club
B. B. Lord & Son
Sinclairville
Cumberland Stock Improving Association
Amherst
N.S
Oil City
Titusville Herald
Chautauqua Lake Railway Co
Albany
Willard White
Sinclairville Fair Association
B. B. Lord
O. N. Salisbury
J. A. Love
E. B. Crissey
National Guard Notes
Miss Rogers
Ida Couse
Lydia Evans
Lizzie Carey
Kate Siggins
Will Kemble
Geo. Warden
East Hickory
Belle Smith
John Clapp
Charlie Evans
Lizzie Morrison
Maud Parshall
Lilla Shugert
F. A. Carpenter
Williston
Sarah E. Taylor
Helen R. Guthrie
Olive Benn
Mary Taggart
S. C. Ingoldsby
H. J. Dreyer
Em . A. Jaminson & Co
Northropp’s
Dr. Fenner
P.M. Smith T al
Frank Dalrymple
Dal Fortune
Manville Brothers
Frank
Abbott—Le Febvre
de la Roque
Eugene A. Abbott
R. D. le Febvre
Montreal
Canada
Babbitt—Reynolds
J. C. Oliver
Charles Wesley Babbitt
Anna Grace Reynolds
Taly Bo
H. J. Danforth
C. P. Henry & CO
Glade, PA
Old Fifth St. Bridge
Schellhammer & Lesser's
Jewett’s
Sol. Cohn
Mich
Strelitz
Keystone Clothing CO
Rush D. Bartlett
Keystone Clothing Company
Warren, PA
N. K. Wendleboe
Liberty Street
Postoffic Warren
Jacob K Cheller
Corner Recoad
Pee Eae
A. A. Davis & CO. Warren, Penn
Nelson Greenland
Suspension Bridge
Stewart
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