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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1890
Page
3
The Warren Mail column lists community notices including fire company movements, library hall updates, farming tips, local sales and business ads, and voter assessment deadlines. It notes Watson Hose Co. leaving for a parade, pay orders for Mt Gretna volunteers, and Canada thistle fines.
The annual convention of the Warren County W C T U will be held at the M E Church in Sugar Grove Pennsylvania on September 17 and 18 1890 Carriages from Sugar Grove will meet early trains at Youngsville to convey delegates and visitors Mrs Cuas Lor Co Pres
The New York Tribune notes the August return of Fresh Air children from Warren Penn. Returners arrive in the city bright and healthy, with each boy in a new suit and a bright silver dollar. Parents hardly recognize one detachment stepping from the ferry.
Supt. Putnam announces Warren County Teacher's Institute to be held in Warren in October 2024. Senator Henry Hall of Mercer Pa will lecture Monday evening, Corporal Tanner Wednesday evening, with elocutionist Geo. P. Bible and chalk talk by Geo. E. Little. More features to be announced.
After taking over 900 ballots the Judicial Conference adjourned from Tionesta last Thursday to Warren last Tuesday but will not meet until next Tuesday due to the death of Mrs. Higgins. The Senatorial Conference is set for Oil City next week on Thursday Aug 14 with Senator Allen of Warren and Mr Crawford of Franklin each represented by three delegates and balloting to begin.
A young married farmer with a wife who can milk and churn butter seeks a steady year round position at Wetmore. He offers a good house and ample gas and asks Tuomas Kerelor Wetmore Station McKean Co Pa to contact. Also selling a portable boiler and engine in good condition via Maiz office inquiry.
Notice to taxpayers: collection hours Saturdays 2 to 6 P M at Leonhart and Son's harness shop and during August dates 21 22 23 28 29 30 all day. Taxes paid before September 1 receive five percent discount. paid after and before January 1 1891 at par. From January 1 1891 five percent added. Emitt Amann Collector Warren Pa July 15 1890. Prescriptions compounded and fresh drugs at Geo Davis Dave Store.
Purely personal notices list residents and visitors in the Bear Lake region and Chautauqua. Names include Miss Lizzie Peirce Miss Ella Perry Mrs J E Wheeler Henry Phelps and wife Ben Greenland and wife Mrs P Doerr and children Ella Cogswell and family Marion Abbott and family and W L Darling. Also reported are Dr McAlpine ill at Allegheny Springs and Odd Fellows participation in a Chicago gathering with about 100000 attendees.
A dramatic summer storm damaged buildings across Mead township and nearby areas. The Penn'a Gas Co. gasometer shed burned after a lightning strike with $500 loss and three occupants escaping unharmed. Chas H Smith house suffered minor fire damage from a telephone wire. A barn north of the borough was struck and burned, with about 130 tons of hay lost and $4,000 estimated damage, $2,000 insured. Several rigs and tanks were reported struck and burned.
Mrs. George H Higgins died last Monday evening after a paralysis attack on June 22 while out driving with her husband. Born Josephine E Scott in Spartansburg Pennsylvania, she taught school before marrying H Higgins in 1873 and moved to Warren in 1876. She leaves a husband, son, and five siblings, with funeral today at 3 p.m. from the Allen block residence, Dr. Ryan officiating, burial at Oakland.
The Warren School District challenges the Ames corner value of 13000 for a new school house site and requests a Court appointed appraisal. Appraisers Smith Lott and Harmon will report August 20. Public sale of the three site buildings set for August 22, with construction proposals advertised. Fall term starts September 15 with Miss Dreager hired as music teacher replacing Mrs. Hinckley. Superintendent Prof MacGowan also listed. Prof seeks rental housing as scarce.
Council met with Burgess Wood presiding. Actions include sewer inquiry, nuisance abatement at Caswell's stable, plank track and new station for D A V & P BR, fence removal for Penn RR, an intoxication ordinance, water quality notes, corner room ceiling repair, and nuisance abatement near Lacy & Co. iron bridge. Police report: 30 July arrests with $47 in fines. bills approved for tax, work, lumber, printing, and sewer expenses.
Charles H. Ketchum assumes duties as General Superintendent at Dunkirk in August. Assistant Superintendent Clute resigns and office is abolished. D. Thayer retires after nineteen years due to health, plans a Vermont trip. New passenger depot sought, four new coaches planned, lamps to replace tallow candles as rails stay busy.
A long roster of names and towns appears, including H. H. Evans and wife, Frank Jackson, Garnet Devore of Tidioute, Annie Evans of Dubois, Kate Scherer of Warren, C. A. Waters, J. R. Calkins, J. O. Young of Buffalo, and many others from Warren, Titusville, Pittsburgh, Meadville, Dunkirk, Irvington, and nearby areas. The piece reads like a social or society address with numerous individuals and spouses named.
July oil output shows 589 wells completed with 109 dry holes and total production of 12 459 barrels. June comparison: 15 more wells 1388 barrels more production and 14 additional dry holes. Close of July totals 398 rigs and 690 drilling wells, up 36 rigs and 74 wells from June. In Middle field Derrick summary notes declining non Martin Station work. North Penn Oil operates 18 tool strings. Glade reports minor completions. Old Clarendon yields a stray vein at 40 barrels. Martin Station district sees good wells. Little Syndicate well near 435 and east of 1 mile begins at 225 barrels and holds.
The great Reduction Sale at store room of Hunter and Jarvis continues with special prices and new goods just arriving. Hunter and Jarvis, agents.
Advertises Hall's Hair Renewer to strengthen hair thickening growth stop shedding prevent blanching and restore gray hair to a youthful color. Mentions Gro Davis' Crue Stars as a supplier and notes Downs' Elixir for common colds. Morris Mullen and N C Allen listed as vendors.
The Chautauqua assembly fills the great auditorium both morning and evening with crowds. Four departments serve the outer man including a new light boats program and a busy tennis and croquet scene. Mrs Cole man E Bishop leads a large Delsarte physical culture school with two hundred pupils while Dr Anderson directs gymnastic sessions. Mrs Emma Ewing runs a notable cooking school with a distinctive bread recipe. July 30 sees Woman's Day with talks by Jane Bancroft Lucy Rider Meyer and others. Grange day draws a huge agricultural audience with remarks by President Miller Gov Luce and others.
Comprehensive roster lists numerous residents from Conewango Glade Pine Grove and surrounding townships as traverse jurors and locals. Entries include farmers laborers merchants carpenters masons and others with explicit hometowns like Warren Sheffield Eldred Sugar Grove and Columbus. It notes Dr Thomas Electric Oil as a household remedy for burns sprains and aches with a warning to obtain the genuine product.
Neighborhood notes record Emancipation Day in Warren Ohio with strong turnout by Western Pennsylvania and Ohio colored communities. A. normal school at Edinboro shows promise while Clarion State Normal expands access. McKean Republicans nominate a strong ticket as counties show manufacturing-driven growth and population shifts.
Do mestic and Wilson sewing machines offered for cash or easy payment. Call before buying elsewhere to save money. Office and residence 112 East Water Street Warren Pa. F A Coast and Lt Warren Pa.
Transactions list numerous conveyances from F C Betts to A Findley in Columbus and others across Sheffield Mead Pine Grove Kinzua and Brokenstraw with values from 50 to 6000 dollars. Auction of Johnstown Flood relief funds reports totals received from state and city relief committees and expenditures in Conemaugh valley. A long health notice promotes Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters and local ads note medicines and groceries.
The Patrons of Husbandry lodge with about eighty farmers faces internal politicking as some members seek to appoint delegates to meet at Youngsville on Aug 7 to nominate candidates. The Grange insists it is not political and should avoid partisan questions. Other notes mention barn damage by lightning, a fall harvest, donations to Rev Cadman, visits by Miss Cadman and Miss Waters to Pleasantville, and upcoming Grange events and school hiring. The piece ends with Chautauqua reflections and a partisan speech that drew mixed reactions.
Last Friday night in Ava the J. B. White Hoyt & Co. drillers survived a gas ignition from a side lamp in the derrick causing a stampede among workers and a scramble to save the derrick. Residents predict oil under several properties as locals report tallies from Lew Arnott Gill Jackson Wash Mead McKinney Co and others. Community notices mention residents Glen Mead Mrs Kate Siggins and baby Dunham plus mundane updates on health and social life.
A lengthy roster lists residents and officials by town and district across Warren County including Conewango, Cherry Grove, Corydon, Elk, Eldred, Glade, Kinzua, Limestone, Mead, Pine Grove, Pleasant, Pittsfield, Sugar Grove, Spring Creek, Sheffield, Triumph, Watson, Bear Lake, Columbus, Clarendon, Tidioute, Warren East and West, Youngsville. Names appear with associated communities and districts, reflecting a census-like or organizational directory alongside local store notices for A. Weiss and Trushel & Co in Warren.
Obituaries report the deaths of Josephine E Higgins in Warren aged 39, H C Bascock in Defiance Iowa at 41, Carrie Christiana Olsen in Warren at 3, Milo Taylor near Russell PA at 74, and John Jay Livingston in Jamestown NY at 91.
Announcement for Nelson Greenlund an undertaker and embalmer located at 331 Exchange Block next to Exchange Hotel Warren Pennsylvania with contact and service notes.
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