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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1898
Page
3
An antique prose poem venerates hills as calm monarchs amid tempests. It notes a sunset scene from the D. A. V. & P. depot in Warren and mentions a school-ring day on Monday August 29 with seventeen days left before term. An ad explains Warren high school advantages.
Warren firefighters will join the Ridgway and Chautauqua gatherings for the Firemen's Convention with multiple hose companies and a band. The Fire Police will stay home to guard non-attendees.
Harrisburg's state arsenal has cloth to uniform the new State Guard and blankets for the guards. Guns for half the force have shipped and arrive daily. Knapsacks replaced by blanket rolls, belts by Mills web belts. Adjutant General Stewart may form two 12 company regiments per brigade, with permanent three battalion organization. Also notices for tailor Jacob Keller and railroad employee picnics and excursions, plus sale adverts for farms and raspberry plants.
Local item notes the annual ex-roast of the Corydon Maccabees being held on Thursday. Mentions editor Mullin of the Emporium Press visiting last Thursday and lists several regional social notices and public announcements around Warren county.
Notice to gas users that starting September 1, 1898 the Pennsylvania Gas Company will charge one cent five per cubic decimeter domestic use and twenty four cents per thousand cubic feet with a two cent per thousand discount for bills paid by the tenth of the following month. Board of Directors approves. C N Payne president.
Warren Pa August 8 1898 the charge for fuel gas for domestic use will be 24 cents per 1000 cubic feet with a 2 cent discount if paid before the 10th of the following month Gas Co president G W Sill signs the notice listing Warren and nearby areas as the service region.
The Business College in Warren, Pennsylvania announces offerings for September. Enroll to improve penmanship skills and learn formal writing techniques.
The readable text references a large sale and price concerns with a focus on a bar and a family business named FEHLMAN Bro's. It remains cryptic about location and exact event.
A diary style report from Co. I 16th Pennsylvania notes the capture of Coamo by Gen. Wilson's division, Spanish forces routed at El Coto, and prisoners taken. The author describes landings at Ponce, naval convoy by the Cincinnati, and daily hardships with thirst and hunger while praising the courage of comrades and natives.
In a Civil War era letter Captain Wheelock recovers a pack of Spanish guard report sheets from the day’s war articles, deeming them of small value but promising to mail them. Major F. E. Windsor leads the first battalion with vigor, caring for about 400 men as Buck notes calm, cool weather and steady command.
Sergeant Shreve of Company C Brad ford recalls the Sixteenth's voyage aboard a large vessel loaded to capacity. 1,204 men 700 mules 90 000 rations for the First brigade 127 wagons Major Johnston's hospital equipment 500000 rounds of ammunition and feed for 90 days. Quarters were below the mules about 30 feet down in the hold with a strong odor. Seasickness was minimal though conditions and food were poor. Trenches of beans beef tomatoes and coffee formed the meals with fresh meat unused due to no cooking space. War seemed worse than Sherman described but those on deck found the trip more pleasant amid engines and waves.
A long roster lists jurors for September with numerous names and occupations across Warren, Clarendon, Triumph, Youngsville, Sheffield, Crowns, Pine Grove, and surrounding towns. The document includes farmers, laborers, merchants, clerks, carpenters, and professionals such as a justice of the peace and a clergyman, reflecting broad local participation.
County fairs listed with dates for Conneautville Butler Edinboro Greenville Corry Oil City Cambridge Springs Stoneboro Clarion Meadville spanning September 6 through September 30 with multiple venues hosting events.
An 8 room cottage at Chautauqua and a Warren residence are up for sale. Dr E A Diuretic advertised as a cure for incontinence of water. Humphreys medicines offered in New York with 25 cent price. Local druggists Hertzel and Saner of Warren, Pa.
Mrs. John Mulkie from Union City visited Wrightsville. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Fenton and three children stayed with P. L. Wright. Eunice Wright was at Youngsville. J. E. Sliter and family visit Archie who returns from Indiana with a wife. Carl Smith Bert Sliter and Earl Barton finished work at Glade and came home. G. J. Wright bicycled to Sheffield and Henry's Mills, claiming a 40 mile record in under three hours on the home stretch.
Miss Albertina Olson of Warren visited her sister Mrs. S. Lawrence in Sugar Run on the weekend. Ella Pifer of Bradford stayed with Mrs. J. W. Byers last week. Mrs. Mattie Campbell of Steamburg, N Y, visited friends over Sunday. Frank Marsh is setting up cigars and is proud the birth of a boy. Leslie Byers and Walter Newton spent Sunday in town. The ten day camp meeting here concluded Sunday evening.
Sugar Grove reports blackberry prices at four cents per quart while Black River area farming factions drill a well near town seeking flowing water. Ida Taft injures wrist in fall on steps. Rev. Hamilton and family vacation at Chautauqua for three weeks. Insurance on burned furniture factory settled. Grand Valley Odd Fellows plan August 17 picnic with local band and Ti d ioute orchestra. George Morrison store at Thompson Station destroyed by fire last Sunday night with $650 loss insured for $500. rebuild not ruled out. fire deemed incendiary. Russell notes depot platform loss and pending gravel train. two births this week Ed Rickerson four nine pounds and James Wiggins seven pounds. Lander forms Company Q militia with 50 men under Captain Ralph Frizzle. ready for call. R. H. Walling of Scandia rebuilds barn burned near July 4.
In Jamestown New York on August 2 1898 John Reed and Miss Willa Spaulding both of Warren were married.
Obituaries record John A. McCabe age 30 in Warren burial in Buffalo. Other deaths include Mrs William Witz in Pleasant Township and Mrs Theresa Rapp in Elk Township aged 81. Also an advertisement touts Halls Catsarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio with a money back guarantee and a 75 cent price.
At Edinboro prospective teachers find one of the state's oldest normal schools founded in 1861. With 1200 alumni and a library of 8000 volumes the school offers an affordable environment, quality elocution and music instruction, and practical business training. The fall term of fourteen weeks begins September 12 with 460 students enrolled last year. For details contact Principal J. R. Flickinger.
Permanently cures by masterly wet of South American Nervine Tonic. It claims to cure stomach weakness and all suffering. Relief is described as marvelous. Sold by Hertzel and Saner in Warren Pa.
Readable fragments from a historical page mention Drueniste 250 and Humphreys Medicine or Him Company in New York, implying a commerce or product listing with these named entities.
A brief ad notes carpet cleaning works under manager K W Sealy and mentions Riverside Fish and Co. at Hickory and Third streets with George Smith serving as manager. The fragment references oysters and fish offerings and a Riverside location.
Chauteauqua hosts brim with Warren crowding gates for a peak turnout. Mrs. L D Wetmore, pioneer C L C graduate, attends as a loyal guest since 1874. The program lists lectures, concerts, illustrated talks, and religious services through August 14 with notable speakers such as John Dewitt Miller and Bishop John H. Vincent.
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