Warren County Farmers Institutes Schedule and Local Updates
Warren County sets three Farmers' Institutes for January in Warren Ackley Station Sugar Grove January 13 14 15 and 16 progress on the P and E railroad bridge with the west abutment finished and the first span ready to install court house renovations shift rooms and metallic furniture and a Canada hunting trip by 26 members of Conewango club reorganized Warren Republican Club electing officers and preparing for Erie state league activities with a next meeting set for August 18.
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Farmers’ Institutes
Warren County
Warren
Ackley Station
Sugar Grove
Court House
McCray
Yates
Myers
Fuellhart
Putnam
Canada
OFK
Conewango Hunting and Fishing Club
Dunkirk
North Bay
Messrs
L. R. Freeman
E. B. Grandin
J. M. Clapp, Sr
J. M. Clapp, Jr
A. J. Hazeltine
Harold Hazeltine
C. F. Hoffman
W. E. Rice
W. H
Re elected officers of Western Pa Press Club at Erie meeting
At the Erie gathering on August 7 the Western Pennsylvania Press Club re elected P C Boyle Oil City as president W P Atkinson Erie as vice president Mrs Ada T Cable Bradford as secretary and Willis Cowan Warren as treasurer The event featured steamer rides cadet drill a dinner by Maj Keenan Pittsburg Press and a visit by International Press League president Vought and guests from Buffalo.
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Western
Penn’a
Erie
P. C. Boyle
Oil City
W. P. Atkinson
Ada T. Cable
Bradford
Willis Cowan
Warren
Atkinson
Erie Press Club
Kate White
T. J. Keenan
Pittsburg Press
Keenan
Capt. White
Press Club
Vought
International Press League
Buffalo
Pennsylvania
New Castle
Sharon
Titusville
Butler
James McAlpin
Kinzua
New England
Meadville
Crawford County
Honest Money League
Judge Church
Erie & Eastern
Waterford
Mill Village
Cambridge
Marietta
Ohio
Alford & Baer
P. A. Gilbert and Beaty & Houston
Ogden Field
Parkersburg
W. Va
Northwestern Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Court House
Reig & Barth
A. B. Markley
Burgess Wiggins
Neer W. 8. Peirce
Warren Fire Department
J. A. Lindsey
Charles H. Smith
J. F. Munhall
John Collins
Austin
T. F. Richmond
Smethport
M. J. Fitzgerald
Kane
Smith
Capt. Wheelock
A. Sizer
McAllister
S. W. Derby
Tidioute
H. H. O’donnell
Exchange Hotel
Fair Ground
Armory Hall
City Council Adopts Water Plant Plans and Adjourns
The adjourned meeting on August 10 reported plans and estimates for a new water works costing about 74 000 dollars. A test well produced a pure supply. The council authorized further design work and set a water street line, with hearings to follow. A bridge committee discussed steel towers for Pleasant bridge but funding from Pleasant township was not assured. Next meeting scheduled for August 17.
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Boro
Conewango Creek
East Fifth Street
D. W. Beaty
D. W. Beaty’s
Capt. Borchers
Pleasant Bridge
Pleasant Township
Water Street
Brann
Trushel
Water and
Second Streets
Poplar Street
Hazel Street
Public Way Street
Personal Notes From Warren and Surrounding Areas
Local notices list Miss Danelia Wilder in Celoron, Julian James and wife in Warren visiting Mr Ziegler, and Ella Perry visiting Chicago. Jamestown’s Ella Mace guests Hattie Cowan. Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Brown attend Chautauqua. Visits by J T Donty and family, Will Talbott family trip to Asbury Park, and health updates on C W Stone, F H Rockwell, and others. Reverend Ward preaches in Warren. Major Windsor receives a 14 carat gold badge from Co I, praised for his service. presentation by Capt Wheelock.
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Danelia Wilder
Celoron
Julian James
Pittsburg
Mr. Ziegler
East Side
Ella Perry
Chicago
Ella Mace
Jamestown
N. Y
Hattie Cowan
East Street
8. P. Johnson
R. Brown
Warren
Chautauqua
J.T. Donty
J. H. Donly
Will Talbott
Jersey
Asbury Park
P. W. Brown
Lander
Helen Truss
New York City
Will Watson
Second Street
Watson
F. H. Rockwell
Rockwell
Gilbert
Anna Rockwell
C. W. Stone
Airmont Cottage
Ed. Allen
Miss Allen
Mr. Ward
Buffalo
Presbyterian Church
Major Windsor
Boscamp
N. Y. City
F. E. Windsor
Capt. Wheelock
Armory
Co. I
Warren County Fair announces purses and events
The Warren County Fair at Warren runs September 15 to 18, 1896 with 2500 in purses and premiums. Features include horse and bicycle races plus other attractions and eloquent speakers. Premium lists and race blanks will be distributed this week. Contact Willis Cowal, Secretary.
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Warren County Fair
Warren
Willis Cowal
Sec’y
Open bidding for school teaching jobs proposed by reader
A Warren Democrat letter suggests the school board auction teacher positions to the lowest bidder to save tax money. The writer argues bidding would ignore qualifications, equating teachers with printers, and even proposes applying the method to choosing a superintendent of schools.
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Warren School Board
Thei
Warren Democrat
BLOWN TO PIECES IN OIL-WELL EXPLOSION
Dennis Downey of Fagun das was killed Friday night when 24 quarts of glycerine in a buggy exploded near Titusville. The blast destroyed the buggy and horse, blew down a nearby barn, and damaged telegraph poles and windows. Downey left a wife, nine children, and carried $2000 insurance with the C M B A of Titusville.
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Dennis Downey
Fagundas
Titusville
Enterprise
Pineville
N G P inspection report praises encampment at Lewistown
Governor Hastings congratulates officers and men on the successful Lewistown encampment as Morrell’s inspection report is rendered in General Orders. The 16th regiment ratings show Warren county soldiers high in general average with several companies listed for strong performance. Dedication details announce Allegheny College President Crawford to dedicate the M E church at Fentonville with a love feast, sermon, Epworth League and evening service.
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Lewistown
Adjt
Stewart
Morrell
Gov. Hastings
Warren
Wattom
Co. C
Bradford
Cooperstown
Co. A
Cofty
Oil City
Ridgway
Titusville
Cussion
Franklin
Crawford
Allegheny College
M. E
Fentonville
Epworth League
J. Garnett
Gl Falls Excursion via the Nickel Plate Road
Train excursion from Gl Falls on Sunday August 16 via the Nickel Plate route to Toronto. Light trip advertised with schedule details unclear in remaining text.
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Nickel Plate Road
Toronto
Fires and rail talks as Olean issue shifts in 19th century notes
A bulletin of varied items reports wage and price notes at local stores, a railroad abandonment, a fatal lumber accident in Mayburg, and a firemen convention in Warren with parade plans. It also notes civic actions, post office allowances, and political remarks from Meadville to Jamestown.
Warren Burgess Vetoes Street Rail and Bicycle Ordinances
Warren Pennsylvania on August 4 1896 Burgess James Wiggins vetoes two ordinances. One grants the Street Railway Company a perpetual street franchise and the other regulates bicycles and sidewalk use. He argues for state law priority sidewalks rights and rider safety with a six mile per hour limit.
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Warren
Borough of
Court of Equity
Supreme Courts
Supreme Court
Commonwealth
Forest
Act of Assembly
James Wiggins
Burgess
Alden Honored Posthumously by Warren Bank Directors
The First National Bank of Warren Pa offers heartfelt condolences and praises Isaac S. Alden for decades of integrity and service, noting his two years as vice president and his steady friendship to officers and staff. The bank extends sympathy to his bereaved family. In hot weather news, Chicago records extreme heat with 102 F by 6 p.m. and multiple Midwest areas reaching the 93 to 103 range.
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Waerens
Isaac S. Alden
Ben
First National Bank
Warren
First National Bank of
Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Note of Warning on Indigestion Cure in Warren Pa
An advertisement claims indigestion causes stomach inflammation and cancer, and promotes South American Nervine as the ultimate cure. It asserts the product can cure all indigestion and stomach weakness and that a sound stomach cannot have cancer. Sold at Noyes drug store in Warren Pennsylvania.
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Noyes Drug Store
Warren
Shoe Store Ad Offers Tan Shoes at Half Price
Ato the Allen Shoe Store offers a Tan Shoe at a sale price of two dollars and fifty cents, down from five dollars, advertised as a quick, time limited deal aimed at shoppers.
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Ort
Allen Shoe
Liberty St
Ato the Allen Shoe Store
Np St
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertised as Unique Remedy
A 19th century ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the sole positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. The How for cure is internal action on blood and mucous surfaces with a $100 reward for any failure to cure, and invites readers to request testimonials from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Excursion Tickets to St Paul for G A R Encampment
Erie Railroad announces lowest rates ever to St Paul Minnesota and return for the G A R Encampment August 30 31 September 1 price one cent per mile good thirty days travel from Corry with solid runs to Chicago one car change to St Paul further tickets from Erie agents F H division Pass Agent James New York also notes press services and local offerings including a nickel plate excursion to Niagara Falls on August 1 245
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Erie Railroad
St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Corry
Erie
Chicago
F. H. Avision Pass
Jameson
N. Y
Pomona Grange to Hold Third Quarterly Meeting
Warren County Pomona Grange No 10 meets at Limestone Grange hall on Sept 3 and 4 1896 with address by Sister William Bimber and discussion topics on officer elections forest destruction women suffrage and agricultural fairs. Sessions include a Woman's Hour program and a fifth degree meeting with travel details for Limestone grange patrons.
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Warren County
Pomona Grange No
Limestone Grange
William Bimber
Vergina
N. Siggins
Jones Smith
M. W. Bovee
Scandia Grange
W. W. Willson
J.J. Wheeler
Mattie Judd
Mary E. Young
Ella Jackson
Pomona
C. B. Mix
Tidioute
Jennie Taft
Warren
For the Apple Season
An August note urges eating apples before bed as a healthful habit. It claims apples aid digestion, liver action, sleep quality, mouth sanitation, kidney secretions, and throat disease prevention, citing a Providence physician who benefits from eating up to four apples nightly.
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Providence
Bulletin of Pharmacy
Postal Cards and Humorous Snippets in a 19th Century Column
A collage of quips and vignettes from a periodical page. Jokes about art, oil, hats, and bicycles mingle with brief testimonials for Ayer’s Pills and Sarsaparilla. Practical household notes reference stomach ailments and a physician’s remedy, while small sketches reveal social humor and everyday exchanges.
Cutlery works foundation site surveyed for construction
County clippings report the lot for the cutlery works surveyed Wednesday morning and excavation for foundations has begun. Youngsville notes Mrs. B J Jackson and Miss Maggie Day visiting Cha utauqua. Mrs. Jackson to stay, Miss Day to remain. Scrape Hillman, recently ill, died Thursday at 7 am. Bear Lake records announce Chapman family reunion at Wm Risley residence September 2. all relatives invited. The Record man will ride a bicycle when produced for two dollars. silver dollars look large to many observers.
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Tipdioute News
Youngsville
B. J. Jackson
Maggie Day
Chautauqua
Jack Hillman
Bear Lake
Chapman
Wm. F. Risley
Obituary notices for Phoebe Cook Ebenezer Collins Henry Walker and Sarah M Johnson
Obituary brief records deaths across towns in August 1896. Phoebe Cook, 75, of Russell, died after two weeks at the old homestead, burial in Russell cemetery with Rev J T Thoburn officiating. Ebenezer Collins, about 55, of Kinzua died after eating toadstools, one child died recently and another ill. Henry Walker, 88, near Scandia Elkop, father of Mrs Hamlin James and Mrs W Corwin of Warren. Sarah M Johnson, 53, wife of Christian Johnson, died of typhoid fever in Conewango Township.
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Collins
Kinzua
Ebenezer Collins
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Quaker Hill
Meacham
Fostek
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Jacob Keller
N. Y. & Penna. Telephone and Telegraph Co
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West Chester
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Conewango
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East Water
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Market
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Park
Warren Fire Police
W. S. Peirce
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Whitney Hose Co
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Central Hose Co
Potter Hose Co
Cornen Hose
T. W. Leonhart
Kane Fire Department
Mountain Hose Co
Griffith Hook and Ladder Co
Rescue Hose Co
Tidioute Fire Department
Hunter Hose Co
Grandin Hose Co
Emerald Hose Co
Crosby Hose Co
Charity Hose Co
E. S. Hegerty
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A. P. Arnold
Phil J. Barbour
Advicks
Harrisburg
Jamestown Journal
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Lily Dale
Justice Lambert
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Jamestown Dairy Board of Trade
Warren Companies
Recreation Park
Western Pennsylvania Volunteer Firemen’s Association
McKeesport
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S. W. Waters
al. Dalrymple
Niagara Hose Co
Starr
Pomona Grange
Tay
J. C. Ayer & Co
Ayer
California
Johnnie
Lewis Dayton
Barnitz
Dayton
Chamberlain
Morris & Mullen, Warren
P. B. Canfield
Franklin News
W. Bulesty
Atco
Morris & Mullen
Corydon
WW. Jarvis
Water St
H. Hunter
Second St
Allen’s Shoe Store
Postoffice
T. O. Slater & CO
Morgan
Akeley Institute
Grand Haven
Michigan
Elizabeth M. King
H. A. Jamieson
Parker Symms
W. J. Mead
Ju E. Wilkinson
J. E. Wilkinson
Warren Savings Bank
C. W. Beaty
G. B. Ensworth
G. H. Jackson
O. W. Beaty
L. B. Wood
James Clark
Charles W. Stone
M. B. Dunham
W. M. Lindsey
C. Sigel
F. K. Russell
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Liverpool
Bo Nomead Town
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Vfe
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Christania
New York
Warren National Bank
Capital
Consis Conservative
W. N. Parmlee
F. E. Hertzel
Wm. D. Leon Hextest
G . Parmlee
Jerry Gravy
N Y Wheeler Co. Smith
Char Nchimmelfeng
As Scofield
Charles Chase
Warren Mills
Graham
Serene Oe
Argonia
Suido
Kansas
Sain Kerrey
Producer
Consumer
Kopf & Henry
Grocers
J. K. Ronne
Merchant Tailor
Wanamaker & Brown
Hickory St. Tarren
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