13 Aug 1903
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1903
Page
1
Local items report visits and travels of residents to Erie Butler and Chautauqua Lake. Birthdays anniversaries and weddings noted with plans for cider making and blackberry crops. A church service note and a county memorial ceremony for Judge Sandstrom are described along with a public lawsuit threat over a streetcar injury and a bridge repair update.
Chas. Stuart at North Warren Hospital nears death with no recovery hope. Sugar Grove reports Levi Smith of Warren drove his new auto with wife and guests to town as the first cylinder press is erected on Main Street. Rev. Thornton departs Blanchester for Universalist church duties. Triumph Two school directors list officers. Sheffield depot work paused for plan change. Marion Ellwood dies at five. resignations noted at Sheffield Bank and C H Smith Co. Harvey Moore and Conductor Nelson headlines. Hassinger Lumber adds a fine team.
Due to the Northwestern Pennsylvania Volunteer Firemen's Association gathering in Du Bois from August 19 to 21, the Pennsylvania Railroad offers excursion tickets from August 18 to 21, good for return by August 22, from Erie Sunbury and intermediate stations on the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Division and from all stations on the Buffalo and Allegheny Valley Division at a single round trip fare.
All baseball goods fishing tackle sporting goods bicycles and more offered at cost price for a short time at the new Hertzel store on Penns Avenue West. Goods selling 80 cheaply provide bargains in new seasonable items. Bicycle repairing also available at low prices. Epwakp EK Hertzel.
A note promotes the Field Cottage on Terrace Avenue as a convenient base for visitors to Chautauqua events near the Amphitheatre and other attractions with very reasonable rates.
Jacob Keller the tailor has moved to a new elegant building on Penn Avenue with spacious rooms for his store. He offers Spring and Summer cloths for men and boys and a large stock of cloth for ladies skirts at very low prices.
Just received a large lot of cloths for men's suits and ladies skirts and sacques. Bought cheaply and will be sold very low. Rabatt for friends and patrons. Call and select your choice. Jacob Keller, the Tailor.
Closing out at cost 1,000 yards of cloths offered. A boy with printing experience can have steady work at good wages at the Mail Office. New goods and latest styles in spring millinery at Kertcher's.
In Warren on August 10, 1903, at 6 PM, Will Hassett married Rose Taylor at St. Joseph's Rectory with Rev. Father Sieverding officiating. Both spouses resided in Warren.
Charles B Nesmith died Aug 6 at a Idaho summer resort about seventy miles from Mountain City Idaho where he stayed with wife daughter and sister Miss Lois of Warren The death came by telegraph from the fever and temporary burial occurred in Idaho A letter from the deceased to his father said he felt better after going to the mountains Nesmith was a Warren raised son of Mr and Mrs J J Nesmith and a prominent real estate and mining businessman with newspaper experience His death is a hard blow to family and friends.
A list of recently recorded transfers across Warren and surrounding towns detailing buyer and seller names, properties, and deed values. Notable entries include Herbert P. Stoneton with Town Council in Warren $1100 and Salem H. Saxton to Charles B. Saxton Eldred $500 along with numerous other Warren, Sheffield, Triumph and Pittsfield transactions valued from $60 to $1800.
A column argues that strength comes from effort and skill, citing Father Kelly and Hogan. It extols Jacob Keller’s tailoring as a model of confidence, training, and guaranteed workmanship, urging readers to try Keller’s services for well fitting clothes.
Special train departs Warren at 8 31 a m central time for a jaunt to Niagara Falls Buffalo and Toronto via the Dunkirk Allegheny Valley and Pittsburg lines and the L and MS railways. Rates: Niagara Falls and return two dollars Toronto plus two dollars more. See posters or ticket agents for details.
Edward K. Hertzel's Sporting Goods offers a large selection of bicycles, bicycle supplies, guns, ammunition, baseball, golf and tennis goods with low prices. Located on Penn's Avenue West opposite the Diamond block. new store contact provided.
Agents of the Dunkirk Allegheny Valley and Pittsburg Railroad announce low rates every Sunday through spring and summer for round trips between select points. Passengers may travel and return the same day at reduced fares.
The Hunters Cash Store advertises a storewide sale on wash goods, shirt waists, and parasols with deep discounts. Lot by lot details include up to 60 waists at 69 cents, black satine waists at 98 cents, and fabrics like lawns and dimities cut to 5 to 7 cents, plus other textiles heavily reduced.
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