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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1889
Page
3
Local notices urge timely bill payments and celebrate upcoming events. Entries cover church picnics, school preparations, Veterans meetings, new Diamond Furniture Co plans, an Thousand Islands excursion, and a Billy Davis drug store promotion. Oyster sale at G W Sxyper closes the page.
J K Ronne is traveling in the East. H P Hunter and family returned from Chautauqua. Mr and Miss Franck of Buffalo visit Mrs J H Palmer. H M Beam and family returned from Chautauqua. Mrs 8 C Smith and children visit relatives in Warren. Mrs J E Wheeler convalescent after malaria fever. Hon F M Abbott and family arrived from Mississippi visiting relatives. Will Watson notes no discount on his boy now home. Miss Jennie Carroll visits Chicago then Galesburg to attend college. Mrs G C McDermott and daughter visit Cincinnati relatives. Dr Ryan and A D Wood at Chautauqua. Gen Harrison Allen praised as Northern Dakota governor candidate. Fred A Hazeltine leaves for Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro for six months. Miss Bernice H Jones vacationing in Fredonia. Ed Dunham to Yale. note on Bear Lake misprint. Col Elliot F Shepard, New York Mail and Express owner, visits Warren and speaks Sunday on Sabbath observance. Shepard funds Presbyterian HQ and helps Chautauqua projects. donations noted in Jamestown and Lakeview Cemetery monument orders.
Five acres of land in Pleasant township adjoining Mr Highhouse. Partly cleared with a good sandbank. Owned by Halliday and Davidson. Inquire of Mrs C Halliday 17 High St Warren Pa.
The Warren Fair prepares premium books by the Secretary and invites mail orders or store pickup at Morris & Mullens in Warren Mills. Nellie Burke’s Racing Combination from Ringgold Georgia is promoted as a key attraction alongside county horse races and numerous novel events. Expect chariot races with four horses, standing and saddle races, hound and rider contests, and a large livestock and poultry exhibition. The fair runs the first week of September.
Do not miss the special sale of dry goods offered by Hunter and Jarvis. Prices apply to all departments with seasonal and unseasonable goods included, covering linens dress goods domestics hats hosiery and underwear. The sale will continue until further notice.
Postal notice lists remaining in office recipients and names many ladies and gentlemen most letters uncalled for will be sent to the Dead Letter office after two weeks. Dated Warren Pa August 14 1889.
Duplicate Warren borough taxes delivered for collection with discounts for pre September 1 payments, penalties after December 31, 1889, and par value for unpaid taxes after August 31, 1889. Collector Emil Amann will be at Leonhart & Sons harness store on select days in August from 2 to 6 PM to receive taxes in Warren, Pennsylvania.
Ed Clapp of President Venango Co Pa tells how a flood that destroyed his property led him to draw comfort from a Presbyterian doctrine of foreordination and related terms instead of distress though a Methodist listener offered sympathy.
At the Greenville Grand Army reunion on August 20 a special train will run from Kinzua to Oil City to connect with a Greenville service. Departures are 6:30 from Kinzua A M and 6:50 Irvington with stops at Warren Thompson Hickory Tionesta and Eagle Rock, arriving Oil City 8:50 a.m. Return train leaves Greenville at 1 0 3 p m. same day.
An 19th century advertisement touts Ladies Ayer's Hair Vigor as a superior and economical hair dressing and an indispensable toilet article for daily use.
A small grocery and novelty ad notes a variety of toilet and fancy articles offered by Geo. S. Davis' Clue Store. The ad promotes a common cold remedy, Downs Elixir, as a cure, with Morris & Mullen and N. C. Allen listed in the advertisement.
In Jamestown New York last Wednesday two women, Mrs Daniel Griswold and Mrs N R Thompson, defeated their male rivals for the Board of Education. Griswold 708 votes Thompson 700. opponents Hender son 357 Jones 354. Voters turned out 1 065 with strong civic mobilization by women.
Among last week’s arrivals at Allegheny Springs are Milton S. Stewart Warren Agnes S. Stewart M C Parshall Annie Neill Clara Parshall Lottie Dennison Kittie Brown Hilda S Wood Mary Browning James Rogers W C Neill Miss M F Martin Miss A Ford Mr W McGreen J N Pratt Rahway J T Van Orsdale Cleveland S Bryan Jr Warren Hall and wife Eric W W Hague and son Tidioute J S Sterrett Miss J M Chase C E Martin Geo M Lyons W S Litsen Jady Edward Lindsey John Sonne Miss Blyles N A Pierce A W Howard Miss Davis Frewsburg Miss Germer Eric Mrs F E Windsor Miss Hattie Valentine Warren S Garfield R A Kinnear Youngsville Dr J D Arters Oil City John Zahm Jerome Cogswell Rev A W Ryan M Beecher Mrs G W Powell Lockport A A Davis and family D H Siggins and family Mrs L H Greenland Warren L Van Anden wife Eric Rev Henry Ward Buffalo Dr W W Freeman A J Hazeltine C E Cobb S H Jackson W B Stewart Mrs David Beaty and son Mrs W W Wilbur J D Mandeville Miss Grace and Anne Stone Warren G F Burt W B Cherry Syracuse G S Banger Williamsport C E White and family Tidioute
Judge Hugh H. Cummin of Williamsport died at Cresson Springs, Pa., last Sunday, August 11. He served in Warren courts and was regarded highly. Appointed by the Governor to the Johnstown Relief Commission and chosen by peers as executive, he began relief work but illness forced him to relinquish duties. He was 48 and had sat on the bench since 1879 with noted ability.
The Grangers' 16th Interstate Picnic Exhibition runs Aug. 26 for six days at Williams' Grove Cumberland Co Pa. The event includes expanded features. P and E R R offers Warren excursion tickets $8.73 Aug 26 30 return Sept 20. two thirds rates Aug 22 30 return Sept 4. Orders for 14 days' tickets via R H Thomas Mechanicsburg Pa with return postage stamp.
Local items report parades and job ads at Jamestown Normal School, a Soldier’s monument unveiling in East Randolph with Hon. W. G. Laidlaw, a Corry shooting tournament with $3,000 in prizes, G A R meeting plans in Greenville, a tannery assignment in Tiostna, and a Buffalo race time. Also notes church hunting, postmaster changes, library work, and Erie Chautauqua gains.
Mrs Ida Kinnear from Youngsville visits the old folks at home. Price and her brother are spending vacation at grandpa's. Mrs A le and Mrs A Wright spent weekend at Cassadaga. P L Wright returned from New York. The oil well is abandoned. A Panama Rocks outing included Mrs Clara Wilcox and several Wrightsville and Jamestown and Illinois visitors. Ina Nuttle and Alice Brown to teach winter school. Rev Wilson preached Sunday. Rev Grant Phillis led evening services. Faith.
August 12 items report Warren Fair posters and a rebuilt home after a prior fire. Lumberman James Wynn plans to move to Lottsville after purchasing and improving the Wynn farm. W J Lawson suffers rib fractures from a mowing accident. Will Fink to operate Pittsfield to Brokenstraw mail and stage service starting September first. Prohibition sentiment prompts calls for officials to heed the majority.
August notes from Limestone report rain hindering haying and a successful hop at Wm Garber's with Mrs Nichols and Mr and Mrs Ned Myers among guests. Garber Band provided music. Samuel Garber and aunt visited from Urbana. E O C hayfield killer killed two rattlesnakes. Rumors of a wedding. Sunday school at Averill school 10 am. Rev Hadlock services biweekly. Sl bam lumber camp nearby. Bark and lumber shipments noted. Mrs Bimber not improving. Bloomer House recommended to travelers. Mrs Wm Garber of Beaver Falls visiting. Keno.
A Chicago Times note explains the body has about 7 million pores each quarter inch long and, if stretched, would form a 28 mile long canal. It states the body releases about six pounds of perspiration every summer day and that the flannel shirt helps dispose of this refuse without system contamination, unlike linen cotton or silk shirts.
The Voice says it does not want the Prohibition Amendment voted on in New York State. It derides the 1886 Republican legislature for not passing the Amendment, claiming the organ serves the Prohibition party for revenue rather than prohibition.
A Texas county attorney and a Kentucky resident endorse Electric Bitters, claiming cures for malaria fever jaundice and related kidney liver and stomach disorders. The ad says the remedy wards off and cures malarial diseases with prices 50 cents and 1 at Morck Drug Store.
The report covers New York prices for flour and grain with currencies and bonds, plus Chicago cattle and hog markets, and notices from Cincinnati and Toledo. It lists wheat, corn, oats, pork, lard, butter, cheese, and live stock bids and receipts for Aug 10 with varied regional quotes.
Idle kidneys speed toward disrepair risking Brights disease diabetes and bladder disorders. Hostetters Stomach Bitters acts as a tonic to stimulate renal activity, aid drainage of impurities, and address nervousness fever age constipation and dyspepsia.
A. Weiss manages the refined clothing store under the Carver House in Warren county. The recently overhauled shop boasts a large stock of serviceable and fashionable apparel for men and boys with spring suits featured. We can save you money. Bear in mind.
Dr Austin Flint argues heredity to consumption can be mitigated by protection against tubercle bacillus infection and that modern findings render it curable. Kemp's Balsam is claimed to save many from consumption when used early, sold by druggists. Patterson's advertises Warren’s largest millinery assortment.
Do mestic and Wilson sewing machines offered at low cash prices or easy payments. Visit 112 East Water Street Warren Pa for demonstrations and purchases. Also a health notice for Arnica Oil Liniment by Morris & Mullen N C Allen.
Prescriptions carefully compounded and fresh drugs of all descriptions at Geo. H. Davis' Drug Stores.
S Burt of 400 Hickory Street advertises a constant stock of fresh and salt water fish and invites customers to call for availability.
In Jamestown New York on August 7 a school election elevated two women to the Board of Education amid a broad display of political equality. 1065 ballots cast 807 for the women, with strong turnout by elderly voters and supporters from the equality clubs.
A Warren county notice records numerous transfers with varied sums from $1 to $8800. Properties include Glade Mead Warren South West and Conewango, with buyers and lenders such as National Oil Co ltd First National Bank and Citizens National Bank of Warren. Names include Rankin Sterry Peter Brown Tubbs Wal ters Hue Hue Bradley Crull Conroe and others.
Notices record three 1889 weddings: Joseph P Sherer and Lena Raisor in Glade Warren County Pennsylvania Aug 7 by Rev P Duerr. William W Walker and Alfie E Nichols in Jamestown New York Aug 5 by D D Woodford J P. Charles Wood and Adah Bell Thompson in Garrison Minnesota Aug 2 by W A Warren J P. The piece notes bride social standing groom industrious and presents given and that couples will reside in their new locations.
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