14 Aug 1902
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1902
Page
1
Warren and surrounding areas publish a busy snapshot with local visits and travel, school reopen plans, fire department notes, and upcoming events. Reports include deaths, a drowning tragedy on Chautauqua Lake, a suicide, and social notices plus market prices and parade plans.
The Drug Council met August 11 and passed an amendment approving paving and curbing Market Street from Water to Seventh with a 45 foot width. Dirt surplus to be placed by the Street committee. The New Castle Asphalt Block Co. bond of $25,000 was approved and work ordered to begin within five days. The council adjourned to meet Monday evening, Aug.
Sergeant W S Dunham and three other rifle team members from Greenville Ridgway Warren arrive in Bradford Monday. They will train at the Company C range on the Stone farm under Lieut. Connelly before departing Sunday for Mt Gretna for the State matches starting August 19.
Warren and Venango county senatorial conference members met at the Carver House. A first ballot produced a three to three tie for Capt. Cumings and Colt Hulings. After inviting the candidates and hearing short speeches they balloted again with the same result. The conference adjourned to Franklin on Friday August 20 for a possible nomination.
Judge Greer ruled in Butler borough versus John Hagins, an out of town grocer who sold to local residents on order. Hagins was fined for selling without a license. on appeal the borough won, establishing the right to collect fines from order sales.
A letter to Taft suggests sending a diligent youth to Warren Business University in Warren Pennsylvania for training in commercial branches. The note promises the courses will aid daily business use and improve the recipient as a business man.
The Elks Carnival at Celeron runs August 12 to 17 with the D A V and Pittsburgh and Western Railway offering round trip Jamestown tickets at one and one third fare valid Aug 12 to 16. Return by Aug 17. Night of Aug 16 Falconer trains to Dunkirk and Titusville depart 11 PM CST, stopping at all stations. Also mentions a cheap tricycle for sale and a sign reading Jim Smith physician and undertaker with a joke about catching them coming and going.
A list of recent Warren County property transfers shows multiple deeds with buyers and sellers in towns including Pittsfield Warren Eldred Pine Grove Warren Conewango Elk Sheffield Mead Glade and South West. Notable amounts range from 60 to 8000 dollars with parties such as Hester Wade C M Sharp Fidelia Jackson and Nancy Hoffman estate among others.
A report from New York describes passengers using reduced rate tickets bought at a scalping office. They failed to sign their false names and were denied passage by the New York Central on a Monday night. The episode highlights risks and losses from buying tickets from unauthorized sellers and impersonating others.
Crowds gathered at Chautauqua as Bishop Vincent received a festive welcome on Wednesday. Senator Hanna spoke on Capitol and Labor to an attentive amphitheatre audience. Bishop Vincent urged home education during a sermon to the 1902 graduates, emphasizing communal responsibility and lifelong influence. Recognition Day honored the class of 1902 with diplomas and concerts, ahead of National Arm Day events featuring a patriotic concert and Gen. J. C. Black address.
Cambridge Springs hosts Aug 27 to 29. Fredonia Dunkirk runs Sept 2 to 5. Edinboro and Hamburg hold Sept 9 to 11. Mercer fairs Sept 21 to 25. Meadville Sept 24 to 26. Stoneboro fairs Sept 30 to Oct 2.
A Warren Business University advertisement claims its courses will make a minister a better minister, a lawyer a better lawyer, a farmer a better farmer, a merchant a better merchant, a mechanic a better mechanic, and a woman of means able to manage her own affairs. Send for full particulars from Warren Penn.
Engraved cards and wedding invitations advertised at The Mail Office. The notice highlights custom design services for announcements and social stationery, inviting readers to visit or inquire for orders and pricing.
Fouch and Holt unite in Warren at the bride’s parents home with Rev A Ivey officiating. The couple plans a short wedding trip to the west on the 1:40 train and aims to return for a Friday reception. Brown and Carlson wed in Jamestown on August 7 1902 in a ceremony led by Rev Kerrin.
Deaths reported include Samuel R. Dunn in Richland aged 66 after injuries, Fred Baker in Warren aged 83, Della Olmstead at Warren Emergency Hospital aged 68, John McStraw in Elkop aged 62, E L Anderson of Warren State Hospital, Jane Keir in Warren, James H. Cole near Russell aged, burial details and military service notes. Card of thanks from James H. Cole and Charles Cole families.
In Warren, Dr. and Mrs. R. W. Stuart welcomed a daughter on August 10, 1902. Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Gearhart celebrated a son on August 11. Mr. and Mrs. James R. Garfield added a son on August 13.
That the Main office makes a specialty of first class Job Printing of all kinds. Promptness, Neatness and Cheapness is our motto. We invite a trial order. Legal Blanks of all kinds are kept on hand or printed to order. The Mat is entered for circulation as second class mail matter in Warren P. O. The Mail will publish letters from all parts of the county and country if brief and properly signed. Anonymous articles will not be published.
The Davis Droup Co. of Warren Pennsylvania advertises Hoxsie's Croup Cure a life saver for children that cures colds and coughs prevents membranous croup pneumonia and diphtheria with no opium or nausea price 50 cents.
Morristown Real Estate Exchange in Morristown Tennessee advertises sales of summer resorts flourishing mills and farms. The note also seeks practical Swedish farmers to relocate to East Tennessee and invites readers to write for a catalogue.
The East Aurora Adver tiser mocks merchants who hide goods in storerooms and wait for customers. It compares advertising to plowing and sowing, arguing that waiting on the fence yields no crop and urging active promotion to attract buyers.
Former Secretary of Agriculture J Sterling Morton lauds Warren Business University in Warren Pennsylvania as a premier business training school. He notes four of his sons studied there and urges readers to write for course details. Art Job Printing Printer offers accurate full counts and reasonable prices.
A brief note proclaims 7 PRINTING a Specialty at the Mail Office with a motto focused on promptness neatness and cheapness.
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