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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1875
Page
3
An advertising notice promotes Royal Baking Powder praised as best and guaranteed full weight. It details pricing for 2 pounds and up at 50c per pound in cans, bulk at 45e per pound, and also markets Royal Celery Salt in 25c and 50e bottles.
A historical price list features canned goods and jarred foods with varied price points. Items include peaches, pears, strawberries, corn, tomatoes, peas, mushrooms, honey, corned beef, syrup, molasses, condensed milk, sugar, pumpkin, and oils. Tea varieties list Young Hyson, Japan, Gun Powder, Oolong with quality tiers and one pound air tight can packaging.
A mixed page of ads invites buyers for a first class baby carriage, photography supplies and framing services at Will Smith's gallery, Titusville laundry services with free express, and budget summer clothing at cost from C McDaniels. Greenland Bros mirror promotes a dressing aid while McDaniels advertises coats, suiting fabrics, and ready made summer wear at cash prices.
A Warren column reflects on recent rains and oil shipments, a new sidewalk in front of the Episcopal Church, and a forthcoming world championship tub race. It notes a legal review of borough police powers, a funeral procession over the same bridge, and musings on life, death, and the hereafter with vivid local detail.
A Warren correspondent notes booming construction with new business blocks and handsome residences rising in all directions. New streets are opened and graded and hillside sites are being developed for homes. Two top drug stores, Hazel tines and Carver House block bijou, attract shoppers as merchants embrace advertising. Manufacturing expands with wooden ware works near completion under Mr Keeler, brick buildings near P. & E. depot, ready to start in September.
Local gentlemen formed the Warren Sportsmen's Club to preserve game and certain fish, advocate and enforce game laws, promote healthy sport, and support related sentiment. A constitution was adopted and officers elected for the year: President Myron Waters, Vice President F H Rockwell, Secretary E Cowan, Treasurer Robert Dennison, Counsel H E Brown, Executive Committee E B Eldred, C A Boardman, A J Rockwell.
Preparations are under way across Pennsylvania for Union veteran reunions. The 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry, recently meeting in Pittsburgh, has arranged a reunion to be held there on September 16 of the coming year. Captain Geo R Wetmore's Warren company, with about fifty or sixty men from Warren County, will likely attend to renew bonds with former comrades.
The Press reports Youngsville Borough has named special policemen to watch for suspicious loiterers. Chief Henry Brace leads, with assistants C G Herrick W J Mead W J Davis M G Wheelock and Alonzo Patch. The Ledger doubts their power of self protection, while residents expect smarter action.
Levy L. LowryEsq died suddenly at his Erie home on Monday evening August 9 1875 aged about 48 after recent poor health He had risen from North East Pa to Jamestown and Pittsfield becoming a noted business operator He married Mary Curtis and leaves a daughter and wife with a will distributing one third to his wife one half to the daughter and one sixth to his sister Mrs Hinckley of Chautauqua County Interment took place in Oakland Cemetery with services at Trinity Church in Warren
Our old friends appear at Roscoe Hall on Monday eve August 23 with reserved seats at Wells Drug Store. The Wallace Sisters star in Minnie's Luck or the Ups and Downs of City Life supported by a fine company. The St. Louis Democrat notes a good audience and lively action with stage novelties including Spotty the newsboy and a modern interviewer along with Ethiopian entertainments. The play features humor, jail misadventures, and a victorious heroine, promising strong crowds and hearty laughter all week.
The Dunkirk Railroad agent at Irvington George McPherson was allegedly bitten by a rattlesnake and drank about a gallon of whiskey to cure it. McPherson says it was a mutual friend’s prank shared by a Corry Express office cronies. he no longer drinks whiskey, and the tale targets others rather than him.
The Sunday School Assembly hosted a paying programme last Saturday with President U S Grant and entourage arriving in Jamestown around noon. A large crowd, estimated at 20 000, greeted them at Fair Point as Grant spoke and Dr Vincent thanked him. The party included Gen O E Babcock and local dignitaries. they boarded the Josie Belle for Bristol Rhode Island, with Grant noting he enjoyed the visit since no offices were sought.
The great Sunday School Assembly at Fair Point brought over 3,000 attendees on August 8 with 1,300 teachers and 300 ministers participating in a nonsectarian gathering. Attendees enjoyed a peaceful grove setting by the lake, reflecting a broad Christian collaboration across denominations.
Van Amburgh's show drew crowds from Corydon and locals, praised for its animals and performances. The August 11 1875 report at Fair Point details visitors, vendors, and the growing National Sunday School Assembly with a mock Jerusalem, tents, gardens, and increasing attendance plus local names and bands.
The News notes about fifty people attended Fair Point last week. Repairs on the Presbyterian Church progress slowly and services may resume the last Sunday in August. An organ is to be installed this month through the efforts of Mr C E Scheide, with an international concert planned and details to follow.
Dunkirk Hose Company No 1 plans an excursion and basket picnic at Brokenstraw Island near Irvington on August 28 a special train departs Dunkirk at 730 am for the outing public invited An elderly man named Giles was found dead near Titusville last Monday the cause of death given as a sudden stroke of apoplexy The Union Agricultural Society prepares its premium list for next year s fair at Sugar Grove October 5 6 and 7 1875 Competition open to all Local commentary discusses salaries Erie vs county and local politics The Boston Club played Keystones of Erie in baseball last Wednesday rain cut game after seven innings Boston 8 Keystones 2 and the reporter notes it as a win for the Erie players A cheeky local note ridicules Sunday School admission fees at Fair Point and mocks churchgoers paying to see Noah s ark and other relics The piece ends with a moral urging a young man to grow up in goodness and pay his way
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