Firemen’s parade and events cap Warren gathering
Warren Pennsylvania residents enjoyed a grand firemen’s convention with a town parade, hose and hub races, a silver trumpet prize drill, and a clam bake at the fair ground. Recreation Park hosted bicycle races while ball games drew smaller crowds amid a festive, orderly atmosphere.
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Fair Ground
Emerald Hose
Ridgway
Acme Hose
Olean
Whitney Hose
Bradford
Warren
Recreation Park
Thirteenth Warren County Fair opens Sept 15 1896
The Warren County Fair Association announces its thirteenth annual fair in Warren from Sept 15 to 18 1896 with stock displays, large hall exhibits, and extensive amusements including horse races trotting pacing and running, a trick bicycle rider, and a Lacrosse game by Seneca Indians. Prizes total over $1325 for horse races plus more than $200 for bicycle and foot races. Entries close Sept 12 and visitants are urged to attend. Willis Cowan is secretary for entry blanks.
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Warren County Fair Association
Warren
Warren County
Willis Cowan
Riverside Fish and Oyster Co brisk sale at 428 Water St
Fresh stock available at the Riverside Fish and Oyster Co store today includes shad mackerel bluefish sea bass yellow pike and whitefish. No trouble to show goods at 428 Water St Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside Fish and Oyster Co
Water St
Warren
Celoron Mass Meeting Ticket Sale Details
At Celoron on August 24 the D A V and P R R offer a day only round trip ticket to Falconer for 60 cents. Address by Hon Joseph C Sibley promotes the grand silver mass meeting. Gro H Daniels, G P A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celoron
Joseph C. Sibley
Falconer
Gro. H. Daniels
Excursion Train to Celeron and Lake Points
Nickel Plate line announces a lake excursion to Celeron and other lake points on Saturday August 22. See agents for train times and rates. Riverside Fish and Oyster Co in Baltzinger block offers oysters and fish. manager George Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chautauqua Lake
Nickel Plate Road
Celeron
Riverside Fish and Oyster Co
Baltzinger Block
George Smith
Warren notes on residents and events of late summer
Personal notes from Warren catalog residents traveling visits to Erie Chautauqua and Buffalo. campaign activity. family and social events. local officials and civic notices. school start imminent. mentions of friends, professionals, and upcoming gatherings in the area.
Council Meeting in Warren Vets Water Works Bond Move
Council minutes show actions including instructing the borough attorney to notify the electric light company to move a pole, a bridge towers examination, veto messages on a street railway franchise and bicycle ordinance, a proposed hearing on West Water Street, payment for special policemen, and an ordinance to increase bonded indebtedness by fifty thousand dollars for a borough water works system with an election set for November 3, 1896.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boro
Electric Light Company
Murray
Water Street
Hill
Conarro
Yates
Pleasant Bridge
Warren Street Railway Co
O'Neil
Trushel
Borough of
Warren
Local notices from Warren area newspaper round up
Reports include Forest County veterans reunion at Marienville on Thursday Sept 10 led by Mayor Saltsman Erie. McKinley ticket bolting remark. Enz potential free-silver paper with Woods editor. Bear Lake creamery dividend and milk earnings. Columbus post office upgrade to presidential class. Chautauqua Assembly attendance and Grand Army Day. Erie banks discount Canadian silver. U. S. tanneries shutdown 60 days. grasshopper scarcity claim. Jacob Keller tailor prices. Ella Poppleton and Florence Robinson drowned. George Smith Riverside Fish and Oyster Co opening. school vaccination certificate law warning. Tidoute news on Hunter Island gas engine and new American Electric Telephone and Telegraph Co. with manager Grandin.
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Forest County
Marienville
Saltsman
Erie
McKinley
Enz
F. E. Woods
J. H. Kelley
Oysters
Fish
Riverside Fish and Oyster Co
Baltzinger
George Smith
Warren
Maccabees
Jamestown
Bear Lake
Columbus
Chautauqua Assembly
Erie Dispatch
Jacob Keller
Irvineton
Ella Poppleton
Florence Robinson
Dehaven
Poppleton
Warren Republicans elect officers and delegates in meeting
The Warren Republican Club met with Capt. Alexander presiding. An executive committee was elected with members from each ward and several towns. Delegates to the Erie League Convention were chosen, with alternates named. A soliciting committee for members was formed and remarks by W. W. Wilbur preceded adjournment to next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Republican Club
Capt. Alexander
F. M. Knapp
J. W. Dunkle
J. F. Hegerty
J.C. Lund
C. B. Tucker
C. Holdridge
A. C. Joy
Pleasant
Hiram Putnam
Milton Kerr
North Warren
J. A Swanson
Willis Cowan
W. W. Wilbur, Esq
Natural Gas Values and Wells in 1895 Report
U S Geological Survey notes 1895 gas value at 13 06 650 dollars versus 13 954 400 in 1894. 1895 consumption 7 920 187, pipe laid 43 830 241 feet, producing wells opened 3 326. Decreasing pressure and shorter life span marked the year, with consumption peaking in 1888 and declining since 1891 after a brief rise in the late 1880s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Geological Survey
United States
Election district Assessors to attend Warren County polls
Voters are informed that Assessors from every election district in Warren county will be present at their polling places on Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 2 and 3, to register eligible voters for the November election and to update registration lists as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren County
Edinboro State Normal School Fall Term Opens
Edinboro State Normal School announces the fall term begins Tuesday September 1. The school touts strong equipment, location, healthfulness, and an earnest faculty focused on student welfare. For terms and information contact J R Flickinger, Principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinboro State Normal School
Erie G A R plans special Nickel Plate train to St Paul encampment
The Strong Vincent Grand Army Post of Erie Pa invites all veterans to join a special Nickel Plate Road train on August 31 to the St Paul Encampment. Reservations and applications are available through C Allen Erie manager of the special G A R train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Grand Army
Erie
Nickel Plate Road
St. Paul
Eerie
Fell C. Allen
Speplication
Allen
Cial G. A. R
Excursion to Celeron on Chautauqua Lake
Nickel Plate line advertises a Saturday excursion to Celeron on Chautauqua Lake with special train rates shown. Details about exact prices or schedule are unclear from the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hm Aaa
Swedish Lutherans Add New Church Wing In Town
CORRESPONDENCE. John Cameron oversees work on a fine new house on Church street. The Swedish Lutherans are adding to their church with S. W. Barr directing carpentry. I. O. O. F. building roof nears completion. Einstein of Philadelphia visits to check on tenants. Erland Ryden buys Horton Crary lot on Church street and moves in. Mrs F H Babcock and son visit from Johnstown. Deep water well drilled near post office. Local residents travel or visit Chautauqua and nearby areas. Gust Johnson the tailor is critically ill. Dr Gass returns from Nova Scotia with family. Oscar Wright visits Crawford county. Dr Pryor vacationing in North Carolina.
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Church Street
John Cameron
S. W. Barr
C. H.ith
Charley Gibson
Mary
Jennie Meee
Einstein
Phila
Erland Ryden
Horton, Crary & Co
Evert Evertson
Colorado
F. H. Babcock and Son
Johnsonburg
A. Secor
Morris Einstein
Tom Cray
Binghamton
N. Y
Sheffield
Chautauqua
Gust Johnson
Dr. Gass
Nova Scotia
Oscar Wright
Crawford County
Dr. Pryor
North Carolina
Spring Creek notes mixed town updates and departures
Eldred Hill school reopened after a three week vacation. Mrs Weed is ill. Scarlet fever reported at John Eldred. May Eldred returned to Buffalo from visit. Jennie Eldred visiting Ludow. East Branch picnic drew about 40 people with Mrs McCusker singing leading the day. William Hasford to Conneaut Ohio to settle. Alfred Cady of Columbus visited his niece Mrs Stearns. Wilson Donaldson traveled to Spartansburg to see a man.
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Spring Creek
Eldred Hill
S. Weed
John
May Eldred
Pearents
Buffalo
Jennie Eldred
Ludow
East Branch
Inez McCusker
William Hasford
Conneaut
Ohio
Alfred Cady
Columbus
Geo. Stearns
Wilson Donaldson
Spartansburg
August 17 News Roundup Highlights Local Travel and Events
Mrs F C Howard and Mrs Helen Eldred left for a week in Smethport Pa. Mrs Mary Paddock and her two children visited Miss Lillian Bab. Mrs Susie Rice Smith shows health improvement. Mr and Mrs Bert Howard returned from a Buffalo trip. W R Rhodes returned from Dale. K O T M and L C T M plan a basket party in the park Aug 20 with speakers W H Blaney and T Lowry. R Burch and wife returned from Erie races. Ladies Aid Society to hold a supper at M K church Tuesday evening.
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F. C. Howard
Helen Eldred
Smethport
Mary Paddock
Childre
Lillian Bab
Susie Rice Smith
Bert Howard
Buffalo
W. R. Rhodes
Dale
T. Lowry
R. Burch
Erie
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. K
Local Notes and Social Happenings in Sugar Grove Area
Ava. 17. Mrs. L. J. Johnson visits daughter Mrs. Myrtle Carlson at Ormsby Pa. A Youngsville camp attendee from this place. Solomon Brown is on the sick list. Mrs. G. B. Wilson of Tidioute visiting C. J. Samuelson’s then returning home. Fulkerson reunion set for Aug. 20 at W. W. Buck’s. Farmers busy with oats. Chandler’s Valley youths host benefit for Rev. Spillman Friday. Roscoe Brown dies Aug. 5 at grandparents’ home near Sugar Grove. Willie Stearns visiting Sugar Grove. Rev. George Richardson visiting on the hill. Miss Julia Fidler has a new organ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ava
L. J. Johnon
Myctle Carlson
Ormsby
Youngsville
Solomon Brown
G. B. Wilson
Tidioute
C.J. Samuelson
Fulkerson
W. W. Buck
Chandler’s Valley
Spillman
Roscoe
N.S. Brown
Sugar Grove
Willie Stearns
George Richardson
Julia Fidler
Family attends funeral and church notices in Kinzua
Aug 18 report notes Thomas and family traveled to Kinzua for a brother in law Collins funeral. Lutheran church basket picnic planned Aug 29 in Hagle woods. Births announced for Charlie and Chas Youngs and for Frank Bresel. Mrs Jackson's daughter Mrs Johnson visiting. Esther and Selma Anderson visiting sister at Wet A dime social at Chas Franks for Lutheran church fundraiser with good attendance.
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Thomas
Kinzua
Collins
Lutheran Church
Catarrh Cure Promises Cure With $100 Reward
A testimonial filled advertisement asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure cures a constitutional disease by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. It promises a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure with internal use and direct systemic action, urging readers to request testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Neighborhood Fairs Schedule in Several Towns
Neighborhood fairs are listed with dates across multiple towns including Corry Aug 25-28 Titusville Sept 8-11 Warren Sept 15-18 Wattsburg Sept 1-4 Parker's Landing Sept 8-11 Greenville Sept 15-17 Cambridge Sept 23-25 Conneautville Sept 29 Oct 1 Edinboro Sept 15-17 Stoneboro Sept 22-24 and Mercer Sept 29 Oct 1.
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Corry
Titusville
Warren
Wattsburg
Parker’s Landing
Greenville
Cambridge
Conneautville
Edinboro
Stoneboro
Mercer
Erie Excursion Tickets to annual G A R encampment
Erie Railroad offers the lowest round trip rates from this section to St Paul Minnesota for the G A R encampment. Tickets go on sale August 30 31 and September 1 at one cent per mile to St Paul and return valid thirty days. Fare from Corry is 17 45 with solid trains to Chicago and one car change to St Paul. Details from Erie ticket agents or Division Pass Agent Jameson New York.
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Erie Railroad
St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Indigestion Cure Promised by South American Nervine
An advertisement claims indigestion causes stomach inflammation and cancer, touts South American Nervine as the "most momentous cure" for stomach troubles, and urges purchase at Noyes Drug Store in Warren, Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noyes
Warren
Marriages in New York State 1895 96
In Jamestown New York on July 29 1895 by Rev C B Patterson S A Brown and Grace ne of Chandler's Valley Sands WilteTT on August 8 1896 by Rev Mrs Price Leslie G Sands of Bear Lake and Lizzie P Willett of Lottaville On Goshen Road New York on August 6 1896 by Rev G E Wellman Ernest B Davis of Sugar Grove and Nora Wilson of Freehold Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronx
Ohio proviso vote rights for women in school elections
A historical note on Ohio's court ruling granting women the right to vote for school officers as a legislative boon rather than constitutional status. The piece compares this to Scotland's kirk seating and urges equal rights under civil law, citing nurse bills and ongoing limitations of provisos affecting women. It blends critique of male prerogative with reflections on women's roles in church, education, and public life.
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Ohio
Supreme Court
Glasgow
Edinburg
Kirk
Janet Geddes
Dawring
Scotland
Army Nurse
Woman’s Relief Corps
Congress
Pension Office
Warren County Fair Opens With Races and Speeches in 1896
The Warren County fair at Warren runs September 15 through 18 with 2500 dollars in purses and premiums. Featuring horse and bicycle races and other attractions, plus eloquent speakers. Premium lists and race blanks to be distributed this week. For details contact Willis Cowan, Secretary.
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Warren County
Warren
Willis Cowan
Sec’y
Notice to Granges at Warren County Fair
Warren County Fair Association offers a special premium to all Granges in Warren County of 60 dollars to the Grange making the best display and 40 dollars to the second best. Ample room applies to four competing Granges. Make entries with Willis Cowby, Secy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren County
W N Y and P Ry Excursion to Thousand Islands Aug 26
Before deciding, seek full details on the W N Y and P Railroad excursion to the Thousand Islands on August 26. Low rates make the trip affordable for all, with options for three or more days and tickets valid ten days after return. Contact the nearest agent or S B Newton Buffalo NY Excursion Manager for full information.
Excursion Rate to Falconer by D A V ER R
Excursion rate set for Warren residents to Falconer with round trip tickets sold on Wednesdays and Sundays from August 16 to September 15. Tickets valid for the day only and cost 60 cents from Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falconer
Warren
Toron to Canada excursion tickets on sale Aug 31
The Nickel Plate road announces excursion tickets on sale Aug 31 for Toronto Canada from Aug 31 to Sept 3 for the International Fair. Low rate tickets offered with convenient monthly contracts for pressing cleaning and repairing gentlemen's clothing. Upstairs opposite C. H. Hunter & Son's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torronto Fark
Nickel Plate Road
Toronto
Canada
Patent Spring flour and groceries price list
A historical price sheet lists Patent Spring flour at 1.15 per sack and 4.60 for four sacks, along with various commodities. Electric light, meal, wheat, and flour prices are shown with 16 and 20 ounce measures, including bolted meal and graham flour.
Joe Pee a Specialty at the Mail Office
A brief item notes Joe Pee a specialty service at the mail office. The notice cites the office motto Fiemienandoman and Cheapnese as part of the branding. The readable text emphasizes the postal context and a humorous tagline.
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Joe Pee
G A R Encampment Travel Deals Across the Nation
The National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic seeks St Paul Minnesota hosts from September 2 to 4. Pennsylvania Railroad offers excursion fares from New York Philadelphia Trenton Baltimore Washington Harrisburg Williamsport Wilkes Barre Altoona and other points valid to September 16 with possible Sept 30 extension if deposited by Sept 16. Round trips at two cent per mile for Warren Fair period plus a Nickel Plate Daylight Ride to Chautauqua Lake on Aug 22. Secret society address cards available at Matz office.
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Grand Army of the Republic
St. Paul
Minn
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Philadelphia
Trenton
Baltimore
Washington
Harrisburg
Williamsport
Wilkesbarre
Altoona
Nickel Plate Road
Matz
Irish Jests and Witty Comments in Old Chronicle
An assortment of Irish asides and quips on loneliness, street manners, equality, and travel. A magistrate jokes about passing crowds, a Chartist proclaims one man as good as another, an invalid returns changed, a lodgings notice warns nonpayment, a young groom’s stance on early marriage, and a rough but safe anecdote at a concert door.
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Patrick O’connor
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Warren Mail
Warren, PA
Home Matters
Epworth
Epworth League
Tanner's Hill
M. E
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E. E. Higley
Isaacs & Morningstar
F. P
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Watsons
Struthers
Wetmores
Hooks
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Annie M. Hammer
Ellen H. Lacy
D. I. Ball
Liberty St
Von
FH. Rockwell
Carl Schnur
A. W. Ferrin
Salamanca Republican
Harry Metzgaer
York
Lucia Breed
Senator Shortt
Nellie McCormick
M. Silk
Fannie Cooney
Warren Post Office
C. E. Hapgoop
Geo. Des. Getz and Son
Public Library
Franklin News
H. E. Davis
Poplar Street
Byron Sutherland, Esq
Minneapolis
Warren’s
Ralph Stone
C. W. Stone
Lyceum
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Hobart
Sterling Parts
Bradford Star
McCray
Court House
Jackson
Busy Reader
Allen Shoe
Tipdioute
Huntington & Hepburn
Hunter Island
American Electric Telephone and Telegraph Company
W. J. Grandin, Jr
J. R. Flickinger
Brown Hill
Dugall
Kate Brownlee Sherwood
Stannard
Ayer
Johnnie
Tommy Brown
Nathanael Mortonson
Ishpeming, Mich
Superior Posten
Heaven
Lewis Dayton
Barnitz
Dayton
Chamberlain
Morris & Mullen, Warren
P. B. Canfield, Corydon
W. B. Guinnip
Atco
P. B. Canfield
Corydon
Warren Mills
Hunter
H. Hunter
Second St
St. Paul, Minn
D. C. Moon
Ask
W. Jarvis
Warren Public Schools
Leges
W. L. Macgowan
Lucie C. Richards
Secy
Akeley. Institute
Grand Haven
Michigan
Elizabeth M. King
H. A. Jamieson
Parker Symms
W. J. Mead
J. E. Wilkinson
Capital
G. N. Paemlee
F. E. Hertzel
Wm. Deroens Hertzel
G. N. Parmlee
Jerry Sealy
N. P. Wheeler
D. W C. Smith
Charles Schimmelfeng
A. T. Scofield
Charles Chase
First National Bank
F. H. Rockwell
F. N. Russell
BANK
Penn'‘A
Ders
England
Ireland
Europe
National Line of Iron Steamships
Queens
Town
J. K. Ronne
Wanamaker & Brown
Is Shore
Hickory St
Jonas
Argonia
Sumner
Kansas
Oklahoma Territory
Allen’s Shoe Store
Postoffice
T. O. Slater & CO
Morgan
Warren Savings Bank
A. J
A. J. Haseltine
Vicw
Conia
G. B. Eneworth
A. Bonty
LB. Wook
James W. Stone
Denham
Aniees
Best
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