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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1883
Page
3
Local column reports events in Warren including fair dates, school start, and social notes. Mentions husbands and wives traveling, parades by Watson Hose Co and Warren Cornet Band, and community fixtures like the Light and Heat Co gas plan.
Geo Ball announces new leading styles in soft and stiff hats now available. Bell Bros offers 51 bed spreads described as excellent value and appealing.
The annual Warren parade will be held next Tuesday afternoon with eleven companies and six bands in three divisions. A review by the burgess and council will occur at the park after marching through town, as citizens are urged to decorate public buildings and homes in honor of visiting organizations.
Manager Stearns has recently renovated the main telephone office over the Warren Savings Bank with papering painting and a Brussels carpet making it parlor like. The public underestimate the telephone business which is rapidly growing. A call here lets you speak to a business associate in Brad ford Garfield Balltown or nearby towns for 25 cents.
Bell Bros will open a full line of Jerseys in all sizes, with prices from 382 to 40, on Monday, Aug. 25. Prodded by local merchants Geo Ball offers stylish boys suits, while LG Noyes drug store promotes imported cigars.
Fragmentary OCR shows a rough reference to a September notice about a reveal or approval process. Specific names, places, or dates are unreadable, leaving only hints of official action and timing.
The piece argues Americans overwork and underplay, praising fishing and boating as paths to health and happiness. It notes many pursue recreation inspired by presidents and leaders, and envisions future trips from Conewango to Yellowstone Park for broader exploration and joy in nature.
At a late Directors meeting, A G Hertzel was appointed Cashier replacing the late R Dennison. Hertzel has long served as Teller, praised for ability and steady work. He is son of Andrew Hertzel, a public spirited Warren citizen. Bookkeepers Fred Bell and F E Hertzel remain.
This reminiscence marks the Mar on its 36th year, recalling Warren's growth from 1848 49 to the present. It notes a crowded paper, expanded columns, shifts in politics from Whig to Democratic to Republican, the 1849 Telegraph line, the 1849 fire at the Exchange, and early printers Goodrich Wilson and the Ledger, plus the rise of telegraph and rail communication and bustling river trade.
Erie pro club faces Warren on Wednesday at 3 30 in the season with Louis Geib and Jack Morrison from Erie on the roster and Exchange players filling the nine. Parker and Niles clubs visit for Thursday and Friday as Warren invites all ladies free to the games.
The writer condemns Sunday play near the cemetery road where churchgoers are annoyed. Ground owners Mrs Biddle and Mrs Newbold allow use but oppose it. Agent Mr Parmlee warns youth not to play and threatens to print names if Sabbath breaking continues.
Walter L. Campbell, about 28, a driller on a well near Gar field Cherry Grove, was killed when caught in a bull-wheel rope. Remains moved to Warren and then to Corydon for burial with Undertakers McNett & Son in charge. He belonged to Knights of Honor and United Workmen at Derrick City. brother and lodge members in town.
Parsons of the Ridgway Advocate notes Co. H and the 16th Regiment in strong form at Conneaut Lake. Lieut Conneely of Bradford is praised as brigade inspector for rifle practice. Col Wiley and Adjt Hulings quickly classified shooters. Warren’s Co I leads in marksmanship while Co H climbs to first rank with 11 shooters through to season end.
Cut paper patterns illustrating latest New York and Paris fashions gain popularity for elegance and fit. Readily assembled and adjusted to the figure. Johnson & Sreerrett, agents in Warren, Pennsylvania, handle the patterns.
Bell Bros. receive a large line of ladies regular marble underwear manufactured by the American Hosiery Co. of New Brighton Connecticut. The goods are described as a superior make.
N K Wendelboe reminds the public to schedule wallpapering and painting now. He offers a large stock of the finest styles, employs only competent workmen, and promises dispatch and high artistry. Call at his Liberty street store.
A roundup lists local happenings including Clarendon schools opening Sept 10, a new G. A. R. Post in Dunkirk, and meetings at Cassadaga Lake ending last Sunday. Other items note Emiletown’s iron bridge ready for traffic and Chautauqua assembly closing exercises.
Notices of residents visiting relatives and friends in nearby towns are interlaced with a report on the 47th Annual Jamestown fair of Chautauqua County Agricultural Society. The piece highlights expanded horse stock, doubled trotting races, new exhibitions, a glass ball shooting tournament, industrial displays, and a baby show with $200 in premiums. Also mentions local business ads and new wall paper stock.
County correspondence covers mishaps at Brace's Mills a foot injury to Flint and medical hope. Local social notes include visits by Miss O Hearn and Miss Cushman, church Ladies Aid prize, new houses, deaths of Foulkrod and Smedley, and school enrollments. Oil drilling progress, new businesses, and upcoming events fill the rest with shipping, visits, and regional notices.
Over the past week oil trading hints at weakness with bears pressing the upcoming monthly report due Saturday. Production figures show a decline in July and June, while runs fall to about 65,268 barrels daily and daily production drops 938 barrels.
The Greenville Fair shows renewed vigor per the Greenville Argus and local patrons say turnout and enthusiasm are higher than in years. Sugar Grove plans a consistently booming fair next September with emphasis on inviting women and children. C Smith & Son offer French and Curacura Kid hand turned button shoes from Saller Lewin Co and Reynolds Bros with Couch Wisner lines at low cash prices. Bell Bros. presents a new undressed Kid Glove range. N K Wendelboe stocks wall paper paints and painter supplies.
On August 22 at East Sixth street residence of Mr. and Mrs. H H P Eddy Miss Nellie Eddy wed Mr. A M Rogers of Warren Pennsylvania in a ceremony conducted by Rev. Ransom Harvey. Relatives and intimate friends attended as guests and a wedding supper followed before the couple departed for Warren to begin their new life together.
A Warren show announces on Friday September 7 a combined menagerie museum and circus featuring twenty five trained elephants including Asiatic African and Ceylon elephants. The bill also includes Lenora Aguzzi the bareback rider Lizzie Deacon the equestrienne Leonati the bicycle rider and a six ton rhinoceros among other rare animals drawing crowds expected.
The past month and especially the last week have seen an unprecedented influx of summer tourists to James town and lake resorts. Hotels in Lakewood, Bemus Point, and Jamestown reached full capacity, with cots in halls and crowded lodgings as guests filled every niche. On Friday and Saturday nights guests slept on floors at Lakewood hotels. Sunday saw 500 excursionists from Cleveland, straining hotel capacity further. Chautauqua steamers carried about 8,000 pleasure-seekers, while local events included a Cleveland Grays band concert at Long Point and a Sons of St. George athletic tournament at Bemus Point.
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