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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1876
Page
3
The August 29, 1876 issue notes an approaching circus visit and a lively oil region with new plank on the suspension bridge and a livery stable expansion by Mr. Starr. It mentions oysters, berry crop, coal for winter, school opening September 4 and local ads including oil rig gear and printed calling cards.
The report details Beatty well No. 4 yielding about 100 barrels, several other wells showing promise, and Glade and Struthers tests in the southern belt. It notes a brisk market with oil near 3.79 to 3.85, and upcoming drilling plans amid local store burglaries and new tramps ordinances.
The Bradford New Era notes Rev Hugh Q Miller accepting the Smethport Episcopal rectorship and other items. Dr D V Stranahan walks on crutches after six weeks. Miss Cora Hull teaches in Oil City Room 7. Conklin Brothers recover from buzz saw injuries. Mr Cole recovers to attend Dunkirk. Mr Harry W Armstrong named assistant master mechanic at Verona shops. Rev Rankin on vacation. Rev Brown fills pulpit. George W McPherson marries. D B Bernard named Warren chief of police with aides Lacy and Utter. Mrs Allen of Pine Grove paralyzed and near 80, unlikely to recover.
The event across the river on Aug 24 featured three rings set 75 feet apart for lance tilts. Riders attempted up to fifteen points. some horses ran wild and several participants were absent. Judges kept score as Fred Allen Gilbert McNett Dr. Berkstresser Laban Hazeltine Harry Miller and others tallied results. Orr received a silver cup from Wm. Schnur after the tally. Citizens Cornet Band provided music, followed by a platform dance by Cook's Quadrille Band, lasting late into the night.
Local items from Erie County detail church meetings in Titusville and Kane, school openings in Tidioute, and a new suspension bridge in Oil City. Reports cover crop outlook, oil industry progress, arrests in Youngsville, and political notes on Erie and Warren forces plus a baseball result with Neshannock Club.
O. H. Hunter sells an interest in his well known dry goods business to his son Henry P. Hunter. The firm will continue large trade with increased facilities under the name O. H. Hunter & Son. Younger Hunter is an experienced dealer and aims to win continued patronage with new goods and low prices. Oil prices rise for the first time since 1872 with August figures at 3 to 3.15 and 3.75 on Saturday, while congressional conference delegates from Warren Venango and Erie adjourn to meet again September 11.
If you want a first class suit of clothes made in style leave your measure at C McDaniels G Reiff cutter A fine stock of Chromes Photographic Views Frames Mouldings and fittings for pictures at very low prices at WILL Smiths.
Elk resident Jacob Mack with a load of wood was thrown from a horse drawn wagon near Hutson place. His roan horse was shot after a broken leg. Mrs Shoff injured when a drunken rider struck their horse. A southbound passenger train hit a buggy near Jackson Run injuring a man and boy. A gravel train collided with a rail car at Clarendon, damaging equipment with no injuries.
Advertised as a moral entertaining show by the Pacific Combination featuring skilled gymnasts clowns athletes vocalists and educated horses. It sets up on Hickory Street above High for Thursday afternoon and evening promising a popular single-season event likely to draw a crowd.
A rousing gathering of Republicans from Forest county with Peter Berry as President and Col. J. R. Kane and R. Scott as Vice Presidents featured speeches by Hon. C. W. Stone, R. C. Beach, W. E. Lathy, and Hon. B. Agnew. A note describes a marked landmark across the Conewango near Leonhart's brewery.
Citizens protest long freight trains lingering in the borough from the depot to upper lines with one vacant cross street open for nearly an hour. They urge quicker passage and note repeated interruptions disrupt daily travel and frighten pedestrians. They acknowledge occasional necessity but call for fewer delays.
The Jamestown Democrat reports a long-standing gang of thieves broken up with arrests. Police seized a large amount of plunder at Ransom Winters and Hartson farms, including buggies, gears, belts, watches, clocks, revolvers, and dry goods. Winters fled to Busti area but was captured. Hartson held on bail.
The Sunday School Assembly at Fair Point closed after a successful session followed by a Church Congress seen as a successful experiment. The event attracted large attendance with ample internal and external accommodations underlining Lake View’s Kent House expansion to host guests and steamer service operating day and night.
A Lottsville letter surveys a thriving farming area with thrift and ongoing improvements. It notes rapid growth of the Good Templars Lodge and reports a Hayes and Wheeler club forming amid political addresses by W. D. Sessions and an unidentified Nevada speaker. The piece lists many patent medicines for sale and promotes local businesses and services in Warren Pa dated August 20 1876.
A grand centennial mammoth Indian show runs Tuesday evening in Roscoe Hall. The Cornplanter descendants perform Indian War Dances and Scalping Scenes. Owen Jacob is proprietor and Wilson Pierce is manager. Admission 35 cents, reserved seats 50 cents, children under 12 years 15 cents.
Readers are informed parties can procure fresh doughnuts rolls and warm corn bread each morning at Ext Dunns Draine HA on Hickory Street. Homeopathic medicines available at Hazeltine Davis Drug Store.
The Union Agricultural Fair will be held at Sugar Grove on September 27 28 and 29. Last year’s fair was a gratifying success and preparations are complete for another fine show. Event organizers expect good weather and a large crowd. A stage line will run between Youngsville and Sugar Grove to connect with trains, offering easy round trips at low cost. Sugar Grove is praised as a top place to visit and residents are urged to bring families.
Fragmentary OCR entry lists various grain and flour products with uncertain spellings and quantities. The readable items include white wheat flour and corn meal references among other cereals, but specifics and context are missing.
Listing of names of unclaimed letters at the Warren Pennsylvania post office dated Saturday August 26 1876. Names include Johanna Bargason D Bryant Sallie Carlin Viola Donavan Maggie Grogan and others. All letters not called for within four weeks will be sent to the Dead Letter Office. R Dennison P M.
The Boys and Youths department at Geo Ball & Co presents a larger, cheaper range of suits for children, promising better fit than home tailoring. Will Smith's also advertises a wide, cheap stock of mouldings for motes and various pictures.
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