Warren Mail highlights and notices from Warren C
Local items and notices in Warren C include theater goers The Two Johns social success and Meadvill e trip of the Watson Hose Co. The town prepares for a big tube plant bonus with a $15 000 pledge and eight acres donated for the site. Court house painting and tobacco crowding issues are noted along with racing plans and a staple carpet stretcher promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chautauqua
N. K. Wendlebee
D. Shear
Meadville Boys
Mam
California
Warren
Court House
Sanderson & Thomas
Valentine
J. Eysinger
Billy 8
James Roy
Nellie S
A. Garfield
Gypsey
Eysinger
Garfield
Jake
Warren Town Notices Then and Now Reflections and Local Life
Mrs 8 O Starrett returns from Union City and Sterling Green ill at Kinzua. Many residents in Warren appear in brief notices including travels, weddings, school openings, a Y M C A meeting, and a long brief on Warren Academy history and trustees. The column mixes personal updates with civic notes and local history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8. O. Starrett
Union City
Sterling Green
Kinzua
James Myer
C. C. Thompson
Philadelphia
Local Market and Van For Sale Adverts
The Warren city market on Hickory Street is hailed as the best place for meats with grocer C. P. Henry declaring readiness to match rival quotations. The Chemin Force van is advertised as the best in the world and is for sale at Wx Spixner’s 234 Diamond Block shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Hickory Street
Joan Laurier
Chemin Force
Wx. Spixner
Warren County Fair Opens Next Week With Full Exhibits
The Warren county fair opens next Tuesday and runs through Friday with music daily by the Warren and North Warren bands and fife and drum. Season tickets are available at Geo. P. Orr & Co and Warren Mills. Exhibitors urged to enter this week to avoid rush.
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Warren
Warren County
North Warren
Geo. P. Orr & Co’s
Warren Mills
Five fairs planned for Our Neighbors and Jamestown fair on grounds
Our Neighbors Crawford county will host five fairs this year, Venango will hold one. Kane seeks borough status with October court approval. Salamanca leads towns its size with nine companies. Mayville Union School gains E Monroe Cornell graduate as principal. Erie U B conference meets Sept 1 at Clarence Center. M E church at Brookville Sept 9 with Bishop Baker presiding. Union City women start coffee house and reading room to deter saloons. Jamestown N Y announces fifteenth annual fair this week with balloon ascensions dog show log cabin and daily features. Chautauqua farmers display horses cattle and more. Clarion Jacksonian criticizes no-license system noting persistent drunkenness and appeal of jug law to youths.
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Crawford County
Venango
Kane
Salamanca
E. Monroe
Columbus
Warren Co
Cornell
Mayville Union School
Erie
U. B. Church
Clarence Center
Erie County
N. T
M. E. Church
Brookville
Bishop Baker
Union City
Jamestown
N. Y
Youngsville hosts Warren County teachers conference
About sixty five teachers gathered in Youngsville Monday afternoon for a conference meeting. Rev. H L Mead delivered the welcome, followed by a lecture by Rev. R J White. The week’s program includes speeches by Henry Houck and Geo W Bain with performances by Miss Bell McLintock of Meadville. Prof Miller critiques the fast mail conductor and notes four thousand five hundred eighty two railroad ties between Irvington and Youngsville.
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Warren
Conewango
Morrison Run
Water Co
Warren Union School
Miller
Mai
Harry H. Hanson
Dartmouth College
Kate C. Darling
Presbyterian
A. J. Hazeltine
Will Messner
L. B. Hoffman
Hoffman
P. S. Allen
W. D. Brown
Presbyterian Church
M.waters
W. D. Hinckley
M. Weiss
Geo
Warren County
Youngsville
H. L. Mead
R. J. White
Henry Houck
Geo. W. Bain
Bell McClintock
Meadville
P. S
Fast Mail
Irvington
Union Agricultural Society to host thirteenth Sugar Grove Fair
The Union Agricultural Society of Warren county will hold its thirteenth annual fair at Sugar Grove on September 14 15 and 16 1886. Membership tickets at one dollar admit all family members under twenty one to exhibit in all departments, making it the cheapest fair in the country. Grounds and buildings will be in complete condition with shade and water. all who want to see a fine exhibit should attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dixon
Cyrus Brown
Academy
Henry Dunn
H. 8
Newman
Joseph Mead
William Eddy
Joseph Hackney
Warren County
H. D. Grinder
Warren
Summerfield Warner
Freehold
Emin Davis
Sugar Grove
Alden
Henry P. Hunter
Warren Academy
L. T. Parmlee
A. Hazeltine
Court of Common Pleas
Union Agricultural Society of
Loyal veteran D. T. Van Vechten in Warren aged 87
The obituary note honors D. T. Van Vechten of Warren a GAR veteran aged 87 on August 26. The Eben N. Ford Post in Warren presented him a framed photograph for his birthday. He is described as loyal and faithful through the war and grateful for the gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. T. van Vechten
Warren
Eben N. Ford
Splendid Organ Installed at Warren M. E. Church
The new pipe organ for the Warren M. E. church has been completed and accepted by church authorities. William S. Waith of Westminster Presbyterian Buffalo visited, tested the instrument, and praised its quality and alignment with the contract. Johnson and Son of Westfield Mass built the organ to suit the church, with case and pipes matched to the decor. Waith is scheduled to give a recital, likely Sept 17, with local and visiting vocalists, introducing a second large organ to Warren audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E
William S. Waith
Westminster Presbyterian Church of Buffalo
Warren
Johnson & Son
Westfield
Mass
America
Waith
Don’t Be a Clam Cash Buyers Save Money
Sugar is cheaper than ever at Boss Grocery as cash buyers are urged to save money with everyday low prices.
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Boss Grocery
Man Dies After Barn Wagon Accident
John Lawson driver for C. Lott's team sters crashed into Mrs. E. G. Wood's barn while seeking shelter from rain. He backed against a post and the wagon tongue struck his abdomen, causing internal injuries from which he died hours later despite Drs. Bartholomew and Preston intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lawson
C. Lott
E. G. Wood
Boss Grocery Lists Potatoes at Fifty Cents Per Bushel
Local grocery store Boss Grocery advertises potatoes priced at 50 cents per bushel. Product available while supplies last.
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Boss Grocery
Change of Base relocates to Front Street room
Change of Base E S Kennett, formerly of the Diamond block, is now in the room formerly occupied by Mrs Law on Front Street. He offers watches clocks jewelry optical goods at low prices and repairs as a specialty. Mantel Bed showcases at Preter Greenland's. September 2 is the last day for voter registration.
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E. S. Kennett
Greenland
Mystery oil well near Z Mickle lands stirs county chatter
In Ave 28 the "mystery" oil well on 20 acres owned by Z Mickle draws two guards and deters access. Bradford interests own the rig finished two months ago, with oil said to rise from sand. Mickle was offered 4000 for the land. Also reported: a prior verdict of guilty in a diseased cow case against Josiah Sweetland and Wilbur Walling, later set aside, then refiled and bound over for Sept Court.
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Z. Mickle
Mickle
MAIL
Justice Schnur
Warren
Josiah Sweetland
Wilbur Walling
Lottsville
Davis & Lopus
Davis & Lupus
Squire Dalrymple
Pittsfield
Teachers Institute Preparations and Local News in Ava and Nemo
Busy Ava and Nemo communities report plans for the Teachers Institute from August 29 to September 3. Local visits, illness, travel, and building updates accompany notes on school staff, a fundraiser at the M E church, and a new tin roof for the P and E depot.
Local Notes From Wrightsville Ava Features Weddings Visitors and Trades
Wrightsville notes recounts visitors Hattie Price and children, Miss Blinche Ross guest of Miss Gertie Irvine, and travel by Guy Irvine and Catharine Parker. A quiet wedding makes Edith Tuttle Mrs Charlie Schnell. Local trades include Wright & McArthur produce shop. new cider production by J Smallman. Faith ends the column with community updates.
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Wrightsville
Ava
Hattie Price
Blinche Ross
Farmington
Gertie Irvine
Guy Irvine
Catharine Parker
Bradford
Jack Wynn
Blanche
Limestone
Wm. Penn Wynn
Lottsville
Lyman Gray
Sutton Hill
James Damon
Dora
Corry
Jonathan Watson
Siggins
Warren
Burns
Chautauqua
N. F. Wright
Banquet and tableaux mark wartime night at Clarendon
A Clarendon party hosted by Frank Cauley celebrated with evergreen decor and lanterns. The event featured war era pictures, a midnight banquet at the Henry House, and a staged hand shake scene between North and South. A subsequent fire on Porter & Tupper lease destroyed a oil rig. Cauley’s son Dan killed forty chickens by accident, prompting humorous remarks about Kennery leadership.
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Henry House
Frank Cauley
Clarendon Orchestra
Clarendon
Porter & Tupper
Oil City Refining Co
Charles Vronman
Henry
Ireland
Dan
Cauley
Mr. Cauley
Corydon News: School Opens and Church Dedication
Corydon reports the school opens September 6 with Mr. Firth as principal and Miss Amanda Price as assistant. A church dedication marks a six thousand year first, with Rev. Edwards delivering the sermon and a debt reduction of about seven hundred dollars noted. Funds raised reach one thousand dollars toward an organ and bell, plus plans for a Friday evening entertainment to aid debt repayment.
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Corydon
Ava
Harry Harns
Corry
Hollister
Firth
Amanda Price
Dr. Edwards
Randolph
Christ
Painter
Warren
A. A. Horton
Sheffield
R. I. Borland
J. Akers
S. Dimmick
Kinzua
Wm McCollister
Ladie’s Aid Society
C. A. Durr
Rochester
N. Y
F. J. Morrison
Leonora Morrison
Walter Caldwell
Sugar Run
Barnes Bros Form Gass Fuel Co and Buy Well
A Gass Fuel Co is formed and the Barnes Bros purchase a well for 700 dollars to secure a low cost fuel supply. Nearly all Lower Sheffield householders become shareholders. The pipe will be laid immediately amid mixed opinions on fairness to the former supplier.
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Avog
Gass Fuel Co
Barnes Bros
Sheffield
Rose Noblit
Olean
Martha Gilson
Foxbury
Dr. Badger
Laticia Barnes
Erastus Barnes
Mollie Hann
Mercer
Ewart
Free Methodists
Ambrose
Miss Farnsworths Fifteenth Birthday Gathering
Miss Maude Farnsworth entertained sixteen young ladies on her fifteenth birthday August 17. Miss Blanche Ross visits Chautauqua County while the baptism ordinance was administered by the M E Church pastor on August 18. G W King works at Grand Valley and Prof Baird of Lock Haven called on the Farnsworth and McAlmont girls on Tuesday.
Winona Lake Region pamphlet praised by E B Mead
E B Mead, born in Pittsfield, praises the Winona Lake Region in Volusia Florida in a descriptive treatise. He notes Florida cane moss specimens and reports health improvement after moving from a Civil War era service in Co K 12th Pa Cavalry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Mead
Winona Lake
Winona
Volusia County
Florida
Mr. Mead
Pittsfield
Co. K
Pa. Cavalry
Local Well Targeted by Vandal Shot at Venture Site
A well behind Rouse Hospital in Youngsville was shot Monday. The shot is aimed at a good producing well. The firm Ford Mandell Reynolds & Co. has bonded glycerine and reports securing most adjacent land, proceeding with operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rouse Hospital
Youngsville
Ford, Mandell, Reynolds & Co
Local Advertiser Highlights Bargain Groceries and Goods
Grocery and drugstore notices list Boss Grocery pricing for tulip soap at 1.00 with C H Meacham Co insurance mentions and Northrop store claims. Theodore Messner promotes Best Floor at 1.25 and Pearl Mills Flour at 1.25 per sack with Oneida store sales and Parker’s Hair Balsam endorsements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boss Grocery
Theodore Messner
Parker
Warren County Farmer Club Heads Month Meeting Notes
Over twenty members met at the Court House for a Warren County Farmer’s Club session. S H Evans presented an essay on the Jersey cow and S A Samuelson spoke on butter. They discussed wheat, butter, cattle, lime and more, with plans for a Warren fair and a Sept 25 picnic. Officers for the next year were elected. the 111th Pennsylvania Volunteers were honored with city freedom. 138 veterans attended. A light social concluded with a lunch at the rink. An anecdote from Jamestown about chestnut burrs followed the main items.
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Warren County Farmer’s Club
Court House
S. H. Evans
Jersey
S. A. Samuelson
Mart
Lott
Messrs. Evans
Samuelson
Sanborn
Evans
Warren Mart
Texas
Warren
Warren Mills
Warren Fair
Warren County
Messrs. Lott
Orr
Wiltsie
Acocks and Cowan
1111Th Regiment
Penn
Corry
Crosby
J. M. Wells
John D. Bentley
N. W. Tracy
Bradford
C. G. Herrick
Chautauqua
Austin W. Merrick
Noah W. Lowell
Erie
Alexander
Great Attractions Fair Week at Bell Brothers Store
Bell Brothers promotes a Warren Pennsylvania fair week sale with blankets at 25 percent off future prices, silk and glove discounts, new fall dress goods, velvets, trims, jamestown wool dyed fabrics, sheet music gifts, and flannel and corset closeouts plus carpet deals and a local restaurant advertisement.
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Bell Brothers
Warren
Jamestown
Marriages In New York and Pennsylvania Aug 1886
In Warren William J. Stewart of Cherry Grove weds Carrie Horn of Balltown Pa on Aug 24 1886 officiated by Rev W W Painter In Barnes Peter Jorgonson of Brookston wed Clarinda Wilcox of Sheffield on Aug 28 1886 at Mr Spicer's In Jamestown Charles Carlson of Sugar Grove weds Ida A Arvidson also of Sugar Grove on Aug 15 1886 In Jamestown N Y Charles R Heald of Grand Valley weds Blanche Renwick of Shamburg on Aug 18 1888 In Frewsburg Ira H Johnson weds Jennie May Marsh on Aug 24 1886
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W. D. Henry
Charles Carlson
Ida A. Arvidson
Sugar Grove
Heald—Renwick
Jamestown
Ransom Harvey
Charles R. Heald
Grand Valley
Blanche Renwick
Shamburg
Johnson—Marsh
Frewsburg
N. Y
G. E. Henshaw
Ira H. Johnson
Jennie May Marsh
Obituary notices for Mrs Barbara Lehman and Flora May Rowley
Pleasant records show Mrs Barbara Lehman died August 25 1886 at age 63. Warren bounds list Flora May Rowley daughter of J L and Lena Rowley born two years three months twenty one days prior, on August 25 1886.
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Warren Mail
Home Matters
Misses Merrill
Nixon
Baptist Church
Chautauqua County
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
The
John Langdale’s
Second Street
Keystone
Pickett & Rogers
Jamieson & Co
J.J. Taylor 2d
Taylor
A. G. Hertzel
Ithaca
J. K. Averill
Jennie Davis
New York
Samuel Wellman
C. H. Smith
Merrill
C. W. Stone
Groton
L. M. Rowland
Glade
Ed Bell
Bride
Toronto
Saratoga
E. Walker
Oyster Club
Dr. Ryan
Trinity Church
Will H. Turner
Maud Owens
16Th Regiment
Horton
Ridgway
Serg’t. Gunning
Weagraff
Tom Conneely
Scranton
Lt. Bradley
Bordwell
W. W. Kidder
John Langdale
C. P. NorrHrRor
Academy Fund
R. Brown
Mar
Waterford
Sec’y Gen’l
Sec’y General of
Commonwealth
Fredonia
York State
Old Court House
Rasselas Brown
W. A. McLean
C. P. Henry
Grocer
Clarion Jacksonian
Clarion
the Teacher's Institute
Sugar Grove Fair
Garland
Rose Fisder
Alice Agrelius
Tidioute
Julia Pierce
Spartansburg
Lou Dunham
Minnie Davis
N. Jackson
Nemo
Rouse Farm
A. M. Belnap
Thomas
Missouri
Kim
Oscar Warner
Carr
Miss Shutt
Titusville
Vickie Pierce
James
Frank Siggins
Chicago
Will Freese
H. E. Mead
Mattie Daven
Ella Demmon
Alice Agrelieus
J. Crary
George Horton
Mr. McClosky
Martin’s Ferry
Ohio
Jerry Borden
al Nearing
Sullivan Co
M. M. Seybolt
Robt. Wright
Farnsworth
T. V
Mr. Nelson
Thurston
Rev. Horton
Lena
Agnes Evertson
Niagara
Platt McClure
Miss Etta Whipple
P. & E. Depot, Co
G. R. Wood
Wood
Tiona Club
Tiona
Critendon
G. A. R. Post
Farnsworth Siding
C. H. Meacham & Co
United States
England
C. P. Henry, Grocer
C. P. Northrop
Oneida
Local Matters
the Farmer's Club
Y. m
N. B
Brussels
Bev Bros
la Pierre
Carver House
the Mart
S. M. Hogan
Water Street
Warren, Pa
Jacob Keller
Corner
Second & Liberty Lts
N. K. Wendleboe
Liberty Street
Postoffic Warren
G. G. Mead & CO
G.G. Mead & CO
Laurel and High Streets
Citizens National Bank
Citizens National Bank of
U.S
U.S. Treas
I. G.N. Parmlee
G. N. Parmlee
State OF
Pennsylvania
County of Warren
W. W. N. Yates
Alee
A. Jameon
M. WA A.T. Scofield
First National Bank of Warren
First National Bank of
Specie
U. S
Bankers Banking House
Srs
Sceereer
Total
Moses Beecher
Beecher
Co. Dinsmoor
Oe H. Eddy
BROWN
OF the
Warren County Fair Association
Prof. Hunt
Miss Hunt
Geo. P. Orr
Dalrymple
G. C. Hamilton
J.K. Ronne
Merchant Tailor
Post Office
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