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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1890
Page
3
In Dansville and Warren items, neighbors note winter snow, church services, and social events. Town ads promote goods from Goodrich & Fehlman and B G Gregory, with notices of preaching, charity sales, and a holiday party. James Cable travels, Miss Julia Marlowe recovers, and a fair note requests funds for premiums with an upcoming February meeting.
Warren M E Church hosted a Y M C A meeting on November 30 with a service, reports, and plans. President F Henry thanked supporters while Treasurer D L Gerould detailed finances and Baldwin outlined yearly youth programs and expanded work.
Warren Pennsylvania council discusses renting space for a Trades Union meeting, paving plans and funding limits. They consider a plank road project, wharf funding, and a billboard permit along Water Street. A detailed fiscal memo outlines debt limits and needed legislation for street paving and finances.
Chief Utter files November 1890 police report with 41 arrests 28 for vagrancy 9 drunkenness 2 assault 1 larceny 1 on suspicion. Fines total 24 dollars. Clerk notes rent from rooms 20 dollars and license fees 6 dollars. Council adjourns. Burgess A D Woop Clerk Joseph Senoriep. Street work hydrants grates and wall stone supplied by listed contractors.
At the Saturday session in the Court House President Acocks presided with S. H. Evans as pro tem secretary. Members debated best seeding methods noting drill and broadcast results, and concluded crushed stone provides the cheapest permanent roadbeds while road machines are nuisances. the December meeting is the annual one.
At Library Hall on Saturday evening next Dec 6, Evangeline will be presented with a large cast and elaborate scenery. Geraldine McCann and Lilian Walter star as Gabriel and Evangeline with a lineup including Helen Young Lena Loraine and Richard Harlow. The Lyceum Theatre New York credit and Daniel Frohman are cited as guarantors of quality.
The Relief Association reports aid to twenty families with baskets of chicken and turkey. Donations included vegetables and fruit from school children and flowers from Mrs McClintock and Miss Snyder. The Penna Gas Co provided gas to eleven families at reduced rates. A Baptist church collection raised 50.52 dollars and $29 in money and store orders supported recent bills. Urgent ongoing help is requested by Mrs. J. M. Daviss, president.
F. R. Scott locates an immense toy stock in a Hickory street store-room and urges buyers to visit before Christmas for a wide assortment. He promises enough goods for every county child.
Residents in Glade and nearby areas are advised to consult Trushel & Co near the iron bridge for a clean neat store with complete stock and courteous lively clerks. Goods delivered in Warren or Glade.
The notice touts household spirits with fixed offers. Six quart packages of Guckenheimer Finch Gibson or Overbolt enure for $5.00 or $1.00 per quart, packing free, plus Silver Age Rye at $1.50 per quart or 12 for $15.00. Wines range from 50c upward, domestic and foreign. A complete catalogue is requested from AX Klein, 2 Federal Street, Allegheny, Pa.
The note lists bargains from Trushel & Co in Glade and Crown Acme Oil, praising the largest assortment at B. G. Gregory's Bargain Store and 25 cent hosiery from Hunter & Jarvis. Also advertised are 50 cent underwear from the same firm and a wide range of toilet and fancy articles at Gero.S. Davis' Drug Storez.
Ridgway hosts Elk County Teachers Institute this week. A McKean County woman runs multiple oil wells personally. Bradford mourns Prof. L. B. Harrington’s death. November oil report shows lower new work but higher production. Ex mayor W. Ed. Marsh and Miss Pearl Hoffman wed in Jamestown. Chas. Robinson of Andover reports a peanut crop success. Pittsfield widow Fannie Smith dies by suicide. no cause known. A Erie youth dies from cigarette effects. McKinney Bros sell leases and property to Standard Oil for 250000 in 20000 acres. Pennsylvania Knights Templar set annual Erie conclave. Mt. Olivet Erie leads committee. Warren Commandery to attend.
The Harrisburg Telegraph notes Hon. Charles W. Stone will resign as Secretary of the Commonwealth this week to take a seat in Congress won by Republicans of the Warren district. His final biennial report highlights 4,314 commissions issued in two years and reforms in corporation records, pardons, and election returns, with calls for space, staffing, and annual reporting improvements.
Dec 1 report notes a bear seen at several spots, prompting chase by many residents. Other items include Elocution classes by Dora Jackson, oil well drilling near McKinney farm at 400 feet, and Thanksgiving gatherings at Dakin's and Stillson church. Community notices on church events, Minors in billiards, and local social efforts fill the page.
A collage of old adage quips and testimonials praising hair dye, tonics, and patent medicines. Claims range from Hall's Hair Renewer to Dr Thomas Electric Oil and Burdock Blood Bitters with personal anecdotes and warnings about lottery postings and digestion remedies.
A child falls victim to the stealthy night croup that threatens strangulation. Dr. Hoxsie’s Croup Cure provides immediate relief, easing the danger and stabilizing the patient.
Thompson Hill items report James Devine and L. D. Willson timber work, measles illness in E G Wilcox family, return of Henry and Mrs Braley to settle, social visits, Bible class moved to Wednesdays, Rev H S Thomas sermon at the schoolhouse, advice about marrying, various visits and travel notes. Pittsfield brief mentions Wilson McGrew silk hat, judge candidate Noyes, Dalrymple from Washington, patient Alton Davis improving, Prof Clifford Fuller Thanksgiving visit, John Horner home for Thanksgiving, a probable suicide two miles north, limited details available.
Dec 1 summary notes Mrs. L J Johnson improving but not home. Rev O J Gage conducts revival meetings at Dugal with positive results. P of H hall repainted for welcoming gatherings. Roads improving and stage drivers optimistic. Post election mood calm though winners bear lasting marks. Pete Plush and Leather Goods closing out at cost by N K Winpepog.
The Hostetter Company of Pittsburgh announces the annual Almanac 1891 offering health tips, testimonials, and astrological items. A multi language edition will print over ten million copies, produced with 60 staff, and available free from druggists and country dealers nationwide.
A compilation of land conveyances showing multiple parties purchasing parcels across Elk, Cherry Grove, Glade, Mead, Warren, Deerfield, Sheffield, and other areas. Notable sums include $29,523 to W. Stone and wife for Cherry Grove and $23,833.90 to C. W. Stone and wife for the same locale.
Gents' Furnishing Goods at the finest Warren store below Carver House under A Weiss offers a large stock of fashionable clothing, summer suits, and boys clothes with savings advertised. Also note a portable boiler engine for sale via the Matt office.
In Jamestown New York on November 21 1890 Charles B Bailey of Warren weds Mattie Bryan of Warren performed by J P C W Creal. In Panama New York on November 23 1890 Louis F Polder of Panama weds Mary A Crosby of Bear Lake Pa by Justice Polder.
The advertisement promotes fall gentlemen’s apparel at one price. It highlights hats by Dunlap and Stetson, overcoats, ties, silk handkerchiefs, and tailored suits. It urges prompt inspection before the cold season, noting made to measure options at moderate prices.
Boston retailer promotes Winslow Rand and Wilson High Life Java and Mocha Coffee as the preferred choice of connoisseurs. The brand is listed among many other coffees at Goopricu and Fenman’s Popular Grocery House run by Winslow Rand and Wilson.
In New York City on May 17 1890 the Warren Mail informs the public that a fine line of Fancy and Staple Crackers and Sweet Goods including Sea Foam Salt Wafers Macaroons Bismark Sugar Wafers Roquefort Rose Biscuit Moss Rose and all flavors is sold exclusively by Goopmen Fratman and urges public support.
In New York City on May 18 1890 Warren Matt promotes Crown Acme Oil a refined oil described as smokeless water white high fire test uniform in quality and safe for family use. It is sold only in Warren by Goopricu and FrEuLMAN.
An 1890 Akron advertisement urges residents to buy the White Cloud Flour brand, described as the old reliable flour sold only by the Popular Grocers, Georricu and Feinman. The note is dated May 20, 1890 in Akron Ohio.
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