Winter Social News From Warren Almanac
The Warren column notes Christmas two weeks from Monday and alumni meetings, ski and sleighing fun, and church gatherings. It reports many deer shipments, Struthers Library brick work, and a forthcoming Venus transit with viewing tips and tickets for a music reform lecture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
Warren
P. 5
Allen
Davis
Erie
Thomas Struthers Library
Selden & Goodrich
F. Genck
South Erie
Erie Observer
Struthers Library
Evangelical Church
J.M. Thoburn
Warren notes include visits and local appointments
Personal notices list James C. Metcalfe visiting his sister in Warren, Mrs. A R Schofield visiting Philadelphia, Congressman Watson traveling to Washington, Mrs. Hall and daughter returning from Detroit, Miss Mary King dining in Jamestown, and J F Zurn planning winter in Warren. Also announcements note piano tuner Lorenz Matt visiting, firm Wetmore Noyes Hinckley with new partner W D Hinckley, and Gen Allen arriving from Dakota. Concert by Mrs Caldwell planned, government-building site study by Erie officials, Trunkey opening law office, with local reactions to his move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Metcalfe
Cincinnati
H. S. Thomas
A. R. Schofield
Philadelphia
H. G. Eddy
Watson
Washington
Warren
S. M. Hall
Detroit
Mary King
Union School Force
Jamestown
J. F. Zurn
Texas
Lacy
Jake
Lorenz Matt
A.J. Davis’ Drug Store
Wetmore, Noyes & Hinckley
Caldwell
Roscoe Hall
K. Guv. Stone
O. H. Hunter
Erie
Building Commission
C. W. Gilfillan
Franklin
W. G. Trunkey
Iy Trunkey
New York Artist Marries Jamestown Woman in Corry
At the residence of Mrs. A. M. Kent in Corry on November 28 1882 Mr. Brown of New York married Mrs. Susan Hall by Rev Dillingham of the Baptist Church. The couple will make New York City their home and soon start an extended tour through Italy. Mrs. Brown has many friends in Jamestown and vicinity where she formerly resided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Kent
Corry
Mr. Brown
New York
Susan Hall
Dillingham
the Baptist Church
Turner
Jamestown
Minnesota
Judd
George Wyman
Colorado
Mr. Sutton
Frank Stuart
Garland
N. F. Wright
Minnie Maguire
Pittsfield
Chase
Lester Wright
Waggand—Bates
Warren
M. E. Parsonage
J. M. Thoburn
J. L. Waggand
Amanda D. Bates
Glade Run
Brown—Hall
M. W. Dillingham
James Brown
New York City
Deer Buy Meats Amid Quiet Cherry Grove Oil Fields
A correspondent dated the 28th notes a quiet Cherry Grove field where deer wander near derricks. Three were shot near Farnsworth last week, a pumper near 658 shot a buck by a gas light, and Mr. Mead killed a fine buck on lot 681 for meat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherry Grove
Farnsworth
Mead
Merck Bros Jewelry Store Promotes Stock and Prices
In Warren Pennsylvania Merck Bros jewelry shop displays a large stock of diamonds watches clocks and jewelry plus silverware from Gorham and others. The store offers eye glasses and spectacles and promises low prices while Fred and August and their assistants please callers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moreck Bros
Warren
Merck Bros
Morck Bros
Gorham’s
Fred
August
Oil Market Drifts Amid Declines and Exchanges
Oil prices slip with Monday close at 1083, while overall activity wanes and 76 barrels fewer wells completed in October. Franklin readies two oil exchanges and Clarendon expects to open soon as industry faces water shortages and wary investors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Bradford
Allegany
Clarendon Oil Exchange
Meadville
Brown Bros
Pleasant Township
Tionesta Creek
Clarendon
Railroad extension to Olean due next March
The B P W railroad from Salamanca to Olean will be completed next March. Brooks Locomotive Works at Dunkirk has produced 187 locomotives this year and expects to finish 200. The line between Warren and Salamanca is complete with station houses. A mixed train has begun service with listed westward and eastward schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salamanca
Olean
Brooks Locomotive Works
Dunkirk
Warren
Leffard
Kinzua
Sugar Run
Corydon
Tfelas Bm, Co
Wolf Run
AIM
Red House
West Salamanca
Death of Hon. Richard Irwin Prominent Venango Judge
Judge Richard Irwin of Franklin died November 18 at age 84 after a long career as a surveyor and public servant. At a Venango County Bar meeting on November 20 lawyers paid tribute and passed resolutions praising his integrity and public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irwin
Richard Irwin
Franklin
Warren County
Venango County
I C G T North Western District Convention Held at Youngsville
The thirtieth session of the North western District Convention of the I. C. G. T. met at Youngsville with strong attendance. Officers for the next year were elected including W. C. T. J. Gleave Eric and W. V. T. Mrs. N. EF, Root, Corydon, and others. The next meeting is set for the third Tuesday of May 1883 in Corydon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngsville
W. CG. T
J. Gleave
Eric
N. EF
Root
Corydon
W. Ed. Marsh
Corry
W. F
G. W. Brown
Erie
Boyd Marsh
Kinzua
W. A
Maggie Day
Forest County bear killed amid area notes and court briefs
A four hundred pound black bear was killed in Forest County. Erie Quarter Sessions logged fourteen divorce applications. Jamestown and Warren news cover church dedications, dances, medical visits to elderly women, and school pupil attendance. Local telegraph exchanges, Pomona Grange, and community notices round out the rapid-fire docket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest County
Erie
Leiter
Fentonville House
Craft
Franklin
Will Gage
Jamestown Standard
M. E
Sheffield
Landlord Hill
Garfield
Jamestown
James Holmes
Warren
Forest Counties
Oil City
Erie County
A. S. Lovett
Annie Wilt
Jamestown Telephone Exchange
New York
Pennsylvania
Warren Exchange
Warren County
Pomona Grange No. 19
Grand Valley
Chas. Whaley
C. C. Woodruff
Daniel Lott
G. W. Chappel
Ella Hall
Rhoda Heath
Mary Perkins
Rose Hadden
Johnnie Johnson
Isaac Anderson
Johnnie Anderson
Wm. Penn
Marie J. Hunter
Local notes from Santa Anna district November 24 1882
Horton Crary Co push boarding house work under Frank Dickinson and expect to occupy it soon. A L Mumford moved his barber shop to the new H Co block. A literary club forms in Armstrong district with weekly meetings. Deer hunting is active as Nimrods report luck. Emery Mudge builds a new house and lumbermen prep for winter stock. Apples sell for 1.50 a bushel amid scarcity. Dec 2 entry notes a saw mill fire at the station with boiler explosion but no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horton, Crary & Co
Frank Dickinson
Eve
A. L. Mumford
Cms
Mumiford’s
Armstrong
David Carroll
Thomas Farnsworth
Mattie Hunter
Nimrods
Arthur Lindsey
J.T. Edwards
L. E. Branch & Co
C.S. Morton
Ben Silloway
Charles Brown
Bradford
Mary Tucker
Jamestown
N. Y
Mr. Sanford
Erie County
Congregational Church
Emery Mudge
Corry
Santa Anna
Also Mentioned on This Page
Home Matters
High Street
Nelson Greenland
L. G. Noyes
J.K. Weaver
Hunter’s
A. A. Davis & Co
McNeit & Co
John Short
Warren Crry
Warrer
Mar
Willow Works
99 Cent
A. A. Davis & Co’s
Ball & Co
Bal & Co
Morcx Bros
Morcx Bro’s.McNett & Co
Brown Hall
Bay’s
Warren Co
D. C. Allen
P. M. Warren
Railroad Record
Variety Hall
Siegfried
Johnson & Siegfried
Batv’s
Gleaner
Spring Creek
Wrightsville
Santa Claus’ Headquarters
Morck Brothers
Warren, PA
Vacaron & Constantine
Wathey Bro’s & Mathey
E. Howard & Co
Rockford
Waltham, Hamden
Elgin
Lancaster
Columbus, &c
Gorham
MORCK
Bro’s
O. H. Hunter & Son
West Chester
Luzerne County
Sunbury
Boston
New Castle
Himmell
Jacob Keller
Second Street
Liberty
Morex Bros
Batu & Co
Melanora Ware
Merck Bro’s
Batt & Co
Dr. Day
A. Davis & Co’s
Johnson & Siegfreid
Schwing—Dailey
Boon McGee
P. Doerr
C. F. Schwing
Catherine Dailey
Darling—Devore
Deerfield
Charles Covell
J. P
Edwin Darling
Lydia Devore
Young — Chase
Kiantone
Rev. E. Hazeltine
G. B. Young
Martha E. Chase
Farmington
M. Shear & Brother
Parmlee & Henry
Warren, Pennsylvania
DE Lyon
QUA Notion & Fancy Goods Department
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