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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1895
Page
3
Trinity Memorial Church ladies hold their annual bazaar and turkey supper in Waters block on Liberty street, Thursday December 12 from 5 to 10 PM. Proceeds support church activities and Christmas gift purchases encouraged. The item includes schedules and smaller notices about local church efforts and school events.
A compiled update lists visits and appointments in Warren County including Miss Susie Oakea in Tidioute and Miss Ellen Clemons taking a clerk position at D Shear's store. It covers gatherings, travels, and business, with mentions of new hires, court admissions, and church progress and events.
The December 2 meeting at W. D. Hinckley Jr. residence featured a varied program. Performances included Lucia Noyes Gobbaerts Secondo and Alice Rogers Meyer Helmont, Bohm Mountain Idyl and Neidlinger Serenade, Neidlinger Valse Mignonne, The Robin song, Austrian Song by McCray and Pacher, piano duets and trios by Courville Schoenfeld and Meyer Helmund, Doves at Play, Husarenmarsch piano trio, Dialogue, Doves at Play by Micheuz, and other vocal and piano pieces by Hazeltine, Noyes, Lewis, and Gauntier Gurlitt.
At a regular meeting of the Town Council A B Kehr presided in Alden’s absence with Brann Hill Chase Humphrey Beaty Northrop Messenger and Craft present. The Finance committee received referrals on free bridge indebtedness and a bond due next month while street changes in East Warren were ordered published and laid over. The Water committee was tasked to study plant costs and hire an expert and to determine the price of the current water company’s plant. Fire and Sidewalk as well as Street committees to address several matters. Street names to be changed include First to Elm Second to Sycamore Third to Linwood Fourth to Carver Fifth to South Sixth to Plum with Irvine extended to the river and Chestnut to Lexington avenue Walnut to Peach Short Royal and Main to Pennsylvania avenue. Fifth to be extended to Indian Hollow road and Madison avenue west to Franklin street.
President Stone announced at the final meeting that the Warren Centennial Association recorded a surplus after donating 1709.76 to the Library Association. Treasurer Parmlee was authorized to pay outstanding bills, and Judge Noyes was empowered to appoint two associate editors to draft an official history to be completed next year.
Local items report memorials for Elks members and a hospital project in Corry. Schools open late December while tuition and board total forty two dollars. Marriages, reunions, and sports results fill the page along with a shift in Kane Leader publishing and political tensions.
A general practice is listed in the Sill building at Third and Liberty streets. The ad notes special attention to diseases of women nervous disorders and stomach troubles with office hours from 10 to 12 AM and 2 to 4 PM.
Mrs D M Nehan successor to Mrs J H Reed of Buffalo NY will be at the Carver House Friday December 6 with a full line of hair switches bangs waves wigs and toilet articles. She will take orders and invites ladies to call at the hotel. 459 Main St Buffalo NY.
Sea Foam Flour, Dwinnell, Wright & Co. promote two premier items in Warren. Available only through Berger and Hall.
Old men urged to visit Jacob Keller, the Tailor, to view elegant fall and winter fabrics. Berger & Halu note bulk coffee sales around 1000 lbs monthly, crediting handling only the best products.
The advertisement touts a through sleeping car service operated by Nickel Plate Road connecting Chicago and Fort Wayne with Cleveland Erie Buffalo New York and Boston promising low rates and perfect on board service.
Chas. A. W. Nason will deliver sulphur water Tuesdays and peesar. Leave orders at Noyes' drug store.
Winter travel planning focuses on low rates and connections to fast California trains from Chicago. Agents of the Nickel Plate Road promote convenient itineraries and potential savings for travelers heading west this season.
JacosB Keller showcases elegant fall and winter cloths on display and invites customers to call and view. The Mar office offers neat cheap and prompt job printing services.
A series of deeds listed show transfers from various sellers to buyers including Kin zua Pine Grove Elk Columbus Pittsfield and Sheffield with amounts ranging from 1 to 5500 dollars. Notable entries include John Hepburn to C E Huntington Warren 1400 and LL Bush to B A Spencer et al Columbus 5500.
Rev. Arthur R. Taylor at the Episcopal Church outlined socialism as a critique of selfish wealth and disordered distribution. He contrasted socialism with anarchism, urged careful understanding before judgment, and previewed next week’s talk on the weakness of socialism.
St. Joseph’s Hall opened with a feast of reason and soul drawing a large audience. William Schnur, Esq. announced the program, featuring piano duets, recitations, vocal solos, and several young performers. Remarks by Attorney Schnur Judge Noyes and others praised Rev. Father McCabe for funding and erecting a grand school and society building in Warren.
An advertisement asserts deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and claims Hall's Catarrh Cure can restore hearing. It offers $100 for a catarrh deafness case not cured by the product and prompts readers to request free circulars from Jene Co of Toledo, priced 75 cents at druggists.
ASK customers what they think of Sea Foam Flour. She will tell you. It can't be beat. ERGER AND HALL.
The McGrew Bros on the Chandler farm north of Youngsville drilled a Bradford sand well. After light then heavy shots and capping, it produced twelve barrels before exhausting, now running about four barrels per day. The piece notes it as evidence paying wells may be found nearby.
Dec 2 death of Benjamin A Crecroft at 69 after brief illness. Longtime Lottsville farmer and carpenter, prominent Republican, he left a widow two daughters and two grandsons with siblings nearby. Funeral held Nov 29 led by Rev Hopkins. nearby events include a runaway collision injuring Wm Porter and cemetery association election results.
Visitors from Corry Mr. Callie and Ronnie Pier visited grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Priest. Mrs. Frank Anderson is ill under care of Dr. Jacobs. Esther and Lawrence Jones are on the sick list. Miss Hannah Erickson wed in Kansas City. Neighbors shared a dinner at Mrs. C. M. Goodwin's. A quilting session was held for Mrs. Read. Charles Prior went to Bear Lake for coal. Swede Lutheran church preaches next Sunday at 3 PM. A pound party at Arthur Durlin's Thursday for Rev. Spillman’s relief.
Notices list multiple wedding announcements across Warren North Clarendon Clarendon Pa Steamburg N Y and nearby areas. Couples include Charles W Tunstall and Kate Cousins Walter and Vernie Agnew Edward Fagan and Minnie Linder Frank McClellan and Sadie Schott Philo VanNess and Mary Allen F Bates and Agnes Shafer John J Pooley and Alma Brown.
Thomas A. Briggs, a Pine Grove Township resident and noted lumberman, died last Friday after a float across Conewango Creek. He reportedly vertigoed near an island, clung to bushes before drowning. aged 78, he leaves five children in Warren and Russell.
The Allegheny Springs hotel will be open for boarders all winter. Apply to Chas. A. W. Nason at the hotel and address him at Irvine in Warren County.
Advertisement claims catarrh in the head stems from impure blood and cannot be cured locally. It asserts Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies blood removes disease cause and helps prevent pneumonia diphtheria fever while Hood's Pills serve as a popular cathartic at 25 cents.
The Warren Mills Company promotes Wash burn Crosby Co. Spring Wheat Patent "Gold Medal" Flour at 1 dollar per sack and also markets their High Grade Winter Wheat Flour at unusually high prices. A listing elsewhere promises more details.
An advertisement asserts De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve cures piles and other skin complaints. It claims prompt application relieves scalds and burns without pain and is endorsed by F. H. Dixson.
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