Home and Presbytery Notes From Warren Mail
The Warren Mail reports on the new steam fire engine Rufus P. King named for Council Clerk King, its likely use by Capt. Rowland and the Fire Company, and the town's support. It also covers Erie Presbytery’s Mercer County session with 43 ministers, 63 churches, 5,470 members, and $133,256.76 in contributions, plus local humor about Seth Green and Chautauqua Lake pickerel versus muscolonge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capt. Rowland
Rufus P. King
Philadelphia
Erie
Presbyterian Church
Mercer County
Conneautville
B. L. Stewart
Harmonsburg
A.C. Jankin
Fairview
R. M. Brown
Rouseville
A. PT. Puilerton
D. D
Park Church
M. D. A. Steen
John McLashlan
Pleastnutville
J. Rogers Wilson
Chestnut Street
Isaac W. McVitty
Evensburg
Greenfield
John M. Robinson
Fairfield
Georgetown
Continental Tea Party Auctioned by Presbyterian Ladies
The Presbyterian Church and Society hosts a Continental Tea Party at Judge Scofield's on Tuesday evening. Attendees dress in period costumes and may enjoy a 75 cent supper for 50 cents amid expected music. An event to relive early Yankee–British party memories with inviting note to all.
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The
Presbyterian Church and Society
Covrtine Cars patent praised by Mr. W C Brooks
Mr W C Brooks of Stoneham has patented a self coupling for cars that claims to be simple durable and safe by self coupling and uncoupling with levers and a dual spring. testing by railroad men awaited. Also notes cover court decisions in a late session with several verdicts including Alexander Wallace v Empire Transportation Co for 31070 24 and others. Mentions Godey January issue and a mill framing accident near Spring Creek with serious injuries.
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W.C. Brooks
Stoneham
D.C. Phillips
Dunkirk, Warren, & Pittsburg Railroad Co
Alexander Wallace
Empire Transportation Co
Joseph Green
Administrators
J. Ss
Thomas Willson
John Conklin
SL. Taylor & Messner
Truman Dalryimple
Candy store opens inside Well's Drug Store
D Layman, formerly a Kuhliman's Store clerk, begins a candy business within Well's Drug Store and makes the candy himself. He also serves oysters in all styles and at all hours. Kirberger becomes Warren County agent for Glines State Roofing Paint, advertised in a separate column.
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D. Layman
Kuhliman
Well’s Drug Store
Olcott’s
A. Ruhlman
News Depot
Fletcher Becomes Sentinel Publisher in Centralia Illinois
J Warren Fletcher founder of the Maii and its early publisher leads the Sentinel in Centralia Illinois. The note praises his printing skill and the paper’s neat appearance and foresees local support aiding his success. A local report from Union City recalls vice and temperance warnings and a fatal railroad accident after a night of intoxication. The Sugar Grove Cheese Factory owned by Wm Jewell was burned last Tuesday. the cause is unknown with $2600 insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Warren Fletcher
The
Maii
Sentinel
Centralia
Ilinois
Wm. Jewell
Sugar Grove
Christmas gifts: piano organ or sewing machine sold locally
E. C. Bailey offers top brands as Christmas presents for wives and daughters. Election notices mention tickets for and against the New Constitution sent by the Commissioners Clerk to election officers with ballots. Go to them for your tickets.
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E. C. Bailey
Inferno in Modoc City Destroys Quarter of Town
Last Friday a large fire in Modoc City leveled a quarter of the town. It started in a clothing store and is believed to be the work of an incendiary.
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Modoc
Donovan and Meehan Dissolve. Meehan Remains at Hewhart’s
Meehan continues the business at the old Hewhart’s building doing first class work on short notice. Call for service and inquiries about ongoing projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donovan & Meehan
Meehan
Hewhart
Pepper spray incident ends with eye injury report
A man investigating an alleged peeping through his office door used pepper spray. He then learned his wife had an eye injury from a wood chip while she was cutting wood. No location or additional details are provided.
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Warren
Erie Convocation Endorses Spaulding for Colorado Missionary Bishop
At Warren Trinity Church the Erie Convocation held two business meetings and four public services with clergy present. They endorsed Rev. John Franklin Spaulding as Missionary Bishop for Colorado Wyoming and New Mexico and pledged support for his future work, praising his eight years as Dean and co laborer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Warren Trinity Church
John F. Spaulding
D. D
Colorado
Henry S. Getz
Messrs
W. G. W. Lewis
Meadville
C. F. Lewis
Smithport
Prothero
Oil City
Grange
Corry
French
Waterford
Tongue
North East
Miller
Clark
Emporium
Mackay
Brady’s Bend
Tolman
Franklin
Mr. Getz
Warren
House of Bishops
New York
Wyoming
New Mexico
John Franklin Spaulding
St. Paul’s Church
Spaulding
Isis
Body Snatching Near Corry Sparks Local Outrage
The Erie Dispatch reports that about ten days after saw mill worker William Pratt died at Spring Creek Warren County his body was found dragged from a doctor's yard by three men one with a rope around the neck. The hat dropped by one suspect was claimed by a Corry physician’s employee and later returned. Decomposition and foul odor marked the corpse as Pratt, whose grave could be disturbed if a sale was made by relatives. The incident has caused excitement and indignation in Corry as two Corry physicians claim to have bought the body from Pratt’s relatives.
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Erie
Pratt
Spring Creek
Warren County
Corry
B. E. Phelps
Wm. Pratt
Oil and oyster prices tumble in panicked last week sales
Prices for oil and oysters fell amid panic buying last week with oils at 8 to 10 cents a gallon and oysters at 20 to 25 cents a can. Merchants Hazeltine Orr Co C P Henry Burgess Friday Crandall advertised deals, some even giving oil away for small trade thresholds. Buyers echoed dissatisfaction and joked about bargains and added incentives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazeltine, Orr & Co
C. P. Henry
Burgess
Crandall
Calico
Jamestown
Charlie Henry
Weather swings as floods ease and freeze return
The report notes heavy rains last week with deep mud and a high river, causing some flood damage elsewhere but not locally. By Sunday a new freeze set in, contrasting with last year’s snowy start, as winter comes in gentle drops rather than snowflakes.
Rute to A scertain a Goop Life Insurance Life
A cautionary note cites that life insurers with solid investments and large policyholder surplus present safe investments. It warns that with doubtful assets and small surpluses the pace should slow, based on official documents and no other sources.
Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York tops size and assets
The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York is the largest in America and the world in its field with $65,000,000 in assets. It holds solid investments in U. S. Bonds, New York City Bonds, and first liens on real estate in New York. It is a purely mutual company with policy holder votes and dividends of $5,000,000 paid to living members last year. Agent F. A. Ranpatt, Warren, Pa. Also mention of cheap sheet music at E. C. Bailey's with late music books ordered on short notice.
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the Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York
America
U. S
N. Y
Mutual
F. A. Ranpatt
Warren
E. C. Bailey’s
Benevolence and early town memories in Sugar Grove area
The Improved order of Red Men Lodge of Warren forms a committee led by E B Eldred A E Goodrich and D B Bernard to aid the poor through winter collecting money old clothes food and other goods. The Sugar Grove Journal shares recollections of early settlement including Levi Marsh Jacob Marsh and N B Langdon with notes on prices and local life.
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Cuality
Improved Order of Red Men’s Lodge of
Warren
E.B. Eldred
A. E. Goodrich
D. B. Bernard
Tidioute
John M. Clapp
Home Relief Society
Mercy
Father McCloskey
Europe
Spes Unica
Poisoning trial and jail escape in Butler
Report recalls last summer's attempted poisoning of John Snyder by his wife and John Foreman. Foreman and Mrs. Snyder were found guilty with mercy recommended for Mrs. Snyder. Foreman and eight others later escaped Butler jail last Friday night. The notice also touts The Little Corporal magazine and a Warren Library Association meeting, plus a lost road duplicate for Pine Grove township.
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Guitty
John Snyder
John Foreman
Butler
Snyder
Sweet Hart
Foreman
Beccy Foreman
Mi Hart Akes
Franklin
P. S
Deaths and holiday trade notes in Warren area
Obituaries for Nehemiah York at 82 who settled in Sugar Grove in 1804 and Captain W. T. Neill of Titusville aged 69. plus police alert on break in at Messner & Trush el's Store and vigorous holiday sales at A. A. Davis & Co. with new goods and toys in Warren, including pianos and organs on easy terms.
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Nehemiah York
York Hill
Sugar Grove
A. A. Davis’ & Co
W. T. Neill
Titusville
J. A. Neill
Warren
Venango Co
Neillsburg
A. A. Davis & Co
Erie Mail Schedule From Philadelphia to Erie
The record lists times for Erie Mail trains between Philadelphia and Erie with stops at Warren Corry and Irvine. It notes the Erie departure times use Erie time, which is twenty minutes slower than Philadelphia time, per WM. A. Baldwin General Superintendent.
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Erie Mail
Philadelphia
Warren Goeet Ao
Erie
Warren
WM. A. Baldwin
Dunkirk
Fredonia
Falconer’s
A&g
Cross’g
Fentonville
Russelburg
Irvington
Youngsvil
Pittsfield
Garland
Titusville
GER
NG North
N. Y
NG South
Pitts
Erie Railway
Vu, Thayer
Gen
C. A. Clute
Ags
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Warren Mail
Home Matters
Erie Presbytery
Seth Green
Chautauqua Lake
Seth
Jie
Allegheney
Mud Creek
Tionesta
Godey
L. A
Corry Blade
David Sample
Columbus
United States
Erie Co
Erie County
Moore
Hyner
Ruhliman
Titusville Herald
Paris
Kirberger
Gline
Union City
John McGrath
McGroph
Episcopal Convocation
Levi Marsh
Geo. Stoolfire
Jacob Marsh
Chautauqua Co
N.Y
Alexander Stuart
Stuart
Freehold
Conewango
Brokenstraw
Youngsville
Owen’s Ferry
Lottsville
Freehold Township
James Irvine
Howel Strickland
Nathan Abbott
Wm. C. White
Isaac §. Fitch
Cornelius Basset
Mr. Wetmore
L. D. Wetmore
H. Lott
Peter Burgett
Garret Burgett
Newton Wright
Wrightsville
James Irvin
Mary
Samuel Irvin
N. A. Abbott
Harry
Fanny
David Allen
John J
Eldred Lott
Kennedyville
Long Island
Daniel and
James J
Stephen Girard
Girard College
Knights Templar of
Boston
Grey
Lechange
Knight
M. B. Lowry
Harrisburg
Nuts &c
Simmons
Ellen Meacham
Chattahoochee
Fla
W. H. MacDonald & Co
Warren, Pa
Burpert
E. C. Bailey’s, Watson & Davis
Borvor
Papa
Joan E. Milller
Chicago
Warren Library Association
Young Men’s Christian Association
Pine Grove Township
Messner & Trushel’s
David
A. A. Davis & Co. l
Variety Hall
Merck’s
Well’s
MacDonald’s
Watson & Davis Block
EF. C. Bailey, Watson & Davis’ Block
Storum
Union Block
T. 8
Messner
MacDonald & CO
Carver House
Kissengen
Congress
Vichy
MacDonald & Co.s
Warren, Pasa- Aldridge
van Fleet
Pennsylvania Rail Road
Philadelphia & Erie R. R. Division
Philadelphia & Erie Rail Road
Fastwar
R Corry
Philadelphi
Warren Accom
Tee
Erie Accom
L. S
LS & MS RW
Withooc& Arrw
Corry Accommodation
Irvineton
Ros UN
the Mountain
Irvine
West ‘Ton
Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad
Russelbur
Fentonvill
A & G Cros
Umpire Store
Lt D. Crandall
L. D. Crandall
Warren, Co
Henry Brace
J. W. Willard
Ludlow
Russell House
Dnovests
David Beaty
Glade City
F. A. Randall
O, Walker
Sheffield
Greenland Brothers
Keystone
Carver
SEST
the Wakefield Harts
Bathers, D&e., &E
Arganda
Belve
H. A. Jamieson & CQ
Wid Ett
Butcher
Cyclop
Disston
Eureka Files
Keystone Block
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