Holiday Calendar Drive and Local News Briefs
Local notices report a 1896 calendar gift for subscribers who pay ahead, a near miss explosion at First Lutheran Church injuring the furnace and floor, and Warren events. The Warren Fair Association names officers for the 1896 fair, with Sept 15 18 dates. Barbers in Warren encouraged to join a forthcoming National Barbers' Association lodge. Masonic North Star Lodge 241 installs officers and schedules degree work. Sugar Grove Seminary alumni form an Institute society with officers and plans for next year’s reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sugar Grove Seminary
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Frank M. Patchen
Sugar Grove
Lona McCray
Warren
Nettie Kelley
Bear Lake
Effie Akeley
R. J. White
Jessie Berlin
H. Mix
Truth Soap Company Gains Ground in Warren Trade
The Truth Soap Company under new management strengthens its role as a local institution in Warren. Grocers report higher sales in the past three months than in the previous three years, reflecting growing appreciation for home-made products and urging residents to favor local goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soim Truth
Warren
Truth Soap Company
Local social notes and civic movements in Warren
Palmer Gilbert is home for the holidays. Anna Rockwell returns from New York. Senator Shortt of Sugar Grove visited Harrisburg. H. J. Danvorts family from Buffalo spent Christmas in town. Mrs. August Morck visiting Oil City. Arline Arnett arrives from Minneapolis for a short visit. Mr. and Mrs. Waters back from Battle Creek. Leon G. Ball moves his law office to Warren Savings Bank building. Dr and Mrs Baker hosting a social event Jan 2. Stone and son Ralph back from Washington. family to follow. Dr John Curwen donates 250 bound volumes to Harrisburg Academy of Medicine. Young folks home from school include Beaty, Marck, Smith, Siggins, Clawson, Parshall, Hazeltine, Alexander, Elmer Jones, Smith, Jacobs, McWilliams, Barnhart. H. T. Russell named postmaster of Russell. Akely’s term ends. Judge Noyes learns of Mrs Morgan’s death in Nashville. E. W. Parrish announces Assembly candidacy on Republican ticket. Miss Martha Green, a popular teacher, travels south for health. Thomas B. Clawson to sell Warren Street Railway stock to James D. Woodard. retirement celebrated with workers’ dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Rockwell
New York
Senator Shortt
Sugar Grove
Harrisburg
H. J. Danvorts
Buffalo
August Morck
Grandpa Chambers
Oil City
Arline Arnett
Warren
Minneapolis
Minn
M. Waters
Battle Creek
Michigan
Leon G. Ball
Warren Savings Bank
W. M. Baker
C. W. Stone
Ralph
Washington
War
John Curwen
Warren Hospital
Harrisburg Academy of Medicine
Suydenham Society
London
Harrisburg Telegraph
Alice Beaty
Gertrude Marck
Eva Smith
Hugh Siggins
Harry Clawson
Marshall Parshall
Harold
Hugh Hazeltine
Bert Alexander Elmer Jones
Carl Smith
Hiram Jacobs
Will McWilliams
Harry Barnhart
H.T. Russell
Atlanta
May King
Ellen Glenn
Catherine Dillon
L. E. McNett
Conrath
Leavittsburg
Ohio
Thomas B. Clawson
Warren Street Railway
Jas. D. Wodard
Trolley Road
Deaths in Warren Two Prominent Citizens Remembered
Wood Albert D. of Warren died December 24 1895 of heart disease at age 56 funeral at 2 P M from High Street residence burial Oakland He led in education literature and business and served as Burgess councilman school director and officer in several firms Leffard J Alice wife of W S Leffard died December 22 1895 aged 49 funeral held at home then buried in Petersburg PA She left a husband three sisters and three brothers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Street
Oakland
Mirror
Mr. Wood
Warren
Sunbury & Erie
Oil Creek
Roy Stone
Johnson and Brown
Galbraith
Erie
Warren Co
Washington
Philadelphia
Boro
Producers Oil Co
General Practitioner Office Ad Sill Building
A general practitioner advertises a clinic in the Sill building at Third and Liberty streets. Specializes in women’s diseases nervous disorders and stomach troubles with hours from 10 to 12 and 2 to 4.
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Sill Building
Third
Liberty Streets
Christmas Gift Reaches With Both Feet in Franklin News
The Franklin News argues that value of gifts lies not in size or cost, but in thoughtful delivery and good wishes that truly arrive with substance and care.
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THE
Franklin News
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills Advertisement
A nineteenth century ad extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for ailments with the slogan I know that Hood's Sarsaparilla cured me. It also promotes Hood's Pills as the best after dinner pills aiding digestion and curing headache, priced at 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln
Hood
Winter notes and local bargains fill a busy page
A November page combines seasonal reflections with a flood of ads and notices. Mrs Emma Frances Anderson signs a short verse about the old year. Retailers tout shoes, coffee, china, and closing out sales from Northrop and Siegfried. The Ladies Auxiliary of the Y M C A plans a monthly meeting at three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Frances Anderson
Siegfried’s
Berger & Hall
Northrop
Fehlman’s
Library Hall
Boston
Siegfried & Co
Warren County Teachers Institute closes after four days
The 34th Warren County Teachers Institute ends with resolutions praising Superintendent Putnam and instructors Dr White Dr Thomas and Prof Gibson. Recitals and sermons are noted, with Miss Irene Samuelson mourned. Primary sessions and director group organize for mutual buying of supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren County
Teachers’ Institute
Putnam
Warren
Warren Public Schools
E. E. White
C. M. Thomas
W. L. MacGowan
T. L. Gibson
Er. L. Robinson
Institute
Blanche Hawkins
Carrie Oleson
Hattie Lacy
Mary 0. King
Gay Phillips
Nettie R. Locke
Maye Eldred
Elna Skinner
Nora Altenburg
Cora M. Bartholomew
Dora M. Chase
Eugenia Holcomb
D. L. Gerould
Etta Rexford
C. C. Eaton
T. L. Hampson
C. J. Gunning
W. J. Dixson
N. Osborne
J. H. West
Valentine
Court House
Irene Samuelson
E. H. Brock
Edinboro Normal School
MacGowan
Gibson
Lillian Brockway
Clarion Normal School
Home
Trabert
Up to Date Printing at the Mail Job Office
People seeking neat up to date invitations programmes wedding stationery and menus are urged to visit the Mail job office for a complete assortment. The offer promises artistic printing with economic low prices for clubs associations and secret societies.
Court of Appeals dates for Warren county 1896
Warren county commissioners announce Court of Appeals sessions at the county office in Warren Pa on January dates for Youngsville Tidioute Columbus Clarendon Bear Lake Sugar Grove and several townships including Brokenstraw Conewango Corydon Deerfield Elk Farmington Glade Kinzua Mead Pine Grove Pleasant Pittsfield Spring Creek Sheffield South West Triumph Watson Warren wards rest on January 15 16 with commissioners John A Akins C B Sampson and Roger Mooney presiding.
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Court of Appeals
Warren County
Court House
Warren
Youngsville
Tidioute
Columbus
Clarendon Bear Lakes
Sugar Grove
Brokenstraw
Conewango
Corydon
Fae
Cherry Grove
Deerfield Tv
Ee Elk
Eldred
Freehold
Farmington
Glade
Kinzua
el Ae Limestone
As Mead
Te Ae
Pine Grove
Pleasant
Pittsfield
Spring Creek
Sheffield
South West
Triumph
No-to-bac tobacco habit cure advertises relief
The Sterling Remedy Co promotes No-to-bac as a harmless cure for quitting tobacco. It promises strengthened nerves, elimination of nicotine poisons, and weight gain. Sold by druggists or mailed, with money refund offered. Chicago and New York offices listed. local Warren seller Siegfried & Co. carries the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
Randolph St
New York
New Great South American Kidney Cure Brings Quick Relief
Relief in six hours with the New Great South American Kidney Cure eases distress in kidneys bladder and urinary passages. It relieves retention and pain almost immediately in males and females. Sold by Noyes drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noyes Drug Store
Louisa Casemere Opens Dry Cleaning Studio in Warren
Mrs. Louisa C. Casemere opens a clothes cleaning establishment at 305 Second Street Warren upstairs. She adopts a new French dry cleaning process offering prompt service for all garments including evening wear. Ladies wraps are remodeled and plush work is a specialty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa C. Casemere
Second Street
Warren
New Winter Patterns From Jacob Keller Tailor
Warren County residents urged to view new winter cloths from Jacob Keller Tailor. The advertisement promises finest, best, and cheapest garments with low prices and honest, stylish quality, inviting all men to call and see.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Keller
Warren County
Dolly Varden Route Travel Advice
The Dolly Varden Route via D A V P trains serves Buffalo Rochester Syracuse Albany and New York and is recommended as the best travel option. The note encourages trying the route for convenient connections and travel efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Rochester
Syracuse
Albany
New York
Nickel Plate Holiday Excursion Tickets Offered
Low rate excursion tickets to all points on the Nickel Plate between Buffalo and Chicago valid December 24 25 31 1895 and January 1 1896. Tickets on sale through Nickel Plate agents with special holiday travel and visiting friends encouraged.
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Nickel Plate Road
Buffalo
Chicago
Notable Local Ads and Humorous Sketches in Warren Page
A collage of 1900s ads and snippets from Warren featuring price marks for shoes and teasers for elixirs like Hood’s Sarsaparilla. It includes stray jokes about opera tickets, clergy sermons, and a horse balm claim, with One Minute Cough Cure praised for quick relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Dixson
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Reward Offer
One hundred dollar reward for an uncured case of catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co of Toledo, with West Truax Ki Marvin vouching for Cheney. Cure taken internally and sold by druggists at 75 cents per bottle with testimonials free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co. Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Eir
West Truax
Hoth
Ki & Marvin
Ohio
West Spring Creek names new Postmaster W L Stevens
W L Stevens has been named Postmaster of West Spring Creek after purchasing M A Myers general store. County Treasurer elect TipiouTE News notes a local political shift as the town readies for upcoming duties. The community eyes the change with interest as the previous business changes unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Spring Creek
W. L. Stevens
M. A. Myers
Minnie May
Chas. King
Frank Brown
St. John’s Church
Ethel Evans
Pittsburg
Robert Morrow
Triumphp
Pretty home wedding joins Hodges couple at Lander
Thompson Hill notes a wedding at the Hodges home near Lander as their daughter Hattie wed John J. Mahan with Rev. Dr. Edmunds officiating. Other items mention Mrs. Alvander Putnam improving slowly, visits by Mrs. Oscar Walker and Gertie Clark, and a M E society ben efit donation in McKitrick's hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson Hill
Alvander Putnam
Oscar Walker
Tiona
L. D. Wilson
L. F. Deming
Forest City
M. E. Society
McKitrick’s Hall
E. F. Edmunds
G. M. Clark
Gertie Clark
Jamestown
Manan — Hopees
Lander, Pa
R. KE. Hodges
John J. Mahan
Hattie Hodges
Lander
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Warren Mail
Warren, PA
Home Matters
First Lutheran
Schuler
Warren Fair
Warren Co. Fair Association
D. A. Arird
James Logan
Willis Cowan
F. K. Russell
F. A. Cogswell
F. P. Caro
National Barbers’ Association
Trinity Memorial Church
Presbyterian Church
W. Rev
J. W. Smith
Hazel
Santa Claus
Laura Gleave
Dane Dunkle
Little Bankrupt
Flora Stewart
Grace, Todd
Walter Beck
Sumner Orr
Polly
Nellie Gleave Dolly
Florence Lesser
Alco Taylor
Mary Talbot
Jace Thomas
Beryl Lynn
Ladabasdusuask Spsonesee
Bishop Yates
Harold Lesser
Hark
Foster
McKay
Greenland
Bartlett
Edna Blood
Primary Dept
Manet Ss Casinos
Danforth Miller
Mabel Dalrymple
Santa ‘Claus
Allegheny Valley Railway Company
Allegheny River
F. M. Ashmead
I X L
Water Street
I X L Oyster Co
Fehlman Bros
Warren Mills Co
Huyler
Siegfried
Dwinnell, Wright & Co
Palmer Gilbert
DR. L. Sayles
Allegheny Springs
Allegheny Sulphur Springs
Ches. A. W. Nason
Irvine, Warren Co. A
Busy Reader
J. B. Kanaga
Warren Evangelical Church
Nora Altenberg
Dr. White
Cornplanter
Dr. Thomas
Little May Yates
Supt. MacGowan
Supt
Henry Houck
White
Nellie Engstrom
Ellen Lacy
Lucy Yates
East Street
Rexford
Miss Bartholomew
Holcomb
S. P. Shearman
Corydon Tp
D. I. Ball
Lucie Richards
Supt. Putnam
Charles Dinsmoor
W. V. N. Yates
W. D. McLaren
de Witt
F. H. Dixson
Derrick
Boston Shoe Store
Noyes
D. Robinson
Lumbeman
Hartwick
N. Y
Morris & Mullen, Warren
P. B. Canfield
Bottsville
Lottsville
Charles Mead
San Francisco
Japan
China
Free Methodist Church
Toby
Reed
A. A. Davis
A.A. Davis
W. Jarvis
First National Bank
Eport
Pennsylvania
Resources
U.S
Annescene Menar
State of
Bucs I
F. K. Russet
E. E. Brown
I. S. Alden
J. B. Eppy
H. E. Brown
Greenlund—Peel
Herman P. Greenlund
Cartie Peel
Dove—Wentchel
G. R. Trabert
James P. Dove
Amelia Wentchel
Citizens National Bank
Citizens National Bank of
U. S
Total
Penn’a
W.N. Yates
O. F. Hoffman
Parmlee
E. W. Parshall
Warren National Bank
Gene
Anes Toes
Couns
F. E. Hertzel
Elief
W. H. Allen
Wm. D. Brown, Co. Smith
G. N. Paemlee
Mailey
Capital
H. A. Jamieson
Cashier
Wm. D. Brown
A. Hertzel
G. N. Parmlee
Jerry Crary
N. P. Wheeler
D. Wee
C. Smith
Charles Schimmelfeng
A. T. Scofield
Charles Chase
Broad Gauge
O. H. Hunter & Son
C. H. Hunter & Son
Second St
Allen & Langley
John F. Kertcher
Water St
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