Warren era notes and town happenings in brief
Local column compiles a December to New Year round of Warren area items. It covers illnesses and recoveries, visitors, social events, court notes, rail and oil industry snippets, performances, sleighing, outages, and community notices involving residents such as Clare Clark Peter Jamieson and D. W. Brodhead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Liberty Street
D. W. Brodhead
Lindsey
Erie
Warren
D. D. Reed
Claire McDeermott
Indianapolis
Severa Arnold
Watertown
N. Y
Lucille Shear
Harry Henderson
Smethport
C. A.C
Cornplanter Refinery Co
John J. Taylor
R. G. Shiley
Jacob Jacobson
THE
Maccabees
Miss Crary
Market Street
Elizabeth Fisher
Hickory Street
Frank Fisher
New York
Earl Cowan
Smithfield
West Virginia
Harry Mitchell
Connellsville
Earl
Clare Clark
Ep. Beck
Los Angeles
Cal
C. S. Beck
Outing Club
Peter J. Jamieson
Hamilton
Canada
Marion Hunter
Olive Eddy
Laura DeForest
Erma Buerstedt
J. Merritt Hunter
Leroy Eddy
Ed. D. Lacy
Europe
Struthers Iron Works
Freehold
New Jersey
Keller's Sons and Smiley's Offer Local Goods and Gifts
Local adverts tout Keller's Sons as a stylish source for overcoats shirts trunks and suitcases plus Loeb's fine custom wear. Smiley's Grocery advertises low prices on fresh goods and gifts with a focus on Burt and Sindel Candies and Berlin Jones Stationery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keller
Burt
Sindel
Misrepresentation critique echoes across a western town
A Western paper denounces inflated labels from education to finance. It argues villages become towns and towns become cities, maps reduce capitalists to political clichés, and doctors to mill outputs, while decaying publics inflate youths and elders as valued citizens.
County Commissioners Pay Full Reward and Travel for Arrest
The Oil City Derrick notes Warren county officials gave Oil City police a $50 reward for the arrest of Edward Snyder plus full expenses. Chief Nugent received the reward, car fare for him and the prisoner to Warren, and return travel to Oil City, showing fairness and generosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil City
Warren County
Edward Snyder
Snyder
Warren
Nugent
Local couples wed in Pennsylvania and New York in late December 1903
Marriages listed include James T. Austin of Aurora Illinois to Daisy Pearl McMichael in Warren Pennsylvania on December 23. Oscar Englund to Bertha Benson in Jamestown New York on December 25. B M Moore to Gertrude King in Corry Pennsylvania on December 16. Charles L. Rapp to Pearl B Decker in Jamestown on December 23. Martin LaShure to Belle Dashner in Jamestown on December 23 1908. L P Dunham to Minnie Syhoff in Tidionte Pennsylvania on December 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin — McMichael
Warren
B. F. McMichael
J. W. Smith
James T. Austin
Aurora
Daisy Pearl McMichael
England
Benson
Jamestown
N. Y
Julius Lincoln
Oscar Englund
Bertha Benson
Moore—King
Corry
D. A. Platt
B. M. Moore
Gertrude King
Sheffield
Rapp—Decker
D. H. Denison
Charles L. Rapp
Pearl B. Decker
Tidioute
Lashure—Dashner
Martin LaShure
Belle Dashner
Dunham—Lyhoff
L. P. Dunham
Minnie Slyhoff
Tidionte
Obituary notices from Warren area December 28 1903
Deaths reported for Ursula Baldensperger Stephen Critchlow William Henry aged about 20 died in a Buffalo gas explosion Peter McCartin aged 40 buried in St Joseph's Warren. Remains of Wm Henry buried in Oakland Cemetery with Rev J W Smith officiating. Burial in Warren on Thursday for McCartin. Dec 28 1903 Warren Ohio area notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldensperger
Warren
Ursula
David Uhl
Jacob Baldensperger
Critchlow
D. W. Beaty
Stephen Critchlow
Henry
Wm. Henry
Oakland Cemetery
J. W. Smith
Buffalo
McCartin
Postal Cards and Vignettes of Laughs from Odd Bits
A collection of light verse and scraps from a newspaper page. Quirky lines poke fun at gardening pleasures, aging, pronunciation quirks, and a chessboard of witty exchanges. The humor shifts from poetry to casual dialogue and social observations.
Real Estate Transfers Recently Recorded
Transfers show numerous Columbus Triumph and surrounding towns sales. Notable deeds include Caroline C McAllister to Willis G Sampson for 9600 and C M Sharp to Emma Lawson for 1400. other parcels range from 1 to 75 dollars, with several estates involved in transfers to multiple buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Boardman
John Carlson
Columbus
James M. Hassett
Nypano R. R. Co
George ‘Illotson
Caroline C. McAllister
Willis G. Sampson
Triumph
C. P. Northrop
E. R. Lesser
Frank O. Persons
W. H. Spencer
Pittsfield
H. E. Brown
C. W. Stone
Pleasant
Orion Siggins
Cherry Grove
W. D. Hinckley
Lydia D. Marsh
Sheffield
L. L. Hunter
W. H. Holcomb
Fred A. Becker
Anna Mack
Conewango
C.C. Dalrymple
A. W. Swift
Kinzua
C. M. Sharp
Emma Lawson
Warren
L. Pearce Evans
Marion Pearce
Orren F. Strickland
Richard G. Strickland
Farmington
Polly A. Badger
Wm. Bloss
Patrick Hincky
Hanora Lopaus
Wm. Garber
Blanche Spencer
Limeston
McClellan Olney
Anna M. Olney
Glade
Henry Keppel
Enterprise Transit Co
Letter Acknowledges $500 Benefit Payment for Lizzie E Tidball
In Butler Pennsylvania on December 28 1903 George B Lambert acknowledges receipt of a $500 payment from the Keystone Benefit Society Superintendent Secretary A W Smith Warren Pa. The claim for Lizzie E Tidball’s benefit certificate No 837 was paid promptly after full proof of death dated November 19th arrived December 21st.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Keystone Benefit Society
A. W. Smith
Warren
Lizzie E. Tidball
Geo. B. Lambert
At Cost Closing out 1000 yards cloths for rainy day skirts
Jacob Keller the Tailor announces discount sales of 1000 yards of cloth in 30 shades for cash only. A public notice warns of weekly visits to Warren at Geo. B. Munn’s law office on Saturdays starting Sept 26, 1903. GEO. H. HIGGINS, Attorney at Law, notes Keller’s Sons store offers large stock of blankets robes gloves and mittens at low prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Keller
Warren
Geo. B. Munn
Second Street
Geo. H. Higgins
Keller’s Sons
Also Mentioned on This Page
Home Matters
Philo. Record
Helen Dunn
Harold Hue
Florence Hue
Marian Hunter
Helen Morek
Bertha Morek
Dating Club
Leon Abbott
Russell
Victor Shear
Court House
Messrs
E. E. Thompson
A. M. Bennett
Frank McClellan
Brown
R.N. Brown
Suicipk
Peter D. Kelley
Penn
Kane
Bayer
Leonard Grover
Library Hall
Allegheny
John E.sibble
Bride
Philadelphia
Mr. Sibble
Ball & Thompson
Youngsville
James Hayes
John Linberg Dee
Tidicute
Mae Fuellhart
Allegheny College
Geo. Siggins
Albert Merkle
Harry Dann
Fred Fuellhart
Presbyterian Church
Sugar Grove
Miss Cunney
Wrightsville
State Road
Fred
Walter Barrett
Charlie Stearns
Mr. Stearns
Penn’a Avenue
Loeb’s
Smiley’s. Qrit
Mail Ce
James Whitcomb Riley
Olean
Y.M.C. A
Franklin News
Franklin
J. E. Jordan
Hoffman Block
B. Bell
Smiley’s
S. Keller’s Sons
Berlin Jones
Wendelboe
Liberty St
MAIL
New York Tribune
Tri- Weekly
Tribune
Chicago News
Hazel
Dorothy
Hunters Cash Store
O.H. Hunter & Son
Geo. Ball Clothing Co
Union Store
Jarvis & Baker
Penn’s Avenue West
Warren, Pa
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