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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1875
Page
3
A historical ad promotes Royal Baking Powder and Royal Celery bottles with guaranteed full weight and pricing. The notice lists salt sold in 25e and 50e units and mentions Tam as an agent for the powder.
A miscellany of canned items appears with entries for peaches Bartlett pears strawberries corn beans peas pumpkin tomatoes and mushrooms. It notes honey in comb and strained honey in glass jars and emphasizes purity and jar packaging.
A terse store board lists pricing and stock for syrup and molasses. Extra White Drips per gallon and several varieties labeled Extra N O Molasses and Extra P R Molasses appear alongside White Drips Scierce retree Choice Syrup.
A catalog excerpt showcases several tea types including Fine Young Hyson, Good Japan, Choicest Gun Powder, Choice Oolong, and Choice Japan. It highlights new crop packaging and air tight cans for freshness, inviting readers to try the varieties.
Readable lines show scattered price terms for crushed and granulated products with a mention of February 1 date and currency symbol. Entities include references to color adjectives and generic product types. The text preserves no clear event or organization to elaborate.
George Ball advertises a closing out sale at No 7 Keystone Block Warren Pa of D M Gross Co stock as dissolution nears. Other notices promote McDaniels Ronne and Robt H Johnson items from clothing to hats gloves and underwear with low prices and shop relocation details.
The issue surveys county finances and local events from Warren New York. It reports on the 1812 veterans meeting at Carver House Warren with pension petition to the Senate, remarks by officials, a dinner, and band performances. It notes weather sleighing, ice harvest and oil prices, and local notices including a church dedication, theater, and temperance activities.
Dr Sager hosts the fourth Roscoe Hall masquerade with over seventy attendees including thirty in costume. Prof Coleman’s Titusville band provided music as revelers admired elaborate disguises and later unmasked, with Crandall’s Belle of the Ball drawing praise. The event marks the twelfth assembly in the series, with a final gathering planned in about three weeks.
Reynoldsville Herald commends the Diamond Gas Coal Company's north town works and its manager H. W. Brown. The piece praises Brown's merit, long Warren tenure, and predicts success in the new location.
Dies in Erie on Jan 25 1875 aged about 75 born Feb 9 1800 in Cumberland County He studied at Washington College and read law in Pittsburgh He practiced in Erie from 1824 served in Assembly 1832 Senate 1835 Speaker and later ran for Congress He played a key role in the Erie Railroad conflict and in the 1871 Constitutional Convention where he led as President His funeral was well attended by local judges and citizens including Judge Johnson Judge Derickson and Judge Vincent
C H Noyes spoke at Union School Hall on Betsey Jones an imagined future girl and her Grandmother the woman of today. He praised Betsey as an upcoming improvement and critiqued fashionable follies while noting support for female suffrage. Audience cheered as music opened the event with Wells Henry Waters Merchant singing.
The Erie Observer reports orders issued for a district wide examination of banks to ensure compliance with the act requiring checks to bear proper stamps and canceled marks. Penalties of fifty dollars apply for un stamped or uncanceled checks, with both maker and recipient liable. The department vows strict enforcement going forward.
Roscoe Hall will be filled for the Warren Musical Association semi annual concert next Thursday evening. The program features works by Mendelssohn Verdi Balfe Kuken Spoffart Emerson and others with solos quartets and choruses. Miss Olga Sutter from Painesville Ohio will preside at the piano and perform a solo. The orchestra directed by Prof. J Coleman will perform two or three pieces. Admission 50 cents, reserved seats 75 cents. Tickets available at J F Wells & Co before the rush. The concert is under Prof F Held's direction.
The document cites the 6th section of the April 1874 act requiring every municipality and district to annually publish a January report in at least two newspapers. The statement must detail indebtedness, funded and floating debt, taxable property valuation, assets, debt maturities, and penalizes noncompliance with a fine up to one thousand dollars.
Mr Doolittle assumed control of the Carver House last week and immediately had the office desk relocated to the rear of the room creating more front space for customers.
The January 25 gathering at Conewango Lodge No. 250 in Warren marked eight years since its founding. The program included songs, an address by J. J. Taylor, an original poem by Geo. C. Hinkle, a recitation by Miss Bessie Austin, and two plays, amid a two hour program.
Constable Ward outlines Warren Borough and township officers to be chosen on the third Tuesday in February. Positions include Burgess, Constable, three Town Council members, Judge of Election, two Inspectors of Election, Assessor, and two School Directors. Voters must reside in the district two months prior, be registered, and have paid state or county taxes within a year.
The Youngsville Band, members including George Gross teacher H. C. Kinnear W. J. Davis G. W. Kinnear and others, formed under Mr George Gross less than two years ago, played like professionals last Friday at the shanty. Citizens extend praise and best wishes for their continued success and longevity.
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