Local Notes and Notices from Warren Readers
Marren Minit highlights: Dalrymple leaves Ludlow house, Miller takes it March, and Willie Andrews of Cincinnati as publisher. School room No 4 prides on tardy-free record. various local business updates, lectures, and fundraising noted. Oil trends, bank move, weather events, and community humor pepper the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalrymple
Ludlow House
H. J. Miller
Willie Andrews
Cincinnati
Tad
Union School
Philip Gruber
M.sehwirg
Lane & Nesmith
Ladies Centennial Entertainment At Roscoe Hall
War ren citizens rally to fund and host a centennial entertainment at Roscoe Hall on Feb 22 and 23. The supply committee asks for butter sugar eggs and coffee by Monday and other supplies Tuesday forenoon. Keepsakes and Centennial wares include acopy of Old and New and Washington’s hatchet. ten copies available. Committee chairs urge attendance and prompt decorating work at the Savings Bank room on Feb 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Hall
Warren
Washington
Warren Savings Bank
R. P. Kina
Warren Prohibitionists and Republicans Nominate Tickets
The Prohibitionists caucused Friday evening and named a full slate including D. W. C. James for Justice of the Peace and W. H. Pickett for Burgess. On Saturday the Republicans followed with their ticket listing D. M. Williams for Justice, S. G. Ward for Constable, J. V. Benson for Judge of Election, M. Miles for Inspector, and multiple council and school director nominees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Justice of the Peace
D. W. C. James
Constable
Geo. Ott
Burgess
W. H. Pickett
M. Spaulding
N. Greenland
P. J. Falconer
F. Henry
Geo. Ensworth
J. P. Marston
G. C. James
James Clark, Jr
A. J. Hazeltine
Uncalled Letters In Warren Post Office Feb 12 1876
Unclaimed letters listed include Frank Christen Jno Morrison James Massey Miss Carrie Nelson Smith Whitman. All not called for within four weeks will be sent to the Dead Letter Office. Rost Dennison P M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Frank Christen
Jno
Morrison
James Massey
Carrie Nelson
Smith Whitman
Rost
Dennison
P. M
Rev H S Getz Lectures On Europe Trip
Rev H S Getz spoke in Union Hall on a country parson's trip to Europe detailing Ireland Scotland and England with vivid incidents. A second lecture is set for Thursday evening the 17th at School Hall for Trinity Church Guild with tickets costing 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. S. Getz
Union Hall
Europe
Ireland
Scotland
England
London
Getz
Trinity Church Guild
Brief lecture on Books and Authors by Dr Randall
Dr Randall spoke on a natural historian who reduced a chapter on The Snakes of Ireland to There are no snakes in Ireland. He offered an epitome of literature from its origins to today treating it as a science, but the talk lacked a clear purpose and ended abruptly. The audience was large and attentive and noted his voice was cracked, limiting audibility in parts of the hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randall
Ireland
Sunday School Assembly Controls Fair Point Grounds
Neighborhood Notes report the Sunday School Assembly now owns the Fair Point grounds at Chautauqua Lake and that prospects for the Assembly year look encouraging. Mr. Sankey will lead the singing. Uncle Sam offers for public sale Saturday Feb 26 in Tionesta a large tract of oil and lumber land near Tionesta Forest county once owned by a national bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Point
Chautauqua Lake
Sankey
Sam
Tionesta
Forest County
Bell and Century Hints in Local Church History
A Meadville Baptist church preserves a bell once hung in a Washington church a century ago. Nearby, a FranXXum Pennsylvania congregation planned a per child salary bonus for a pastor, leading to twins and the rescinding of its resolution. Did Guy Irvine send the minister a sack of rye flour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadville
Washington
Jamestown Democrat
Guy Irvine
Tenth Regiment reunion invited to Franklin May 17 1876
In Farmington on the 10th inst. locals donated 122.29 to FE Brown as thanks. The next annual reunion of the Tenth Regiment P R V C will be held in Franklin Venango County Pa on Wednesday May 17 1876. Company H Warren County invites veterans to join the event and C C Cocuran secretary Franklin Pa offers further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mx. Borror
Farmington
Franklin
Venango Co
Warren Co
C. C. Cocuran
Franklin, Pa
Whitestown pupils absent in second month report
Garland February 8 1876 the following named pupils in Whitestown school have not been absent during second month ending February 3d Ida Cloos Carrie Mead Jennie Mead Jennie More Wavy White Will Grinnell John Grinnell Clyde Joslin John Johnson Addison More Frank White Fred White James Wolf Samuel Wolf Martin Mead Per cent of attendance during term till date 100. Martriz E Auaust Teacher.
Champion wing shot at Meadville club event
Capt A H Bogardus impressed the Meadville Sportsmen's Club on February 4 by hitting 38 of 48 doubles and 26 of 28 singles, loading his gun in under three minutes. Jake Worst of Meadville won the first prize. An ad notes Captain Bogardus's books, available via Elkhart Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Bogardus
America
Meadville
Jake Worst
Elkhart
Ill
Camp Meeting Move In Erie Conference Opens Mayville Transfer
Committees from the Erie Conference and the Chautauqua Lake Camp Meeting Association met at Mayville to transfer the Camp Meeting Association to the Sunday School Association. The mortgage will mature next June, freeing the premises. The Assembly finances are solid and a stock company will manage affairs with $100 shares payable over five years. Mr. Sankey to lead singing next summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie Conference
Chautauqua Lake Camp Meeting Association
Mayville
Camp Meeting Association
Sunday School Association
Sankey
Local Notes From WaiGHTsville Area February 1876
A county snippet reports sleighing and rain, school attendance averaging 94 percent then 90 due to scarlet fever. Lottsville residents deny a local death by suicide while noting a flourishing Patrons of Husbandry Grange over fifty members. A dancing school led by Mr. J Triskett reflects response to hard times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waightsville
Lottsville
J. Triskett
Reading Room Deserts Titusville Delights and Dissent
The Jerald laments Titusville’s lack of a public reading room and quiet late night spaces. It notes dilapidated books, no hotel libraries, and few venues for self education. The piece contrasts the abundance of saloons with no place for apprenticeship, study, or intellectual gathering.
Young Man of Principle Refuses to Lie for Cash
A clerk faced pressure to falsify a statement that would cheat his employer’s rivals of hundreds of dollars. He refused, was fired, then gained a new reference from his old boss who called him “too conscientious about trifles.” The man later joined a major Boston firm and rose to partner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.C.T. U
Warren
Boston
Temperance Banner
Strength of Early Impressions
A Warren County Pa lecture attendee recalls a temperance tale from a General. The man credits his lifelong abstinence to his mother’s tearful plea and prayer after a drunken father ruined the family. The anecdote links paternal ruin, maternal faith, and a child’s vow to never drink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Teachers’ Institute
Warren County
Erie Board of Trade Hearings on Tracy University Plan
J W Wetmore and Erie citizens outline aims to create a university by combining Erie Academy and Marine Hospital properties. They seek a charter from the Court of President Judge Vincent and legislative authority to transfer assets and endow the institution with private subscriptions, including potential pledges from J F Tracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Wetmore
Erie
Board of Trade
City of
Marine Hospital
Erie Academy
University of Northern Pennsylvania
J. F. Tracy
University At
University of Pennsylvania
Vincent
Tracy University
University
Erie Academy and Marine Hospital
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Local Ads Spur Shopping at Corry Stores
At Phelps Medical and Surgical Institute in Corry Pa undergarments for ladies and gentlemen are advertised. A call to see Little Nell and her Grandfather at Will Smith's Gallery is offered along with factory flannels and cassimeres from Hunter's Hazeline Orr & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phelp’s
Medical and Surgical Institute
Corry, Pa
Nell
Will Smith
Hunter’s
Warren, Pa
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Ann Harbor
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Hopkins
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James Kelly
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Canada
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Spring Creek
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Et. S
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Bazeltin
Bernard
Smith
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Mies Hull
Miss Taylor
Lb Mies Howard
Mary Conarro
Charles Babbitt
Lewis Branch
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Frank Jones
B. August Jonasson
James Kitchen
Charles Morrison
Geo, Allen
Lilly Arnold
Julia Fuellhart
Carrie Hamm
Kate Lacy
Mary O’hern
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Belle Waters
Lucy Clark
Eddie Allen
Cary Beecher
Frank Clemons
Sherman Greenland
Boyd Heck
Clara Campbell
Nina Dagget
Florence Hall
Hettie Hall
Josie Mott
Hattie Rieg
Kittie van Ord
Myrtie Waters
Lillie Stahley
Albert Syseker
Willie Flohr
Fred Gruber
Ambrose Giegerich
Charlie Giegerich
Dan O’hearn
Louie Valentine
Grant Woodward
Joseph Walkerman
Charlie Sterrett
Jacob Hauser
Fred Bartlett
H.S. Getz
Neighborhood Notes
FE. Brown
Roll of Honor
Martriz E. Auaust
A. B. Bogardus
Sunday School Assembly
Variety Hall
Hazectine, Orr & Co
Freehold
Titusville
Jerald
The
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Sprague
C. McDaniels
Reas
Ar Hunter’s
Hazevrine, Orr & Co
John Ronne
Cutter
Will Smith’s
Hazeline, Orr & Co
Wil Suiri’s
McNett & Son
G.L. Friday
P. Lorillard
Lorillard
Flor del Fumar
Seed
Havana
Rose
Rebecca
Buckner
Gleaner
Eldorado
Punch and Judy
McCall’s Washing
G. L. Friday
Rsatlt
W. H. Siple
Episcopal Church
Arein
Mtcas
Ana
New Fall
Parmlee & Henry’s
Canton
Johnson’s Exchange
North Warren
Warren, Pas
Savings Bank
F. Watson
B. Nesmith
A.J. Hazeltine
L. F. Watson
O. H. Hunter
P. Falconer
E. G. Wood
M. B. Dunham
James Clark Jr
Ae Kirberger
A. Ruhlman
Purop
Oneida Community Company
O. C
Atmore
Eley
Coxe
D&s
Warren Ledger
Chicago
P. & E. Depot
Homas Keelor
Warren Wooden Ware Works
Zack Gemmill & CO
Coal and Coke
Fred Morck
ER. M. Pierceh
OFICE
Ruhlman
Warren Marble Works
Eaton
Wigwam
John Grindleys
Water St
Carver
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