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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1900
Page
3
The Warren Cornet Band plans a benefit concert at Library Hall to raise funds for new uniforms with Mrs Josephine White of Meadville as guest singer. The event aims to support the band and encourage patronage for the project.
A report on bicycle path taxes in Warren County compares levied versus paid amounts across routes to Sheffield Corydon Russell Lander Sugar Grove and others. Tidioute payments total 129.95 on east bank and 120.26 on west bank, supporting recognition in the side path plan. The note urges the side path commission to consider these figures.
After exposure or when a cold begins take FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR. It stops a cold if taken in time. For sale by J M Siegfried. Frost bites and chilblains cured quickly by BANNER SALVE, the most healing remedy in the world. For sale by J M Siegfried.
Maps offered include a new Warren County map an oil map of West Virginia mounted and a 250 map of South Africa by N B Brackenridge Warren Pa. Also notice that Mr and Mrs T W McNett provide undertaker and embalming services sole proprietors with 24 hour contact at office 120k and residence 119k.
Jacob Keller offers ready to wear and custom suits and overcoats at reasonable prices. He promises a proper fit and guarantees satisfaction with the latest styles and quality cloths available at his shop.
The Struthers Hotel Barn is now in charge of John Stinger who will give special attention to farmers horses. Transient trade will be accommodated as there is no livery in connection.
An advertiser promotes FELLMAN BROS offering neat wedding invitations programs and calling cards at low prices. The copy touts up to date stock including lamps and globes and urges buyers to compare with rivals before purchasing.
Warren items show politics and social life with Band Concerts Friday and Friday masquerade at the high school. Local bank reports, pensions, rail and electric road talk, and social events fill a lively page with names like Burgess Barnhart Keegan Eckels Ensworth and Keegan family.
Chas. Bender of Erie Pa praises Foley's Honey and Tar as the best cough medicine. The product is advertised as for sale by J. M. Siegfried.
James Brann announces that Daniel McCartney will handle all horseshoeing work until April 15th. McCartney is described as a practical horseshoer with thirty years of experience and will give full attention to the business, ensuring immediate skilled service for all entrusted work.
Advertises Dr E Detchon’s Anti Diuretic claiming it can stop bed wetting in children and offers it for $1. Sold by Hertzel and Saner in Warren Pa. The copy stresses value and suitability for both old and young.
W. C. Rowland & Sons advertise the largest and most complete wall paper stock in Warren with new designs constantly added. Shoppers are urged to inspect the selection before buying, located at Exchange Block.
For sale a Backus water motor 3 h. p. in good running order. Price 50 dollars includes lead feed pipe and valve. Suitable to run several presses under eighty pounds pressure. Contact MAIL OFFICE Warren Pa.
China cups and saucers mugs shaving mugs pitchers marketed by Wehman Bros. The listing notes 10e pricing and gas portables for natural gas.
Distressing kidney and bladder disease relieved in six hours by New Great South American Kidney Cure. It relieves bladder and back pain and water retention almost immediately. For quick relief and cure, buy from Hertzel and Saner, druggists, Warren, a.
The notice advertises best and cheapest job printing at the Mail Office. It mentions glass vases in various styles and dining sets including pudding, oatmeal, and berry sets, with dinner sets from 7.85 dollars.
A reporter quotes election talk noting Dr Peirce and Mr Mooney in political squabbles and remarks about Bayer acting at a funeral. Warren is identified as a Republican town. The piece uses satirical phrasing about Peirce's influence and local party shifts.
Journal records Warren election results with Frank Barnhart winning Burgess by about 400 votes and Capt Peirce achieving a 450 vote plurality. Republican tickets dominate all wards with Muir as Auditor and Van Doorn securing School Director positions amid broad GOP majorities.
The election of H. H. Cumings Jr. of Tiona as School Director is reported after a bitter contest. Republicans in Clarendon elect L. C. Layton Burgess by ten votes over John ONeill and also choose their councilmen.
Dr A S Hubbard of Titusville Pa reports two years of lumbago and kidney pain eased after one bottle of Thompson’s Barasma Backache Liver and Kidney Cure. He adds Barosma reduces inflammation of stomach liver and bladder and purifies the blood.
A Nice china fruit dish 25c a fine olive dish 15c a beautiful pie tray 10c and twenty styles of fern dishes. Includes fruit dishes china plates celery aisles chafing dishes spoons forks and toasters.
STATE AND VICINITY reports Corry to host a condensed milk plant this spring as part of local development. The feature mentions other regional notes from Bradford, Jamestown, and Meadville areas, including education, fires, and public works.
The Athletic Club rents Encampment Hall and two to three weeks of work transform it into a gymnasium with much apparatus installed. The M E church in Sugar Grove raises funds for a pipe organ to be placed soon in the choir area behind the pulpit.
The column reports visits by residents Mrs. T. H. Whittaker and relatives from Brad dock and Mrs. Royce of Westfield with Evaline Blair. It notes Society meetings and installations by local groups, a Corry theatre outing, visits of several residents, plus deaths and family news including Lon Moore’s death and the ice harvest season beginning.
Sanford brief reports Mr. and Mrs. Saxon visiting friends in Panama New York. Mr. and Mrs. Fetterolf return from Virginia, noting the cold climate. Mrs. Etta Falkinburg hospital bound in Buffalo. Three year old Frankie Pierce of Sheffield buried Friday Feb 2. S L Blood improving with Dr Smith Erie treatment.
The advertisement asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure catarrh at all stages by a constitutional internal treatment. It states the cure acts on blood and mucous surfaces and offers one hundred dollars for any failure, inviting testimonials and listing Toledo, Ohio as the company location. Pills are also promoted.
Week ending February 21 1900 sees transfers across Warren Corydon Freehold Ishna and Sheffield towns. Purchasers include Horace N Ongley Rachel Sweet Isabelle Hillman Isabelle M Chase Lillian Mack John Gee Amann and John Spade Jr with prices ranging from 175 to 3600 dollars. Local firms East Warren Real Estate Co and individuals convey land to multiple buyers including Mary Sill and August W Franklin.
An old advertisement claims FOLEYY’s HONEY AND TAR delays illness by curing coughs and colds to prevent pneumonia. Product offered for sale by J. M. Siegfried.
A series of marriage notices from Warren and surrounding areas list the wedding on February 15, 1900 and nearby dates. Included are H F Clark of Alexandria La wed E Mabel Schoonmaker of Warren, John P Foley wed Georgia McGukin, Shell P Day wed Jennie Welch, William Downey wed Pearl Rose Green, Conrad Lesser wed Jessie Borne, and E S Martindale wed Nellie Newgreen.
Notices record the deaths of Daniel W. Fisk age 73 in Stoneham Pennsylvania Philip Schweitzer about 51 in Sheffield formerly of Warren and Frank J. Brown in New Haven Connecticut son of Benj J Brown and grandson of James Dunham Funeral services and burials detailed for Warren Farming ton and Doonham residences respective cemeteries.
An advertisement claims American women have degraded health and physique. Thompson's Barosma allegedly removes sallow complexion and tiredness while invigorating organs and the entire system. Available from all druggists at 1 per bottle or 6 for 5.
It asserts rheumatism is caused by uric acid in the blood and claims Thompson's Barosma or Kidney Cure removes it by treating the kidneys. The remedy is described as quick acting and pleasant to take, restoring kidney function.
The Erie R R offers principal ticket sales for excursion trips one way or round trip to Washington Oregon Montana North and South Dakota at notably low rates from this section. Agents will provide details maps timetables and rates. Contact D S Rowe Corry Pa or F H Garfield Jamestown N Y for tickets.
EHLMAN BROS advertises a sale of 200 SuearRs and creamers with a bulk price offer. Local shoppers are invited to visit the store for the assortment and savings.
I pay cash for old rubber boots and shoes wringer rollers circular packing and hose free from cloth iron or dirt. I also buy bursted bicycle tires old brass lead zinc copper boilers and bottoms free of iron or wire. Visit my room in Johnsons Exchange second floor at Second and Liberty streets to consign.
The Mail Office offers neat affordable job printing services and specializes in legal blanks for business and personal use.
A humorous exchange about dining at the club in which a woman teases that her companion will miss the pleasure of complaining about the meal. The Detroit Free Press captures a light banter on social dining norms and Club etiquette.
A Crim son Gulch visitor remarks on the absence of lynchings, and Broncho Bob replies that such events facts tend to fade away. The exchange appears in the Washington Star.
A brief item notes a Monday sale at Hunter's offering four hundred yards of Fancy Linens at 12 cents per yard valued at 18 cents per yard. The ad highlights low price per yard and total value for bulk fabric.
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