Royal Baking Powder and Celery Salt Ad
An old advertisement touts Royal Baking Powder as best in use and guaranteed full weight at 2 pounds and Tamag Powder. It mentions 50e per pound and the Royal Celery Salt bottled for sale.
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1875
Page
3
An old advertisement touts Royal Baking Powder as best in use and guaranteed full weight at 2 pounds and Tamag Powder. It mentions 50e per pound and the Royal Celery Salt bottled for sale.
A fragmented sale notice lists assorted canned foods and pantry items. Items include Bartlett pears Pineapple strawberries Baltimore corn sugar corn green peas pumpkin tomatoes French peas mushroom condensed milk honey in comb and honey in jars. The text reads as a price or stock list with several garbled weights and units.
A brief notice lists pricing for Sweeteners including Xtra White Drips per gallon and White Drips with separate entries for Choice Syrup Extra N. O. Molasses and Extra P. KR Molasses.
A fragmented OCR listing various tea types and quality labels. Mentions Good Young Hyson, Fine Young Hyson, Finest Young Hyson, X Choice Young Hyson, Choicest Young Hyson, Good Japan, Choice Gun Powder, Choicest Oolong, uncolored Teas, Good Oolong, and air tight cans. Ends with “Try X Choice Japan. Choice Oolong.”
A fragment lists sugar forms and prices including standard applie¢ crushed extra C loge granulated 122ige yellow C ae 91ge powdered with a date line noting FRIDAY. 2Wdee. The text appears as an OCR artifact detailing product types and irregular pricing.
The Carver House in Warren is praised as one of the best in northwestern Pennsylvania with pleasant rooms and excellent meals. New proprietor Dwight Doolittle and assistant Wim Hamilton bring strong hotel experience from Jamestown House.
Last Friday morning the Warren Depot of the Dunkirk Railroad burned between 12 and 1 o clock. The origin appeared from the lower end with uncertainty whether a locomotive or incendiary cause started the blaze. The watchman had just left the area when smoke was spotted. The fire destroyed most of Mr Bishop’s belongings as his wife and child escaped. Freight and valuables were removed, but much furniture near the origin perished. The fire company arrived but hoses were too short, and water access was limited. The depot will leak when it rains, the ticket office moved to Fred Reneke’s house, and a new depot is likely to be built uptown.
Greenland Brothers relocate to a three story brick building next to the Episcopal Church. The first floor houses offices and a showroom with examples of fine work while the second floor holds furniture and finishing rooms. The third floor contains parlor furniture and burial items including coffins and shrouds. They advertise Weed Sewing Machines on the first floor and plan enlarging their High street manufactory as business grows. Warren is praised as a good manufacturing town and the brothers credit hard work and fair dealing for their success.
Adnah Neyhart prominent citizen of Tidioute and Oil Region died in San Diego California on Wednesday February 17 after years of ill health. Born in Tompkins County New York he moved to the Oil Regions in 1864 and built a large fortune through early operations. He was brother in law of J L Grandin and was regarded as a man of high character and energy who will be sadly missed by the community.
D M Gross and Brother advertise a cash only business model promising low prices and avoiding large profits. The note urges customers to pay as you go to gain advantage and benefit all parties.
In Warren Borough, a Citizens Caucus opposed to Democratic nominations organized after a Tuesday incident. Eldred and Rowland were kept on the ticket with Eldred for Burgess and Ward for Constable, while Hall was dropped for refusing service. A large turnout followed, reflecting local tension over party control and military interference claims.
The document records local election roles for Farmington Sheffield Spring Creek Pittsfield. It lists Constable Auditors Assessors Commissioners School Directors Judges of Election Inspectors Clerks Treasurers and Justices of the Peace with names for each locality and 52 votes noted in Sheffield.
The ceremony spoke of lifelong responsibility and faith in Christ, praising the Sunday School teacher's reward. It described the teacher as an artist beholden to an angelic life, with the class to be reunited in heaven, ending with “Over the River” and a united Lord's Prayer.
A Spring Creek correspondent notes a hard freeze and light snow aiding sleighing and log roads. Lumber since has been steady with pine and hemlock prices ranging from six to sixteen dollars per thousand delivered, while No 1 pine shingles fetch two and a half to two seventy five per thousand. The season’s favorable conditions promise continued activity despite a softer demand. The Union School Winter term ends Friday March 5 with anniversary exercises and public examinations planned for Thursday and Friday, inviting community attendance to observe progress and industry.
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